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United States / Kentucky / No Metro Area / Harlan County / Wallins Creek / Zip Codes
Wallins Creek, KY has a humid subtropical climate, with mild winters and hot summers. The average high temperature in summer is around 86°F, with an average low of 66°F. In winter, the average high is around 46°F with an average low of 28°F. Rainfall is fairly consistent throughout the year, with the heaviest precipitation occurring during spring and early summer. Winters are usually quite dry but occasionally get snowfall or ice storms.

Bestplaces Comfort Index

The annual BestPlaces Comfort Index for Wallins Creek is 7.4 (10=best), which means it is one of the most pleasant places in Kentucky.

8.4 Summer - 5.7 Winter
September, June and May are the most pleasant months in Wallins Creek, while January and February are the least comfortable months.

  ClimateWallins Creek, KentuckyUnited States
  49.5 in.38.1 in.
  11.1 in.27.8 in.
  127.1 days106.2 days
  179 days205 days
  85.6°85.8°
  23.5°21.7°
  7.47
  4.54.3
  1135 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 Wallins Creek with an average high temperature of 85.6°, which ranks it as cooler than most places in Kentucky. In Wallins Creek, there are 3 comfortable months with high temperatures in the range of 70-85°. The most pleasant months of the year for Wallins Creek are September, May and June.
In Wallins Creek, there are 14.6 days annually when the high temperature is over 90°, which is one of the coolest places in Kentucky.
January has the coldest nighttime temperatures for Wallins Creek with an average of 23.5°. This is colder than most places in Kentucky.
In Wallins Creek, there are 110.8 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below freezing, which is colder than most places in Kentucky.
In Wallins Creek, there are 1.3 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below zero°, which is colder than most places in Kentucky.
The humidity is usually comfortable in Wallins Creek but some summer months can be unpleasant. July is the most humid month, though humidity is low for most of the year. The most humid months in Wallins Creek are July, August and June.
May is the wettest month in Wallins Creek with 5.2 inches of rain, and the driest month is October with 2.9 inches. The wettest season is Summer with 28% of yearly precipitation and 20% occurs in Winter, which is the driest season. The annual rainfall of 49.5 inches in Wallins Creek means that it is wetter than most places in Kentucky.
December is the rainiest month in Wallins Creek with 11.9 days of rain, and September is the driest month with only 7.8 rainy days. There are 127.1 rainy days annually in Wallins Creek, which is rainier than most places in Kentucky. The rainiest season is Spring when it rains 28% of the time and the driest is Winter with only a 20% chance of a rainy day.
An annual snowfall of 11.1 inches in Wallins Creek means that it is snowier than most places in Kentucky. January is the snowiest month in Wallins Creek with 4.0 inches of snow, and 5 months of the year have significant snowfall.
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