Zip 66442 (Fort Riley, KS) Climate

Fort Riley, KS is located in the Great Plains region of North America, so it experiences a temperate continental climate. The area has long, cold winters and hot, humid summers. January is typically the coldest month with an average low temperature of 18°F while July is the warmest with average highs reaching 85°F. Although there is not much rainfall throughout the year, Fort Riley does receive moderate amounts of snowfall every winter.

Fort Riley (zip 66442), Kansas gets 34 inches of rain, on average, per year. The US average is 38 inches of rain per year.

Fort Riley (zip 66442) averages 15 inches of snow per year. The US average is 28 inches of snow per year.

On average, there are 221 sunny days per year in Fort Riley (zip 66442). The US average is 205 sunny days.

Fort Riley (zip 66442) gets some kind of precipitation, on average, 80 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 18
Rain: averages 34 inches of rain a year
Snow: averages 15 inches of snow a year

Bestplaces Comfort Index

The annual BestPlaces Comfort Index for the 66442 zip code is 7.3 (10=best), which means it is more comfortable than most places in Kansas.

7.6 Summer - 5.8 Winter

September, May and June are the most pleasant months in the 66442 zip code, while January and December are the least comfortable months.

Climate	Fort Riley, Kansas	United States
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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 66442 zip code with an average high temperature of 90.3°, which ranks it as about average compared to other places in Kansas. In the 66442 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 66442 zip code are May, September and June.

In the 66442 zip code, there are 43.0 days annually when the high temperature is over 90°, which is about average compared to other places in Kansas.

January has the coldest nighttime temperatures for the 66442 zip code with an average of 17.7°. This is colder than most places in Kansas.

In the 66442 zip code, there are 123.6 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below freezing, which is colder than most places in Kansas.

In the 66442 zip code, there are 4.1 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 66442 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 66442 zip code.

June is the wettest month in the 66442 zip code with 5.1 inches of rain, and the driest month is January with 0.7 inches. The wettest season is Autumn with 40% of yearly precipitation and 8% occurs in Spring, which is the driest season. The annual rainfall of 33.6 inches in the 66442 zip code means that it is about average compared to other places in Kansas.

May is the rainiest month in the 66442 zip code with 10.5 days of rain, and January is the driest month with only 3.5 rainy days. There are 79.6 rainy days annually in the 66442 zip code, which is about average compared to other places in Kansas. The rainiest season is Summer when it rains 31% of the time and the driest is Spring with only a 15% chance of a rainy day.

An annual snowfall of 14.9 inches in the 66442 zip code means that it is about average compared to other places in Kansas. January is the snowiest month in the 66442 zip code with 4.7 inches of snow, and 5 months of the year have significant snowfall.

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