Zip 53960 (Rio, WI) Climate

The climate in 53960 Rio, WI is generally pleasant and temperate. Winters can be cold with temperatures dropping to the single digits on occasion, but snowfall is usually light. Summers are warm with highs reaching into the eighties and low nineties during the hottest months. Spring and fall offer mild temperatures that are perfect for enjoying outdoor activities like biking, hiking, and camping. Precipitation occurs throughout the year with most of it coming in spring and fall.

Rio (zip 53960), Wisconsin gets 35 inches of rain, on average, per year. The US average is 38 inches of rain per year.

Rio (zip 53960) averages 41 inches of snow per year. The US average is 28 inches of snow per year.

On average, there are 185 sunny days per year in Rio (zip 53960). The US average is 205 sunny days.

Rio (zip 53960) gets some kind of precipitation, on average, 112 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 83 degrees
Winter Low: the January low is 8
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 53960 zip code is 6.6 (10=best), which means it is more comfortable than most places in Wisconsin.

9.1 Summer - 4.1 Winter

August, June and July are the most pleasant months in the 53960 zip code, while January and December are the least comfortable months.

Climate	Rio, Wisconsin	United States
	35.0 in.	38.1 in.
	40.8 in.	27.8 in.
	112.3 days	106.2 days
	185 days	205 days
	82.6°	85.8°
	7.7°	21.7°
	6.6	7
	3.2	4.3
	988 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 53960 zip code with an average high temperature of 82.6°, which ranks it as warmer than most places in Wisconsin. In the 53960 zip code, there are 4 comfortable months with high temperatures in the range of 70-85°. The most pleasant months of the year for the 53960 zip code are June, August and July.

In the 53960 zip code, there are 8.0 days annually when the high temperature is over 90°, which is hotter than most places in Wisconsin.

January has the coldest nighttime temperatures for the 53960 zip code with an average of 7.7°. This is about average compared to other places in Wisconsin.

In the 53960 zip code, there are 161.3 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below freezing, which is about average compared to other places in Wisconsin.

In the 53960 zip code, there are 21.8 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below zero°, which is about average compared to other places in Wisconsin.

The humidity is usually comfortable in the 53960 zip code but some summer days can be muggy. July is the most humid month, though it is still relatively mild compared to many other places. The most humid months are July, August and June.

June is the wettest month in the 53960 zip code with 4.9 inches of rain, and the driest month is January with 1.3 inches. The wettest season is Autumn with 37% of yearly precipitation and 12% occurs in Spring, which is the driest season. The annual rainfall of 35.0 inches in the 53960 zip code means that it is wetter than most places in Wisconsin.

May is the rainiest month in the 53960 zip code with 11.7 days of rain, and February is the driest month with only 6.5 rainy days. There are 112.3 rainy days annually in the 53960 zip code, which is about average compared to other places in Wisconsin. The rainiest season is Summer when it rains 27% of the time and the driest is Spring with only a 20% chance of a rainy day.

An annual snowfall of 40.8 inches in the 53960 zip code means that it is less snowy than most places in Wisconsin. December is the snowiest month in the 53960 zip code with 10.4 inches of snow, and 6 months of the year have significant snowfall.

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