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Ocean City, New Jersey Weather

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

Ocean City, NJ
Thursday, June 4 at 5:10 PM
73
°
Clear
Feels like
73°
Humidity
47%
Wind
10 mph
Sunrise
5:32 AM
Sunset
8:21 PM
Ocean City, NJ
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastOcean City, NJ: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 59 to 89 degrees Fahrenheit.
L 59°H 89°
Ocean City, NJ
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jun 4
    Overcast
    79°53°
  2. Friday
    Jun 5
    Overcast
    91°59°+12°
  3. Saturday
    Jun 6
    Overcast
    14%
    90°62°-1°
  4. Sunday
    Jun 7
    Light Showers
    23%
    88°66°-2°
  5. Monday
    Jun 8
    Light Drizzle
    68°56°-20°
  6. Tuesday
    Jun 9
    Partly Cloudy
    73°52°+5°
  7. Wednesday
    Jun 10
    Partly Cloudy
    10%
    82°55°+9°
Ocean City, NJ
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
SSE
149° · veering 16°
Direction
SSE
149°
Sustained
10
mph
Gust
13
mph
Peak 24h
16
avg 5
Beaufort · 3 · GENTLE 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 5 · pk 16 @ 3:00p
01020MPHB1B2B3B4B5-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 207SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze veering 16° from the sse.
Ocean City, NJ
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
1021.4
-2.0 mb in 3h · falling · 30.16 inHg
Now
1021.4
mb
3h
-2.0
mb
12h
-2.5
mb
24h
-3.4
mb
Regime · FAIR
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 10191023
10051010RAIN|CHG1015CHG|FAIR10201025FAIR|DRY1030-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW1022.91019.01019.0
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Fair air starting to ease — a front may be approaching.
Ocean City, NJ
Air quality
40
AQI
Moderate
-7 in 6hPeak ~58 @ 11 PM

PM2.5 at 9.9 µg/m³, PM10 at 12.6 µg/m³ — typical background levels with no transport signature. 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
9.9μg/m³
PM 10Good
13μg/m³
NO₂Good
7μg/m³
OzoneUnhealthy SG
102μg/m³
UV IndexVery high
8.2

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 48 now. With UV 8.2 peaking around 1 PM under clear skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 52 by mid-afternoon.

Present
AQI 48
UV peak
8.2 at 1 PM
Sky at peak
clear
Projected peak
AQI 52

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 9.9 µg/m³, PM10 at 12.6 µg/m³ — typical background levels with no transport signature.

PM2.5/PM10
0.79
Wind
breezy
Recent rain
0h in last 6h
Pattern
background
Ocean City, NJ
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
0%
CLEAR
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
82.8mi
UNLIMITED
117 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
17:10 UTC ·Ocean City, 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
17:10 UTC ·Ocean City, NJ · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · 10000x6000 px
Ocean City, NJ
Satellite · infrared · animated
Ocean City, NJ
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Ocean City, NJ
Almanac · Thursday, June 4
A summer fog for fair, a winter fog for rain.
Civil dawn
9:02 AM
Sunrise
5:32 AM
Daylight
14h 49m
Sunset
8:21 PM
Civil dusk
12:53 AM
Planting note
Harvest spring lettuce before it bolts. Sow heat-tolerant greens.
Ocean City, NJ
The moon
Waning Gibbous
83% illuminated
Moonrise
3:23 AM
Moonset
1:00 PM
In sign
♒︎ Aquarius
Ocean City, NJ
Microseason
Jun 1–5

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Ocean City at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 3°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: April 12 (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.

SPC Convective Outlook

Storm Prediction Center — Ocean City

SPC has placed Ocean City in the General Thunderstorms category for severe thunderstorms day after tomorrow.

  • TODAYNONENo severe risk
  • TOMORROWNONENo severe risk
  • DAY 3TSTMGeneral Thunderstorms

Thunderstorms possible. Not severe, but capable of producing lightning and brief heavy rain.

Source: NOAA / NWS Storm Prediction Center categorical convective outlook. Outlooks are re-issued multiple times per day; this page reflects the most recent SPC polygons covering the city’s coordinates.

ZIP codes in Ocean City

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.