Lake Hopatcong, New Jersey Weather
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Lake Hopatcong weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar
- TodayJun 4Overcast——82°57°—
- FridayJun 5Overcast——87°62°+5°
- SaturdayJun 6Heavy Drizzle39%0.01″85°61°-2°
- SundayJun 7Heavy Drizzle41%0.06″82°62°-3°
- MondayJun 8Overcast11%—76°55°-6°
- TuesdayJun 9Overcast——81°52°+5°
- WednesdayJun 10Partly Cloudy10%—85°56°+4°
PM2.5 at 9.0 µg/m³ (AQI 50) with a 0.97 fine-to-coarse ratio and 6 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust. AQI down 14 over the last 6 hours (steady decline since this morning).
OK No precautions needed for the general population; unusually sensitive individuals may consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion.
What's driving it
PM × Wind × Precip
PM2.5 at 9.0 µg/m³ (AQI 50) with a 0.97 fine-to-coarse ratio and 6 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.
- PM2.5/PM10
- 0.97
- Wind
- light
- 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
- 3:29 AM
- Moonset
- 12:55 PM
- In sign
- ♑︎ Capricorn
Fireflies rise from the lawn
Lake Hopatcong at a glance
- Today vs. normal: 16°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.