Independence, IN Climate

Independence, IN has a humid continental climate with warm summers and cold winters. The average summer temperature is around 74°F while the average winter temperature is around 30°F. Rainfall averages around 40 inches per year with the wettest month being June. Snowfall is moderate in Independence, averaging just over 20 inches of snow per year. Despite its relatively short distance from Lake Michigan, it does not experience the strong lake-effect snowfall totals seen further to the north and east along the shoreline.

Climate	Independence, Indiana	United States
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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.