Van Vleet, MS Climate

Van Vleet, MS has a humid subtropical climate with hot, humid summers and mild winters. Average temperatures range from the mid-40s in the winter to the mid-80s in the summer months. Precipitation is abundant throughout the year, with periodic thunderstorms causing heavy downpours. Snowfall is rare, but when it does occur it usually occurs in brief flurries or light snow showers. The area typically sees about three inches of snow each winter.

Climate	Van Vleet, Mississippi	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.