Zip 67071 (Lake City, KS) Climate

The climate in 67071 Lake City, KS is generally mild and temperate. Summers are usually hot and humid with occasional heavy rains, while winters are cold but usually sunny with occasional snowfall. Spring and autumn are both pleasant seasons with cool nights and comfortable days. The average annual temperature is around 64°F (18°C). The area does experience occasional tornadoes due to its location in Tornado Alley.

Lake City (zip 67071), Kansas gets 29 inches of rain, on average, per year. The US average is 38 inches of rain per year.

Lake City (zip 67071) averages 11 inches of snow per year. The US average is 28 inches of snow per year.

On average, there are 235 sunny days per year in Lake City (zip 67071). The US average is 205 sunny days.

Lake City (zip 67071) gets some kind of precipitation, on average, 66 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 20
Rain: averages 29 inches of rain a year
Snow: averages 11 inches of snow a year

Bestplaces Comfort Index

The annual BestPlaces Comfort Index for the 67071 zip code is 7.4 (10=best), which means it is more comfortable than most places in Kansas.

7.1 Summer - 6.3 Winter

May, September and October are the most pleasant months in the 67071 zip code, while January and December are the least comfortable months.

Climate	Lake City, Kansas	United States
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	94.3°	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 67071 zip code with an average high temperature of 94.3°, which ranks it as one of the hottest places in Kansas. In the 67071 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 67071 zip code are May, September and October.

In the 67071 zip code, there are 70.2 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 67071 zip code with an average of 20.2°. This is warmer than most places in Kansas.

In the 67071 zip code, there are 116.2 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below freezing, which is warmer than most places in Kansas.

In the 67071 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 comfortable in the 67071 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 67071 zip code with 4.4 inches of rain, and the driest month is January with 0.7 inches. The wettest season is Autumn with 39% of yearly precipitation and 9% occurs in Spring, which is the driest season. The annual rainfall of 28.5 inches in the 67071 zip code means that it is drier than most places in Kansas.

June is the rainiest month in the 67071 zip code with 8.0 days of rain, and January is the driest month with only 3.3 rainy days. There are 65.9 rainy days annually in the 67071 zip code, which is less rainy than most 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 67071 zip code means that it is less snowy than most places in Kansas. December is the snowiest month in the 67071 zip code with 3.6 inches of snow, and 4 months of the year have significant snowfall.

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