Jersey City, NJ Weather Forecast
Hudson County, New Jersey
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Jersey City, 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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Jersey City, NJ at a glance
Jersey City is home to about 291,657 people in Hudson County, across 15 square miles. It ranks 2nd by population of 450 places in New Jersey with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Hoboken, 3 miles away.
- County
- Hudson County
- Population
- 291,657 2023 est.
- Land area
- 15 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 19,776
- Forecast point
- 40.7114°N, 74.0648°W
How well can the network see Jersey City?
The nearest Doppler radar is KDIX (Philadelphia, PA), to the SSW. Its lowest scan passes about 4,100 ft above Jersey City. The beam is above the lowest few thousand feet here, so a warning for Jersey City can come before anything looks dramatic on radar.
The closest weather station is KJRB (New York/Downtown). Close enough that its readings are the conditions in town.
Forecasts near Jersey City
- Hoboken, NJ3 mi
- Bayonne, NJ4 mi
- Kearny, NJ4 mi
- Union City, NJ4 mi
- Weehawken, NJ5 mi
- Secaucus, NJ5 mi
- Harrison, NJ5 mi
- Newark, NJ6 mi
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