Westwood, New Jersey Weather
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Westwood weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar
- TodayJun 3Mostly Clear——85°57°—
- ThursdayJun 4Overcast——88°59°+3°
- FridayJun 5Overcast——91°61°+3°
- SaturdayJun 6Overcast17%—93°71°+2°
- SundayJun 7Drizzle68%0.01″90°68°-3°
- MondayJun 8Overcast42%—79°62°-11°
- TuesdayJun 9Overcast14%—87°61°+8°
PM2.5 at 11.9 µg/m³ (AQI 56) with a 0.90 fine-to-coarse ratio and 3 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust. AQI up 20 in the last 6 hours — air quality is degrading.
OK No precautions needed for the general population; unusually sensitive individuals may consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion.
What's driving it
Ozone × UV × Sky
Ozone at AQI 45 now. With UV 0.0 peaking around 1 PM under clear skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 11 by mid-afternoon.
- Present
- AQI 45
- UV peak
- 0.0 at 1 PM
- Sky at peak
- clear
- Projected peak
- AQI 11
PM × Wind × Precip
PM2.5 at 11.9 µg/m³ (AQI 56) with a 0.90 fine-to-coarse ratio and 3 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.
- PM2.5/PM10
- 0.90
- Wind
- calm
- Recent rain
- 0h in last 6h
- Pattern
- stagnant smoke
Trends
Seven days of AQI and PM2.5.
Hourly air-quality data from the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service, charted across the past and next several days. Dashed lines mark the AQI breakpoints at 50 (Good → Moderate) and 100 (Moderate → Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups).
A summer fog for fair, a winter fog for rain.
- Moonrise
- 3:27 AM
- Moonset
- 12:52 PM
- In sign
- ♑︎ Capricorn
Fireflies rise from the lawn
Westwood at a glance
- Today vs. normal: 4°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.
Beaches near Westwood
- Rockaway Beach Beach29.8 mi
Each linked page shows live water temperature, wave height, swim and surf verdicts, tides, and rip-current risk from NDBC + NOAA + NWS data.