Zip 46348 (La Crosse, IN) Climate

46348 La Crosse, IN has a humid continental climate with warm summers and bitterly cold winters. Summers are usually very hot and humid, with temperatures often reaching into the high 80s and low 90s. Winters can be very cold, with temperatures sometimes dipping below 0°F. Precipitation is evenly spread throughout the year, with rain occurring in all four seasons. Snowfall is common during the winter months, although it does not accumulate much due to the warmer temperatures in the area.

La Crosse (zip 46348), Indiana gets 39 inches of rain, on average, per year. The US average is 38 inches of rain per year.

La Crosse (zip 46348) averages 27 inches of snow per year. The US average is 28 inches of snow per year.

On average, there are 173 sunny days per year in La Crosse (zip 46348). The US average is 205 sunny days.

La Crosse (zip 46348) gets some kind of precipitation, on average, 111 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 16
Rain: averages 39 inches of rain a year
Snow: averages 27 inches of snow a year

Bestplaces Comfort Index

The annual BestPlaces Comfort Index for the 46348 zip code is 7.0 (10=best), which means it is about average compared to other places in Indiana.

9 Summer - 4.8 Winter

June, September and August are the most pleasant months in the 46348 zip code, 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 46348 zip code with an average high temperature of 83.0°, which ranks it as cooler than most places in Indiana. In the 46348 zip code, there are 5 comfortable months with high temperatures in the range of 70-85°. The most pleasant months of the year for the 46348 zip code are September, June and August.

In the 46348 zip code, there are 10.6 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 46348 zip code with an average of 15.6°. This is one of the coldest places in Indiana.

In the 46348 zip code, there are 131.6 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below freezing, which is one of the coldest places in Indiana.

In the 46348 zip code, there are 7.7 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below zero°, which is one of the coldest places in Indiana.

The humidity is usually comfortable in the 46348 zip code 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.

July is the wettest month in the 46348 zip code with 4.8 inches of rain, and the driest month is February with 1.8 inches. The wettest season is Autumn with 33% of yearly precipitation and 16% occurs in Spring, which is the driest season. The annual rainfall of 39.4 inches in the 46348 zip code means that it is drier than most places in Indiana.

May is the rainiest month in the 46348 zip code with 11.0 days of rain, and February is the driest month with only 7.4 rainy days. There are 110.9 rainy days annually in the 46348 zip code, which is less rainy than most places in Indiana. The rainiest season is Summer when it rains 27% of the time and the driest is Winter with only a 24% chance of a rainy day.

An annual snowfall of 26.8 inches in the 46348 zip code means that it is snowier than most places in Indiana. January is the snowiest month in the 46348 zip code with 9.7 inches of snow, and 6 months of the year have significant snowfall.

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