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Best Time for Chesapeake & Delmarva
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Sweet spot: March, April, May. Computed from NASA POWER climate normals across the route's overnight towns, balancing temperature, rainfall and daylight.
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- Blue crab season in full swing — hammer-and-newspaper feasts — sailing weather on the bay, and Assateague's wild ponies grazing the marsh edges.
- Pony Penning week: the saltwater cowboys swim the herd across the channel as they have for nearly a century — book a year out or watch from a kayak.
| Month | Low | High | Rain | Daylight | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −2.1°C | 4.9°C | 73 mm | 9.6 h | ❄ |
| February | −1.5°C | 6.3°C | 73 mm | 10.5 h | ❄ |
| March | 2.0°C | 10.7°C | 89 mm | 11.7 h | |
| April | 7.6°C | 17.0°C | 92 mm | 13.0 h | |
| May | 13.3°C | 22.1°C | 99 mm | 14.1 h | |
| June | 18.9°C | 27.2°C | 113 mm | 14.7 h | |
| July | 22.0°C | 30.2°C | 120 mm | 14.5 h | |
| August | 21.4°C | 29.4°C | 121 mm | 13.5 h | |
| September | 17.7°C | 26.1°C | 109 mm | 12.2 h | |
| October | 11.4°C | 19.8°C | 110 mm | 11.0 h | |
| November | 5.1°C | 13.3°C | 83 mm | 9.8 h | |
| December | 0.8°C | 7.8°C | 100 mm | 9.3 h | ❄ |