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NEW JERSEY · ESSEX COUNTY

Fairfield

8,204 people, 180 ft above sea level in Essex County.

180 ftElevation, city center
8,204People, 2024 estimate
10 sq miLand area
Sunny 68°
Sunny now Dew point 58° · Calm · high 70°
City of Fairfield River Interstate 2 miles
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The Fairfield plate. Relief from Copernicus GLO-30; rivers and lakes from USGS NHD; watersheds from the USGS Watershed Boundary Dataset; roads and city limits from Census TIGER 2024.

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TODAY

Today in Fairfield

NWS forecast and National Blend of Models · updated 1:00 PM EDT
RIGHT NOW Central Park (KNYC) · 1:51 PM
Sunny
68° Sunny Feels like 68° · high of 70° near 2 PM
WindCalmno gusts
Humidity70%falling to 68% this afternoon
Pressure30.01 in →steady
Visibility10 mihaze-free
CloudsClear
UV index—no forecast
Dew point 58° · Comfortableabout the same for three days
DryComfortableStickyMuggyOppressive
NEXT RAIN
Showers
Friday40% chance · showers
LIKELY AMOUNT—amounts come within 3 days
LAST RAINSept. 271.58 in · 2 dry days
ALERTS & OUTLOOKS
No watches or warnings for Essex County
NWS Upton and the Storm Prediction Center · checked 2:50 PM
SUN & MOON
↑ 6:51 AM6:43 PM ↓
11 h 52 m of daylight, 3 minutes less than yesterday
Waning gibbous, 89% lit. The Harvest Moon was full Saturday.
AIR & POLLEN
29
GOODAir quality index · fine particles
Tomorrow: 50, good. No pollen source yet.

The next three days, hour by hour

Sky: clear, cloudy, night Rain likely National Blend of Models
TUESDAY, SEPT. 29
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 30
THURSDAY, OCT. 1
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TEMPERATURE °F
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CHANCE OF RAIN
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HOW IT FEELS · DEW POINT
Sticky: dew points 57 to 65°

The next seven days, and how sure we are

Forecast, with the range 8 in 10 ensemble members agree on Normal, about 71° / 58°
TUE Sept. 29 Partly cloudy Partly cloudy
70° 59°
0% rain — NW 0 A
WED Sept. 30 Partly cloudy Partly cloudy
75° 63°
0% rain — SSW 0 A
THU Oct. 1 Partly cloudy Partly cloudy
76° 66°
0% rain — SW 4 B
FRI Oct. 2 Chance of showers Chance of showers
80° 63°
40% rain up to 0.1″ W 6 B
SAT Oct. 3 Partly cloudy; cooler Partly cloudy; cooler
70° 56°
30% rain — ENE 5 B
SUN Oct. 4 Chance of showers Chance of showers
66° 55°
50% rain up to 1.1″ E 5 B
MON Oct. 5 Mostly sunny Mostly sunny
66° 49°
10% rain — NW 7 C
How sure are we? AModels agree: highs within 4° BSome spread: within 8° CWide spread: check back
Range from the National Blend of Models percentiles · graded on Forecast Scores
AIR MAIL

Where today’s air came from

The air arriving over Fairfield about 5,000 feet above the ground was over the North Atlantic three days ago, and over New England a day ago, about 1,570 miles back along its path. Most of the nine paths traced from around the city agree. Near the ground the air came from Quebec; at 10,000 feet, from the Atlantic off the Carolinas. Traced back 72 hours through NOAA’s hourly RAP analyses and the GFS beyond them, nine paths at each of three heights.

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Neighboring plates

Newark NJ · 13 MI 13 miles southeast New York NY · 24 MI 24 miles southeast Hempstead NY · 40 MI 40 miles southeast Islip NY · 59 MI 59 miles east Brookhaven NY · 70 MI 70 miles east Philadelphia PA · 74 MI 74 miles southwest
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Fairfield

8,204 people, 180 ft above sea level in Essex County.

180 ftElevation
8,204People
10 sq miLand
Sunny 68°
SunnyDew point 58°
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Today in Fairfield

NEXT 15 HOURS
Now mostly cloudy day 70° 0%
5p mostly cloudy day 70° 1%
8p partly cloudy night 67° 1%
11p partly cloudy night 65° 0%
2a partly cloudy night 62° 0%
5a partly cloudy night 60° 0%
Showers
NEXT RAINFriday · 40%
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Tue0%
Partly cloudy Partly cloudy
59
70
A
Wed0%
Partly cloudy Partly cloudy
63
75
A
Thu0%
Partly cloudy Partly cloudy
66
76
B
Fri40%
Chance of showers Chance of showers
63
80
B
Sat30%
Partly cloudy; cooler Partly cloudy; cooler
56
70
B
Sun50%
Chance of showers Chance of showers
55
66
B
Mon10%
Mostly sunny Mostly sunny
49
66
C
Letters show how sure the forecast is: A, models agree; B, some spread; C, check back. Sample data.
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