Montezuma, NC Climate

Montezuma, NC has a humid subtropical climate. Summers in Montezuma tend to be hot and humid with temperatures reaching up to 90 degrees Fahrenheit on average during the warmest months of July and August. Winters are usually mild but can occasionally dip below freezing. The area gets an average of around 47 inches of rainfall each year, most of which falls during summer thunderstorms. The area is also prone to hurricanes and tropical storms due to its coastal location.

Climate	Montezuma, North Carolina	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.