Fork Mountain-Little Rock Creek, NC Climate

Fork Mountain-Little Rock Creek, NC has a humid subtropical climate, with hot and humid summers and mild winters. During the summer months temperatures can reach up to 90 degrees Fahrenheit and during the winter temperatures usually stay between 40-60 degrees Fahrenheit. The area receives on average around 49 inches of precipitation a year, mainly in the form of rain showers and thunderstorms. There is also a chance of snowfall every year but it doesn’t usually accumulate much on the ground. Fork Mountain-Little Rock Creek, NC enjoys plenty of sunshine throughout the year with even more hours of sunshine than average for North Carolina.

Climate	Fork Mountain-Little Rock Creek, 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.