Shady Side has milder winters than most of Maryland
Shady Side has mild winters and warm summers. A typical July afternoon reaches 88°, a January night drops to 28°, and about 14 inches of snow falls in a normal winter. In November, a normal day reaches 57° and a normal night drops to 39°.
Getting the latest forecast from the National Weather Service…
What stands out about Shady Side’s weather
Read from 30 years of NOAA records. Each one opens the full story on the Climate page.
Where today sits in Shady Side’s year
Typical highs and lows month by month, from 30 years of NOAA records.
Weather talk
Road reports, first frosts and storm memories from neighbors in Shady Side.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Forecast, conditions and alerts: National Weather Service. Climate: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020 and 1901–2000. Temperatures and rainfall come from NOAA’s gridded normals for Shady Side itself (about a 3-mile square). Snow, frost dates and day counts: the NOAA station at Royal Oak 2 Ssw, MD (19 mi, snow) and Stevensville 2sw, MD (14 mi, frost, heat and degree days). Sunrise and sunset are calculated from the town’s position. Normals are 30-year averages, not a forecast.