New Jersey Weather, Election Day Morning: 49.7 and Clear Before the Polls Open — the Day Votes at 70.8, and Thursday Now Carries the Rain Code
Voters heading out at 6 a.m. meet a clear, cold 40s start and a dry, mild 70.8 by afternoon. Wednesday's fog is warmer, Thursday turns rainy, and Friday stays the week's wettest day.
Election Day begins cold and clear in New Jersey. The station's live feed reads 49.7 degrees and clear (code 0), feeling like 45.5, in the last hours of the night before the polls open — a morning that starts near Tuesday's low of 45.7. The first voters in line at 6 a.m. will be voting in the 40s under a clear sky.
The day itself is the friendly forecast this desk has carried all week, revised slightly upward. Tuesday rises to a high of 70.8 under an overcast code (3), with a precipitation chance of just 3 percent — dry at the polls from open to close. Wednesday follows at 71.9 with a fog code (45), a low of 50.8 and a rain chance of 3 percent, the week's warmest morning arriving with fog on it.
The change comes Thursday, which now carries an outright rain code (61) at 69.1 degrees, a low of 60.6 and a 27 percent precipitation chance — the first coded rain day of the week, a step beyond Monday night's reading. Friday remains the wettest day on the board, a drizzle code (51), 69.0 degrees and a 69 percent chance. The weekend cools hard behind it: Saturday 55.0 with a 61 percent chance, Sunday 56.3, and Monday 53.0. Election Day gets the best of the week first — the rain waits until the voting is done.
