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Dunellen, New Jersey Weather

Cicadas claim the afternoon. Day 15 of summer. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Dunellen weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar

Dunellen, NJ
Sunday, July 5 at 12:15 AM
75
°
Rain
Feels like
82°
Humidity
93%
Wind
8 mph
Sunrise
1:33 AM
Sunset
4:31 PM
Dunellen, NJ
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastDunellen, NJ: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 74 to 87 degrees Fahrenheit with a 69% chance of precipitation at 12 AM.
L 74°H 87°
Dunellen, NJ
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jul 5
    Heavy Rain
    69%
    1.5″
    87°74°
  2. Monday
    Jul 6
    Heavy Rain
    94%
    0.46″
    74°67°-13°
  3. Tuesday
    Jul 7
    Drizzle
    80%
    0.02″
    70°63°-4°
  4. Wednesday
    Jul 8
    Overcast
    35%
    80°63°+10°
  5. Thursday
    Jul 9
    Light Drizzle
    17%
    84°65°+4°
  6. Friday
    Jul 10
    Light Drizzle
    45%
    0.04″
    90°71°+6°
  7. Saturday
    Jul 11
    Overcast
    31%
    89°67°-1°
Dunellen, NJ
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
SW
225° · backing 12°
Direction
SW
225°
Sustained
8
mph
Gust
19
mph
Peak 24h
24
avg 7
Beaufort · 3 · GENTLE BRZ
0
CALM
<1
1
LIGHT AIR
1–3
2
LIGHT BRZ
4–7
3
GENTLE BRZ
8–12
4
MOD BRZ
13–18
5
FRESH BRZ
19–24
6
STRONG BRZ
25–31
7
NEAR GALE
32–38
24h · sust vs gust · mph
avg 7 · pk 24 @ 10:00p
0102030MPHB1B2B3B4B5B6-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 2410SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze backing 12° from the sw.
Dunellen, NJ
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
1013.9
+5.1 mb in 3h · rising rapidly · 29.94 inHg
Now
1013.9
mb
3h
+5.1
mb
12h
+2.7
mb
24h
+2.2
mb
Regime · CHANGE
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 10081014
1000STORM|RAIN10051010RAIN|CHG1015CHG|FAIR10201025FAIR|DRY1030-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW1013.71007.81013.7
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Pressure climbing through the change line — drier air pushing in.
Dunellen, NJ
Air quality
66
AQI
Moderate
-48 in 6h

AQI 66 (Moderate), driven by PM2.5. AQI down 48 over the last 6 hours — air quality is improving sharply. PM scrubbed by 2 hours of recent rain — PM2.5 down to 9.2 µg/m³, PM10 to 9.4 µg/m³.

OK No precautions needed for the general population; unusually sensitive individuals may consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion.

PM 2.5DRIVERGood
9.2μg/m³
PM 10Good
9μg/m³
NO₂Good
15μg/m³
OzoneModerate
73μg/m³
UV IndexLow
0.0

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 34. Overcast through the UV peak window (cloud cover ~90%) — afternoon ozone should stay flat.

Present
AQI 34
UV peak
3.3 at 1 PM
Sky at peak
overcast
Projected peak
AQI 8

PM × Wind × Precip

PM scrubbed by 2 hours of recent rain — PM2.5 down to 9.2 µg/m³, PM10 to 9.4 µg/m³.

PM2.5/PM10
0.98
Wind
light
Recent rain
2h in last 6h
Pattern
washed out
Dunellen, NJ
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
100%
OVERCAST
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
6.9mi
GOOD
114 mi0 mi−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Earth · GOES-19 ABI
Full Disk · Visible · GeoColor
GOES-19 full disk Visible · GeoColor
True-color daytime, blue/IR sandwich at night
04:15 UTC · Dunellen, NJ · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · up to 10848 px
Continental US · GOES-19 ABI
CONUS Sector · Visible · GeoColor
GOES-19 CONUS Visible · GeoColor
Daytime true-color, blue-light/IR sandwich at night
04:15 UTC · Dunellen, NJ · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · up to 10000 px
Dunellen, NJ
Satellite · infrared · animated
Dunellen, NJ
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Dunellen, NJ
Almanac · Sunday, July 5
If the first of July be rainy weather, 'twill rain more or less for four weeks together.
Civil dawn
5:00 AM
Sunrise
1:33 AM
Daylight
14h 58m
Sunset
4:31 PM
Civil dusk
9:06 PM
Planting note
Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.
Dunellen, NJ
The moon
Waning Gibbous
76% illuminated
Moonrise
11:15 PM
Moonset
11:07 AM
In sign
♓︎ Pisces
Dunellen, NJ
Microseason
Jul 1–5

Cicadas claim the afternoon

fish
Jan 151% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Dunellen at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 4°F above the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: April 20 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: Jul 1–5
  • Planting window: Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.

ZIP code: 08812

15-Day Forecast — Dunellen

  1. Sun87°74°69%
  2. Mon74°67°94%
  3. Tue70°63°80%
  4. Wed80°63°35%
  5. Thu84°65°17%
  6. Fri90°71°45%
  7. Sat89°67°31%
  8. Sun79°64°26%
  9. Mon87°64°16%
  10. Tue90°66°20%
  11. Wed89°69°34%
  12. Thu90°70°34%
  13. Fri85°71°30%
  14. Sat87°69°26%
  15. Sun94°75°36%

Forecast data from Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0).

Right now in the garden

Peak growing season

As of July 5, the growing season is at its peak — frost is months away. Continue succession-planting beans and summer squash. Start fall brassicas (broccoli, cabbage, kale) from seed indoors for transplanting in late summer.

SPC Convective Outlook

Storm Prediction Center — Dunellen

SPC has placed Dunellen in the Slight Risk category for severe thunderstorms today.

  • TODAYSLGTSlight Risk
  • TOMORROWMRGLMarginal Risk
  • DAY 3TSTMGeneral Thunderstorms

Scattered severe storms possible. A few tornadoes, hail, and damaging wind gusts possible.

Source: NOAA / NWS Storm Prediction Center categorical convective outlook. Outlooks are re-issued multiple times per day; this page reflects the most recent SPC polygons covering the city’s coordinates.

ZIP codes in Dunellen

  • 08812

Climate normals from the Open-Meteo Climate API. Köppen approximation from NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Regions. See methodology for data sources, editorial rules, and corrections. Maintainer: Brian Tighe.