Dudley, NC Climate

Dudley, North Carolina has a humid subtropical climate with hot, humid summers and mild to cool winters. During the summer months, temperatures can reach up to the mid 90s and the humidity often leads to extreme heat indexes. Winters are generally mild with temperatures typically ranging from the upper 30s to 50s. Precipitation is well distributed throughout the year and snowfall is rare in Dudley, only occurring occasionally during winter months.

Climate	Dudley, North Carolina	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.