Wabash County, IN Climate

Wabash County, IN has a humid continental climate with hot, humid summers and cold winters. The average annual temperature is 54°F (12°C), with an average high of 75°F (24°C) in July and an average low of 34°F (1°C) in January. Precipitation averages 40 inches per year, with peak amounts occurring from April to September. Winters are typically cold and snowy, while the summer months are generally warm and humid.

Wabash County, Indiana gets 40 inches of rain, on average, per year. The US average is 38 inches of rain per year.

Wabash County averages 29 inches of snow per year. The US average is 28 inches of snow per year.

On average, there are 180 sunny days per year in Wabash County. The US average is 205 sunny days.

Wabash County gets some kind of precipitation, on average, 122 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 84 degrees
Winter Low: the January low is 17
Rain: averages 40 inches of rain a year
Snow: averages 29 inches of snow a year

Bestplaces Comfort Index

The annual BestPlaces Comfort Index for Wabash County is 7.0 (10=best), which means it is about average compared to other places in Indiana.

9 Summer - 4.7 Winter

June, September and August are the most pleasant months in Wabash County, while January and December are the least comfortable months.

Climate	Wabash, Indiana	United States
	40.1 in.	38.1 in.
	29.1 in.	27.8 in.
	121.7 days	106.2 days
	180 days	205 days
	83.9°	85.8°
	16.7°	21.7°
	7	7
	3.4	4.3
	778 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 Wabash County with an average high temperature of 83.9°, which ranks it as cooler than most places in Indiana. In Wabash County, there are 5 comfortable months with high temperatures in the range of 70-85°. The most pleasant months of the year for Wabash County are September, June and August.

In Wabash County, there are 10.4 days annually when the high temperature is over 90°, which is cooler than most places in Indiana.

January has the coldest nighttime temperatures for Wabash County with an average of 16.7°. This is colder than most places in Indiana.

In Wabash County, there are 131.5 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below freezing, which is one of the coldest places in Indiana.

In Wabash County, there are 6.2 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below zero°, which is about average compared to other places in Indiana.

The humidity is usually comfortable in Wabash County but some summer months can be sticky or muggy. July is the most humid month, though humidity is low for most of the year. The most humid months are July, August and June.

May is the wettest month in Wabash County with 4.5 inches of rain, and the driest month is February with 2.1 inches. The wettest season is Autumn with 32% of yearly precipitation and 18% occurs in Spring, which is the driest season. The annual rainfall of 40.1 inches in Wabash County means that it is drier than most places in Indiana.

May is the rainiest month in Wabash County with 12.2 days of rain, and February is the driest month with only 8.5 rainy days. There are 121.7 rainy days annually in Wabash County, which is rainier than most places in Indiana. The rainiest season is Summer when it rains 28% of the time and the driest is Winter with only a 23% chance of a rainy day.

An annual snowfall of 29.1 inches in Wabash County means that it is snowier than most places in Indiana. January is the snowiest month in Wabash County with 9.2 inches of snow, and 6 months of the year have significant snowfall.

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