Swift Creek township (Wake County), NC Climate

Swift Creek Township (Wake County), NC has a humid subtropical climate with hot, humid summers and mild winters. Average temperatures reach mid-90s in the summer months and dip to the mid-40s during the winter. The area receives an average of 47 inches of precipitation annually, including about five inches of snowfall in the winter months. The area is known for its mild winters, with very few days below freezing temperatures, making it an ideal place to experience all four seasons.

Climate	Swift Creek township (Wake County), 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.