New Jersey air quality

Winfield, New Jersey Air Quality

Union County40.643, -74.285

The nearest monitor to Winfield, at Rahway PM, 3 miles away, measured an index of 19 at Fri, 10:00 PM EDT, which is Good for fine particles (PM2.5). New Jersey Dept. of Environmental Protection forecasts Good for Northeast Urban today and Good tomorrow.

Measured now
19 · Good
Today
30 · Good
Tomorrow
25 · Good
Pollutant
PM2.5

Fine particles on the map

Forecast fine particulate matter from NOAA’s National Air Quality Forecast Capability over Winfield, 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 Winfield, 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 Winfield right now. All New Jersey warnings.

Now

Good

Nearest monitor
Rahway PM, 3 miles away (site 340392003)
Index measured
19 · Good
Measured at
Fri, 10:00 PM EDT
Fine particles
3.9 µg/m³
Reporting area
Northeast Urban, NJ, 6 miles away
Reported by
New Jersey Dept. of Environmental Protection
Area index
44 · 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 Northeast Urban, written by a forecaster rather than read off a model.

DayCategoryIndexPollutant
TodayGood30Ozone
TomorrowGood25Ozone
Sunday, September 27Good25Ozone
Monday, September 28Good30Ozone

The forecaster’s discussion

Written by New Jersey Dept. of Environmental Protection for Northeast Urban and filed with AirNow.

9/25 - A Nor'easter will begin to impact the region today and throughout the weekend, bringing with it the chance for heavy rain in the afternoon/evening and gusty northeast winds. As a result, air quality will remain in the Good category statewide. 9/26 - The Nor'easter will continue to impact the region on Saturday, allowing for periods of heavy rain and strong gusty winds out of the north/northeast as the storm stalls off the New Jersey coast. Good air quality is expected statewide. 9/27 - Good air quality will persist into the remainder of the weekend as the Nor'easter remains just off of the New Jersey coast, allowing for breezy northerly winds, consistent cool temperatures, and the chance for heavy rain. 9/28 - The chance for rain will begin to taper off on Monday as the Nor'easter weakens and begins to depart the region, accompanied by breezy winds shifting out of the northwest. Air quality will remain in the Good category across New Jersey as a result.

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 25, Good, around Fri, 11:00 PM EDT, from the run issued Fri, 8:00 AM EDT. This is a model, not a measurement.

HourIndexCategoryPM2.5Ozone
Fri, 11:00 PM EDT25Good0.727
Sat, 12:00 AM EDT24Good1.226.6
Sat, 1:00 AM EDT24Good0.626.4
Sat, 2:00 AM EDT24Good0.326.4
Sat, 3:00 AM EDT24Good0.226.4
Sat, 4:00 AM EDT24Good1.226
Sat, 5:00 AM EDT23Good0.325.9
Sat, 6:00 AM EDT24Good0.826
Sat, 7:00 AM EDT23Good0.926
Sat, 8:00 AM EDT23Good0.725.5
Sat, 9:00 AM EDT22Good1.824.6
Sat, 10:00 AM EDT21Good1.523.6
Sat, 11:00 AM EDT21Good2.423.2
Sat, 12:00 PM EDT21Good1.823.1
Sat, 1:00 PM EDT21Good223.2
Sat, 2:00 PM EDT21Good2.623.6
Sat, 3:00 PM EDT22Good2.224.3
Sat, 4:00 PM EDT23Good1.325.3
Sat, 5:00 PM EDT24Good1.226.1
Sat, 6:00 PM EDT25Good0.127.1
Sat, 7:00 PM EDT25Good0.727.7
Sat, 8:00 PM EDT25Good0.728
Sat, 9:00 PM EDT25Good0.327.9
Sat, 10:00 PM EDT25Good0.327.7
Sat, 11:00 PM EDT25Good0.627.3
Sun, 12:00 AM EDT24Good0.826.8
Sun, 1:00 AM EDT24Good0.126.8
Sun, 2:00 AM EDT24Good0.226.7
Sun, 3:00 AM EDT24Good0.126.4
Sun, 4:00 AM EDT24Good1.226
Sun, 5:00 AM EDT23Good0.525.9
Sun, 6:00 AM EDT23Good1.325.6
Sun, 7:00 AM EDT23Good125.6
Sun, 8:00 AM EDT24Good0.726
Sun, 9:00 AM EDT24Good226.1
Sun, 10:00 AM EDT23Good2.525.9
Sun, 11:00 AM EDT23Good3.525.5
Sun, 12:00 PM EDT23Good3.425.5
Sun, 1:00 PM EDT23Good3.925.5
Sun, 2:00 PM EDT23Good4.525.9
Sun, 3:00 PM EDT24Good4.526.3
Sun, 4:00 PM EDT24Good3.526.3
Sun, 5:00 PM EDT24Good3.726.1
Sun, 6:00 PM EDT24Good2.626.1
Sun, 7:00 PM EDT24Good1.926.2
Sun, 8:00 PM EDT24Good1.226.4
Sun, 9:00 PM EDT24Good1.926.5
Sun, 10:00 PM EDT24Good2.226.4
Sun, 11:00 PM EDT24Good326
Mon, 12:00 AM EDT23Good325.6
Mon, 1:00 AM EDT23Good2.125.5
Mon, 2:00 AM EDT23Good2.325.4
Mon, 3:00 AM EDT23Good1.925.6
Mon, 4:00 AM EDT23Good2.825.6
Mon, 5:00 AM EDT23Good1.625.5
Mon, 6:00 AM EDT23Good2.725.5
Mon, 7:00 AM EDT23Good2.325.5
Mon, 8:00 AM EDT23Good225.4

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 Winfield in satellite imagery today.

NOAA’s model forecasts near-surface smoke peaking at 0.1 µg/m³ around Fri, 11:00 PM EDT.

Smoke on the radar over Winfield

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 WinfieldWarnings in Union CountyLive radar over WinfieldNew 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.