Zip 50479 (Thornton, IA) Climate

The climate in 50479 Thornton, IA can be described as humid continental, with cold and snowy winters and warm and humid summers. The average high temperature during summer months is around 87°F while the average low temperature during winter months is around 11°F. On average, the town sees around 26 inches of snow each year and approximately 36 inches of rainfall annually. Throughout the year, temperatures typically range from 9°F to 89°F and are rarely below -6°F or above 94°F.

Thornton (zip 50479), Iowa gets 35 inches of rain, on average, per year. The US average is 38 inches of rain per year.

Thornton (zip 50479) averages 36 inches of snow per year. The US average is 28 inches of snow per year.

On average, there are 190 sunny days per year in Thornton (zip 50479). The US average is 205 sunny days.

Thornton (zip 50479) gets some kind of precipitation, on average, 106 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 7
Rain: averages 35 inches of rain a year
Snow: averages 36 inches of snow a year

Bestplaces Comfort Index

The annual BestPlaces Comfort Index for the 50479 zip code is 6.6 (10=best), which means it is one of the least comfortable places in Iowa.

9 Summer - 4.1 Winter

August, June and July are the most pleasant months in the 50479 zip code, while January and December are the least comfortable months.

Climate	Thornton, Iowa	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 50479 zip code with an average high temperature of 82.7°, which ranks it as cooler than most places in Iowa. In the 50479 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 50479 zip code are June, August and September.

In the 50479 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 50479 zip code with an average of 7.2°. This is colder than most places in Iowa.

In the 50479 zip code, there are 158.0 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below freezing, which is colder than most places in Iowa.

In the 50479 zip code, there are 23.7 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 50479 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 50479 zip code with 5.3 inches of rain, and the driest month is January with 0.8 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 35.1 inches in the 50479 zip code means that it is drier than most places in Iowa.

May is the rainiest month in the 50479 zip code with 12.0 days of rain, and February is the driest month with only 6.1 rainy days. There are 106.1 rainy days annually in the 50479 zip code, which is rainier than most places in Iowa. The rainiest season is Summer when it rains 29% of the time and the driest is Spring with only a 19% chance of a rainy day.

An annual snowfall of 36.0 inches in the 50479 zip code means that it is snowier than most places in Iowa. December is the snowiest month in the 50479 zip code with 8.9 inches of snow, and 6 months of the year have significant snowfall.

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