New Jersey air quality

Stockton, New Jersey Air Quality

Hunterdon County40.408, -74.978

The nearest monitor to Stockton, at Wash. Crossing, 9 miles away, measured an index of 26 at Wed, 9:00 PM EDT, which is Good for ground-level ozone. New Jersey Dept. of Environmental Protection forecasts Good for North Central today and Good tomorrow.

Measured now
26 · Good
Today
30 · Good
Tomorrow
35 · Good
Pollutant
Ozone

Fine particles on the map

Forecast fine particulate matter from NOAA’s National Air Quality Forecast Capability over Stockton, New Jersey. Open it for the live map, where it pans and zooms.

Forecast fine particulate matter from NOAA’s National Air Quality Forecast Capability over Stockton, New Jersey Open the live map with the particulate forecast

Map layer from NOAA National Air Quality Forecast Capability. Boundaries from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet.

Alerts in force

An Air Quality Alert is issued by the National Weather Service on behalf of a state or local agency when pollution is expected to reach a level that harms health. An Air Stagnation Advisory means the air will not move enough to clear what is already in it.

None are in force near Stockton right now. All New Jersey warnings.

Now

Good

Nearest monitor
Wash. Crossing, 9 miles away (site 340219991)
Index measured
26 · Good
Measured at
Wed, 9:00 PM EDT
Ozone
24 ppb
Reporting area
North Central, NJ, 31 miles away
Reported by
New Jersey Dept. of Environmental Protection
Area index
31 · Good

Measured, not modeled. AirNow observations are preliminary until the operating agency certifies them, which happens months later.

Today and tomorrow

New Jersey Dept. of Environmental Protection's own forecast for North Central, written by a forecaster rather than read off a model.

DayCategoryIndexPollutant
TodayGood30Ozone
TomorrowGood35Ozone

The forecaster’s discussion

Written by New Jersey Dept. of Environmental Protection for North Central and filed with AirNow.

9/23 - A breezy northeasterly/onshore flow will help to keep air quality well into the Good category statewide today, accompanied by persistent cool temperatures and lingering morning rain showers in southern New Jersey. 9/24 - Good air quality is expected to continue on Thursday as breezy northeasterly/onshore winds persist, providing a clean air mass to the region. Mostly sunny skies and cooler temperatures in the mid 60s are expected as well.

Hour by hour

NOAA’s National Air Quality Forecast Capability, bias-corrected against monitors, for this town’s own coordinate. The worst hour ahead is an index of 34, Good, around Thu, 9:00 PM EDT, from the run issued Wed, 8:00 AM EDT. This is a model, not a measurement.

HourIndexCategoryPM2.5Ozone
Wed, 10:00 AM EDT8Good1.7
Wed, 11:00 AM EDT11Good2.3
Wed, 12:00 PM EDT10Good1.7
Wed, 1:00 PM EDT9Good1.6
Wed, 2:00 PM EDT10Good2
Wed, 3:00 PM EDT13Good3
Wed, 4:00 PM EDT18Good2.419.9
Wed, 5:00 PM EDT20Good2.222.4
Wed, 6:00 PM EDT22Good224.4
Wed, 7:00 PM EDT23Good2.825.9
Wed, 8:00 PM EDT24Good3.326.6
Wed, 9:00 PM EDT24Good1.626.5
Wed, 10:00 PM EDT23Good2.325.4
Wed, 11:00 PM EDT21Good2.323.4
Thu, 12:00 AM EDT19Good1.821.2
Thu, 1:00 AM EDT18Good1.819.4
Thu, 2:00 AM EDT16Good2.117.8
Thu, 3:00 AM EDT15Good2.516.4
Thu, 4:00 AM EDT14Good2.515.5
Thu, 5:00 AM EDT13Good2.614.7
Thu, 6:00 AM EDT13Good214.4
Thu, 7:00 AM EDT13Good214.1
Thu, 8:00 AM EDT12Good2.113.7
Thu, 9:00 AM EDT12Good213.5
Thu, 10:00 AM EDT12Good2.613.6
Thu, 11:00 AM EDT16Good3.514.1
Thu, 12:00 PM EDT17Good3.215
Thu, 1:00 PM EDT16Good2.916.6
Thu, 2:00 PM EDT17Good3.418.9
Thu, 3:00 PM EDT20Good4.122
Thu, 4:00 PM EDT23Good3.825.8
Thu, 5:00 PM EDT27Good3.529.5
Thu, 6:00 PM EDT30Good432.7
Thu, 7:00 PM EDT32Good4.335.1
Thu, 8:00 PM EDT33Good3.836.8
Thu, 9:00 PM EDT34Good2.837.5
Thu, 10:00 PM EDT33Good3.536.7
Thu, 11:00 PM EDT31Good3.435
Fri, 12:00 AM EDT30Good3.732.5
Fri, 1:00 AM EDT28Good330
Fri, 2:00 AM EDT25Good2.427.9
Fri, 3:00 AM EDT23Good1.725.9
Fri, 4:00 AM EDT22Good2.224.2
Fri, 5:00 AM EDT20Good2.422.5
Fri, 6:00 AM EDT19Good221.4
Fri, 7:00 AM EDT19Good220.8
Fri, 8:00 AM EDT19Good220.4
Fri, 9:00 AM EDT18Good2.219.9
Fri, 10:00 AM EDT18Good2.919.8
Fri, 11:00 AM EDT19Good3.720.5
Fri, 12:00 PM EDT19Good3.521.7
Fri, 1:00 PM EDT21Good323.7
Fri, 2:00 PM EDT23Good2.926
Fri, 3:00 PM EDT26Good328.2
Fri, 4:00 PM EDT28Good2.530.2
Fri, 5:00 PM EDT30Good2.432.4
Fri, 6:00 PM EDT31Good2.734
Fri, 7:00 PM EDT31Good2.634.7
Fri, 8:00 PM EDT31Good2.134.6
Fri, 9:00 PM EDT31Good1.733.9
Fri, 10:00 PM EDT30Good2.932.5
Fri, 11:00 PM EDT28Good3.230.8
Sat, 12:00 AM EDT26Good3.628.8
Sat, 1:00 AM EDT24Good4.326.4
Sat, 2:00 AM EDT23Good4.724
Sat, 3:00 AM EDT24Good4.622.1
Sat, 4:00 AM EDT26Good4.920.7
Sat, 5:00 AM EDT26Good4.619.4
Sat, 6:00 AM EDT24Good4.317.5
Sat, 7:00 AM EDT23Good416.1
Sat, 8:00 AM EDT22Good3.915.1

Fine particles in micrograms per cubic meter, ozone in parts per billion as an 8-hour average. The index for each hour is EPA’s: the ozone figure is already the 8-hour average the ozone index is defined on, and the particle figure is run through EPA’s NowCast, which is how an hourly PM2.5 concentration becomes an index.

Smoke

NOAA’s analysts have not drawn smoke over Stockton in satellite imagery today.

NOAA’s model forecasts no measurable smoke near the ground here over the next two days.

Smoke on the radar over Stockton

What this means

Good

Air quality is satisfactory, and air pollution poses little or no risk.

Who is affected
Nobody is expected to be affected.
What to do
It is a good day to be outside.
Index range
0 to 50

Category descriptions are the Environmental Protection Agency’s own.

What these numbers are. An index beside a monitor’s name is a measurement, published hourly by AirNow and preliminary until the operating agency certifies it. A category for today or tomorrow is a state or local agency forecaster’s own forecast for a reporting area. An hourly index is NOAA’s air quality model on a five-kilometer grid, not a reading from any instrument. Where a town has no monitor within reach, only the model figures appear, and the page says so.

Nearby

The nearest towns with a page of their own, closest first.

Weather forecast for StocktonWarnings in Hunterdon CountyLive radar over StocktonNew Jersey air quality

Sources

Observations and daily forecasts from AirNow, the US Environmental Protection Agency’s program with NOAA, the National Park Service, NASA, tribal, state and local agencies. Hourly forecasts from NOAA’s National Air Quality Forecast Capability. Smoke analysis from NOAA’s Hazard Mapping System. Alerts from the National Weather Service. Index categories and breakpoints are EPA’s, as revised in 2024.