Cumberland, Maryland climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Cumberland's normal year runs from 23°F January nights to 87°F July afternoons, with 39.2 inches of precipitation and 29 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 12.1°C, January lows of −5°C, July highs of 31°C, 996 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationCumberland 2
- Station IDUSC00182282
- Location39.64°N 78.76°W
- Elevation730 ft (223 m)
- From the centerunder 1 mile
- Population18,643
On October 23, the normal high in Cumberland is 64°F and the normal low 41°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 31%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Cumberland.
- Jan 39° 23°
- Feb 43° 24°
- Mar 53° 31°
- Apr 66° 41°
- May 75° 51°
- Jun 83° 60°
- Jul 87° 64°
- Aug 85° 63°
- Sep 79° 55°
- Oct 67° 43°
- Nov 54° 34°
- Dec 43° 27°
Each month: normal high (large) and low, °F. Fill: the month's normal mean, colder blue to hotter red.
What is the weather like in Cumberland each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 87°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 23°F. The most precipitation falls in May (4.22 in), the least in February (2.38 in).
Each month has its own page with the day-by-day normals, the month's records and its recent years:
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 39°F | 23°F | 30.8°F | 2.79 | 8.2 | 13 | <1 | 25 | 9 h 40 min |
| February | 43°F | 24°F | 33.7°F | 2.38 | 7.7 | 11 | <1 | 23 | 10 h 40 min |
| March | 53°F | 31°F | 42.1°F | 3.42 | 6.8 | 12 | <1 | 18 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 66°F | 41°F | 53.6°F | 3.41 | 0.1 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 13 h 10 min |
| May | 75°F | 51°F | 62.9°F | 4.22 | 0.0 | 14 | 2 | <1 | 14 h 20 min |
| June | 83°F | 60°F | 71.3°F | 3.87 | 0.0 | 12 | 7 | <1 | 15 h |
| July | 87°F | 64°F | 75.8°F | 3.73 | 0.0 | 11 | 14 | <1 | 14 h 40 min |
| August | 85°F | 63°F | 74.0°F | 3.40 | 0.0 | 11 | 9 | <1 | 13 h 50 min |
| September | 79°F | 55°F | 66.8°F | 3.55 | 0.0 | 10 | 4 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 67°F | 43°F | 55.0°F | 2.82 | 0.0 | 9 | <1 | 3 | 11 h 10 min |
| November | 54°F | 34°F | 43.7°F | 2.58 | 0.5 | 9 | <1 | 14 | 10 h |
| December | 43°F | 27°F | 35.0°F | 3.05 | 5.4 | 11 | <1 | 23 | 9 h 20 min |
| Year (annual) | 65°F | 43°F | 53.7°F | 39.22 | 28.7 | 136 | 37 | 111 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4°C | −5°C | −0.7°C | 71 mm | 21 cm |
| February | 6°C | −5°C | 0.9°C | 60 mm | 20 cm |
| March | 12°C | 0°C | 5.6°C | 87 mm | 17 cm |
| April | 19°C | 5°C | 12.0°C | 87 mm | 0 cm |
| May | 24°C | 11°C | 17.2°C | 107 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 28°C | 16°C | 21.8°C | 98 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 31°C | 18°C | 24.3°C | 95 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 30°C | 17°C | 23.3°C | 86 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 26°C | 13°C | 19.3°C | 90 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 19°C | 6°C | 12.8°C | 72 mm | 0 cm |
| November | 12°C | 1°C | 6.5°C | 66 mm | 1 cm |
| December | 6°C | −3°C | 1.7°C | 77 mm | 14 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00182282; annual normals. Wet days: 0.01 inch or more; 90°F days and freezing nights: NOAA's day counts. Daylight: sunrise to sunset on the 15th, computed from the latitude.
When is the best weather to visit Cumberland?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in April, May, June, September and October. Of those, October has the fewest days with rain (9).
That is a measurement, not a recommendation: it counts the months whose normal afternoon high sits between 65°F and 85°F, where a light layer is enough by day.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00182282.
When is the last frost in Cumberland?
In Cumberland, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 15 in half of years and after May 5 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 24 in half of years and before October 9 in one year in ten.
Frost-free in half of yearsFrost in 1 to 9 years out of 10Frost most years
- Last spring frost, half of years after
- April 151 year in 10 after May 5; 9 in 10 after April 2
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 241 year in 10 before October 9; 9 in 10 before November 6
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 190 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 214 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after April 3 in half of springs and before November 3 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Cumberland in zone 7a in ZIP code 21502. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Cumberland's NOAA station is in zone 7a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 4°F (28 complete years).
Frost dates for every NOAA station in Maryland · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USC00182282; USDA 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map, ZIP listings: PRISM Group, Oregon State University, https://prism.oregonstate.edu, accessed October 8, 2026; the station zone: ACIS daily lows, 1991-2020. A 10% date means one year in ten has a frost after it in spring or before it in autumn.
How hot and how cold does it get in Cumberland?
In a normal year in Cumberland, 37 days a year reach 90°F (1 of them 100°F or more), 111 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 136 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 37a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 111a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 14high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 136a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 9a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1974) is 105°F, on July 22, 2011; the lowest is −14°F, on January 21, 1985.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 2018, with 67.06 in; the snowiest season is 1993–94, with 66.1 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00182282; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00182282. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Cumberland?
Over a year 71% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Cumberland, 3.9 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (77%) and December the cloudiest (62%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 63% | 1.9 |
| February | 66% | 2.7 |
| March | 66% | 3.7 |
| April | 69% | 4.8 |
| May | 69% | 5.3 |
| June | 75% | 6.0 |
| July | 77% | 5.9 |
| August | 76% | 5.2 |
| September | 74% | 4.2 |
| October | 70% | 3.1 |
| November | 69% | 2.2 |
| December | 62% | 1.6 |
Source: NASA POWER solar climatology, 2001-2020 (CERES SYN1deg). Satellite-based, for the 1-degree cell (about 100 km across) around the station, so it describes the area rather than the airport.
How much heating and cooling does Cumberland need?
A normal year in Cumberland brings 5,119 heating degree days, 5% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 1,042 cooling degree days, 15% more than the median (908). Seven months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 3,554 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,058 | 0 |
| February | 878 | 0 |
| March | 711 | 1 |
| April | 355 | 13 |
| May | 136 | 71 |
| June | 17 | 206 |
| July | 0 | 333 |
| August | 3 | 283 |
| September | 66 | 118 |
| October | 326 | 16 |
| November | 639 | 0 |
| December | 930 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 5,119 | 1,042 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00182282. A degree day is one degree of a day's mean temperature below 65°F (heating) or above it (cooling); utilities use them to estimate energy use.
Has Cumberland been warmer than normal lately?
2025 averaged 54.0°F, 0.3°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 53.7°F. 4 of the 5 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 55.1°F | +1.4°F | 33.11 | 19.0 |
| 2022 | 53.6°F | −0.1°F | 36.38 | 21.7 |
| 2023 | 55.1°F | +1.4°F | 30.46 | 5.0 |
| 2024 | 55.7°F | +2.0°F | 36.18 | 17.9 |
| 2025 | 54.0°F | +0.3°F | 33.60 | 15.6 |
Over 128 complete years from 1875 to 2025, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 0.5°F per century (+0.03°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00182282; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Cumberland's climate compare?
Cumberland is warmer than 5 of the other 25 places with their own NOAA record in Maryland, and wetter than 1. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 53.7°F is warmer than 56%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Cumberland is Dfa: continental, no dry season, hot summer. What the classes mean.
Places with the most similar year elsewhere
Measured month by month on the normal high, low and precipitation, among places of 20,000 or more people in other states:
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 normals for every station PlainClimate covers. Similarity: the root-mean-square difference of the 36 monthly figures, precipitation weighted so an inch counts like 6°F.
Which places near Cumberland share this climate record?
18 places have no NOAA station with 1991-2020 normals of their own, and this station is the nearest full record. A place's own climate can differ from these figures, by several degrees where it sits much higher or lower than the station, nearer the coast, or inside a large city's heat; for the larger places the next nearest records are named with their yearly mean, so the spread around them is visible, and places of 50,000 or more have their own page with NOAA's gridded normals.
- Cresaptown, MD5,238 people · 5 mi SW
- La Vale, MD4,388 people · 4 mi NW
- Bowmans Addition, MD1,149 people · 3 mi N
- Bowling Green, MD1,096 people · 3 mi W
- Fort Ashby, WV1,011 people · 10 mi S
- Potomac Park, MD974 people · 3 mi SW
- Hyndman, PA855 people · 12 mi N
- Carpendale, WV842 people · 2 mi SW
- Corriganville, MD754 people · 4 mi NW
- Wiley Ford, WV588 people · 2 mi S
- Ridgeley, WV574 people · 1 mi W
- Ellerslie, MD516 people · 5 mi N
- Springfield, WV485 people · 14 mi S
- Paw Paw, WV410 people · 18 mi SE
- Pleasant Grove, MD254 people · 4 mi NE
- Flintstone, MD131 people · 11 mi NE
- Green Spring, WV123 people · 11 mi SE
- Spring Gap, MD40 people · 6 mi SE
Source: Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer (place centers) and Vintage 2024 population estimates. Distance and direction from the station to each place's center.
Questions about Cumberland's climate
What is the coldest month in Cumberland?
January, with a normal high of 39°F and a normal low of 23°F. The warmest is July (87°F by day, 64°F at night).
Does it snow in Cumberland?
Yes: 29 inches in a normal year, falling on 12 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in January (8.2 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Cumberland?
May, with 4.22 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is February with 2.38 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Cumberland in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Cumberland in zone 7a in ZIP code 21502. By the same method at Cumberland's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 4°F (28 years, 1991-2020): zone 7a.
How late can frost come in Cumberland?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 15; in one year in ten it comes after May 5. Waiting until May 5 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Cumberland in OctoberThis month day by day, its records and recent years
- Maryland climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Frostburg, MD10 miles from this station, 48.6°F a year
- Meyersdale, PA18 miles from this station, 47.1°F a year
- Keyser, WV21 miles from this station, 52.5°F a year
- Romney, WV21 miles from this station, 52.6°F a year
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