Passaic, New Jersey Weather
Passaic, New Jersey — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, tide predictions, marine conditions and a solunar fishing forecast for Passaic, Passaic County.
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About Passaic, New Jersey
Passaic, a city of brick and ambition, rises from the lowlands where the Passaic River, a broad, dark ribbon, begins its serpentine journey towards the sea. It lies 1.8 miles east of Clifton, NJ (from Clifton, NJ: bearing 94°T), and is situated 9.9 miles west-north-west of Manhattan. The landscape here is one of gentle slopes, a terrain sculpted by millennia of water and ice, now crisscrossed by a network of roads and railways that hum with the persistent pulse of commerce. The air, especially after a rain, carries a faint, earthy scent, a blend of damp asphalt and the distant whisper of industrial parks, a constant reminder of the human endeavor that has shaped this place. Residential streets, lined with modest homes and mature trees, offer glimpses of a quiet domestic life, a counterpoint to the more imposing structures of commerce and industry that punctuate the skyline. The echoes of Passaic's past resonate in its very bones, a history woven from the threads of immigration and industry. Once a thriving hub for textile manufacturing, its factories, now mostly silent sentinels, stand as monuments to an era of American enterprise. The river, once a powerhouse driving the mills, now flows with a more placid grace, a silent witness to the city's evolution. Today, Passaic's economy is a diverse blend, a mosaic of small businesses, service industries, and a continued, though transformed, manufacturing sector. The city's cultural character is a vibrant testament to the generations of families who have made their home here, their traditions and languages adding a rich texture to the everyday rhythm of life, a warmth that can be felt on a crisp autumn evening as the streetlights begin to cast their golden glow.
Live animated radar for Passaic and surroundings — RainViewer.
NOAA GOES-16 GEOCOLOR — live animated loop updated every 10 minutes. Shows cloud cover, storm systems and weather patterns across the continental US.
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| Location | Passaic, Passaic County, New Jersey |
| Coordinates | 40.856766°N, 74.128476°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 07055 |
| Area Code | 201, 551 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Passaic, New Jersey Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Passaic, New Jersey, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, real-time aviation weather (live METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport, with a modeled estimate shown when no station is in range), precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. Additional sections may include tide predictions, wave height, wave direction and sea-surface temperature, a barometric pressure trend, and a solunar-based fishing forecast with a fishing-conditions rating for coastal localities, and soil temperature, crop weather and live USGS river gauge data for agricultural areas near a monitored waterway. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Passaic includes coordinates 40.856766°N, 74.128476°W, situated in Passaic County. ZIP code 07055. Telephone area code: 201, 551. Timezone: Eastern Time (America/New_York).
Weather data is sourced from the NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) and the open-source Open-Meteo API. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov (NOAA), with a modeled estimate used where no nearby reporting station is available. River and stream data is sourced from the USGS National Water Information System. Tide predictions are sourced from NOAA CO-OPS; marine and solunar data are modeled from Open-Meteo and public sunrise/moon calculations and should be treated as a general guide alongside on-the-water conditions. Radar is provided by RainViewer. Satellite imagery is sourced from NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East and is public domain.
