Zip 66436 (Holton, KS) Climate

The climate in 66436 Holton, KS is generally warm and humid in the summer months with temperatures reaching into the upper 80s and low 90s. Winters are cold with temperatures dipping into the low 20s. Rainfall is abundant throughout all seasons with an average of 35 inches annually. The area experiences all four seasons, making it a great place to enjoy the outdoors year-round.

Holton (zip 66436), Kansas gets 38 inches of rain, on average, per year. The US average is 38 inches of rain per year.

Holton (zip 66436) averages 14 inches of snow per year. The US average is 28 inches of snow per year.

On average, there are 211 sunny days per year in Holton (zip 66436). The US average is 205 sunny days.

Holton (zip 66436) gets some kind of precipitation, on average, 92 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 38 inches of rain a year
Snow: averages 14 inches of snow a year

Bestplaces Comfort Index

The annual BestPlaces Comfort Index for the 66436 zip code is 7.2 (10=best), which means it is less comfortable than most places in Kansas.

8 Summer - 5.6 Winter

September, June and May are the most pleasant months in the 66436 zip code, while January and December are the least comfortable months.

Climate	Holton, Kansas	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 66436 zip code with an average high temperature of 88.1°, which ranks it as one of the coolest places in Kansas. In the 66436 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 66436 zip code are September, May and June.

In the 66436 zip code, there are 30.3 days annually when the high temperature is over 90°, which is one of the coolest places in Kansas.

January has the coldest nighttime temperatures for the 66436 zip code with an average of 16.2°. This is colder than most places in Kansas.

In the 66436 zip code, there are 127.2 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below freezing, which is colder than most places in Kansas.

In the 66436 zip code, there are 7.5 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below zero°, which is one of the coldest places in Kansas.

The humidity can be uncomfortably heavy or close in the 66436 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 66436 zip code.

June is the wettest month in the 66436 zip code with 5.6 inches of rain, and the driest month is January with 1.0 inches. The wettest season is Autumn with 36% of yearly precipitation and 10% occurs in Spring, which is the driest season. The annual rainfall of 38.4 inches in the 66436 zip code means that it is wetter than most places in Kansas.

May is the rainiest month in the 66436 zip code with 11.2 days of rain, and January is the driest month with only 4.8 rainy days. There are 91.5 rainy days annually in the 66436 zip code, which is rainier than most places in Kansas. The rainiest season is Summer when it rains 30% of the time and the driest is Spring with only a 17% chance of a rainy day.

An annual snowfall of 13.6 inches in the 66436 zip code means that it is less snowy than most places in Kansas. December is the snowiest month in the 66436 zip code with 3.7 inches of snow, and 5 months of the year have significant snowfall.

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