Fairfield, NJ Weather Forecast
Essex County, New Jersey
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Fairfield, 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.
Seven-day outlook
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Fairfield, NJ at a glance
Fairfield is home to about 7,941 people in Essex County, across 10 square miles. It ranks 288th by population of 450 places in New Jersey with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is West Caldwell, 2 miles away.
- County
- Essex County
- Population
- 7,941 2023 est.
- Land area
- 10 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 784
- Forecast point
- 40.8825°N, 74.3046°W
How well can the network see Fairfield?
The nearest Doppler radar is KDIX (Philadelphia, PA), to the S. Its lowest scan passes about 5,100 ft above Fairfield. The beam is above the lowest few thousand feet here, so a warning for Fairfield can come before anything looks dramatic on radar.
The closest weather station is KCDW (Caldwell/Essex Cnty). Close enough that its readings are the conditions in town.
Forecasts near Fairfield
- West Caldwell, NJ2 mi
- North Caldwell, NJ3 mi
- Lincoln Park, NJ3 mi
- Caldwell, NJ3 mi
- Montville, NJ4 mi
- Roseland, NJ4 mi
- Cedar Grove, NJ4 mi
- Little Falls, NJ5 mi
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