Clifton, NJ Weather Forecast
Passaic County, New Jersey
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The next few hours
Dry for the moment, with rain moving in overnight
It is 58° with a dew point of 34°, which is dry for this time of year. The sky is partly cloudy.
The wind turns to the north-northeast around midnight. The first rain arrives between 4 AM and 5 AM, with the best chance of it around 3 PM. That leaves a usable window outdoors until about 4 AM, and it closes quickly after that.
Taller, warmer bars mean heavier rain. Dotted means no reading for that hour.
Hour by hour
Wet through the window, then cooler and clearing
Wet weather moves in around 4 AM. Total accumulation over the window comes to about 0.99 in.
The overnight low settles near 50°. Tomorrow tops out near 56°. It also gets muggier, so tomorrow will feel warmer than the number on its own suggests.
Sunrise and sunset
Next five days, scored 0 to 100The first day or two use the HRRR and NBM cloud layers. Later days only have total cloud, so treat them as a rough guide.
Know when sunset at this place will be worth a photo
We score every sunrise and sunset here from the cloud, haze and smoke forecast, and let you know when one is likely to light up. Sunrise the evening before, sunset a few hours ahead.
Seven-day outlook
34–60°F across the weekThe week runs between 34° and 60°, with today the warmest day of it. There is no real trend across it: one day looks much like the next. Friday is the wettest day, peaking near 100%. 5 of the 7 days stay dry.
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Clifton, NJ at a glance
Clifton is home to about 88,461 people in Passaic County, across 11 square miles. It ranks 11th by population of 450 places in New Jersey with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Passaic, 2 miles away.
- County
- Passaic County
- Population
- 88,461 2023 est.
- Land area
- 11 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 7,846
- Forecast point
- 40.8621°N, 74.1604°W
How well can the network see Clifton?
The nearest Doppler radar is KDIX (Philadelphia, PA), to the SSW. Its lowest scan passes about 5,100 ft above Clifton. The beam is above the lowest few thousand feet here, so a warning for Clifton can come before anything looks dramatic on radar.
The closest weather station is KTEB (Teterboro Arpt). Representative on most days, though a thunderstorm can hit one and miss the other.
Forecasts near Clifton
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