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United States / Indiana / No Metro Area / Starke County / Knox / Zip Codes
Knox, IN has a humid continental climate, which is characterized by cold winters and warm summers. The average temperature in January is around 28°F with temperatures rarely dropping below 0°F. In the summer months, average temperatures range from 75-80°F with high humidity most days. Precipitation is fairly evenly distributed throughout the year, although snowfall does increase during the winter months. The area can experience storms and thunderstorms during the spring and summer months as well.

Knox, Indiana gets 40 inches of rain, on average, per year. The US average is 38 inches of rain per year.

Knox averages 34 inches of snow per year. The US average is 28 inches of snow per year.

On average, there are 170 sunny days per year in Knox. The US average is 205 sunny days.

Knox gets some kind of precipitation, on average, 119 days per year. Precipitation is rain, snow, sleet, or hail that falls to the ground. In order for precipitation to be counted you have to get at least .01 inches on the ground to measure.

Weather Highlights

Summer High: the July high is around 83 degrees
Winter Low: the January low is 16
Rain: averages 40 inches of rain a year
Snow: averages 34 inches of snow a year

Bestplaces Comfort Index

The annual BestPlaces Comfort Index for Knox is 7.0 (10=best), which means it is about average compared to other places in Indiana.

9 Summer - 4.6 Winter
June, September and August are the most pleasant months in Knox, while January and February are the least comfortable months.

  ClimateKnox, IndianaUnited States
  40.4 in.38.1 in.
  33.5 in.27.8 in.
  118.9 days106.2 days
  170 days205 days
  83.0°85.8°
  16.2°21.7°
  77
  3.74.3
  712 ft.2443 ft.
Climate
YOU SHOULD KNOW

Many people confuse weather and climate but they are different. Weather is the conditions of the atmosphere over a short period of time, and climate is how the atmosphere is over long periods of time.

Weather is how the atmosphere is behaving and its effects upon life and human activities. Weather can change from minute-to-minute. Most people think of weather in terms of temperature, humidity, precipitation, cloudiness, brightness, visibility, wind, and atmospheric pressure.

Climate is the description of the long-term pattern of weather in a place. Climate can mean the average weather for a particular region and time period taken over 30 years. Climate is the average of weather over time.

July is the hottest month for Knox with an average high temperature of 83.0°, which ranks it as cooler than most places in Indiana. In Knox, there are 5 comfortable months with high temperatures in the range of 70-85°. The most pleasant months of the year for Knox are September, June and August.
In Knox, there are 9.2 days annually when the high temperature is over 90°, which is cooler than most places in Indiana.
January has the coldest nighttime temperatures for Knox with an average of 16.2°. This is colder than most places in Indiana.
In Knox, there are 129.0 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below freezing, which is colder than most places in Indiana.
In Knox, there are 6.3 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below zero°, which is colder than most places in Indiana.
The humidity is usually comfortable in Knox but some summer months can be sticky or muggy. July is the most humid month, though humidity is low for most of the year. The most humid months are July, August and June.
July is the wettest month in Knox with 4.5 inches of rain, and the driest month is February with 2.2 inches. The wettest season is Autumn with 31% of yearly precipitation and 18% occurs in Spring, which is the driest season. The annual rainfall of 40.4 inches in Knox means that it is drier than most places in Indiana.
January is the rainiest month in Knox with 11.5 days of rain, and September is the driest month with only 8.3 rainy days. There are 118.9 rainy days annually in Knox, which is about average compared to other places in Indiana. The rainiest season is Spring when it rains 27% of the time and the driest is Winter with only a 22% chance of a rainy day.
An annual snowfall of 33.5 inches in Knox means that it is snowier than most places in Indiana. January is the snowiest month in Knox with 11.7 inches of snow, and 6 months of the year have significant snowfall.
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