New Jersey Weather Sunday Night: 49.2 and Clear, Frost Advisory to 8 a.m. Monday — and Election Day Revised Up to 69.3 and Dry
The cold night is on schedule and the warm Tuesday is getting warmer. The station feed now puts Election Day at 69.3 degrees with a 2 percent rain chance — the best voting weather on the board — before rain arrives Thursday.
New Jersey's coldest night of the fall is proceeding as advertised. The station's live feed read 49.2 degrees and clear late Sunday evening, feeling like 44.1, on its way to the overnight low of 39.4. The National Weather Service in Mount Holly's Frost Advisory, issued at 12:40 p.m. Sunday, remains in effect until 8 a.m. Monday — cover the tender plants, and expect a frosted windshield on the early shift.
What changed on the current feed is Tuesday. Election Day's forecast high has been revised up to 69.3 degrees, from 66.9 earlier Sunday, with the rain chance still at 2 percent and a morning low of 42.5. Monday reaches 66.7 on the way there, and Wednesday holds at 68.5 with overnight lows jumping to 55.7 — by midweek, tonight's frost will read like a rumor. For voters, the translation is simple: a cold wait for the 6 a.m. poll openings, and shirtsleeve-adjacent weather by the afternoon rush to the polls.
The week's turn comes after the voting. Thursday's rain chance reaches 49 percent with a high of 69, Friday reaches 59 percent at 62.7, and Saturday stays wet at 45 percent. Until then the pattern is dry, clear and warming — a three-day runway from a frosty Sunday night to a 69-degree Election Day.
