Zip 47568 (Plainville, IN) Climate

47568 Plainville, IN has a humid continental climate with warm summers and cold winters. The average temperature in the summer is around 79°F (26°C) while the average temperature in the winter is around 29°F (-2°C). The area receives almost 40 inches of precipitation annually, most of which is rainfall. There are also frequent thunderstorms and snowfall during the winter months.

Plainville (zip 47568), Indiana gets 47 inches of rain, on average, per year. The US average is 38 inches of rain per year.

Plainville (zip 47568) averages 11 inches of snow per year. The US average is 28 inches of snow per year.

On average, there are 201 sunny days per year in Plainville (zip 47568). The US average is 205 sunny days.

Plainville (zip 47568) gets some kind of precipitation, on average, 109 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 87 degrees
Winter Low: the January low is 22
Rain: averages 47 inches of rain a year
Snow: averages 11 inches of snow a year

Bestplaces Comfort Index

The annual BestPlaces Comfort Index for the 47568 zip code is 7.2 (10=best), which means it is one of the most pleasant places in Indiana.

8 Summer - 5.5 Winter

September, May and June are the most pleasant months in the 47568 zip code, while January and December are the least comfortable months.

Climate	Plainville, Indiana	United States
	46.6 in.	38.1 in.
	10.7 in.	27.8 in.
	109.2 days	106.2 days
	201 days	205 days
	87.0°	85.8°
	22.4°	21.7°
	7.2	7
	4	4.3
	484 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 the 47568 zip code with an average high temperature of 87.0°, which ranks it as warmer than most places in Indiana. In the 47568 zip code, there are 3 comfortable months with high temperatures in the range of 70-85°. The most pleasant months of the year for the 47568 zip code are September, May and June.

In the 47568 zip code, there are 25.6 days annually when the high temperature is over 90°, which is hotter than most places in Indiana.

January has the coldest nighttime temperatures for the 47568 zip code with an average of 22.4°. This is warmer than most places in Indiana.

In the 47568 zip code, there are 97.2 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below freezing, which is one of the warmest places in Indiana.

In the 47568 zip code, there are 2.7 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below zero°, which is warmer than most places in Indiana.

The humidity can be uncomfortably heavy or close in the 47568 zip code 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 the 47568 zip code.

May is the wettest month in the 47568 zip code with 5.9 inches of rain, and the driest month is February with 2.7 inches. The wettest season is Summer with 30% of yearly precipitation and 20% occurs in Spring, which is the driest season. The annual rainfall of 46.6 inches in the 47568 zip code means that it is wetter than most places in Indiana.

May is the rainiest month in the 47568 zip code with 11.8 days of rain, and September is the driest month with only 7.1 rainy days. There are 109.2 rainy days annually in the 47568 zip code, which is less rainy than most places in Indiana. The rainiest season is Summer when it rains 30% of the time and the driest is Winter with only a 22% chance of a rainy day.

An annual snowfall of 10.7 inches in the 47568 zip code means that it is one of the least snowy places in Indiana. January is the snowiest month in the 47568 zip code with 3.5 inches of snow, and 4 months of the year have significant snowfall.

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