Historical weather data, all-time temperature records, and monthly climate averages for Greenbelt, MD. Explore typical weather conditions by week for trip planning, and see how today compares to the historical record.
April 5th in Greenbelt runs mild, with an average high of 62° and low of 39° across 81 years of records. There's a 37% chance of rain today, though snow is essentially off the table. The date has seen wild swings historically — from a balmy 85° in 2011 down to a brutal 21° low back in 1965.
Greenbelt's weather history is a study in extremes — the thermometer has reached 103° in July 1988 and plunged to -15° in January 1957, a swing of 118 degrees. A single storm dropped 9.38 inches of rain on August 13, 1955, and the February 2010 blizzard buried the area under 22 inches of snow in one day.
Summer is the dominant season here — highs peak around 87-88° in mid-July, and the wettest stretch of the year arrives right alongside it in early-to-mid July with over an inch of rain per week. Winter bottoms out in mid-January with average highs of just 41°, making the window from late April through October the most comfortable time to visit.