Yadkin College, NC Climate

Yadkin College, NC enjoys a temperate climate with long hot summers and mild winters. On average, the temperature in the summer months reaches into the high 80s, while winter temperatures rarely dip below freezing. Rainfall is spread out evenly throughout the year, with slightly higher amounts in the spring and early summer months. Despite these higher amounts of rainfall, humidity levels remain low all year round. The area also experiences light snowfall in the winter months, but not enough to cause significant disruption or damage.

Climate	Yadkin College, North Carolina	United States
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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.