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Madison, New Jersey Weather

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

Madison, NJ
Thursday, June 4 at 4:59 AM
61
°
Clear
Feels like
57°
Humidity
53%
Wind
4 mph
Sunrise
5:27 AM
Sunset
8:24 PM
Madison, NJ
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastMadison, NJ: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 56 to 86 degrees Fahrenheit.
L 56°H 86°
Madison, NJ
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jun 4
    Overcast
    86°56°
  2. Friday
    Jun 5
    Overcast
    91°62°+5°
  3. Saturday
    Jun 6
    Light Drizzle
    29%
    91°67°
  4. Sunday
    Jun 7
    Light Drizzle
    37%
    90°67°-1°
  5. Monday
    Jun 8
    Overcast
    16%
    78°62°-12°
  6. Tuesday
    Jun 9
    Overcast
    87°56°+9°
  7. Wednesday
    Jun 10
    Partly Cloudy
    90°65°+3°
Madison, NJ
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
SW
219° · backing 91°
Direction
SW
219°
Sustained
4
mph
Gust
9
mph
Peak 24h
14
avg 4
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 4 · pk 14 @ 12:00p
01020MPHB1B2B3B4B5-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 198SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze backing 91° from the sw.
Madison, NJ
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
1012.2
-0.4 mb in 3h · steady · 29.89 inHg
Now
1012.2
mb
3h
-0.4
mb
12h
+0.3
mb
24h
+0.1
mb
Regime · CHANGE
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 10111014
9951000STORM|RAIN10051010RAIN|CHG1015CHG|FAIR10201025FAIR|DRY1030-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW1014.21010.81012.1
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Air sits at the threshold — small shifts decide the day.
Madison, NJ
Air quality
44
AQI
Moderate
-7 in 6h

PM2.5 at 9.6 µg/m³ (AQI 52) with a 0.92 fine-to-coarse ratio and 4 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust. AQI down 7 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.

PM 2.5DRIVERGood
9.6μg/m³
PM 10Good
10μg/m³
NO₂Moderate
28μg/m³
OzoneModerate
64μg/m³
UV IndexLow
0.0

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 30 now. With UV 3.3 peaking around 1 PM under clear skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 13 by mid-afternoon.

Present
AQI 30
UV peak
3.3 at 1 PM
Sky at peak
clear
Projected peak
AQI 13

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 9.6 µg/m³ (AQI 52) with a 0.92 fine-to-coarse ratio and 4 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.

PM2.5/PM10
0.92
Wind
calm
Recent rain
0h in last 6h
Pattern
stagnant smoke
Madison, NJ
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
0%
CLEAR
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
68.5mi
UNLIMITED
142 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
04:59 UTC ·Madison, 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
04:59 UTC ·Madison, NJ · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · 10000x6000 px
Madison, NJ
Satellite · infrared · animated
Madison, NJ
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Madison, NJ
Almanac · Thursday, June 4
A summer fog for fair, a winter fog for rain.
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.
Madison, NJ
The moon
Waning Gibbous
87% illuminated
Moonrise
3:28 AM
Moonset
12:55 PM
In sign
♑︎ Capricorn
Madison, NJ
Microseason
Jun 1–5

Fireflies rise from the lawn

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Jan 142% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Madison at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 13°F below 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 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.

ZIP codes in Madison

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.