Zip 47037 (Osgood, IN) Climate

47037 Osgood, IN has a humid continental climate with cold winters and warm summers. Winters are snowy and average temperatures range from the high teens during the day to the low single digits at night. Summers tend to be hot and humid with average highs reaching into the mid 80s Fahrenheit. Precipitation is evenly distributed throughout the year, although it tends to be heavier in the spring and summer months.

Osgood (zip 47037), Indiana gets 45 inches of rain, on average, per year. The US average is 38 inches of rain per year.

Osgood (zip 47037) averages 15 inches of snow per year. The US average is 28 inches of snow per year.

On average, there are 179 sunny days per year in Osgood (zip 47037). The US average is 205 sunny days.

Osgood (zip 47037) gets some kind of precipitation, on average, 108 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 85 degrees
Winter Low: the January low is 21
Rain: averages 45 inches of rain a year
Snow: averages 15 inches of snow a year

Bestplaces Comfort Index

The annual BestPlaces Comfort Index for the 47037 zip code is 7.2 (10=best), which means it is one of the most pleasant places in Indiana.

8.6 Summer - 5.4 Winter

September, June and May are the most pleasant months in the 47037 zip code, while January and December are the least comfortable months.

Climate	Osgood, Indiana	United States
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	84.7°	85.8°
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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 47037 zip code with an average high temperature of 84.7°, which ranks it as warmer than most places in Indiana. In the 47037 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 47037 zip code are September, June and May.

In the 47037 zip code, there are 12.7 days annually when the high temperature is over 90°, which is about average compared to other places in Indiana.

January has the coldest nighttime temperatures for the 47037 zip code with an average of 20.7°. This is warmer than most places in Indiana.

In the 47037 zip code, there are 112.2 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below freezing, which is warmer than most places in Indiana.

In the 47037 zip code, there are 4.5 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below zero°, which is warmer than most places in Indiana.

The humidity is usually acceptable in the 47037 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. July, August and June are the three most uncomfortably humid months in the 47037 zip code.

May is the wettest month in the 47037 zip code with 5.6 inches of rain, and the driest month is February with 2.6 inches. The wettest season is Summer with 31% of yearly precipitation and 21% occurs in Spring, which is the driest season. The annual rainfall of 45.4 inches in the 47037 zip code means that it is wetter than most places in Indiana.

April is the rainiest month in the 47037 zip code with 11.8 days of rain, and September is the driest month with only 6.6 rainy days. There are 107.5 rainy days annually in the 47037 zip code, which is one of the least rainy places in Indiana. The rainiest season is Summer when it rains 31% of the time and the driest is Winter with only a 21% chance of a rainy day.

An annual snowfall of 14.6 inches in the 47037 zip code means that it is less snowy than most places in Indiana. February is the snowiest month in the 47037 zip code with 4.6 inches of snow, and 4 months of the year have significant snowfall.

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