Zip 41086 (Sparta, KY) Climate

41086 Sparta, KY has an overall temperate climate with four distinct seasons. The summers are hot and humid while the winters are mild with a few snowstorms throughout the season. Spring usually brings plenty of rain and moderate temperatures while autumn is pleasant and mild. Average highs for the year range from 40°F in January to 86°F in July, with lows ranging from 20°F in January to 64°F in July. Precipitation levels are above average, with over 50 inches falling each year.

Sparta (zip 41086), Kentucky gets 45 inches of rain, on average, per year. The US average is 38 inches of rain per year.

Sparta (zip 41086) averages 14 inches of snow per year. The US average is 28 inches of snow per year.

On average, there are 179 sunny days per year in Sparta (zip 41086). The US average is 205 sunny days.

Sparta (zip 41086) gets some kind of precipitation, on average, 132 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 87 degrees
Winter Low: the January low is 23
Rain: averages 45 inches of rain a year
Snow: averages 14 inches of snow a year

Bestplaces Comfort Index

The annual BestPlaces Comfort Index for the 41086 zip code is 7.2 (10=best), which means it is less comfortable than most places in Kentucky.

8.2 Summer - 5.4 Winter

September, June and May are the most pleasant months in the 41086 zip code, while January and December are the least comfortable months.

Climate	Sparta, Kentucky	United States
	45.0 in.	38.1 in.
	13.6 in.	27.8 in.
	131.5 days	106.2 days
	179 days	205 days
	87.0°	85.8°
	23.2°	21.7°
	7.2	7
	3.7	4.3
	702 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 41086 zip code with an average high temperature of 87.0°, which ranks it as about average compared to other places in Kentucky. In the 41086 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 41086 zip code are September, May and June.

In the 41086 zip code, there are 23.4 days annually when the high temperature is over 90°, which is about average compared to other places in Kentucky.

January has the coldest nighttime temperatures for the 41086 zip code with an average of 23.2°. This is colder than most places in Kentucky.

In the 41086 zip code, there are 98.9 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below freezing, which is about average compared to other places in Kentucky.

In the 41086 zip code, there are 2.0 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below zero°, which is colder than most places in Kentucky.

The humidity is usually acceptable in the 41086 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 41086 zip code.

May is the wettest month in the 41086 zip code with 5.2 inches of rain, and the driest month is February with 3.0 inches. The wettest season is Summer with 29% of yearly precipitation and 22% occurs in Spring, which is the driest season. The annual rainfall of 45.0 inches in the 41086 zip code means that it is drier than most places in Kentucky.

April is the rainiest month in the 41086 zip code with 13.0 days of rain, and September is the driest month with only 7.8 rainy days. There are 131.5 rainy days annually in the 41086 zip code, which is one of the rainiest places in Kentucky. The rainiest season is Summer when it rains 29% of the time and the driest is Winter with only a 21% chance of a rainy day.

An annual snowfall of 13.6 inches in the 41086 zip code means that it is snowier than most places in Kentucky. February is the snowiest month in the 41086 zip code with 3.9 inches of snow, and 4 months of the year have significant snowfall.

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