North Plainfield, NJ Weather Forecast
Somerset County, New Jersey
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for North Plainfield, with free alerts the moment it counts.
The next few hours
Dry for the moment, with rain moving in overnight
It is 44°, but the wind is taking it down to 41° on exposed skin. The sky is clear.
The wind backs into the south-southwest around 6 PM, which is the turn that usually comes ahead of the change rather than after it. The first rain arrives between 4 AM and 5 AM, with the best chance of it around 6 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 0.85 in.
The overnight low settles near 41°. Tomorrow tops out near 59°. 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
32–63°F across the weekThe week runs between 32° and 63°, 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 99%. 5 of the 7 days stay dry.
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North Plainfield, NJ at a glance
North Plainfield is home to about 22,566 people in Somerset County, across 2.8 square miles. It ranks 114th by population of 450 places in New Jersey with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Plainfield, 1 miles away.
- County
- Somerset County
- Population
- 22,566 2023 est.
- Land area
- 2.8 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 8,039
- Forecast point
- 40.6213°N, 74.4395°W
How well can the network see North Plainfield?
The nearest Doppler radar is KDIX (Philadelphia, PA), to the S. Its lowest scan passes about 3,200 ft above North Plainfield. Close enough to see rotation in the low part of a storm, where tornadoes form.
The closest weather station is KLDJ (Linden Arpt). Representative on most days, though a thunderstorm can hit one and miss the other.
Forecasts near North Plainfield
- Plainfield, NJ1 mi
- Watchung, NJ2 mi
- Dunellen, NJ3 mi
- Green Brook, NJ3 mi
- Fanwood, NJ3 mi
- South Plainfield, NJ3 mi
- Scotch Plains, NJ4 mi
- Berkeley Heights, NJ4 mi
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