Arma, Kansas
Population: 1,529
Located in Crawford County
Arma offers residents, visitors, and businesses a clean, friendly, small town environment with a moderate climate. It is a short drive to a major state university (Pittsburg State University) and shopping centers. Visit Crawford County Convention and Visitors Website (www.crawfordcountycvb.com) for information on area activities or visit the Travel Kansas website for other Kansas attractions and activities. Kansas's "big sky," dramatic sunsets, and great variability in temperature and precipitation are all important aspects of the regional personality. Because the state is remote from the moderating influences of oceans, it has a wide annual temperature range. Precipitation is highly variable and has a marked regional pattern. Average rainfall is 1,140 mm (45 in) in the southeast, a pattern related to distance from the Gulf of Mexico moisture source. About 75 percent of the annual precipitation falls between April and September, but summer is often a moisture-deficient season because of high evaporation rates. Because precipitation is dependent on the chance meeting of moist air from the Gulf of Mexico and low-pressure systems, yearly totals are highly variable. Sharply contrasting air masses frequently clash over the Kansas plains, bringing violent weather.
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