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Kingston, New Jersey Weather

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

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

Kingston, NJ
Sunday, July 5 at 1:30 AM
75
°
Overcast
Feels like
82°
Humidity
87%
Wind
2 mph
Sunrise
1:34 AM
Sunset
4:31 PM
Kingston, NJ
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastKingston, NJ: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 73 to 88 degrees Fahrenheit with a 63% chance of precipitation at 11 PM.
L 73°H 88°
Kingston, NJ
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jul 5
    Heavy Rain
    70%
    3.5″
    88°73°
  2. Monday
    Jul 6
    Heavy Showers
    94%
    2.4″
    78°68°-10°
  3. Tuesday
    Jul 7
    Heavy Drizzle
    84%
    0.02″
    71°64°-7°
  4. Wednesday
    Jul 8
    Overcast
    36%
    76°60°+5°
  5. Thursday
    Jul 9
    Light Drizzle
    15%
    85°63°+9°
  6. Friday
    Jul 10
    Heavy Drizzle
    42%
    0.13″
    90°71°+5°
  7. Saturday
    Jul 11
    Overcast
    34%
    85°64°-5°
Kingston, NJ
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
NW
315° · veering 27°
Direction
NW
315°
Sustained
2
mph
Gust
10
mph
Peak 24h
28
avg 6
Beaufort · 1 · LIGHT AIR
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 6 · pk 28 @ 11:00p
01020MPHB1B2B3B4B5-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 2112SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze veering 27° from the nw.
Kingston, NJ
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
1011.2
+1.5 mb in 3h · rising · 29.86 inHg
Now
1011.2
mb
3h
+1.5
mb
12h
+2.1
mb
24h
+1.4
mb
Regime · CHANGE
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 10061012
1000STORM|RAIN10051010RAIN|CHG1015CHG|FAIR10201025FAIR|DRY1030-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW1011.81006.31011.4
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Pressure climbing through the change line — drier air pushing in.
Kingston, NJ
Air quality
48
AQI
Good
-57 in 6h

AQI 48 (Good), driven by PM2.5. AQI down 57 over the last 6 hours — air quality is improving sharply. PM scrubbed by 3 hours of recent rain — PM2.5 down to 9.5 µg/m³, PM10 to 9.6 µg/m³.

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

PM 2.5DRIVERGood
9.5μg/m³
PM 10Good
10μg/m³
NO₂Good
18μg/m³
OzoneGood
58μg/m³
UV IndexLow
0.0

What's driving it

PM × Wind × Precip

PM scrubbed by 3 hours of recent rain — PM2.5 down to 9.5 µg/m³, PM10 to 9.6 µg/m³.

PM2.5/PM10
0.99
Wind
calm
Recent rain
3h in last 6h
Pattern
washed out
Kingston, NJ
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
100%
OVERCAST
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
31.6mi
UNLIMITED
118 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
05:30 UTC · Kingston, 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
05:30 UTC · Kingston, NJ · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · up to 10000 px
Kingston, NJ
Satellite · infrared · animated
Kingston, NJ
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Kingston, NJ
Almanac · Sunday, July 5
If the first of July be rainy weather, 'twill rain more or less for four weeks together.
Civil dawn
5:02 AM
Sunrise
1:34 AM
Daylight
14h 57m
Sunset
4:31 PM
Civil dusk
9:05 PM
Planting note
Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.
Kingston, NJ
The moon
Waning Gibbous
75% illuminated
Moonrise
11:15 PM
Moonset
11:08 AM
In sign
♓︎ Pisces
Kingston, NJ
Microseason
Jul 1–5

Cicadas claim the afternoon

fish
Jan 151% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Kingston at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 4°F above the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: April 18 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: Jul 1–5
  • Planting window: Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.

ZIP code: 08528

15-Day Forecast — Kingston

  1. Sun88°73°70%
  2. Mon78°68°94%
  3. Tue71°64°84%
  4. Wed76°60°36%
  5. Thu85°63°15%
  6. Fri90°71°42%
  7. Sat85°64°34%
  8. Sun76°63°25%
  9. Mon84°60°15%
  10. Tue88°61°18%
  11. Wed90°65°34%
  12. Thu86°64°34%
  13. Fri87°64°30%
  14. Sat84°66°26%
  15. Sun93°73°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 — Kingston

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

  • TODAYSLGTSlight Risk
  • TOMORROWSLGTSlight 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 Kingston

  • 08528
  • 08540

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.