Climate Summary for May
Station: Cape May (281351) State: New Jersey Period of Record: 5/1894-5/2023 (# of years included = 103) Normals Period: 1991-2020 Temperature Precipitation EXTREMES EXTREMES Greatest Daily Greatest | Cumulative Chance Chance Day Normal Normal | Highest Yr Lowest Yr Highest Yr Lowest Yr || amount snowfall | normal >=.01" >=.1" Max (F) Min (F) | Max (F) Max (F) Min (F) Min (F) || Inches Yr Inches Yr | precip(in) precip snow 1 67 49 | 84 2010 52 1975 62 1949 35 2000 || 1.13 1909 0.0 2023* | 0.10 0.35 0.00 2 67 49 | 86 2010 49 1995 61 2017* 40 1963* || 0.97 2002 0.0 2023* | 0.21 0.31 0.00 3 68 50 | 87 1913 48 1907 63 2010 38 1966 || 1.41 1974 0.0 2023* | 0.31 0.33 0.00 4 68 50 | 86 2021 51 1987* 63 2018 38 1931 || 2.01 1947 0.0 1907 | 0.43 0.38 0.00 5 68 50 | 85 2000 50 1907 59 2021 36 2003* || 2.29 1990 0.0 2023* | 0.54 0.30 0.00 6 68 50 | 89 1986 50 1958 62 2000* 37 1972 || 1.81 1907 0.0 2023* | 0.65 0.37 0.00 7 69 51 | 91 2000 49 1992 65 2000 37 1970 || 3.70 1967 0.0 2023* | 0.76 0.37 0.00 8 69 51 | 90 1930 52 2022 65 2000 34 1981 || 0.86 1992 0.0 2023* | 0.88 0.38 0.00 9 69 51 | 86 1930 50 1928 64 2000 38 2020 || 1.33 2008 0.0 2023* | 1.00 0.34 0.00 10 70 52 | 89 1896 54 1906 63 1896 34 1966 || 1.82 1995 0.0 2023* | 1.11 0.30 0.00 11 70 52 | 91 1896 53 1972 66 1896 38 1955 || 0.84 1996 0.0 2023* | 1.22 0.32 0.00 12 70 52 | 89 2015 47 1907 65 1896 36 1907 || 1.67 1932 0.0 2023* | 1.33 0.35 0.00 13 70 53 | 85 2002* 55 2019 65 1991 39 1928 || 1.91 2017 0.0 2023* | 1.45 0.32 0.00 14 70 53 | 85 1991 56 1995 66 1991 37 1996 || 1.73 1948 0.0 2023* | 1.56 0.31 0.00 15 71 53 | 83 2018* 50 1947 63 2018 39 1998 || 1.17 1981 0.0 2023* | 1.68 0.36 0.00 16 71 54 | 86 1998 54 1895 63 2013 40 1966 || 3.00 1926 0.0 2023* | 1.79 0.34 0.00 17 71 54 | 88 1986 52 2003 64 2015* 40 1950 || 1.29 1985 0.0 2023* | 1.90 0.23 0.00 18 72 54 | 90 1977 53 1895 65 1896 42 1984* || 1.91 2010 0.0 2023* | 2.01 0.45 0.00 19 72 54 | 91 2017 55 1981 67 2017 40 2009 || 0.98 1930 0.0 2023* | 2.12 0.40 0.00 20 72 55 | 92 1996 51 1994 68 1996 40 1992 || 3.26 2005 0.0 2023* | 2.24 0.44 0.00 21 72 55 | 91 2022 55 1929* 67 1996 33 1992 || 4.31 1894 0.0 2023* | 2.35 0.39 0.00 22 73 55 | 89 2021 53 1909 64 2022* 39 2002 || 1.87 2000 0.0 2023* | 2.47 0.37 0.00 23 73 56 | 91 2021 57 1928* 69 2021 43 1929 || 1.75 1999 0.0 2023* | 2.59 0.29 0.00 24 73 56 | 90 1992 56 1940 66 2011 42 1963 || 1.61 1978 0.0 2023* | 2.72 0.35 0.00 25 74 56 | 89 1991 53 1967 66 2011* 38 1956 || 0.86 1952 0.0 2023* | 2.84 0.37 0.00 26 74 57 | 93 2007 55 1973 67 2018 39 1956 || 2.00 1997 0.0 2023* | 2.96 0.37 0.00 27 74 57 | 90 2014 55 1972 67 2011 42 1956 || 2.14 2018 0.0 2023* | 3.08 0.39 0.00 28 74 57 | 89 1991 58 1974* 70 1991 41 1997 || 1.15 1896 0.0 2023* | 3.19 0.41 0.00 29 75 58 | 91 1987 57 2014* 70 2012 41 1997 || 2.95 1990 0.0 2023* | 3.31 0.33 0.00 30 75 58 | 94 1987 55 2021 68 2011* 40 1961 || 2.67 1984 0.0 2023* | 3.43 0.32 0.00 31 75 58 | 95 1991 54 1907 70 1991 43 1996 || 1.36 1948 0.0 2023* | 3.55 0.29 0.00 * - Asterisk indicates that the record was also reached in previous years.