Zip 21771 (Mount Airy, MD) Climate

Mount Airy, MD is located in the humid subtropical climate zone of Maryland. Summers are hot and humid with temperatures often reaching into the high 80s or low 90s. Winters are mild to cool with temperatures rarely dropping below freezing. Spring and fall are pleasant with temperatures ranging from the mid-50s to mid-70s. The area experiences an average of 45 inches of rain per year and an average of 7 inches of snow annually.

Mount Airy (zip 21771), Maryland gets 44 inches of rain, on average, per year. The US average is 38 inches of rain per year.

Mount Airy (zip 21771) averages 26 inches of snow per year. The US average is 28 inches of snow per year.

On average, there are 198 sunny days per year in Mount Airy (zip 21771). The US average is 205 sunny days.

Mount Airy (zip 21771) gets some kind of precipitation, on average, 115 days per year. Precipitation is rain, snow, sleet, or hail that falls to the ground. In order for precipitation to be counted you have to get at least .01 inches on the ground to measure.

Weather Highlights

Summer High: the July high is around 85 degrees
Winter Low: the January low is 23
Rain: averages 44 inches of rain a year
Snow: averages 26 inches of snow a year

Bestplaces Comfort Index

The annual BestPlaces Comfort Index for the 21771 zip code is 7.3 (10=best), which means it is more comfortable than most places in Maryland.

8.6 Summer - 5.5 Winter

September, June and May are the most pleasant months in the 21771 zip code, while January and February are the least comfortable months.

Climate	Mount Airy, Maryland	United States
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	85.3°	85.8°
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Climate

YOU SHOULD KNOW

Many people confuse weather and climate but they are different. Weather is the conditions of the atmosphere over a short period of time, and climate is how the atmosphere is over long periods of time.

Weather is how the atmosphere is behaving and its effects upon life and human activities. Weather can change from minute-to-minute. Most people think of weather in terms of temperature, humidity, precipitation, cloudiness, brightness, visibility, wind, and atmospheric pressure.

Climate is the description of the long-term pattern of weather in a place. Climate can mean the average weather for a particular region and time period taken over 30 years. Climate is the average of weather over time.

July is the hottest month for the 21771 zip code with an average high temperature of 85.3°, which ranks it as cooler than most places in Maryland. In the 21771 zip code, there are 4 comfortable months with high temperatures in the range of 70-85°. The most pleasant months of the year for the 21771 zip code are September, June and May.

In the 21771 zip code, there are 15.7 days annually when the high temperature is over 90°, which is cooler than most places in Maryland.

January has the coldest nighttime temperatures for the 21771 zip code with an average of 23.4°. This is colder than most places in Maryland.

In the 21771 zip code, there are 99.6 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below freezing, which is colder than most places in Maryland.

In the 21771 zip code, there are 1.1 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below zero°, which is colder than most places in Maryland.

The humidity is usually comfortable in the 21771 zip code but some summer months can be sticky or muggy. July is the most humid month, though humidity is low for most of the year. The most humid months are July, August and June.

May is the wettest month in the 21771 zip code with 4.5 inches of rain, and the driest month is February with 3.0 inches. The wettest season is Summer with 27% of yearly precipitation and 22% occurs in Spring, which is the driest season. The annual rainfall of 44.1 inches in the 21771 zip code means that it is wetter than most places in Maryland.

May is the rainiest month in the 21771 zip code with 11.3 days of rain, and September is the driest month with only 8.4 rainy days. There are 115.1 rainy days annually in the 21771 zip code, which is rainier than most places in Maryland. The rainiest season is Summer when it rains 28% of the time and the driest is Winter with only a 23% chance of a rainy day.

An annual snowfall of 26.1 inches in the 21771 zip code means that it is snowier than most places in Maryland. January is the snowiest month in the 21771 zip code with 8.9 inches of snow, and 6 months of the year have significant snowfall.

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