Zip 50450 (Lake Mills, IA) Climate

The climate in Lake Mills, IA 50450 is generally moderate. Summers tend to be hot and humid with temperatures often reaching into the mid-80s Fahrenheit, while winters are chilly and wet with temperatures usually hovering around the 20 degree mark. Precipitation is fairly evenly spread throughout the year, with snowfall averaging about 37 inches annually. The area experiences all four seasons but tends to stay relatively mild overall, making for a comfortable living environment year round.

Lake Mills (zip 50450), Iowa gets 34 inches of rain, on average, per year. The US average is 38 inches of rain per year.

Lake Mills (zip 50450) averages 37 inches of snow per year. The US average is 28 inches of snow per year.

On average, there are 184 sunny days per year in Lake Mills (zip 50450). The US average is 205 sunny days.

Lake Mills (zip 50450) gets some kind of precipitation, on average, 103 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 82 degrees
Winter Low: the January low is 5
Rain: averages 34 inches of rain a year
Snow: averages 37 inches of snow a year

Bestplaces Comfort Index

The annual BestPlaces Comfort Index for the 50450 zip code is 6.6 (10=best), which means it is one of the least comfortable places in Iowa.

9.1 Summer - 4 Winter

June, August and July are the most pleasant months in the 50450 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 50450 zip code with an average high temperature of 81.7°, which ranks it as one of the coolest places in Iowa. In the 50450 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 50450 zip code are June, August and July.

In the 50450 zip code, there are 7.5 days annually when the high temperature is over 90°, which is one of the coolest places in Iowa.

January has the coldest nighttime temperatures for the 50450 zip code with an average of 5.4°. This is one of the coldest places in Iowa.

In the 50450 zip code, there are 159.3 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below freezing, which is one of the coldest places in Iowa.

In the 50450 zip code, there are 28.0 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below zero°, which is one of the coldest places in Iowa.

The humidity is usually comfortable in the 50450 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.

June is the wettest month in the 50450 zip code with 4.9 inches of rain, and the driest month is February with 0.8 inches. The wettest season is Autumn with 40% of yearly precipitation and 9% occurs in Spring, which is the driest season. The annual rainfall of 34.4 inches in the 50450 zip code means that it is drier than most places in Iowa.

May is the rainiest month in the 50450 zip code with 11.5 days of rain, and February is the driest month with only 5.4 rainy days. There are 102.8 rainy days annually in the 50450 zip code, which is rainier than most places in Iowa. The rainiest season is Autumn when it rains 29% of the time and the driest is Spring with only a 19% chance of a rainy day.

An annual snowfall of 36.6 inches in the 50450 zip code means that it is one of the snowiest places in Iowa. December is the snowiest month in the 50450 zip code with 9.6 inches of snow, and 6 months of the year have significant snowfall.

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