Cedar Heights, MD Climate

Cedar Heights, MD has a humid subtropical climate with warm to hot summers and cool winters. The area usually experiences mild to moderate amounts of rainfall throughout the year, although there can be periods of heavy rain or snowfall during the winter months. Average temperatures range from 46 degrees Fahrenheit in January to 82 degrees Fahrenheit in July. Summers are often quite humid, with high levels of humidity making it feel even hotter than the actual temperature. Winters can be cold and wet, but temperatures rarely dip below freezing for long periods of time.

Climate	Cedar Heights, Maryland	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.