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River Edge, New Jersey Weather

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

River Edge, NJ
Thursday, June 4 at 4:39 AM
67
°
Clear
Feels like
63°
Humidity
40%
Wind
5 mph
Sunrise
5:25 AM
Sunset
8:23 PM
River Edge, NJ
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastRiver Edge, NJ: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 60 to 90 degrees Fahrenheit.
L 60°H 90°
River Edge, NJ
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jun 4
    Overcast
    90°60°
  2. Friday
    Jun 5
    Overcast
    95°63°+5°
  3. Saturday
    Jun 6
    Overcast
    28%
    93°71°-2°
  4. Sunday
    Jun 7
    Drizzle
    44%
    0.01″
    90°68°-3°
  5. Monday
    Jun 8
    Overcast
    17%
    79°62°-11°
  6. Tuesday
    Jun 9
    Overcast
    87°61°+8°
  7. Wednesday
    Jun 10
    Overcast
    90°67°+3°
River Edge, NJ
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
S
187° · backing 146°
Direction
S
187°
Sustained
5
mph
Gust
11
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 @ 12:00p
01020MPHB1B2B3B4B5-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 176SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze backing 146° from the s.
River Edge, NJ
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
1018.7
-0.3 mb in 3h · steady · 30.08 inHg
Now
1018.7
mb
3h
-0.3
mb
12h
+0.7
mb
24h
+0.5
mb
Regime · FAIR
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 10171021
1010RAIN|CHG1015CHG|FAIR10201025FAIR|DRY-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW1020.81017.41019.2
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Fair, steady air — a quiet anticyclone holds the sky.
River Edge, NJ
Air quality
48
AQI
Moderate
-18 in 6h

PM2.5 at 11.9 µg/m³ (AQI 56) with a 0.90 fine-to-coarse ratio and 5 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust. AQI down 18 over the last 6 hours — air quality is improving sharply.

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

PM 2.5DRIVERGood
11.9μg/m³
PM 10Good
13μg/m³
NO₂Moderate
35μg/m³
OzoneModerate
69μg/m³
UV IndexLow
0.0

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 33 now. With UV 3.3 peaking around 1 PM under clear skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 15 by mid-afternoon.

Present
AQI 33
UV peak
3.3 at 1 PM
Sky at peak
clear
Projected peak
AQI 15

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 11.9 µg/m³ (AQI 56) with a 0.90 fine-to-coarse ratio and 5 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.

PM2.5/PM10
0.90
Wind
light
Recent rain
0h in last 6h
Pattern
stagnant smoke
River Edge, NJ
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
1%
CLEAR
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
99.9mi
UNLIMITED
150 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
04:39 UTC ·River Edge, 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
04:39 UTC ·River Edge, NJ · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · 10000x6000 px
River Edge, NJ
Satellite · infrared · animated
River Edge, NJ
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
River Edge, NJ
Almanac · Thursday, June 4
A summer fog for fair, a winter fog for rain.
Civil dawn
8:54 AM
Sunrise
5:25 AM
Daylight
14h 58m
Sunset
8:23 PM
Civil dusk
12:57 AM
Planting note
Harvest spring lettuce before it bolts. Sow heat-tolerant greens.
River Edge, NJ
The moon
Waning Gibbous
87% illuminated
Moonrise
3:27 AM
Moonset
12:53 PM
In sign
♑︎ Capricorn
River Edge, NJ
Microseason
Jun 1–5

Fireflies rise from the lawn

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Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

River Edge at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 7°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: April 22 (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 4, 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.

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ZIP codes in River Edge

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.