Jackson, NJ Weather Forecast
Ocean County, New Jersey
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Jackson, 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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Jackson, NJ at a glance
Jackson is home to about 60,275 people in Ocean County, across 99 square miles. It ranks 26th by population of 450 places in New Jersey with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Lakehurst, 6 miles away.
- County
- Ocean County
- Population
- 60,275 2023 est.
- Land area
- 99 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 608
- Forecast point
- 40.0909°N, 74.3613°W
How well can the network see Jackson?
The nearest Doppler radar is KDIX (Philadelphia, PA), to the SSW. Its lowest scan passes about 530 ft above Jackson. That is about as close as US radar coverage gets: low-level rotation and gust fronts over Jackson show up clearly. Jackson is closer to its radar than 95% of US cities.
The closest weather station is KMJX (Toms River/Miller Arpt). Representative on most days, though a thunderstorm can hit one and miss the other.
Forecasts near Jackson
- Lakehurst, NJ6 mi
- Plumsted, NJ7 mi
- Lakewood, NJ9 mi
- Manchester, NJ9 mi
- Millstone, NJ9 mi
- Upper Freehold, NJ10 mi
- Howell, NJ10 mi
- North Hanover, NJ12 mi
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