Syracuse township, KS Climate

Syracuse Township in KS has a humid continental climate. Summers are hot and humid, with temperatures reaching up to 90 degrees Fahrenheit, while winters are cold and dry with temperatures dropping as low as -20 degrees Fahrenheit. The area usually receives between 27-30 inches of precipitation, most of which falls during the warmer months of the year. Syracuse is also windy, with average winds from the south-southwest at around 10 mph throughout the year.

Climate	Syracuse township, Kansas	United States
Rainfall		38.1

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.