Wabash Metro Area, IN Climate

The Wabash, IN Metro Area has a humid continental climate with warm summers and cold winters. During the summer months, temperatures can reach well into the 80s, sometimes even 90s during July and August. Winters in this area are usually cold with temperatures reaching into the single digits. Rainfall is average throughout the year, with an average of 42 inches per year. The area typically sees snowfall from late November to early March with occasional major snowstorms in January and February.

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

Wabash Metro Area 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 Metro Area. The US average is 205 sunny days.

Wabash Metro Area 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 the Wabash metro area 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 the Wabash metro area, 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 the Wabash metro area with an average high temperature of 83.9°, which ranks it as cooler than most places in Indiana. In the Wabash metro area, there are 5 comfortable months with high temperatures in the range of 70-85°. The most pleasant months of the year for the Wabash metro area are September, June and August.

In the Wabash metro area, 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 the Wabash metro area with an average of 16.7°. This is colder than most places in Indiana.

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

In the Wabash metro area, 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 the Wabash metro area 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 the Wabash metro area 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 the Wabash metro area means that it is drier than most places in Indiana.

May is the rainiest month in the Wabash metro area 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 the Wabash metro area, 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 the Wabash metro area means that it is snowier than most places in Indiana. January is the snowiest month in the Wabash metro area with 9.2 inches of snow, and 6 months of the year have significant snowfall.

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