Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 14 h 49 min5:40 am – 8:29 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 9 h 31 min7:16 am – 4:47 pm
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ClimateWarmest month July: highs 89°F, lows 70°FColdest month January: highs 47°F, lows 29°F48 in of rain a year, on about 77 dayswettest month August8 in of snow a year, on about 5 days31 days above 90°F, 71 nights below freezing in a typical yearSource: NOAA 1991-2020 Climate Normals, Salisbury station, 25 mi away; snow from Wallops Island Flight Fac
Nearby landmarksDrum Pointcape · 1.4 miPiney Islandisland · 2.1 miPrickly Pointcape · under a milePiney Creekbay · 3.2 miDrum Point Covebay · 1.4 miManokin Riverriver · 1.9 miSource: USGS Geographic Names Information System
Parks and public landsFairmount Wmastate conservation land · 2.0 mi · 4,938 acresJanes Island State Parkstate park · 4.6 miDeal Island Wmastate conservation land · 3.3 mi · 1,489 acresJanes Island Spstate park · 5.4 miMartin National Wildlife Refugenational wildlife refuge · 7.3 mi · 4,165 acresSouth Marsh Island Wmastate conservation land · 6.3 mi · 3,071 acresSource: USGS Protected Areas Database (PAD-US)
EarthquakesNone of magnitude 3 or more within 50 miles since 1970Source: USGS Earthquake Catalog
Natural hazardsOverall risk Relatively LowSomerset County, MD, compared with all US countiesHigher-risk hazardsCoastal flooding Relatively HighSource: FEMA National Risk Index (county level)
Air quality86% of days had good air in 2025314 of 365 days measured51 moderate daysMedian index 39, worst day 84main pollutant: ozoneSource: US EPA Air Quality Index, nearest monitors: Dorchester County, MD, 25 mi away
Drinking waterEastern Correctional Instituteserves 3,500 people from ground water1 health-based violation since 2021latest Oct 2024: lead and copper, treatment technique1 monitoring or reporting violation since 2021Source: US EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System, largest system in the county
Elevation0 ft0 m above sea levelSource: USGS 3D Elevation Program
Local servicesHospitalTidalHealth McCready Pavilion6.9 miPost officeUpper Fairmount Post Office5.3 miTown hallCrisfield City Hall8.1 miPoliceCrisfield Police Department7.9 miFire stationFairmount Volunteer Fire Department Station 94.7 miSource: USGS National Structures Dataset
SchoolsWithin 2 miNo schools listedCollegeUniversity of Maryland Eastern Shore13.5 miSource: USGS National Structures Dataset
Getting aroundAirportSalisbury Ocean City Wicomico Regional Airport SBY27 miMajor airportRonald Reagan Washington National Airport DCA81 miUS highwayUS 1311 miAmtrakWilliamsburg, VA WBG72 miCoachPrincess Anne UmesGreyhound14 miSources: OurAirports; US Census Bureau TIGER roads; Bureau of Transportation Statistics NTAD
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the 21870 ZIP area.
