Monson Center, MA Climate

Monson Center, MA has a humid continental climate with hot summers and cold winters. The area experiences warm, humid summers with average temperatures in the high 70s, while winters are cold and snowy, with average temperatures in the low 20s. The region gets significant snowfall throughout the winter months, often lasting into April or even May. Rainfall is moderate and evenly distributed throughout the year. Summers tend to be more humid than other areas of Massachusetts due to its location in western Massachusetts near the Connecticut River Valley.

Climate	Monson Center, Massachusetts	United States
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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.