Newark, NJ Weather Forecast
Essex County, New Jersey
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Newark, 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
Free alerts for Newark
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Newark, NJ at a glance
Newark is home to about 304,960 people in Essex County, across 24 square miles. It is the largest of 450 places in New Jersey with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Harrison, 2 miles away.
- County
- Essex County
- Population
- 304,960 2023 est.
- Land area
- 24 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 12,631
- Forecast point
- 40.7242°N, 74.1726°W
How well can the network see Newark?
The nearest Doppler radar is KDIX (Philadelphia, PA), to the SSW. Its lowest scan passes about 4,100 ft above Newark. The beam is above the lowest few thousand feet here, so a warning for Newark can come before anything looks dramatic on radar.
The closest weather station is KEWR (Newark Intl). Close enough that its readings are the conditions in town.
Forecasts near Newark
- Harrison, NJ2 mi
- Irvington, NJ3 mi
- Kearny, NJ3 mi
- East Orange, NJ3 mi
- Hillside, NJ4 mi
- Elizabeth, NJ4 mi
- Orange, NJ4 mi
- Belleville, NJ5 mi
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