Sunday, December 21, 2025

It's The Winter Solstice

The lawn at Congress Hall - Cape May
Mornin'!  Happy Winter!  It's the Solstice and shortest day/longest night of the year.  By that I mean daylight today will be approximately 9 hours of daylight compared to the Summer Solstice (6/21/26) which has over 15 hours of daylight. But, just think... beginning tomorrow, the days begin to grow longer which each passing day.  
It's a mild 41° this morning with clear, starlit skies and light winds out of the W-SW at 5-10mph.  We're going to have a mostly sunny day with some clouds in the mix, temps in the upper 40s and W-NW winds at 15-25mph +gusting.  Tonight... clear, starlit skies, temps dropping into the upper 20s and NW winds at 10-20mph +gusting making it feel like we're in the teens.  Tomorrow... sunny, some passing afternoon clouds, temps around 40° with W-NW winds at 10-15mph.  Tomorrow night... cloudy with a 20% chance of a passing rain shower, temps in the low-mid 30s and SW winds at 5-10mph. Christmas Eve looks partly clear (some cloudiness) with temps in the upper 40s and NW winds at 10-20mph.  Wednesday night... cloudy with 20% chance of rain and temps in the upper 30s.  For Christmas Day... mostly cloudy with peeks of sun, temps in the upper 40s and S-SW winds at 10-15mph.  Christmas Night... cloudy, temps in the low-40s and Southerly breezes at 5-10mph.  
This winter season according to the Weather Folk, looks to have this "Stratospheric" Polar Vortex (a massive area of cold that circles the Earth's poles acting like a wall keeping frigid air) contained yet strengthening as January is likely to be a continuation of the end-of-December weather pattern with above-average temperatures across much of the southern two-thirds of the country.  February could feature not as frigid weather along the East Coast with extended rounds of cold air being less likely.  The first three months of the year is forecasted to be slightly warmer than last year.  Wetter-than-average conditions are likely across the northern U.S., while drier-than-average conditions are more likely across the southern U.S.  Here's hoping Winter will be kind to all of us!  Until September 22nd, 2026, we'll see you next year Autumn!
High Tide: 8:02AM
Low Tide: 2:33PM
Ocean Temp: 43.5°
Sunrise: 7:14AM
Sunset: 4:40PM





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