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This is the current conditions weather report for Rutherford. The report was made 65 minutes ago, at 05:51 UTC. The wind was blowing at a speed of 18 miles per hour / 29.6 kilometers per hour with gusts up to 18 miles per hour / 29.6 kilometers per hour from the northwest (320°). The temperature was 28°F / -2°C, with a dew-point at 28°F / -2°C. The temperature felt like 16°F / -9°C. The atmospheric pressure was 29.65 inHg / 1005 hPa. The relative humidity was 64%. The skies were overcast.

Rutherford is a borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2000 Census, the borough population was 18,110. Rutherford is located at 40.828922, -74.110644. According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of 7.6 km² (2.9 mi²), of which 7.3 km² (2.8 mi²) is land and 0.3 km² (0.1 mi² or 4.11%) is water.

Today, New Jersey Transit offers service to New York City's Port Authority Bus Terminal 163 (Limited), 190, 191, 192 and 195 routes, while the 76 bus provides service between Hackensack and Newark. Meanwhile, the Bergen County Line train stops at Rutherford's 1898 depot en route from Hoboken to Suffern, with connecting service at Secaucus Junction to New York Penn Station in Midtown Manhattan and Newark Airport.

In 1942, Fairleigh Dickinson University was founded in Rutherford as a two-year college, anchored by the Iviswold Castle on Montross Avenue, which was built in the 1880s as a summer home by David W. Ivison. After FDU expanded to a four-year college and then to offering graduate programs, it acquired other, larger, campuses, and eventually left Rutherford, offering the campus for sale due to financial difficulties. In the fall of 1997, the Rutherford campus was purchased by Felician College, an independent private Roman Catholic institution, which often has cultural and community events.

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