Zip 64470 (Mound City, MO) Climate

Mound City, MO has a humid continental climate, characterized by hot and humid summers that are often accompanied by thunderstorms. Winters in the area tend to be cold and snowy with temperatures regularly dipping below freezing overnight. Precipitation is spread out over the year, though there tends to be slightly more rain in the summer months than the winter months. The amount of sunshine varies depending on the season, with spring and summer months generally enjoying more sunny days than fall and winter months.

Mound City (zip 64470), Missouri gets 36 inches of rain, on average, per year. The US average is 38 inches of rain per year.

Mound City (zip 64470) averages 18 inches of snow per year. The US average is 28 inches of snow per year.

On average, there are 215 sunny days per year in Mound City (zip 64470). The US average is 205 sunny days.

Mound City (zip 64470) gets some kind of precipitation, on average, 75 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 88 degrees
Winter Low: the January low is 16
Rain: averages 36 inches of rain a year
Snow: averages 18 inches of snow a year

Bestplaces Comfort Index

The annual BestPlaces Comfort Index for the 64470 zip code is 7.3 (10=best), which means it is one of the most pleasant places in Missouri.

8.2 Summer - 5.6 Winter

September, June and May are the most pleasant months in the 64470 zip code, while January and February are the least comfortable months.

Climate	Mound City, Missouri	United States
	35.6 in.	38.1 in.
	17.6 in.	27.8 in.
	75.4 days	106.2 days
	215 days	205 days
	87.6°	85.8°
	15.5°	21.7°
	7.3	7
	4.3	4.3
	920 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 64470 zip code with an average high temperature of 87.6°, which ranks it as cooler than most places in Missouri. In the 64470 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 64470 zip code are September, May and June.

In the 64470 zip code, there are 28.8 days annually when the high temperature is over 90°, which is cooler than most places in Missouri.

January has the coldest nighttime temperatures for the 64470 zip code with an average of 15.5°. This is one of the coldest places in Missouri.

In the 64470 zip code, there are 127.6 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below freezing, which is one of the coldest places in Missouri.

In the 64470 zip code, there are 7.5 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below zero°, which is colder than most places in Missouri.

The humidity can be uncomfortably heavy or close in the 64470 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 64470 zip code.

June is the wettest month in the 64470 zip code with 5.1 inches of rain, and the driest month is January with 0.7 inches. The wettest season is Autumn with 38% of yearly precipitation and 8% occurs in Spring, which is the driest season. The annual rainfall of 35.6 inches in the 64470 zip code means that it is one of the driest places in Missouri.

June is the rainiest month in the 64470 zip code with 9.3 days of rain, and January is the driest month with only 3.3 rainy days. There are 75.4 rainy days annually in the 64470 zip code, which is one of the least rainy places in Missouri. The rainiest season is Summer when it rains 31% of the time and the driest is Spring with only a 15% chance of a rainy day.

An annual snowfall of 17.6 inches in the 64470 zip code means that it is snowier than most places in Missouri. February is the snowiest month in the 64470 zip code with 4.5 inches of snow, and 6 months of the year have significant snowfall.

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