Zip 50621 (Conrad, IA) Climate

50621 Conrad, IA is located in the midwestern United States and has a humid continental climate. Summers are warm to hot with high humidity while winters tend to be cold and snowy. Spring and fall are generally mild with moderate rainfall. Average temperature in 50621 Conrad, IA ranges from 18°F to 88°F throughout the year, with an average of 52°F during winter months and 71°F during summer months. Precipitation averages around 33 inches annually, with most of it falling between April and August.

Conrad (zip 50621), Iowa gets 35 inches of rain, on average, per year. The US average is 38 inches of rain per year.

Conrad (zip 50621) averages 32 inches of snow per year. The US average is 28 inches of snow per year.

On average, there are 191 sunny days per year in Conrad (zip 50621). The US average is 205 sunny days.

Conrad (zip 50621) gets some kind of precipitation, on average, 98 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 32 inches of snow a year

Bestplaces Comfort Index

The annual BestPlaces Comfort Index for the 50621 zip code is 6.8 (10=best), which means it is about average compared to other places in Iowa.

8.9 Summer - 4.4 Winter

June, September and August are the most pleasant months in the 50621 zip code, while January and December are the least comfortable months.

Climate	Conrad, Iowa	United States
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	83.5°	85.8°
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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 50621 zip code with an average high temperature of 83.5°, which ranks it as cooler than most places in Iowa. In the 50621 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 50621 zip code are June, August and September.

In the 50621 zip code, there are 9.9 days annually when the high temperature is over 90°, which is cooler than most places in Iowa.

January has the coldest nighttime temperatures for the 50621 zip code with an average of 9.4°. This is about average compared to other places in Iowa.

In the 50621 zip code, there are 151.7 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below freezing, which is about average compared to other places in Iowa.

In the 50621 zip code, there are 19.7 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below zero°, which is colder than most places in Iowa.

The humidity is usually comfortable in the 50621 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 50621 zip code with 5.2 inches of rain, and the driest month is January with 1.0 inches. The wettest season is Autumn with 40% of yearly precipitation and 9% occurs in Spring, which is the driest season. The annual rainfall of 35.4 inches in the 50621 zip code means that it is about average compared to other places in Iowa.

May is the rainiest month in the 50621 zip code with 11.5 days of rain, and February is the driest month with only 5.5 rainy days. There are 97.9 rainy days annually in the 50621 zip code, which is about average compared to other places in Iowa. The rainiest season is Summer when it rains 30% of the time and the driest is Spring with only a 18% chance of a rainy day.

An annual snowfall of 31.6 inches in the 50621 zip code means that it is about average compared to other places in Iowa. December is the snowiest month in the 50621 zip code with 8.4 inches of snow, and 6 months of the year have significant snowfall.

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