Rockaway, NJ Weather Forecast
Morris County, New Jersey
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Rockaway, 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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Rockaway, NJ at a glance
Rockaway is home to about 6,596 people in Morris County, across 2.1 square miles. It ranks 314th by population of 450 places in New Jersey with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Denville, 2 miles away.
- County
- Morris County
- Population
- 6,596 2023 est.
- Land area
- 2.1 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 3,177
- Forecast point
- 40.8959°N, 74.5173°W
How well can the network see Rockaway?
The nearest Doppler radar is KDIX (Philadelphia, PA), to the S. Its lowest scan passes about 5,200 ft above Rockaway. The beam is above the lowest few thousand feet here, so a warning for Rockaway can come before anything looks dramatic on radar.
The closest weather station is KMMU (Morristown Muni). Representative on most days, though a thunderstorm can hit one and miss the other.
Forecasts near Rockaway
- Denville, NJ2 mi
- Dover, NJ2 mi
- Wharton, NJ3 mi
- Mountain Lakes, NJ4 mi
- Morris Plains, NJ5 mi
- Mine Hill, NJ5 mi
- Randolph, NJ5 mi
- Parsippany-Troy Hills, NJ6 mi
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