New Jersey Weather, Election Night: 51 and Clear and Cold — Election Day Votes at 70.3, Wednesday's Fog Is the Week's Warmest Morning, and Friday Brings the Rain
The last forecast of Election Eve is a friendly one for voters: a dry, mild 70.3 on Tuesday after a 44.4 dawn, fog and 71.9 on Wednesday, and the week's rain pushed back to Friday.
Election Eve is ending cold and clear in New Jersey. The station's live feed reads 51.0 degrees and clear (code 0), feeling like 46.3, late on Monday night — down from Monday's high of 69.2 against a low of 42.3, on a day whose precipitation chance never rose above 1 percent.
Election Day itself holds the line the forecast has kept all day. Tuesday opens at a low of 44.4 degrees — the temperature the first voters will meet when polls open at 6 a.m. — and rises to a high of 70.3 under an overcast code (3), with a precipitation chance of just 3 percent: dry at the polls from open to close. Wednesday follows warmer still, 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 arrives with fog on it.
The week's weather turns after that, and later than earlier forecasts had it. Thursday now reads 70.7 with a low of 60.4 and a rain chance cut to 27 percent, while Friday takes the wet role: a drizzle code (51), 69.8 degrees and a 69 percent precipitation chance. Saturday cools sharply to 57.8 with a 61 percent chance, and Sunday finishes the week at 52.8. Voters get the best of it first — the rain waits until the ballots are counted.
