Zip 67070 (Kiowa, KS) Climate

Kiowa, KS has a mild climate year round with average temperatures ranging from the mid 30s in the winter months to the low 90s in the summer months. Rainfall and snowfall are relatively light, averaging about 35 inches per year. The area also sees plenty of sunshine with an average of 260 days of sunshine per year. Summers tend to be dry and mild due to prevailing winds from the Southwest that bring warm, dry air from desert regions in Mexico and Arizona. Winters are generally cold but sunny thanks to clear skies and radiational cooling.

Kiowa (zip 67070), Kansas gets 30 inches of rain, on average, per year. The US average is 38 inches of rain per year.

Kiowa (zip 67070) averages 11 inches of snow per year. The US average is 28 inches of snow per year.

On average, there are 226 sunny days per year in Kiowa (zip 67070). The US average is 205 sunny days.

Kiowa (zip 67070) gets some kind of precipitation, on average, 62 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 94 degrees
Winter Low: the January low is 22
Rain: averages 30 inches of rain a year
Snow: averages 11 inches of snow a year

Bestplaces Comfort Index

The annual BestPlaces Comfort Index for the 67070 zip code is 7.4 (10=best), which means it is more comfortable than most places in Kansas.

6.5 Summer - 6.3 Winter

May, September and October are the most pleasant months in the 67070 zip code, while July and December are the least comfortable months.

Climate	Kiowa, 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 67070 zip code with an average high temperature of 94.4°, which ranks it as one of the hottest places in Kansas. In the 67070 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 67070 zip code are May, October and September.

In the 67070 zip code, there are 72.8 days annually when the high temperature is over 90°, which is one of the hottest places in Kansas.

January has the coldest nighttime temperatures for the 67070 zip code with an average of 21.9°. This is one of the warmest places in Kansas.

In the 67070 zip code, there are 103.7 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below freezing, which is warmer than most places in Kansas.

In the 67070 zip code, there are 1.5 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below zero°, which is one of the warmest places in Kansas.

The humidity is usually acceptable in the 67070 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 67070 zip code.

June is the wettest month in the 67070 zip code with 4.5 inches of rain, and the driest month is January with 0.9 inches. The wettest season is Autumn with 36% of yearly precipitation and 10% occurs in Spring, which is the driest season. The annual rainfall of 30.1 inches in the 67070 zip code means that it is drier than most places in Kansas.

June is the rainiest month in the 67070 zip code with 7.7 days of rain, and January is the driest month with only 3.0 rainy days. There are 62.1 rainy days annually in the 67070 zip code, which is one of the least rainy places in Kansas. The rainiest season is Autumn when it rains 31% of the time and the driest is Spring with only a 17% chance of a rainy day.

An annual snowfall of 11.1 inches in the 67070 zip code means that it is less snowy than most places in Kansas. December is the snowiest month in the 67070 zip code with 3.4 inches of snow, and 4 months of the year have significant snowfall.

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