Climate Summary for December
Station: Cape May (281351) State: New Jersey Period of Record: 12/1894-12/2024 (# 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 52 36 | 72 2001 32 1929* 53 1991 17 1905 || 1.24 1972 0.0 1989* | 0.13 0.26 0.00 2 52 36 | 63 2021* 28 1930 53 2015 20 1967* || 1.02 1929 0.1 1942 | 0.26 0.25 0.01 3 51 36 | 68 2012 25 1976 51 1982 14 1976 || 1.15 1967 0.0 1989* | 0.40 0.27 0.00 4 51 36 | 73 1998 30 1929 55 1998 15 1976 || 1.46 1927 0.3 1989* | 0.53 0.29 0.02 5 51 35 | 70 2001* 32 1907 55 1994 20 1926 || 1.98 2020 4.0 2002 | 0.67 0.35 0.05 6 50 35 | 71 2001 30 1926 55 2011* 18 2007 || 1.38 2016 2.1 2005 | 0.80 0.37 0.06 7 50 35 | 76 1998 32 2003* 56 1998 16 2007 || 1.53 1908 1.4 1995 | 0.94 0.26 0.01 8 50 35 | 68 1978 27 1989 52 1978 19 1970 || 1.20 1971 9.6 1928 | 1.07 0.28 0.06 9 50 34 | 66 1991 26 1927 48 1943 19 2010 || 1.81 2009 2.6 2017 | 1.20 0.36 0.02 10 49 34 | 64 1939 28 1977 51 2012* 15 1968 || 1.20 1904 12.0 1904 | 1.34 0.42 0.01 11 49 34 | 65 1966 21 1904 50 2021 12 1904 || 4.13 2008 0.9 2019 | 1.48 0.38 0.02 12 49 34 | 69 2015 23 1988 50 2020* 10 1988 || 1.09 1961 5.0 1982 | 1.61 0.32 0.04 13 49 34 | 68 2015 26 1982 51 2015* 13 1988* || 1.67 1909 0.8 1989 | 1.75 0.39 0.03 14 48 33 | 64 2015* 23 1904 54 2015 11 1989 || 2.45 1907 2.0 1958 | 1.89 0.31 0.03 15 48 33 | 65 2015 27 1943 50 2008 12 1904 || 2.21 2022 6.0 1968 | 2.03 0.33 0.06 16 48 33 | 67 2021 26 1930 49 1971 9 1968 || 2.22 2020 5.0 1896 | 2.17 0.43 0.07 17 48 33 | 66 1971 25 1989 49 2021 14 1910 || 1.17 1973 0.2 2013* | 2.31 0.28 0.03 18 48 32 | 69 2006 25 1926 49 2006 11 1926 || 2.31 2023 2.5 1904 | 2.45 0.31 0.05 19 47 32 | 61 2021 27 1989* 47 1929 11 1942 || 1.01 2009 6.2 2009 | 2.59 0.25 0.05 20 47 32 | 60 1931 11 1942 48 1957 5 1942 || 0.79 1948 3.3 1985 | 2.72 0.32 0.06 21 47 32 | 66 2013 25 1955 50 2013* 8 1942 || 1.43 1973 0.5 1975 | 2.85 0.30 0.01 22 47 32 | 64 2013* 18 1989 52 2015* 10 1989 || 1.68 1931 3.0 1908 | 2.98 0.36 0.03 23 46 32 | 62 2015 23 1989 54 2015 7 1989 || 1.35 1967 4.0 1967 | 3.10 0.38 0.06 24 46 31 | 66 2015 18 1906 58 2015 8 1983 || 1.91 1986 4.0 1966 | 3.22 0.40 0.05 25 46 31 | 69 2015 14 1983 58 2015 6 1983 || 2.08 1909 0.5 1966 | 3.35 0.32 0.02 26 46 31 | 63 1982 21 1983 52 2015 8 1983 || 2.70 2012 13.6 2010 | 3.46 0.29 0.04 27 46 31 | 70 2015 25 1950 51 2015 12 1948 || 1.00 1944 2.5 1997 | 3.58 0.31 0.09 28 45 31 | 67 2008 24 1993 48 2023* 13 1960 || 1.75 1926 3.6 1993 | 3.69 0.31 0.03 29 45 30 | 71 1984 20 1894 55 1984 13 2000* || 2.44 1945 1.2 1976 | 3.80 0.37 0.06 30 45 30 | 65 1990 20 1909 51 1990 12 1909 || 0.95 1962 4.8 2000 | 3.91 0.32 0.05 31 45 30 | 62 1992* 24 2017 47 2022 6 1962 || 1.87 1975 0.0 1998* | 4.02 0.36 0.00 * - Asterisk indicates that the record was also reached in previous years.