Climate Summary for December
Station: Cape May (281351) State: New Jersey Period of Record: 12/1894-12/2024 (# of years included = 122) 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 52 36 | 72 2001 32 1929* 53 1991 17 1905 || 1.25 1920 0.0 1989* | 0.13 0.24 0.00 2 52 36 | 63 2021* 28 1930 53 2015 20 1967* || 1.02 1929 2.5 1903 | 0.26 0.27 0.02 3 51 36 | 68 2012 25 1976 51 1982 14 1976 || 1.20 1925 0.0 1989* | 0.40 0.30 0.00 4 51 36 | 73 1998 31 1929* 55 1998 15 1976 || 1.67 1900 1.5 1921 | 0.53 0.32 0.03 5 51 35 | 70 2001* 29 1901 55 1994 19 1901 || 1.98 2020 4.0 2002 | 0.67 0.37 0.05 6 50 35 | 71 2001 30 1926 55 2011* 16 1901 || 1.38 2016 2.1 2005 | 0.80 0.34 0.04 7 50 35 | 76 1998 32 2003* 56 1998 16 2007 || 2.00 1914 1.4 1995 | 0.94 0.24 0.02 8 50 35 | 68 1978 27 1989 52 1978 19 1970 || 1.20 1971 9.6 1928 | 1.07 0.28 0.05 9 50 34 | 66 1991 26 1927 50 1923 16 1902 || 1.81 2009 2.6 2017 | 1.20 0.37 0.03 10 49 34 | 64 1939 26 1917 51 2012* 15 1968* || 1.20 1904 12.0 1904 | 1.34 0.41 0.02 11 49 34 | 65 1966 21 1904 50 2021 12 1904 || 4.13 2008 1.0 1900 | 1.48 0.37 0.04 12 49 34 | 69 2015 23 1988 50 2020* 10 1988 || 1.09 1961 5.0 1982 | 1.61 0.37 0.06 13 49 34 | 68 2015 25 1960 51 2015* 13 1988* || 1.67 1909 0.8 1989 | 1.75 0.41 0.04 14 48 33 | 64 2015* 23 1904 54 2015 11 1989 || 2.45 1907 2.7 1923 | 1.89 0.35 0.04 15 48 33 | 65 2015 22 1914 50 2008 12 1904 || 2.21 2022 6.0 1968 | 2.03 0.33 0.05 16 48 33 | 67 2021 24 1901 49 1971 9 1968 || 2.22 2020 5.0 1896 | 2.17 0.38 0.05 17 48 33 | 66 1971 25 1989 49 2021 10 1919 || 1.17 1973 0.5 1901 | 2.31 0.30 0.05 18 48 32 | 69 2006 15 1919 49 2006 3 1919 || 2.31 2023 2.5 1904 | 2.45 0.29 0.05 19 47 32 | 61 2021 25 1901 47 1929 11 1942 || 1.01 2009 6.2 2009 | 2.59 0.25 0.06 20 47 32 | 60 1931 11 1942 48 1957 5 1942 || 0.89 1903 3.3 1985 | 2.72 0.32 0.05 21 47 32 | 66 2013 25 1955* 50 2013* 8 1942 || 1.43 1973 8.0 1900 | 2.85 0.32 0.02 22 47 32 | 64 2013* 18 1989 52 2015* 10 1989 || 1.68 1931 3.0 1908 | 2.98 0.37 0.04 23 46 32 | 62 2015 23 1989 54 2015 7 1989 || 1.35 1967 4.0 1967 | 3.10 0.37 0.05 24 46 31 | 66 2015 18 1906 58 2015 8 1983 || 1.97 1924 4.8 1912 | 3.22 0.42 0.05 25 46 31 | 69 2015 14 1983 58 2015 6 1983 || 2.08 1909 0.5 1966 | 3.35 0.34 0.03 26 46 31 | 63 1982 20 1914 52 2015 8 1983 || 2.70 2012 13.6 2010 | 3.46 0.28 0.06 27 46 31 | 70 2015 18 1925 51 2015 12 1948* || 1.30 1901 2.5 1997 | 3.58 0.29 0.08 28 45 31 | 67 2008 24 1993 48 2023* 13 1960 || 1.75 1926 3.6 1993 | 3.69 0.32 0.03 29 45 30 | 71 1984 17 1917 55 1984 4 1917 || 2.44 1945 1.2 1976 | 3.80 0.37 0.06 30 45 30 | 65 1990 11 1917 51 1990 -2 1917 || 0.95 1962 4.8 2000 | 3.91 0.33 0.04 31 45 30 | 62 1992* 14 1917 47 2022 -1 1917 || 1.87 1975 0.0 1998* | 4.02 0.35 0.00 * - Asterisk indicates that the record was also reached in previous years.