Le Sueur County, MN Climate

Le Sueur, MN County has a temperate climate with four distinct seasons. Summers in the county are typically warm and humid, with temperatures ranging between the mid-seventies to low eighties. Winters are cold with temperatures often dropping below freezing. Spring and fall are usually mild, though there can be some extremes of weather at times. Precipitation is common year-round with rain as the primary source of precipitation during summer months and snowfall during winter months.

Le Sueur County, Minnesota gets 33 inches of rain, on average, per year. The US average is 38 inches of rain per year.

Le Sueur County averages 43 inches of snow per year. The US average is 28 inches of snow per year.

On average, there are 196 sunny days per year in Le Sueur County. The US average is 205 sunny days.

Le Sueur County gets some kind of precipitation, on average, 100 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 83 degrees
Winter Low: the January low is 4
Rain: averages 33 inches of rain a year
Snow: averages 43 inches of snow a year

Bestplaces Comfort Index

The annual BestPlaces Comfort Index for Le Sueur is 6.6 (10=best), which means it is more comfortable than most places in Minnesota.

9.2 Summer - 4 Winter

August, June and July are the most pleasant months in Le Sueur, while January and December are the least comfortable months.

Climate	Le Sueur, Minnesota	United States
	32.8 in.	38.1 in.
	43.4 in.	27.8 in.
	100.0 days	106.2 days
	196 days	205 days
	82.6°	85.8°
	4.3°	21.7°
	6.6	7
	3.2	4.3
	1021 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 Le Sueur with an average high temperature of 82.6°, which ranks it as warmer than most places in Minnesota. In Le Sueur, there are 4 comfortable months with high temperatures in the range of 70-85°. The most pleasant months of the year for Le Sueur are June, August and July.

In Le Sueur, there are 9.9 days annually when the high temperature is over 90°, which is hotter than most places in Minnesota.

January has the coldest nighttime temperatures for Le Sueur with an average of 4.3°. This is warmer than most places in Minnesota.

In Le Sueur, there are 161.8 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below freezing, which is warmer than most places in Minnesota.

In Le Sueur, there are 30.7 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below zero°, which is warmer than most places in Minnesota.

The humidity is usually comfortable in Le Sueur but some summer days can be muggy. July is the most humid month, though it is still relatively mild compared to many other places. The most humid months are July, August and June.

August is the wettest month in Le Sueur with 4.9 inches of rain, and the driest month is February with 0.8 inches. The wettest season is Autumn with 42% of yearly precipitation and 9% occurs in Spring, which is the driest season. The annual rainfall of 32.8 inches in Le Sueur means that it is wetter than most places in Minnesota.

May is the rainiest month in Le Sueur with 11.6 days of rain, and February is the driest month with only 5.3 rainy days. There are 100.0 rainy days annually in Le Sueur, which is about average compared to other places in Minnesota. The rainiest season is Autumn when it rains 30% of the time and the driest is Spring with only a 18% chance of a rainy day.

An annual snowfall of 43.4 inches in Le Sueur means that it is less snowy than most places in Minnesota. December is the snowiest month in Le Sueur with 10.2 inches of snow, and 6 months of the year have significant snowfall.

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