Cranford, NJ Weather Forecast
Union County, New Jersey
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Cranford, with free alerts the moment it counts.
The next few hours
A dry afternoon, mostly sunny
It is 57° with a dew point of 35°, which is dry for this time of year. The sky is mostly sunny.
The wind backs into the west-southwest around 2 AM, which is the turn that usually comes ahead of the change rather than after it. Nothing in the next day and a half is wet enough to move plans for.
Taller, warmer bars mean heavier rain. Dotted means no reading for that hour.
Hour by hour
Dry and warming through tomorrow
Nothing wet is expected over the next day and a half.
The overnight low settles near 42°. Tomorrow reaches 62°, 5° warmer than today. 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
36–62°F across the weekThe week runs between 37° and 62°, with tomorrow the warmest day of it. The second half leans cooling, and Saturday is the coolest day in it. Friday is the wettest day, peaking near 74%. 5 of the 7 days stay dry.
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Cranford, NJ at a glance
Cranford is home to about 23,741 people in Union County, across 4.8 square miles. It ranks 109th by population of 450 places in New Jersey with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Garwood, 1 miles away.
- County
- Union County
- Population
- 23,741 2023 est.
- Land area
- 4.8 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 4,910
- Forecast point
- 40.6561°N, 74.3036°W
How well can the network see Cranford?
The nearest Doppler radar is KDIX (Philadelphia, PA), to the S. Its lowest scan passes about 3,500 ft above Cranford. Close enough to see rotation in the low part of a storm, where tornadoes form.
The closest weather station is KLDJ (Linden Arpt). Close enough that its readings are the conditions in town.
Forecasts near Cranford
- Garwood, NJ1 mi
- Kenilworth, NJ2 mi
- Roselle Park, NJ2 mi
- Westfield, NJ2 mi
- Roselle, NJ2 mi
- Clark, NJ3 mi
- Union, NJ3 mi
- Springfield, NJ3 mi
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