Westbrook Center, CT Climate

Westbrook Center, CT has a typical humid continental climate with typically hot and humid summers and cold winters. The average temperature in the summer months ranges from the mid-70s to the mid 80s while winter temperatures can range from the high 20s to low 30s. Precipitation is fairly evenly distributed throughout the year, although it is somewhat higher in spring and autumn with snow occurring mostly between December and March. Summers are usually sunny but thunderstorms are common during this time of year. Winters in Westbrook Center tend to be snowy with lake effect snow adding some additional accumulation throughout the season.

Climate	Westbrook Center, Connecticut	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.