Clark County, IN Climate

Clark, IN County has a humid continental climate, with hot summers and cold winters. This is typical of most areas in the Midwest. Summers are generally warm and humid, with temperatures reaching into the 80s and 90s. Winters can be quite cold, with temperatures sometimes dropping well below zero. Precipitation is fairly evenly distributed throughout the year, although there tends to be more rain in the summer months than the winter months. Snowfall can also vary significantly from year to year, with totals ranging from less than ten inches in some years to over fifty inches in others.

Clark County, Indiana gets 46 inches of rain, on average, per year. The US average is 38 inches of rain per year.

Clark County averages 11 inches of snow per year. The US average is 28 inches of snow per year.

On average, there are 195 sunny days per year in Clark County. The US average is 205 sunny days.

Clark County gets some kind of precipitation, on average, 105 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 87 degrees
Winter Low: the January low is 23
Rain: averages 46 inches of rain a year
Snow: averages 11 inches of snow a year

Bestplaces Comfort Index

The annual BestPlaces Comfort Index for Clark County is 7.3 (10=best), which means it is one of the most pleasant places in Indiana.

8 Summer - 5.6 Winter

September, May and June are the most pleasant months in Clark County, while January and December are the least comfortable months.

Climate	Clark, Indiana	United States
	46.2 in.	38.1 in.
	10.7 in.	27.8 in.
	105.1 days	106.2 days
	195 days	205 days
	86.6°	85.8°
	22.7°	21.7°
	7.3	7
	3.9	4.3
	598 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 Clark County with an average high temperature of 86.6°, which ranks it as warmer than most places in Indiana. In Clark County, there are 3 comfortable months with high temperatures in the range of 70-85°. The most pleasant months of the year for Clark County are May, September and June.

In Clark County, there are 24.7 days annually when the high temperature is over 90°, which is hotter than most places in Indiana.

January has the coldest nighttime temperatures for Clark County with an average of 22.7°. This is one of the warmest places in Indiana.

In Clark County, there are 103.4 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below freezing, which is warmer than most places in Indiana.

In Clark County, there are 2.2 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below zero°, which is one of the warmest places in Indiana.

The humidity can be uncomfortably heavy or close in Clark County during the summer months. July is the most humid month, though humidity is low for most of the year. July, August and June are the three most humid months in Clark County.

May is the wettest month in Clark County with 5.3 inches of rain, and the driest month is February with 3.0 inches. The wettest season is Summer with 30% of yearly precipitation and 22% occurs in Spring, which is the driest season. The annual rainfall of 46.2 inches in Clark County means that it is wetter than most places in Indiana.

May is the rainiest month in Clark County with 10.9 days of rain, and September is the driest month with only 6.8 rainy days. There are 105.1 rainy days annually in Clark County, which is one of the least rainy places in Indiana. The rainiest season is Summer when it rains 30% of the time and the driest is Winter with only a 22% chance of a rainy day.

An annual snowfall of 10.7 inches in Clark County means that it is one of the least snowy places in Indiana. January is the snowiest month in Clark County with 3.3 inches of snow, and 4 months of the year have significant snowfall.

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