New Jersey Weather Afternoon: 67.9 and Clear, a Breath From the Day's 68.2 High — Election Day Holds at 69.7, and the Rain Waits for Thursday
Monday is finishing as the warm, clear day the morning promised. Tuesday votes under the same pattern; the week's weather change is a mild, wet Thursday.
New Jersey's afternoon reading is 67.9 degrees and clear, feeling like 61.8, against a forecast high of 68.2 — the day has essentially made its number. The morning low was 42.3, and the precipitation chance never rose above 1 percent: Election Eve is ending dry, bright and mild across the state.
Election Day itself holds the pattern. Tuesday's forecast is 69.7 for a high and 43.1 for a low under code-3 skies, with the precipitation chance at 4 percent — the same dry voting weather this desk has carried since the weekend, with no revision in this reading. Wednesday keeps the warmth at 70.2 but opens with fog (code 45) and a much milder low of 50.5.
The turn comes Thursday: the code changes to 51 (drizzle), the low jumps to 59.3, and the precipitation chance reaches 57 percent, with Friday at 71.5 degrees and a 54 percent chance. In short, the week's best days are the two around the vote; the rain is a Thursday story, and this desk will track it from Wednesday's fog onward.
