New Light, NC Climate

New Light, NC has a humid subtropical climate with warm summers and mild winters. The area receives plenty of rainfall throughout the year, with an average yearly precipitation of around 40 inches. In the summer, temperatures can climb as high as 95 degrees Fahrenheit, while in the winter they rarely dip below 30 degrees Fahrenheit. The humidity levels are consistently high throughout the year, making for muggy and oppressive weather during much of the summer months.

Climate	New Light, 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.