Metuchen, NJ Weather Forecast
Middlesex County, New Jersey
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Metuchen, with free alerts the moment it counts.
The next few hours
Dry for the moment, with rain moving in this morning
It is 48°, but the wind is taking it down to 46° on exposed skin. The sky is mostly cloudy.
Pressure is easing down, 0.03 inHg over the last hour. The first rain arrives between 11 AM and noon, with the best chance of it around 8 AM. That leaves a usable window outdoors until about 11 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 11 AM. Total accumulation over the window comes to about 1.08 in.
The overnight low settles near 50°. Tomorrow reaches 46°, 13° cooler than today. The humidity goes with it: tomorrow is the more comfortable half of this window, and the safer one for anything outdoors.
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
31–61°F across the weekThe week runs between 31° and 59°, with today the warmest day of it. There is no real trend across it: one day looks much like the next. Tomorrow is the wettest day, peaking near 100%. 4 of the 7 days stay dry.
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Metuchen, NJ at a glance
Metuchen is home to about 14,977 people in Middlesex County, across 2.8 square miles. It ranks 168th by population of 450 places in New Jersey with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Edison, 3 miles away.
- County
- Middlesex County
- Population
- 14,977 2023 est.
- Land area
- 2.8 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 5,279
- Forecast point
- 40.5424°N, 74.3628°W
How well can the network see Metuchen?
The nearest Doppler radar is KDIX (Philadelphia, PA), to the S. Its lowest scan passes about 2,700 ft above Metuchen. Close enough to see rotation in the low part of a storm, where tornadoes form. Metuchen is closer to its radar than 54% of US cities.
The closest weather station is KLDJ (Linden Arpt). Representative on most days, though a thunderstorm can hit one and miss the other.
Forecasts near Metuchen
- Edison, NJ3 mi
- South Plainfield, NJ4 mi
- Woodbridge, NJ4 mi
- Highland Park, NJ4 mi
- Perth Amboy, NJ5 mi
- Piscataway, NJ5 mi
- Sayreville, NJ6 mi
- Plainfield, NJ6 mi
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