Comparing AC's Airport With The City

Last week, we compared Atlantic City's Airport with Philadelphia to reflect the differences between the official "Shore ob" site and the city.   How about comparing Atlantic City's Airport with its representative city ten miles down to the southeast?   Atlantic City proper is definitely a warmer climate on the whole -- thanks to the ocean, but the differences are most noticeable in the winter, thanks to the ocean.

Average daytime highs are the same in the city during the day in January, while over six degrees warmer at night.   Those differences in temperature at night remain rather constant -- average temperatures at night are at least four degrees cooler at the Airport each month through the year, as high as seven degrees in November.   Daytime highs vary by month through the year, with the greatest spreads in May and June as temperatures at the Airport are five degrees higher than they are in the city proper.   The Atlantic warms slowly due to the ocean's ability to absorb heat more slowly compared to land.   This results in a spread that widens out until mid summer, when ocean temperatures warm into the 70's and hold steady through early September.   Temperature spreads close from July through January as the ocean cools more slowly...thanks to its ability to retain heat.

The city's average low temperature is comparable to Philadelphia's during much of the year whereas the average high in the city is lower except from November through February.