Life in Cape May: Season Opener

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Cape May, NJ – Forget the robins, the daffodils, even the first beach goers. For people who know Cape May, nothing says the season has started  as much as a brand new Mercedes on the Washington Street Mall. Every year, Star of the Sea Church holds a six month long raffle for the car. An [...]

Life in Cape May: Spring Fog

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Cape May Point, NJ – You stand on the dune path in Cape May Point State Park and look out to where the ocean is supposed to be. You take it on faith that, somewhere in that massive mist, huge waves are crashing onshore. You just can’t see them. Spring brings many things to Cape [...]

Cape May Spring Record Temperature

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Cape May, NJ – Forget about spring.  If you think it feels like summer, you’re not crazy. Cape May broke yet another weather record yesterday, hitting a high of 73 degrees. That’s on March 14th! It’s the highest temperature ever recorded in Cape May on that date. The normal temperature for this time of year [...]

Cape May’s Early Spring Daffodils

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Cape May, NJ – There’s nothing like that first bunch of daffodils in the Spring to stir up spring fever.   I  found the earliest bloomers last week on Stevens St. in West Cape May.  Now, it’s a week later. I want more. I do have some parameters for my searching.  In addition to early blooming, [...]

Life in Cape May: Signs of an Early Spring

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Cape May, NJ – When the chilly west winds stopped blowing this week and Delaware Bay settled into a  placid, deep blue, you just knew spring was on the way. It might seem early to start looking for signs of spring, but then we’ve had an exceptionally warm winter. Record smashing temperatures in some cases. [...]