Kay County, OK Climate

Kay, OK County has a generally mild climate with hot summers and mild winters. The average temperature in the summer months is usually around 80°F, and temperatures rarely exceed 90°F. Winters tend to be quite mild as well, with temperatures only occasionally falling into the teens or twenties. Precipitation is fairly even throughout the year, with an annual average of around 33 inches. Snowfall can vary greatly from year to year. The county experiences all four seasons, though spring and fall are often quite short lived due to the high temperatures during those times of year.

Kay County, Oklahoma gets 37 inches of rain, on average, per year. The US average is 38 inches of rain per year.

Kay County averages 9 inches of snow per year. The US average is 28 inches of snow per year.

On average, there are 226 sunny days per year in Kay County. The US average is 205 sunny days.

Kay County gets some kind of precipitation, on average, 79 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 93 degrees
Winter Low: the January low is 23
Rain: averages 37 inches of rain a year
Snow: averages 9 inches of snow a year

Bestplaces Comfort Index

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

6.2 Summer - 6.2 Winter

May, September and October are the most pleasant months in Kay County, while July and January 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 Kay County with an average high temperature of 92.9°, which ranks it as cooler than most places in Oklahoma. In Kay County, there are 3 comfortable months with high temperatures in the range of 70-85°. The most pleasant months of the year for Kay County are May, September and October.

In Kay County, there are 62.8 days annually when the high temperature is over 90°, which is cooler than most places in Oklahoma.

January has the coldest nighttime temperatures for Kay County with an average of 22.6°. This is one of the coldest places in Oklahoma.

In Kay County, there are 99.0 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below freezing, which is colder than most places in Oklahoma.

In Kay County, there are 1.5 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below zero°, which is one of the coldest places in Oklahoma.

The humidity can be uncomfortably heavy or close in Kay County 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 Kay County.

June is the wettest month in Kay County with 5.4 inches of rain, and the driest month is January with 1.1 inches. The wettest season is Autumn with 33% of yearly precipitation and 11% occurs in Spring, which is the driest season. The annual rainfall of 37.1 inches in Kay County means that it is drier than most places in Oklahoma.

May is the rainiest month in Kay County with 9.4 days of rain, and January is the driest month with only 4.2 rainy days. There are 78.9 rainy days annually in Kay County, which is about average compared to other places in Oklahoma. The rainiest season is Summer 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 9.2 inches in Kay County means that it is snowier than most places in Oklahoma. January is the snowiest month in Kay County with 2.6 inches of snow, and 4 months of the year have significant snowfall.

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