McDowell, KY Climate

McDowell, KY has a humid subtropical climate with mild winters and hot summers. The average high temperature in the summer months is around 82°F while the average low in the winter months is around 33°F. Precipitation levels remain fairly consistent throughout the year, with an average of about 45 inches of rain per year. Humidity levels tend to be highest in late summer and early autumn, making for very muggy conditions in these months.

Climate	McDowell, Kentucky	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.