Edgewood climate — normals and trends
Edgewood has a humid subtropical climate, averaging 12.9 °C annually with 1,039 mm of rain per year.
Climate normals · ERA5
EdgewoodMaryland
- coords
- 39.42°, -76.29°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
The normals for this period
The average of every indicator across the whole window: temperature, water, sky, wind and notable days.
Mean daily temperature
12.9°C
Average daily high
17.0°C
Average daily low
9.2°C
Annual rainfall
1,039mm
Sunshine / day
9.0h
Mean relative humidity
69%
Average peak wind
17.0km/h
Seasonal range
24.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
67 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
29 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
114 d/yr
Annual snowfall
45.8 cm
Average feels-like high
16.0 °C
Average feels-like low
7.0 °C
Average peak gust
38.2 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
60 d/yr
Solar radiation
14.9 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
What the yearly averages say about warming here, and whether the slope is statistically solid.
+1.6 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.39 · p = < 0.001
Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).
Climate month by month
How an average year unfolds: when it rains, when it turns hot, when the sun is out.
A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.
Records for the period
The most extreme days ever measured here, then the year-by-year detail.
Hottest day
38.3 °C
29 June 2012
Coldest day
-22.3 °C
22 January 1984
Wettest day
134 mm
30 September 2010
Windiest day
54.8 km/h
15 October 1954
Strongest gust
119.5 km/h
25 November 1950
Hottest feels-like
44.4 °C
15 July 1995
Coldest feels-like
-28.4 °C
19 January 1994
Snowiest day
38.4 cm
20 March 1958
Sunniest day
14.2 h
4 July 2025
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
A specific year
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 2.5 °C | -1.6 °C | 42 mm | -37 mm |
| Feb | 5.8 °C | +0.2 °C | 72 mm | -2 mm |
| Mar | 14.5 °C | +4.1 °C | 76 mm | -19 mm |
| Apr | 18.2 °C | +1.6 °C | 72 mm | -19 mm |
| May | 22.1 °C | +0.1 °C | 178 mm | +88 mm |
| Jun | 27.7 °C | +1.0 °C | 72 mm | -10 mm |
| Jul | 30.2 °C | +1.1 °C | 226 mm | +130 mm |
| Aug | 26.4 °C | -1.6 °C | 27 mm | -64 mm |
| Sep | 24.9 °C | +0.4 °C | 96 mm | +4 mm |
| Oct | 18.4 °C | -0.1 °C | 73 mm | -6 mm |
| Nov | 12.4 °C | +0.2 °C | 48 mm | -37 mm |
| Dec | 4.7 °C | -1.8 °C | 55 mm | -32 mm |
The year's extremes
What was the weather like that day?
The weather actually measured on a given date, anywhere in the covered window.
Climate at a glance
What these normals say about the place, in a few sentences, and the notions needed to read them.
Edgewood (United States) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 12.9 °C and it receives 1,039 mm of precipitation per year.
These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.
The warmest month is July (25.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (0.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Edgewood averages 67 frost days, 29 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 114 rainy days per year.
Edgewood has warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.18 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 76 to 58 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 38.3 °C (on 29 June 2012) and the coldest -22.3 °C (on 22 January 1984).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Edgewood?
Edgewood has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 12.9 °C and it receives 1,039 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Edgewood?
The hottest day measured in Edgewood between 1940 and 2025 was 29 June 2012, reaching 38.3 °C.
What is the coldest day in Edgewood?
The coldest day measured in Edgewood between 1940 and 2025 was 22 January 1984, at -22.3 °C.
Does it snow in Edgewood?
Yes. Edgewood gets on average 45.8 cm of snow per year and has around 67 frost days.
Has the climate of Edgewood warmed?
Yes: Edgewood warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Edgewood?
The wettest day measured in Edgewood between 1940 and 2025 was 30 September 2010, with 134 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Edgewood?
The windiest day measured in Edgewood between 1940 and 2025 was 15 October 1954, with winds reaching 54.8 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Edgewood?
The warmest month in Edgewood is July (25.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (0.7 °C).
How much does it rain in Edgewood?
Edgewood receives on average 1,039 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 114 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Edgewood?
Edgewood gets on average 9.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,285 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Edgewood?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Edgewood between 1940 and 2025 was 20 March 1958, with 38.4 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Edgewood?
Yes: Edgewood has on average 60 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Edgewood?
In Edgewood, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 44.4 °C on 15 July 1995, and the lowest was -28.4 °C on 19 January 1994.
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