Zip 66840 (Burns, KS) Climate

Burns, KS is located in the very center of Kansas and experiences a continental climate with hot summers and cold winters. Summers are generally warm and often humid with temperatures reaching into the upper 80s to lower 90s. Winters are generally quite cold with temperatures often dropping into the teens and single digits overnight. Precipitation throughout the year totals about 24 inches, with most of it falling during the summer months as thunderstorms, while snowfall typically accumulates to 10-15 inches annually.

Burns (zip 66840), Kansas gets 36 inches of rain, on average, per year. The US average is 38 inches of rain per year.

Burns (zip 66840) averages 12 inches of snow per year. The US average is 28 inches of snow per year.

On average, there are 225 sunny days per year in Burns (zip 66840). The US average is 205 sunny days.

Burns (zip 66840) gets some kind of precipitation, on average, 68 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 90 degrees
Winter Low: the January low is 19
Rain: averages 36 inches of rain a year
Snow: averages 12 inches of snow a year

Bestplaces Comfort Index

The annual BestPlaces Comfort Index for the 66840 zip code is 7.4 (10=best), which means it is more comfortable than most places in Kansas.

7.7 Summer - 5.9 Winter

September, May and June are the most pleasant months in the 66840 zip code, while January and December are the least comfortable months.

Climate	Burns, Kansas	United States
	36.0 in.	38.1 in.
	12.3 in.	27.8 in.
	68.2 days	106.2 days
	225 days	205 days
	89.9°	85.8°
	18.5°	21.7°
	7.4	7
	4.7	4.3
	1501 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 66840 zip code with an average high temperature of 89.9°, which ranks it as cooler than most places in Kansas. In the 66840 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 66840 zip code are May, September and June.

In the 66840 zip code, there are 41.3 days annually when the high temperature is over 90°, which is cooler than most places in Kansas.

January has the coldest nighttime temperatures for the 66840 zip code with an average of 18.5°. This is about average compared to other places in Kansas.

In the 66840 zip code, there are 120.7 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below freezing, which is about average compared to other places in Kansas.

In the 66840 zip code, there are 3.9 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below zero°, which is about average compared to other places in Kansas.

The humidity is usually acceptable in the 66840 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 66840 zip code.

June is the wettest month in the 66840 zip code with 5.6 inches of rain, and the driest month is January with 0.8 inches. The wettest season is Autumn with 38% of yearly precipitation and 9% occurs in Spring, which is the driest season. The annual rainfall of 36.0 inches in the 66840 zip code means that it is wetter than most places in Kansas.

May is the rainiest month in the 66840 zip code with 8.9 days of rain, and January is the driest month with only 3.0 rainy days. There are 68.2 rainy days annually in the 66840 zip code, which is less rainy than most places in Kansas. The rainiest season is Summer when it rains 31% of the time and the driest is Spring with only a 16% chance of a rainy day.

An annual snowfall of 12.3 inches in the 66840 zip code means that it is less snowy than most places in Kansas. December is the snowiest month in the 66840 zip code with 3.5 inches of snow, and 5 months of the year have significant snowfall.

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