South Plainfield, NJ Weather Forecast
Middlesex County, New Jersey
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for South Plainfield, 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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South Plainfield, NJ at a glance
South Plainfield is home to about 24,131 people in Middlesex County, across 8.3 square miles. It ranks 106th by population of 450 places in New Jersey with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Plainfield, 3 miles away.
- County
- Middlesex County
- Population
- 24,131 2023 est.
- Land area
- 8.3 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 2,909
- Forecast point
- 40.5744°N, 74.4148°W
How well can the network see South Plainfield?
The nearest Doppler radar is KDIX (Philadelphia, PA), to the S. Its lowest scan passes about 2,900 ft above South Plainfield. Close enough to see rotation in the low part of a storm, where tornadoes form. South Plainfield is closer to its radar than 51% of US cities.
The closest weather station is KLDJ (Linden Arpt). Representative on most days, though a thunderstorm can hit one and miss the other.
Forecasts near South Plainfield
- Plainfield, NJ3 mi
- Dunellen, NJ3 mi
- Piscataway, NJ3 mi
- North Plainfield, NJ3 mi
- Metuchen, NJ4 mi
- Green Brook, NJ4 mi
- Middlesex, NJ4 mi
- Scotch Plains, NJ5 mi
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