Paterson, NJ Weather Forecast
Passaic County, New Jersey
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Paterson, 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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Paterson, NJ at a glance
Paterson is home to about 156,452 people in Passaic County, across 8.4 square miles. It ranks 3rd by population of 450 places in New Jersey with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Prospect Park, 2 miles away.
- County
- Passaic County
- Population
- 156,452 2023 est.
- Land area
- 8.4 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 18,596
- Forecast point
- 40.9148°N, 74.1628°W
How well can the network see Paterson?
The nearest Doppler radar is KOKX (New York City, NY), to the E. Its lowest scan passes about 5,400 ft above Paterson. The beam is above the lowest few thousand feet here, so a warning for Paterson 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 Paterson
- Prospect Park, NJ2 mi
- Haledon, NJ2 mi
- Elmwood Park, NJ2 mi
- Woodland Park, NJ2 mi
- Fair Lawn, NJ3 mi
- Hawthorne, NJ3 mi
- Totowa, NJ3 mi
- North Haledon, NJ4 mi
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