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Joppatowne, Maryland Climate

NOAA 1991-2020 normals for Aberdeen Phillips Fld, 17.4 km from Joppatowne

The warmest month is July, with an average high of 86°F; the coldest is January, with an average low of 25°F. A normal year brings 47.1 in of precipitation and 16.7 in of snow.

Temperature through the year

The normal daily high and low and the record for every date at Baltimore - Heliport (4MD), since 1998. The line marks today.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Joppatowne through the year, in °F, with the record for each date.0255075100125JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Record high
  • Record low

Normals for Sep 24

Normal high
75°F
Normal low
56°F
Record high
97°Fin 2010
Record low
54°Fin 1998
Daylight
12 h 04 min

Month by month

Averages for 1991-2020. Wet days have at least 0.01 inch of precipitation. Freeze nights have a low of 32°F or colder; degree days are on a 65°F base. Each month links to its own page.

MonthAvg highAvg lowRecord highRecord lowPrecipitationWet daysSnowfallFreeze nightsHeating DDCooling DD
January42°F25°F80°F (2024)4°F (2014)3.26 in5.2 in21.49790
February44°F27°F83°F (2018)3°F (2015)2.78 in7.9 in18.98230
March53°F33°F87°F (2025)14°F (2009)4.10 in1.7 in13.46891
April65°F43°F96°F (2013)30°F (2016)3.49 in0.2 in2.334414
May73°F53°F99°F (2026)37°F (2020)3.98 in0.0 in0.013167
June82°F62°F106°F (2012)52°F (2003)4.28 in0.0 in0.014231
July86°F68°F108°F (2012)60°F (2001)4.84 in0.0 in0.00373
August84°F66°F106°F (2007)53°F (2004)4.21 in0.0 in0.01314
September78°F59°F100°F (2023)48°F (2000)4.84 in0.0 in0.043148
October67°F47°F95°F (2019)37°F (2006)4.17 in0.0 in0.727922
November56°F37°F83°F (2024)21°F (2014)3.27 in0.0 in8.85661
December46°F30°F78°F (2006)8°F (2022)3.89 in1.7 in17.78370
Year65°F46°F47.11 in16.7 in834,7061,171

Precipitation

Rain and melted snow together. The chance of a wet day is the share of days with at least 0.01 inch of precipitation.

47.1 in in a normal year, most in July.

Chance of a wet day

The chance of at least 0.01 inch of precipitation on each date at Joppatowne, in percent, and of at least 0.1 inch of snowfall.0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
  • Chance of a wet day
  • Chance of snowfall

Snow

NOAA 1991-2020 snowfall normals for Chestertown, 34.3 km away; Aberdeen Phillips Fld keeps no snowfall normals.

16.7 in of snow in a normal year.

Frost and the growing season

NOAA's 1991-2020 freeze probabilities for Aberdeen Phillips Fld. A median date has an even chance of a later freeze in spring, or an earlier one in fall.

The last spring freeze typically comes around April 10 and the first fall freeze around October 30, a growing season of about 201 days.

Median at 36°F
last April 27, first October 19
Median at 32°F
last April 10, first October 30
Median at 28°F
last March 29, first November 10

Frost dates, growing season and degree days

Humidity and comfort

NASA POWER reanalysis, 1991-2020, for the grid cell around Joppatowne.

The muggiest month is July, when 58 percent of days are muggy or worse, with a mean dew point of 65°F or more.

MonthDew pointHumidityDryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable
January26°F84%100%0%0%0%0%0%
February28°F83%100%0%0%0%0%0%
March35°F81%98%2%0%0%0%0%
April44°F78%85%10%4%0%0%0%
May54°F78%52%18%18%11%1%0%
June62°F75%15%20%24%30%11%0%
July65°F70%7%13%23%34%23%1%
August64°F70%9%16%25%32%17%0%
September58°F72%35%20%21%17%6%0%
October48°F77%75%14%8%2%1%0%
November38°F80%93%6%1%0%0%0%
December31°F84%99%1%0%0%0%0%

Comfort is judged by the day's mean dew point: dry below 55°F, comfortable to 60°F, humid to 65°F, muggy to 70°F, oppressive to 75°F, miserable above.

Clouds

Average share of the sky covered, from satellite (CERES and GEWEX SRB) by way of NASA POWER, 1991-2020.

The clearest month is October, with the sky 54 percent covered on average; the cloudiest is December, at 64 percent.

Wind

The mean wind speed over the whole day, from the MERRA-2 reanalysis by way of NASA POWER. Gusts run well above it.

The windiest month is March, averaging 9.8 mph at 10 meters (33 feet) above the ground.

Daylight and sunshine

The longest day is Jun 19, with 14 h 58 min of daylight; the shortest is Dec 18, with 9 h 23 min.

Hours of daylight at Joppatowne through the year.0510152025JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Solar energy

Average daily sunshine reaching the ground on a flat surface, in kilowatt-hours per square meter, clouds included.

Sunrise and sunset calendar

How Harford County is running

NOAA NCEI Climate at a Glance, from the nClimGrid analysis of every station, updated early each month. A rank of 1 is the highest or lowest of all years since 1895.

August 2026 in Harford County: 76.9°F (+1.8 °F against 1991-2020), the 9th warmest in 132 years on record.

August 2026 in Harford County: 6.26 in (+2.04 in against 1991-2020), the 22nd wettest in 132 years on record.

January to August 2026 in Harford County: 57.0°F (+0.6 °F against 1991-2020), the 19th warmest in 132 years on record.

January to August 2026 in Harford County: 27.97 in (-2.81 in against 1991-2020), the 49th driest in 132 years on record.

Warmest August
77.5°F in 2002
Coolest August
68.1°F in 1927
Wettest August
13.54 in in 1955
Driest August
0.79 in in 1930

Every year since 1895

Each year's average temperature in Harford County against the 1991-2020 average, in °F, 1895 to 2025.-7.5-5-2.50+2.5+5+7.51900192019401960198020002020NOAA NCEI Climate at a Glance

Maryland climate and rankings

Month pages

The weather in Joppatowne in each month, day by day.

What this means

A normal is the average of the thirty years 1991 to 2020, the period the World Meteorological Organization and NOAA use for comparison. It is an average, not a forecast: most days depart from it, and some by a long way.

A record is the highest or lowest value on the date in every year the station has reported, back to 1998. It rests on one station, so a neighbor a few miles away can hold different ones.

Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine come from a reanalysis: a weather model run over the past with every observation fed in, averaged over a grid cell about 50 km across. It is consistent everywhere on Earth; it smooths local detail such as a lake shore or a valley.

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Sources

Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USW00013701 (Aberdeen Phillips Fld), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USW00093784, every year on file, quality-flagged values removed. Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-24. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus. Rankings: NOAA NCEI Climate at a Glance, public domain.