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
Ocean City
