Straits, NC Climate

Straits, NC has a humid subtropical climate with hot and humid summers and cool winters. The average summer temperatures range from the mid-70s to mid-80s Fahrenheit with occasional heat waves that can reach the 90s. Winters usually remain mild with temperatures ranging from the low 40s to mid-50s Fahrenheit. Rainfall is fairly evenly distributed throughout the year, although there is slightly less rain during the winter months. The area tends to experience thunderstorms quite often in the summer and sporadic snowfall in the winter months.

Climate	Straits, 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.