Mount Clifton, VA Climate

Mount Clifton, VA has a humid subtropical climate characterized by hot humid summers and cold winters. Summers are typically hot and humid with temperatures usually ranging from the high 70s to mid-90s while winters are usually mild with temperatures ranging from the upper 30s to low 40s. The area receives an average of 46 inches of precipitation annually, mostly falling in the form of rain throughout the year. Snowfall is rare but does occasionally occur during the winter months.

Climate	Mount Clifton, Virginia	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.