Forest Heights, MD
Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from OXON HILL, MD US.
Year-round temperatures (°F)
Climate summary
Forest Heights has an annual average temperature of 57.1°F with about 46.8 inches of precipitation per year. The warmest month is July (average high 88.0°F), and the coldest is January (average low 27.4°F). July is typically the wettest month (4.96 in) and February the driest (2.89 in).
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All-time records →115 of 366 (31.4%) of Forest Heights's all-time daily heat records have been set since 2015. If records were spread evenly across the station's history, only about 5% would fall in any given decade.
| 2000s | 149 | |
| 2010s | 194 | |
| 2020s | 23 |
Bars: number of all-time daily heat records still standing that were set in each decade.
Monthly averages
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Avg Temp | Precipitation | Snow | Rainy days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 43.7°F | 27.4°F | 35.5°F | 3.08 in | — | 11 |
| February | 47.5°F | 28.3°F | 37.9°F | 2.89 in | — | 11 |
| March | 55.8°F | 35.0°F | 45.4°F | 4.04 in | — | 11 |
| April | 67.4°F | 44.7°F | 56.1°F | 3.38 in | — | 12 |
| May | 75.7°F | 54.7°F | 65.2°F | 4.45 in | — | 13 |
| June | 84.4°F | 63.8°F | 74.1°F | 4.85 in | — | 11 |
| July | 88.0°F | 68.8°F | 78.4°F | 4.96 in | — | 11 |
| August | 86.5°F | 67.3°F | 76.9°F | 4.16 in | — | 10 |
| September | 80.1°F | 60.5°F | 70.3°F | 4.37 in | — | 8 |
| October | 68.3°F | 48.2°F | 58.3°F | 3.75 in | — | 10 |
| November | 57.2°F | 38.5°F | 47.8°F | 3.13 in | — | 9 |
| December | 47.8°F | 31.3°F | 39.5°F | 3.75 in | — | 11 |
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