Summer Weather in Camden United States

Daily high temperatures are around 85°F, rarely falling below 72°F or exceeding 94°F. The highest daily average high temperature is 88°F on July 20.

Daily low temperatures increase by 4°F, from 64°F to 69°F, rarely falling below 56°F or exceeding 77°F. The highest daily average low temperature is 72°F on July 22.

For reference, on July 19, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Camden typically range from 72°F to 88°F, while on January 29, the coldest day of the year, they range from 33°F to 50°F.

The figure below shows you a compact characterization of the hourly average summer temperatures. The horizontal axis is the day, the vertical axis is the hour of the day, and the color is the average temperature for that hour and day.

Fūman, Iran (6,281 miles away) and Zhongfang, China (7,980 miles) are the far-away foreign places with temperatures most similar to Camden (view comparison).

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The summer in Camden experiences gradually decreasing cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy decreasing from 48% to 41%. The highest chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 49% on July 11.

The clearest day of the summer is August 30, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 59% of the time.

For reference, on February 13, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 51%, while on October 14, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 65%.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. In Camden, the chance of a wet day over the course of the summer is essentially constant, remaining around 41% throughout.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 48% on August 4, and its lowest chance is 22% on November 22.

Rainfall

To show variation within the season and not just the monthly totals, we show the rainfall accumulated over a sliding 31-day period centered around each day.

The average sliding 31-day rainfall during the summer in Camden is rapidly increasing, starting the season at 3.5 inches, when it rarely exceeds 5.3 inches or falls below 1.5 inches, and ending the season at 4.6 inches, when it rarely exceeds 8.6 inches or falls below 1.6 inches.

The highest average 31-day accumulation is 4.8 inches on August 13.

Over the course of the summer in Camden, the length of the day is rapidly decreasing. From the start to the end of the season, the length of the day decreases by 1 hour, 32 minutes, implying an average daily decrease of 1 minute, 0 seconds, and weekly decrease of 7 minutes, 3 seconds.

The shortest day of the summer is August 31, with 12 hours, 57 minutes of daylight and the longest day is June 20, with 14 hours, 38 minutes of daylight.

The earliest sunrise of the summer in Camden is 5:46 AM on June 13 and the latest sunrise is 49 minutes later at 6:35 AM on August 31.

The latest sunset is 8:26 PM on June 28 and the earliest sunset is 53 minutes earlier at 7:33 PM on August 31.

Daylight saving time is observed in Camden during 2024, but it neither starts nor ends during the summer, so the entire season is in standard time.

For reference, on June 20, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 5:47 AM and sets 14 hours, 38 minutes later, at 8:25 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 7:12 AM and sets 9 hours, 41 minutes later, at 4:53 PM.

The figure below presents a compact representation of the sun's elevation (the angle of the sun above the horizon) and azimuth (its compass bearing) for every hour of every day in the reporting period. The horizontal axis is the day of the year and the vertical axis is the hour of the day. For a given day and hour of that day, the background color indicates the azimuth of the sun at that moment. The black isolines are contours of constant solar elevation.

The figure below presents a compact representation of key lunar data for the summer of 2024. The horizontal axis is the day, the vertical axis is the hour of the day, and the colored areas indicate when the moon is above the horizon. The vertical gray bars (new Moons) and blue bars (full Moons) indicate key Moon phases. The label associated with each bar indicates the date and time that the phase is obtained, and the companion time labels indicate the rise and set times of the Moon for the nearest time interval in which the moon is above the horizon.

We base the humidity comfort level on the dew point, as it determines whether perspiration will evaporate from the skin, thereby cooling the body. Lower dew points feel drier and higher dew points feel more humid. Unlike temperature, which typically varies significantly between night and day, dew point tends to change more slowly, so while the temperature may drop at night, a muggy day is typically followed by a muggy night.

The chance that a given day will be muggy in Camden is very rapidly increasing during the summer, rising from 41% to 67% over the course of the season.

The highest chance of a muggy day during the summer is 88% on July 27.

For reference, on July 27, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 88% of the time, while on February 4, the least muggy day of the year, there are muggy conditions 0% of the time.

This section discusses the wide-area hourly average wind vector (speed and direction) at 10 meters above the ground. The wind experienced at any given location is highly dependent on local topography and other factors, and instantaneous wind speed and direction vary more widely than hourly averages.

The average hourly wind speed in Camden is essentially constant during the summer, remaining within 0.6 miles per hour of 8.4 miles per hour throughout.

For reference, on February 27, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 11.5 miles per hour, while on August 8, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 7.8 miles per hour.

The lowest daily average wind speed during the summer is 7.8 miles per hour on August 8.

The wind direction in Camden during the summer is predominantly out of the south from June 1 to August 23 and the east from August 23 to August 31.

Camden is located near a large body of water (e.g., ocean, sea, or large lake). This section reports on the wide-area average surface temperature of that water.

The average surface water temperature in Camden is rapidly increasing during the summer, rising by 8°F, from 69°F to 77°F, over the course of the season.

The highest average surface water temperature during the summer is 79°F on August 2.

Definitions of the growing season vary throughout the world, but for the purposes of this report, we define it as the longest continuous period of non-freezing temperatures (≥ 32°F) in the year (the calendar year in the Northern Hemisphere, or from July 1 until June 30 in the Southern Hemisphere).

The growing season in Camden typically lasts for 7.8 months (240 days), from around March 22 to around November 16, rarely starting before March 3 or after April 9, and rarely ending before October 30 or after December 4.

The summer in Camden is reliably fully within the growing season.

Growing degree days are a measure of yearly heat accumulation used to predict plant and animal development, and defined as the integral of warmth above a base temperature, discarding any excess above a maximum temperature. In this report, we use a base of 50°F and a cap of 86°F.

The average accumulated growing degree days in Camden are very rapidly increasing during the summer, increasing by 2,453°F, from 1,157°F to 3,611°F, over the course of the season.

This section discusses the total daily incident shortwave solar energy reaching the surface of the ground over a wide area, taking full account of seasonal variations in the length of the day, the elevation of the Sun above the horizon, and absorption by clouds and other atmospheric constituents. Shortwave radiation includes visible light and ultraviolet radiation.

The average daily incident shortwave solar energy in Camden is decreasing during the summer, falling by 1.1 kWh, from 6.7 kWh to 5.5 kWh, over the course of the season.

The highest average daily incident shortwave solar energy during the summer is 6.7 kWh on June 8.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Camden are 36.328 deg latitude, -76.172 deg longitude, and 7 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Camden is essentially flat, with a maximum elevation change of 7 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 4 feet. Within 10 miles is also essentially flat (36 feet). Within 50 miles is essentially flat (108 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Camden is covered by cropland (61%), herbaceous vegetation (17%), and artificial surfaces (14%), within 10 miles by cropland (60%) and herbaceous vegetation (16%), and within 50 miles by water (42%) and cropland (22%).