Cape May, NJ Weather Forecast
Cape May County, New Jersey
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Cape May, with free alerts the moment it counts.
The next few hours
Taller, warmer bars mean heavier rain. Dotted means no reading for that hour.
Hour by hour
Sunrise and sunset
Next five days, scored 0 to 100The first day or two use the HRRR and NBM cloud layers. Later days only have total cloud, so treat them as a rough guide.
Know when sunset at this place will be worth a photo
We score every sunrise and sunset here from the cloud, haze and smoke forecast, and let you know when one is likely to light up. Sunrise the evening before, sunset a few hours ahead.
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Cape May, NJ at a glance
Cape May is home to about 2,757 people in Cape May County, across 2.5 square miles. It ranks 439th by population of 450 places in New Jersey with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Lower, 3 miles away.
- County
- Cape May County
- Population
- 2,757 2023 est.
- Land area
- 2.5 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 1,115
- Forecast point
- 38.9411°N, 74.8984°W
How well can the network see Cape May?
The nearest Doppler radar is KDOX (Dover AFB, DE), to the WSW. Its lowest scan passes about 1,800 ft above Cape May. That is about as close as US radar coverage gets: low-level rotation and gust fronts over Cape May show up clearly. Cape May is closer to its radar than 70% of US cities.
The closest weather station is KWWD (Wildwood/Cape May Cnty). Close enough that its readings are the conditions in town.
Forecasts near Cape May
- Lower, NJ3 mi
- Wildwood Crest, NJ4 mi
- Wildwood, NJ5 mi
- North Wildwood, NJ7 mi
- Middle, NJ11 mi
- Lewes, DE17 mi
- Dennis, NJ19 mi
- Upper, NJ24 mi
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