Zip 50065 (Davis City, IA) Climate

Davis City, IA is located in the Midwest, and its climate is typical of the region. Summers are warm with average highs in the mid-80s and lows in the mid-60s. Winters can be quite cold with temperatures dropping into the teens overnight and highs barely reaching above freezing. Spring and fall provide a pleasant respite from the extremes of summer and winter, with mild temperatures ranging from the 40s to 70s during these seasons. Precipitation is distributed fairly evenly throughout the year, usually totaling around 36 inches annually.

Davis City (zip 50065), Iowa gets 39 inches of rain, on average, per year. The US average is 38 inches of rain per year.

Davis City (zip 50065) averages 22 inches of snow per year. The US average is 28 inches of snow per year.

On average, there are 202 sunny days per year in Davis City (zip 50065). The US average is 205 sunny days.

Davis City (zip 50065) gets some kind of precipitation, on average, 107 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 86 degrees
Winter Low: the January low is 14
Rain: averages 39 inches of rain a year
Snow: averages 22 inches of snow a year

Bestplaces Comfort Index

The annual BestPlaces Comfort Index for the 50065 zip code is 7.1 (10=best), which means it is one of the most pleasant places in Iowa.

8.6 Summer - 5 Winter

June, September and August are the most pleasant months in the 50065 zip code, while January and December are the least comfortable months.

Climate	Davis City, Iowa	United States
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	85.6°	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 50065 zip code with an average high temperature of 85.6°, which ranks it as warmer than most places in Iowa. In the 50065 zip code, there are 4 comfortable months with high temperatures in the range of 70-85°. The most pleasant months of the year for the 50065 zip code are September, June and August.

In the 50065 zip code, there are 17.5 days annually when the high temperature is over 90°, which is hotter than most places in Iowa.

January has the coldest nighttime temperatures for the 50065 zip code with an average of 13.9°. This is one of the warmest places in Iowa.

In the 50065 zip code, there are 135.4 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below freezing, which is warmer than most places in Iowa.

In the 50065 zip code, there are 11.5 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below zero°, which is warmer than most places in Iowa.

The humidity is usually comfortable in the 50065 zip code but some summer months can be unpleasant. July is the most humid month, though humidity is low for most of the year. The most humid months in the 50065 zip code are July, August and June.

May is the wettest month in the 50065 zip code with 5.5 inches of rain, and the driest month is January with 0.8 inches. The wettest season is Autumn with 37% of yearly precipitation and 10% occurs in Spring, which is the driest season. The annual rainfall of 38.8 inches in the 50065 zip code means that it is one of the wettest places in Iowa.

May is the rainiest month in the 50065 zip code with 12.9 days of rain, and January is the driest month with only 5.6 rainy days. There are 106.7 rainy days annually in the 50065 zip code, which is rainier than most places in Iowa. 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 22.3 inches in the 50065 zip code means that it is one of the least snowy places in Iowa. December is the snowiest month in the 50065 zip code with 6.0 inches of snow, and 6 months of the year have significant snowfall.

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