McCalla, AL Climate

McCalla, AL has a humid subtropical climate with hot and humid summers and mild winters. Average temperatures range from the mid-40s in the winter to highs of over 90 degrees in the summer months. Precipitation is abundant throughout the year averaging around five inches monthly. Winters can be quite wet with more frequent rain showers and thunderstorms while the warmer months tend to be drier but still have occasional storms that bring lightning and sometimes hail or high winds.

Climate	McCalla, Alabama	United States
Rainfall		38.1

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.