Westwood Hills, KS Climate


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Westwood Hills, KS is known for its temperate climate with generally mild temperatures throughout the year. Summers tend to be hot and humid with frequent thunderstorms while winters are usually dry and cold. The area also experiences slightly more snowfall than surrounding cities due to its elevated position. Spring and fall are mild transitional seasons that are great times of year to enjoy all that Westwood Hills has to offer.

Westwood Hills, Kansas gets 42 inches of rain, on average, per year. The US average is 38 inches of rain per year.

Westwood Hills averages 14 inches of snow per year. The US average is 28 inches of snow per year.

On average, there are 219 sunny days per year in Westwood Hills. The US average is 205 sunny days.

Westwood Hills gets some kind of precipitation, on average, 95 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 89 degrees
Winter Low: the January low is 21
Rain: averages 42 inches of rain a year
Snow: averages 14 inches of snow a year


Bestplaces Comfort Index

The annual BestPlaces Comfort Index for Westwood Hills is 7.2 (10=best), which means it is less comfortable than most places in Kansas.

7.4 Summer - 5.7 Winter
September, May and June are the most pleasant months in Westwood Hills, while January and December are the least comfortable months.

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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.

July is the hottest month for Westwood Hills with an average high temperature of 88.6°, which ranks it as cooler than most places in Kansas. In Westwood Hills, there are 3 comfortable months with high temperatures in the range of 70-85°. The most pleasant months of the year for Westwood Hills are September, May and June.
In Westwood Hills, there are 33.2 days annually when the high temperature is over 90°, which is cooler than most places in Kansas.
January has the coldest nighttime temperatures for Westwood Hills with an average of 20.7°. This is warmer than most places in Kansas.
In Westwood Hills, there are 101.9 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below freezing, which is one of the warmest places in Kansas.
In Westwood Hills, there are 2.9 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below zero°, which is warmer than most places in Kansas.
The humidity can be uncomfortably heavy or close in Westwood Hills 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 Westwood Hills.
June is the wettest month in Westwood Hills with 5.8 inches of rain, and the driest month is January with 1.4 inches. The wettest season is Autumn with 34% of yearly precipitation and 12% occurs in Spring, which is the driest season. The annual rainfall of 42.2 inches in Westwood Hills means that it is wetter than most places in Kansas.
May is the rainiest month in Westwood Hills with 11.3 days of rain, and February is the driest month with only 5.4 rainy days. There are 94.6 rainy days annually in Westwood Hills, which is one of the rainiest places in Kansas. The rainiest season is Summer when it rains 31% of the time and the driest is Spring with only a 18% chance of a rainy day.
An annual snowfall of 13.5 inches in Westwood Hills means that it is less snowy than most places in Kansas. December is the snowiest month in Westwood Hills with 4.2 inches of snow, and 5 months of the year have significant snowfall.
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