Clifton, NJ Weather Forecast
Passaic County, New Jersey
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Clifton, with free alerts the moment it counts.
The next few hours
Taller, warmer bars mean heavier rain. Dotted means no reading for that hour.
Hour by hour
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.
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Clifton, NJ at a glance
Clifton is home to about 88,461 people in Passaic County, across 11 square miles. It ranks 11th by population of 450 places in New Jersey with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Passaic, 2 miles away.
- County
- Passaic County
- Population
- 88,461 2023 est.
- Land area
- 11 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 7,846
- Forecast point
- 40.8621°N, 74.1604°W
How well can the network see Clifton?
The nearest Doppler radar is KDIX (Philadelphia, PA), to the SSW. Its lowest scan passes about 5,100 ft above Clifton. The beam is above the lowest few thousand feet here, so a warning for Clifton can come before anything looks dramatic on radar.
The closest weather station is KTEB (Teterboro Arpt). Representative on most days, though a thunderstorm can hit one and miss the other.
Forecasts near Clifton
- Passaic, NJ2 mi
- Woodland Park, NJ3 mi
- Nutley, NJ3 mi
- Wallington, NJ3 mi
- Garfield, NJ3 mi
- Little Falls, NJ3 mi
- Elmwood Park, NJ4 mi
- Cedar Grove, NJ4 mi
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