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Parsippany, New Jersey Weather

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Parsippany weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar

Parsippany, NJ
Wednesday, June 3 at 10:03 PM
83
°
Clear
Feels like
80°
Humidity
25%
Wind
4 mph
Sunrise
5:27 AM
Sunset
8:24 PM
Parsippany, NJ
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastParsippany, NJ: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 58 to 87 degrees Fahrenheit.
L 58°H 87°
Parsippany, NJ
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jun 3
    Mostly Clear
    83°55°
  2. Thursday
    Jun 4
    Overcast
    87°58°+4°
  3. Friday
    Jun 5
    Overcast
    87°61°
  4. Saturday
    Jun 6
    Light Drizzle
    19%
    90°67°+3°
  5. Sunday
    Jun 7
    Light Showers
    65%
    0.06″
    79°61°-11°
  6. Monday
    Jun 8
    Light Drizzle
    42%
    78°55°-1°
  7. Tuesday
    Jun 9
    Overcast
    13%
    85°57°+7°
Parsippany, NJ
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
NNW
333° · veering 18°
Direction
NNW
333°
Sustained
4
mph
Gust
8
mph
Peak 24h
16
avg 6
Beaufort · 2 · LIGHT BRZ
0
CALM
<1
1
LIGHT AIR
1–3
2
LIGHT BRZ
4–7
3
GENTLE BRZ
8–12
4
MOD BRZ
13–18
5
FRESH BRZ
19–24
6
STRONG BRZ
25–31
7
NEAR GALE
32–38
24h · sust vs gust · mph
avg 6 · pk 16 @ 12:00a
01020MPHB1B2B3B4B5-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 137SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze veering 18° from the nnw.
Parsippany, NJ
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
1010.3
+0.4 mb in 3h · steady · 29.83 inHg
Now
1010.3
mb
3h
+0.4
mb
12h
-1.9
mb
24h
+0.2
mb
Regime · CHANGE
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 10101013
9951000STORM|RAIN10051010RAIN|CHG1015CHG|FAIR10201025FAIR|DRY1030-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW1013.01010.31011.1
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Air sits at the threshold — small shifts decide the day.
Parsippany, NJ
Air quality
51
AQI
Moderate
+19 in 6h

Ozone at AQI 55 — peak already passed at 1 PM under clear skies. AQI up 19 in the last 6 hours — air quality is degrading. Levels should ease through evening.

OK No precautions needed for the general population; unusually sensitive individuals may consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion.

PM 2.5Good
9.1μg/m³
PM 10Good
11μg/m³
NO₂Good
6μg/m³
OzoneDRIVERUnhealthy SG
110μg/m³
UV IndexLow
0.9

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 55 — peak already passed at 1 PM under clear skies. Levels should ease through evening.

Present
AQI 55
UV peak
0.7 at earlier today
Sky at peak
clear
Projected peak
AQI 55

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 9.1 µg/m³ (AQI 51) with a 0.87 fine-to-coarse ratio and 4 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.

PM2.5/PM10
0.87
Wind
calm
Recent rain
0h in last 6h
Pattern
stagnant smoke
Parsippany, NJ
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
5%
CLEAR
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
145.1mi
UNLIMITED
146 mi0 mi−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Earth · GOES-19 ABI
Full Disk · Visible · GeoColor
GOES-19 full disk Visible · GeoColor
True-color daytime, blue/IR sandwich at night
22:03 UTC ·Parsippany, NJ · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 21696x21696 px
Continental US · GOES-19 ABI
CONUS Sector · Visible · GeoColor
GOES-19 CONUS Visible · GeoColor
Daytime true-color, blue-light/IR sandwich at night
22:03 UTC ·Parsippany, NJ · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · 10000x6000 px
Parsippany, NJ
Satellite · infrared · animated
Parsippany, NJ
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Parsippany, NJ
Almanac · Wednesday, June 3
The higher the clouds, the finer the weather.
Civil dawn
8:56 AM
Sunrise
5:27 AM
Daylight
14h 57m
Sunset
8:24 PM
Civil dusk
12:58 AM
Planting note
Harvest spring lettuce before it bolts. Sow heat-tolerant greens.
Parsippany, NJ
The moon
Waning Gibbous
89% illuminated
Moonrise
2:51 AM
Moonset
11:50 AM
In sign
♑︎ Capricorn
Parsippany, NJ
Microseason
Jun 1–5

Fireflies rise from the lawn

plant
Jan 142% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Parsippany at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 9°F above the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: April 21 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: Jun 1–5
  • Planting window: Harvest spring lettuce before it bolts. Sow heat-tolerant greens.

Right now in the garden

Peak growing season

As of June 3, the growing season is at its peak — frost is months away. Continue succession-planting beans and summer squash. Start fall brassicas (broccoli, cabbage, kale) from seed indoors for transplanting in late summer.

ZIP codes in Parsippany

Climate normals from the Open-Meteo Climate API. Köppen approximation from NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Regions. See methodology for data sources, editorial rules, and corrections. Maintainer: Brian Tighe.