South Laurel weather by month
What a typical year looks like in South Laurel, Maryland: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at BELTSVILLE, 8 km from South Laurel; records cover 1941–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 44 in1118 mm
- Snow a year
- 16 in40 cm
- Last spring freeze
- Apr 6
- First fall freeze
- Oct 29
- Heating degree days
- 4,569
- Cooling degree days
- 1,268
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are 11°−12° (heating, 99%) and 96°36° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
South Laurel in January
Highs average 43°6° and lows 25°−4°, with 2.9 in73 mm of precipitation and 6 in14 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 78°26° (1950)
- Record low
- −15°−26° (1957)
- Heating degree days
- 961
- Cooling degree days
- 0
South Laurel in February
Highs average 46°8° and lows 27°−3°, with 2.4 in61 mm of precipitation and 5 in13 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 79°26° (1985)
- Record low
- −12°−24° (1979)
- Heating degree days
- 805
- Cooling degree days
- 0
South Laurel in March
Highs average 53°12° and lows 34°1°, with 3.7 in94 mm of precipitation and 2.5 in6.4 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 88°31° (1948)
- Record low
- −1°−18° (1960)
- Heating degree days
- 660
- Cooling degree days
- 1
South Laurel in April
Highs average 65°19° and lows 44°7°, with 3.3 in83 mm of precipitation and 0.1 in0.3 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 94°34° (1976)
- Record low
- 15°−9° (1989)
- Heating degree days
- 332
- Cooling degree days
- 18
South Laurel in May
Highs average 74°23° and lows 54°12°, with 4.3 in108 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 96°36° (1941)
- Record low
- 26°−3° (1947)
- Heating degree days
- 119
- Cooling degree days
- 85
South Laurel in June
Highs average 83°28° and lows 63°17°, with 4.2 in107 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 100°38° (2012)
- Record low
- 37°3° (1972)
- Heating degree days
- 13
- Cooling degree days
- 253
South Laurel in July
Highs average 87°31° and lows 68°20°, with 4.5 in115 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 103°39° (1988)
- Record low
- 45°7° (1952)
- Heating degree days
- 0
- Cooling degree days
- 383
South Laurel in August
Highs average 86°30° and lows 66°19°, with 3.9 in99 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 102°39° (1954)
- Record low
- 38°3° (1982)
- Heating degree days
- 1
- Cooling degree days
- 337
South Laurel in September
Highs average 79°26° and lows 59°15°, with 4.4 in112 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 101°38° (1953)
- Record low
- 29°−2° (1942)
- Heating degree days
- 37
- Cooling degree days
- 166
South Laurel in OctoberThis month
Highs average 68°20° and lows 47°8°, with 4 in103 mm of precipitation in a typical October.
- Record high
- 98°37° (1941)
- Record low
- 20°−7° (1965)
- Heating degree days
- 263
- Cooling degree days
- 24
South Laurel in November
Highs average 57°14° and lows 37°3°, with 2.9 in74 mm of precipitation and 0.2 in0.5 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 85°29° (1950)
- Record low
- 12°−11° (1951)
- Heating degree days
- 550
- Cooling degree days
- 1
South Laurel in December
Highs average 47°8° and lows 30°−1°, with 3.5 in88 mm of precipitation and 2.3 in5.8 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 83°28° (1943)
- Record low
- −6°−21° (1960)
- Heating degree days
- 828
- Cooling degree days
- 0