Waiting for Sandy

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Cape May, NJ – Living in Cape May in the fall is a lesson in watchful waiting. We don’t get hurricanes here every year, although they often give us pause for thought as they storm out of the Gulf or move up the Atlantic Coast, before moving offshore or making landfall farther north. Passing hundreds [...]

Cape May’s Record Warm March

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Cape May, NJ – It’s history!   The month of  March was the the warmest ever in Cape May.   Temperatures were an average of 50.7 degrees last month, 7 degrees warmer than usual and a brand new record for the area.  Last month also set a new record for the average maximum daily temperature for March [...]

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 [...]

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. [...]

November Fog

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Cape May, NJ – An eerie November fog shrouded Cape Island this week. At any moment, you could imagine the headless horseman emerging from the mist, galloping down New England Road.   If the air were a little colder, we’d be looking at pictures of snow.    

No Blizzard this Year

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Cape May, NJ — On Sunday, February 6, 2011, the sun came out. And so did everyone in Cape May. Exactly a year ago this week, Cape May was being blasted by a record blizzard. That record snowstorm cut off power for days and left four feet of snow behind. We waited for Round Two [...]