Zip 66056 (Mound City, KS) Climate

Mound City, KS is located in the Midwestern United States and has a moderate climate, characterized by four distinct seasons. Summers are typically warm and humid, with average temperatures ranging between 73-85F. Winters are cold and can bring plenty of snowfall, with temperatures averaging between 22-35F. Spring and autumn are milder seasons, with pleasant weather lasting from late March to early June and from mid September to early November. Rainfall is fairly spread out throughout the year, though heavier rain showers occur more often during the summer months.

Mound City (zip 66056), Kansas gets 43 inches of rain, on average, per year. The US average is 38 inches of rain per year.

Mound City (zip 66056) averages 12 inches of snow per year. The US average is 28 inches of snow per year.

On average, there are 214 sunny days per year in Mound City (zip 66056). The US average is 205 sunny days.

Mound City (zip 66056) gets some kind of precipitation, on average, 88 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 89 degrees
Winter Low: the January low is 20
Rain: averages 43 inches of rain a year
Snow: averages 12 inches of snow a year

Bestplaces Comfort Index

The annual BestPlaces Comfort Index for the 66056 zip code is 7.3 (10=best), which means it is more comfortable than most places in Kansas.

7.4 Summer - 5.8 Winter

September, May and October are the most pleasant months in the 66056 zip code, while January and December are the least comfortable months.

Climate	Mound City, Kansas	United States
	42.9 in.	38.1 in.
	11.9 in.	27.8 in.
	87.7 days	106.2 days
	214 days	205 days
	89.0°	85.8°
	20.0°	21.7°
	7.3	7
	4.4	4.3
	878 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 66056 zip code with an average high temperature of 89.0°, which ranks it as cooler than most places in Kansas. In the 66056 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 66056 zip code are September, May and June.

In the 66056 zip code, there are 36.1 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 66056 zip code with an average of 20.0°. This is warmer than most places in Kansas.

In the 66056 zip code, there are 108.5 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below freezing, which is warmer than most places in Kansas.

In the 66056 zip code, there are 3.4 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below zero°, which is about average compared to other places in Kansas.

The humidity can be uncomfortably heavy or close in the 66056 zip code during the summer months. July is the most humid month, though humidity is low for most of the year. July, August and June are the three most humid months in the 66056 zip code.

June is the wettest month in the 66056 zip code with 6.0 inches of rain, and the driest month is January with 1.3 inches. The wettest season is Autumn with 33% of yearly precipitation and 12% occurs in Spring, which is the driest season. The annual rainfall of 42.9 inches in the 66056 zip code means that it is one of the wettest places in Kansas.

May is the rainiest month in the 66056 zip code with 10.8 days of rain, and February is the driest month with only 5.0 rainy days. There are 87.7 rainy days annually in the 66056 zip code, which is rainier 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 18% chance of a rainy day.

An annual snowfall of 11.9 inches in the 66056 zip code means that it is less snowy than most places in Kansas. December is the snowiest month in the 66056 zip code with 3.9 inches of snow, and 4 months of the year have significant snowfall.

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