#1Cape May
Cape May County · 2,716 peopleJanuary low·July high 85°·72 freezing nights a year
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Towns with the mildest winters in New Jersey
Cape May has the mildest winters of New Jersey’s 367 towns of 2,500+: January nights average a low of 28° (NOAA 1991–2020 normals). The typical town here averages 24°; none of the 367 stay above freezing.
The average January low. NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020, from NOAA’s 5 km grid at each town’s center; one town for each grid cell. A described list: no letters. How grades work
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#T2Lower Township
Cape May County · 21,533 peopleJanuary low·July high 85°·72 freezing nights a year
#T2Wildwood
Cape May County · 5,068 peopleJanuary low·July high 85°·72 freezing nights a year
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January low, highest first. Towns with the same figure share a rank (T = tied; 348 towns here).
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#TownJanuary lowNights ≤32°July high
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Which New Jersey town has the mildest winters?
Cape May (Cape May County): January nights average a low of 28°. Lower Township (28°) and Wildwood (28°) follow.
How are these towns ranked?
By the average January low (the coldest month’s nights), highest first, on NOAA’s 1991–2020 normals, read from its 5 km grid at each town’s center. Towns with the same figure share a rank (T); the figure and the state rank are the ones on each town’s Climate page. How grades work.
Why isn’t my town on this list?
The list covers towns of 2,500+ residents, one for each of NOAA’s 5 km grid cells (367 in New Jersey): where towns share a cell, one of them stands for it, since the grid gives them the same figures. Every town’s own figures are on its Climate page. Every town is on the New Jersey page.
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