Snow Hill, MD Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Temperature and precipitation from NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 normals →, plus PlainClimate's derived comfort score
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Snow Hill's primary NOAA station, SNOW HILL 4 N.
The climate verdict for Snow Hill
Water is the standout signal in Snow Hill, Maryland: 47.4 inches of precipitation in a normal year. Against that wet profile, NOAA records an annual average of 59°F. It scores 78/100 for climate comfort (good), putting it in the top third of station-mapped location scores and exceeding 72% of them.
- 59°F
- annual average temperature (NOAA normal)
- 78/100
- comfort score, above 72% of station-mapped location scores
- 47.4"
- annual precipitation · 10" snow
- 204 days
- frost-free growing season
Snow Hill: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00188380 · Snow Hill, MD 59°F mean · 47.4" precip
TEMP-MILD · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-MID · SWING-MID · COMF-TOP · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-MILD 59°F
- RANK-UPPER #5,009
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Shelby Bottoms…
- PRCP-MID 47.4"
- SWING-MID 40°F
- COMF-TOP 78/100
- LOAD-HEAT 3,631 HDD
- STN-1 USC00188380
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Shelby Bottoms Nature, TN (+ 0 °F mean)
Instrument codes from this station's NOAA 1991–2020 normals, mean temperature, corpus warmth rank, photo-finish peer station, precipitation band, seasonal swing, comfort composite, degree-day load, and field book, not a livability rating.
Mean-temperature neighbourhood
Nationwide NOAA normal poles and nearest peers, not a reprint of every MD station list.
- Snow Hill (this station) 59°F
- Hot Lancaster Edgar…, TN 59°F
- Near Shelby Bottoms…, TN 59°F
- Near Roswell Climat, NM 59°F
- Near Morton, TX 59°F
Climate Living Index · Snow Hill
Snow Hill: 74/100 · grade B
Snow Hill publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Snow Hill, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 78/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 57 calendar days | 90/100 · A |
| Annual temperature balance | 59.3°F · 8.2° from 67.5°F | 74/100 · B |
| Frost-free season | 204 days/year | 67/100 · C |
| Snowfall burden | 10.2 inches/year | 63/100 · C |
| Precipitation balance | 47.4 in · 12.4 from 35 in | 57/100 · C |
Snow Hill · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Snow Hill is a temperate Köppen climate: Cfa
Coldest-month mean 39.5°F and warmest-month mean 79.4°F place this station in temperate, no dry season, hot summer climates (Cfa). Class Cfa is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: temperate, specifically temperate, no dry season, hot summer.
- Köppen code
- Cfa
- Group
- Temperate
- Warmest month
- 79.4°F
- Coldest month
- 39.5°F
Source: official public datasets monthly normals (1991–2020) at the city’s primary station. This is a station classification, not a mapped regional consensus.
National standing · heating-led station
Where Snow Hill sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Snow Hill's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Top 27% warmest
- Among 6,861 stations, Snow Hill sits in the warmer third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Top 26% wettest
- Snow Hill's annual total ranks in the wetter third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- 35th percentile swing
- Typical seasonal amplitude versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Snow Hill compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Snow Hill's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
78 Top 28% score exceeds 72% of 6,189 station-mapped location scores
- 0–10: 0 station-mapped locations (0%). Below this entry.
- 10–20: 0 station-mapped locations (0%). Below this entry.
- 20–30: 96 station-mapped locations (2%). Below this entry.
- 30–40: 280 station-mapped locations (5%). Below this entry.
- 40–50: 1,113 station-mapped locations (18%). Below this entry.
- 50–60: 1,329 station-mapped locations (21%). Below this entry.
- 60–70: 1,236 station-mapped locations (20%). Below this entry.
- 70–80: 650 station-mapped locations (11%). This entry sits in this band.
- 80–90: 921 station-mapped locations (15%). Above this entry.
- 90–100: 564 station-mapped locations (9%). Above this entry.
Source NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, PlainClimate comfort index · 1991–2020
Snow Hill's measured station temperature trend
MethodologyAcross 87 complete annual observations from 1919 to 2025, SNOW HILL 4 N warmed at a fitted rate of 0.12°C per decade. The line shows the fitted change relative to its first year, not raw year-to-year temperatures or a forecast.
- Snow Hill primary station fitted change +0.12 °C/decade
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Snow | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 49°F (9°C) | 30°F (-1°C) | 40°F (4°C) | 3.5" | 2.8" | 20.9 | 0.0 |
| February | 51°F (11°C) | 31°F (0°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 3.1" | 3.6" | 18.7 | 0.0 |
| March | 58°F (15°C) | 37°F (3°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 4.3" | 1.2" | 13.9 | 0.0 |
| April | 69°F (21°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 58°F (14°C) | 3.5" | 0.1" | 3.9 | 0.2 |
| May | 78°F (25°C) | 56°F (13°C) | 67°F (19°C) | 3.6" | 0.0" | 0.2 | 2.4 |
| June | 85°F (30°C) | 65°F (18°C) | 75°F (24°C) | 3.8" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 8.3 |
| July | 89°F (32°C) | 70°F (21°C) | 79°F (26°C) | 4.2" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 14.4 |
| August | 87°F (31°C) | 67°F (19°C) | 77°F (25°C) | 4.8" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 9.6 |
| September | 82°F (28°C) | 61°F (16°C) | 72°F (22°C) | 5.3" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 2.8 |
| October | 72°F (22°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 61°F (16°C) | 4.1" | 0.0" | 1.7 | 0.4 |
| November | 61°F (16°C) | 40°F (5°C) | 51°F (10°C) | 3.3" | 0.0" | 10.2 | 0.0 |
| December | 52°F (11°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 3.9" | 2.5" | 18.3 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 90°F around July 11, short of 90°F on every date, while 57 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 30°F near January 22.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into February 22, then returns to freezing around December 28, covering 57 dates in all.
Derived from the normal daily minimum. This is a different measure from the 50%-probability frost dates shown elsewhere on this page, which come from NOAA’s frost product.
Where the wet dates fall
The likeliest wet date is May 10, when 35% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is September 11 at 25%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 114 wet dates a year.
The widest day
April 22 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 24°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Snow Hill.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall and snowfall
Snow: 2.8"
10.2 days with precipitation
Snow: 3.6"
9.0 days with precipitation
Snow: 1.2"
10.6 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.1"
10.0 days with precipitation
10.6 days with precipitation
9.1 days with precipitation
9.4 days with precipitation
9.1 days with precipitation
7.9 days with precipitation
8.7 days with precipitation
8.5 days with precipitation
Snow: 2.5"
10.3 days with precipitation
Snow Hill spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 27% of the annual total and December through February 22%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Snow Hill has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a 39.9°F seasonal spread.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: September averages 5.3" and February 3.1". The three wettest months together take 30% of the year, against the 25% a perfectly flat distribution would give them.
Shares are computed from this station's own 1991-2020 monthly precipitation normals. "Spread across the year" means neither the June-August nor the December-February share reaches 35%; it describes an average year, not the variability of any single one.
When it rains in Snow Hill, it arrives in quantity
47.4" of precipitation falls across only about 113 wet days here, averaging 0.42 inches each. Fewer days carry more water: the year's total is delivered in comparatively heavy events rather than persistent damp.
- Days with measurable precipitation
- about 113 a year, 31% of all days
- Average depth per wet day
- 0.42 inches
- Most wet days
- March, about 11
- Fewest wet days
- September, about 8
A wet day is one recording at least 0.01 inches. These are 1991-2020 normals: they describe an average year, and a per-day average is not a forecast of any individual storm.
Snow reaches Snow Hill, but rarely amounts to much
The normals record 10.2 inches of snow a year here, most likely in February. That is a real but marginal amount: enough that snow is part of the local record, not enough to define the winter.
A figure in this range usually reflects a handful of events that melt quickly rather than a season of accumulation; about 6 days a year record any measurable snow at all.
NOAA 1991-2020 normals. An average across thirty years can smooth away a single heavy winter, so a small annual figure does not mean a significant snowfall is impossible.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
October 31
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
April 10
50% probability date
Growing Season
204 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
3,631
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
1,588
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside MD closest to Snow Hill on two NOAA annual-normal axes (mean temperature and annual precipitation). Chip rows use distinct link sets.
Closest by average temperature
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual mean temperature (59°F here).
- Abernathy, TX 59°F · 0.0°F off
- Big Sandy, TN 59°F · 0.0°F off
- Coldwater, KS 59°F · 0.0°F off
- Colfax, CA 59°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (47.4" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Morristown, TN 47.4" · 0.0" off
- Spencer, WV 47.4" · 0.0" off
- Meredith, NH 47.4" · 0.0" off
- Sissonville, WV 47.4" · 0.0" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Snow Hill's climate pattern fits together
heating led · wet · mid swing
Snow Hill's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 3,631 annual heating degree days against 1,588 for cooling. Its 39.9°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Snow Hill's frost-free season lasts about 204 days, a middle-length window whose endpoints matter more than the annual average. It describes freeze probability, not year-specific planting conditions.
July and January mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar in Snow Hill's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 39.9°F. The annual average is 59°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Alongside its heating load, Snow Hill carries 47.4 inches of precipitation in a normal year, inside PlainClimate's wet range. Annual snowfall totals 10.2 inches. That distinction matters because a wet annual total can arrive as rain, snow, or a mixture at different times.
These labels group NOAA 1991-2020 normals from Snow Hill's primary station, so the winter figures are a thirty-year average and not a floor: a single hard season can run well below them. Treat each band as a descriptive range for Snow Hill, not an official NOAA class or a year-ahead forecast.
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Data Sources
Data source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals v1.0.1 (1991-2020). All figures on this page are from Snow Hill's primary station: SNOW HILL 4 N (USC00188380). For informational purposes only.
Place identity: U.S. Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer places. The 2024 Census Gazetteer identifies the exact name-and-state match as an incorporated place (GEOID 2473075). Match rule for Snow Hill: exact normalized name + state only, no fuzzy expansion, so nearby differently spelled facilities stay unmatched.
On this page every temperature, precipitation, and derived score for Snow Hill comes from its primary NOAA station record. No figure on this page is typed in by an editor - each value is rendered from NOAA 1991-2020 U.S. Climate Normals. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 1991–2020 normals.