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United States / Oklahoma / No Metro Area / Mayes County / Iron Post / Zip Codes
Iron Post, OK has a humid subtropical climate characterized by hot summers and mild winters. During the summer months the average temperature ranges from mid 70s to low 90s with high levels of humidity. The winter months are mild with temperatures usually ranging in the mid 40s to mid 50s. Rainfall is fairly common throughout the year, with an average of over four inches falling each month. Snow is rare in Iron Post, OK, but it does occur on occasion during the winter months.

Iron Post, Oklahoma gets 45 inches of rain, on average, per year. The US average is 38 inches of rain per year.

Iron Post averages 8 inches of snow per year. The US average is 28 inches of snow per year.

On average, there are 230 sunny days per year in Iron Post. The US average is 205 sunny days.

Iron Post gets some kind of precipitation, on average, 85 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 91 degrees
Winter Low: the January low is 26
Rain: averages 45 inches of rain a year
Snow: averages 8 inches of snow a year

Bestplaces Comfort Index

The annual BestPlaces Comfort Index for Iron Post is 7.2 (10=best), which means it is about average compared to other places in Oklahoma.

6 Summer - 6.3 Winter
May, September and October are the most pleasant months in Iron Post, while July and August are the least comfortable months.

  ClimateIron Post, OklahomaUnited States
  45.1 in.38.1 in.
  8.4 in.27.8 in.
  85.0 days106.2 days
  230 days205 days
  91.2°85.8°
  25.5°21.7°
  7.27
  54.3
  705 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.

August is the hottest month for Iron Post with an average high temperature of 91.8°, which ranks it as cooler than most places in Oklahoma. In Iron Post, there are 4 comfortable months with high temperatures in the range of 70-85°. The most pleasant months of the year for Iron Post are May, October and September.
In Iron Post, there are 51.9 days annually when the high temperature is over 90°, which is cooler than most places in Oklahoma.
January has the coldest nighttime temperatures for Iron Post with an average of 25.5°. This is colder than most places in Oklahoma.
In Iron Post, there are 84.4 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below freezing, which is colder than most places in Oklahoma.
In Iron Post, there are 0.7 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below zero°, which is colder than most places in Oklahoma.
The humidity can be uncomfortably heavy or close in Iron Post 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 Iron Post.
May is the wettest month in Iron Post with 5.6 inches of rain, and the driest month is January with 2.1 inches. The wettest season is Summer with 30% of yearly precipitation and 16% occurs in Spring, which is the driest season. The annual rainfall of 45.1 inches in Iron Post means that it is wetter than most places in Oklahoma.
May is the rainiest month in Iron Post with 9.9 days of rain, and January is the driest month with only 5.1 rainy days. There are 85.0 rainy days annually in Iron Post, which is rainier than most places in Oklahoma. The rainiest season is Summer when it rains 30% of the time and the driest is Spring with only a 20% chance of a rainy day.
An annual snowfall of 8.4 inches in Iron Post means that it is snowier than most places in Oklahoma. January is the snowiest month in Iron Post with 2.7 inches of snow, and 4 months of the year have significant snowfall.
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