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Ocean City

Ocean City, United States

Population (year 2000): 7,173

Elevation: 8 feet

County: Worcester

Land area: 4.6 square miles

Zip code: 21842

Time Zone: Ocean City is in the Eastern Time Zone. When it is noon in New York City, it is also noon in Ocean City. Daylight saving time is observed from the end of April to the end of October.

Average weather in Ocean City, Maryland

Based on data reported by over 4,000 weather stations

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Average temp. (°F)	36.6	38.5	45.4	54.2	63.4	71.9	76.6	75.5	70.0	59.0	49.7	41.0
High temperature (°F)	45.3	47.5	55.1	64.8	73.4	81.5	85.9	84.8	79.6	69.3	59.4	50.1
Low temperature (°F)	27.8	29.3	35.6	43.6	53.4	62.1	67.3	66.2	60.4	48.7	40.0	31.9
Precipitation (in)	4.1	3.4	4.5	3.3	3.7	3.2	4.1	5.0	3.7	3.4	3.3	3.4

Normal climate around Ocean City, Maryland

Based on data reported by main weather stations

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Days with precipitation	11	10	11	10	10	9	11	8	8	8	9	10
Wind speed (mph)	10.2	10.6	11.3	10.9	9.5	8.7	8.0	7.7	8.0	8.4	9.5	9.7
Morning humidity (%)	77	76	77	77	79	82	84	86	85	84	81	77
Afternoon humidity (%)	63	62	60	58	63	63	64	65	64	60	61	62
Sunshine (%)	49	53	55	56	56	61	62	64	61	59	51	47
Days clear of clouds	8	8	8	7	7	7	8	8	10	11	8	8
Partly cloudy days	8	7	8	9	11	12	12	11	8	9	9	8
Cloudy days	16	14	15	14	14	12	12	12	12	12	13	15
Snowfall (in)	2.6	3.6	0.8	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.2	1.7

National Holidays:

New Year's Day Jan. 1

Martin Luther King, Jr., Day 3rd Mon. in Jan.

President's Day 3rd Mon. in Feb.

Memorial Day last Mon. in May

Independence Day July 4

Labor Day 1st Mon. in Sept.

Thanksgiving Day 4th Thurs. in Nov.

Christmas Eve and Christmas Day Dec. 24 and 25

New Year's Eve Dec. 31

Getting There

By Car

Directions from the West
Take Route 50 East to Route 90 East. Follow 90 until it dead-ends onto Coastal Highway in Ocean City. You will end up on 62nd Street.

Directions from New Jersey
Take I-95 South over the Delaware Memorial Bridge. Take Exit 4A off of I-95 (it reads Rt 1 and Rt 7). Stay on Route 1. Continue on Route 1 Bypass until it ends into Route 113 South. After you cross the MD/DE line take Route 589 (left at the light). Take Route 589 to third light (Route 90 East). Follow 90 until it dead-ends onto Coastal Highway in Ocean City. You will end up on 62nd Street.

Directions from Central PA / Harrisburg / York
Take Route 83 South to Baltimore Beltway (Route 695). Take Route 695 West to Route 97 South to Route 50 East. From Route 50 East take Route 90 East until it dead-ends onto Coastal Highway in Ocean City. You will be on 62nd Street.

By Air

Salisbury-Ocean City Regional Airport (Wicomico)

410-548-4827
5485 Airport Terminal Road #A,

Salisbury, MD, 21804

Located 40 minutes west of Ocean City, in the outskirts of Salisbury, handles regular commuter flights to and from Baltimore and Philadelphia via US Airways Express 800/428-4322). Private planes also fly into that airport, as well as Ocean City Municipal Airport 410/213-2471), 3 miles west of town off Route 611.

Renting a Car: Rental cars are available at both airports.

By Bus: Greyhound 800/229-9424 has daily service into Ocean City from points north and south, with nonstop buses from Baltimore, Washington, D.C., and Salisbury. Buses stop at 2nd Street and Philadelphia Avenue 410/289-9307


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