Watchung, NJ Weather Forecast and Current Conditions (07069)
Current Conditions From Nearby Local Station
Feels Like 56°F
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Current Conditions From Nearby Local Station
Feels Like 56°F
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Point Forecast at a Glance
This Date in Weather History
1841 - An October gale, the worst of record for Nantucket, MA, caught the Cap Cod fishing fleet at sea. Forty ships were driven ashore on Cape Cod, and 57 men perished from the town of Truro alone. Heavy snow fell inland, with 18 inches near Middletown, CT.
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Watchung 7 Day Weather Forecast Details
Friday Oct 3
Night: Clear, with a low around 49. West wind 0 to 5 mph.
Saturday Oct 4
Day: Sunny, with a high near 81. West wind around 5 mph.
Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 54. West wind around 0 mph.
Sunday Oct 5
Day: Sunny, with a high near 83. Southwest wind 0 to 5 mph.
Night: Clear, with a low around 54. South wind 0 to 5 mph.
Monday Oct 6
Day: Sunny, with a high near 81.
Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 58.
Tuesday Oct 7
Day: Mostly sunny, with a high near 81.
Night: Rain showers likely after 8pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 60. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
Wednesday Oct 8
Day: Rain showers likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 72. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
Night: A chance of rain showers before 2am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 48. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
Thursday Oct 9
Day: Sunny, with a high near 64.
Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 45.
Friday Oct 10
Day: Sunny, with a high near 67.
Sun & Moon Monthly
Sunrise 6:57 AM
Sunset 6:38 PM
Last Light 7:05 PM
Moonset 2:40 AM
Contiguous United States Extremes
Fri's High Temperature
103 at Gila Bend, AZ and 3 Miles East Southeast Of Casa Grande, AZ
Fri's Low Temperature
23 at Angel Fire, NM
Weather Folklore
When spiders webs in air do fly, the spell will soon be very dry.
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About Watchung, New Jersey
Watchung () is a borough in Somerset County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, located approximately 29 miles (47 km) west of New York City. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 6,449, an increase of 648 (+11.2%) from the 2010 census count of 5,801, which in turn reflected an increase of 188 (+3.3%) from the 5,613 counted in the 2000 census. It is located within the Raritan Valley region.
Watchung was incorporated as a borough by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on May 23, 1926, from portions of North Plainfield Township (now Green Brook Township) based on the results of a referendum held on April 20, 1926. The name "Watchung" comes from the Lenni Lenape Native Americans, meaning "high hills" or from "watschu," meaning "hill."
In 2012, Forbes.com listed Watchung as 384th in its listing of "America's Most Expensive ZIP Codes", with a median home price of $767,507.
The borough is one of the state's highest-income communities. Based on data from the American Community Survey (ACS) for 2014–2018, Watchung residents had a median household income of $153,341, almost double the statewide median of $79,363.
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