Zip 55941 (Hokah, MN) Climate

55941 Hokah, MN experiences a continental climate with cold winters and hot summers. The average January temperature is around 18°F while the average July temperature is around 79°F. During the summer, humidity levels can reach into the high 80s while winter snowfall usually totals around 40 inches for the season. This region also experiences frequent severe weather during spring and summer months, from thunderstorms to occasional tornadoes.

Hokah (zip 55941), Minnesota gets 35 inches of rain, on average, per year. The US average is 38 inches of rain per year.

Hokah (zip 55941) averages 41 inches of snow per year. The US average is 28 inches of snow per year.

On average, there are 192 sunny days per year in Hokah (zip 55941). The US average is 205 sunny days.

Hokah (zip 55941) gets some kind of precipitation, on average, 113 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 84 degrees
Winter Low: the January low is 9
Rain: averages 35 inches of rain a year
Snow: averages 41 inches of snow a year

Bestplaces Comfort Index

The annual BestPlaces Comfort Index for the 55941 zip code is 6.7 (10=best), which means it is one of the most pleasant places in Minnesota.

9.1 Summer - 4 Winter

June, August and September are the most pleasant months in the 55941 zip code, while January and December are the least comfortable months.

Climate	Hokah, Minnesota	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 55941 zip code with an average high temperature of 83.6°, which ranks it as one of the hottest places in Minnesota. In the 55941 zip code, there are 5 comfortable months with high temperatures in the range of 70-85°. The most pleasant months of the year for the 55941 zip code are June, August and September.

In the 55941 zip code, there are 9.8 days annually when the high temperature is over 90°, which is hotter than most places in Minnesota.

January has the coldest nighttime temperatures for the 55941 zip code with an average of 9.3°. This is one of the warmest places in Minnesota.

In the 55941 zip code, there are 141.4 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below freezing, which is one of the warmest places in Minnesota.

In the 55941 zip code, there are 19.0 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below zero°, which is one of the warmest places in Minnesota.

The humidity is usually comfortable in the 55941 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 55941 zip code with 4.6 inches of rain, and the driest month is February with 1.0 inches. The wettest season is Autumn with 39% of yearly precipitation and 10% occurs in Spring, which is the driest season. The annual rainfall of 34.7 inches in the 55941 zip code means that it is one of the wettest places in Minnesota.

May is the rainiest month in the 55941 zip code with 12.3 days of rain, and February is the driest month with only 7.3 rainy days. There are 113.4 rainy days annually in the 55941 zip code, which is one of the rainiest places in Minnesota. The rainiest season is Summer when it rains 28% of the time and the driest is Spring with only a 21% chance of a rainy day.

An annual snowfall of 41.3 inches in the 55941 zip code means that it is less snowy than most places in Minnesota. December is the snowiest month in the 55941 zip code with 12.7 inches of snow, and 6 months of the year have significant snowfall.

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