Watchung, NJ Weather Forecast
Somerset County, New Jersey
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The next few hours
A dry afternoon, mostly sunny
It is 56° with a dew point of 36°, which is dry for this time of year. The sky is mostly sunny. The wind is out of the northwest at 16 mph.
The wind backs into the west-southwest around 6 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
Quiet through the next day and a half
Nothing wet is expected over the next day and a half.
The overnight low settles near 40°. Tomorrow tops out near 62°. 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
33–62°F across the weekThe week runs between 34° and 62°, with tomorrow the warmest day of it. The second half leans cooling, and Friday is the coolest day in it. Friday is the wettest day, peaking near 75%. 5 of the 7 days stay dry.
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Watchung, NJ at a glance
Watchung is home to about 6,434 people in Somerset County, across 6 square miles. It ranks 319th by population of 450 places in New Jersey with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is North Plainfield, 2 miles away.
- County
- Somerset County
- Population
- 6,434 2023 est.
- Land area
- 6 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 1,069
- Forecast point
- 40.6428°N, 74.4362°W
How well can the network see Watchung?
The nearest Doppler radar is KDIX (Philadelphia, PA), to the S. Its lowest scan passes about 3,400 ft above Watchung. 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 Watchung
- North Plainfield, NJ2 mi
- Plainfield, NJ2 mi
- Berkeley Heights, NJ2 mi
- Fanwood, NJ3 mi
- Scotch Plains, NJ3 mi
- Green Brook, NJ4 mi
- Dunellen, NJ4 mi
- Long Hill, NJ4 mi
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