Farmland, Indiana climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Farmland's normal year runs from 18°F January nights to 84°F July afternoons, with 41.4 inches of precipitation and 21 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 10.7°C, January lows of −8°C, July highs of 29°C, 1,052 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationFarmland (5 mi NNW)
- Station IDUSC00122825
- Location40.25°N 85.15°W
- Elevation965 ft (294 m)
- From the center5 miles
- Population1,260
On October 23, the normal high in Farmland is 62°F and the normal low 39°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 32%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Farmland.
- Jan 35° 18°
- Feb 38° 20°
- Mar 49° 29°
- Apr 62° 39°
- May 73° 51°
- Jun 82° 60°
- Jul 84° 63°
- Aug 83° 60°
- Sep 78° 53°
- Oct 66° 42°
- Nov 51° 32°
- Dec 40° 23°
Each month: normal high (large) and low, °F. Fill: the month's normal mean, colder blue to hotter red.
What is the weather like in Farmland each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 84°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 18°F. The most precipitation falls in June (4.64 in), the least in February (2.20 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35°F | 18°F | 26.1°F | 2.54 | 7.4 | 11 | <1 | 27 | 9 h 40 min |
| February | 38°F | 20°F | 29.2°F | 2.20 | 4.6 | 9 | <1 | 25 | 10 h 40 min |
| March | 49°F | 29°F | 38.8°F | 3.21 | 3.2 | 11 | <1 | 21 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 62°F | 39°F | 50.6°F | 4.04 | 0.3 | 13 | <1 | 8 | 13 h 10 min |
| May | 73°F | 51°F | 61.7°F | 4.39 | 0.0 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 14 h 20 min |
| June | 82°F | 60°F | 70.8°F | 4.64 | 0.0 | 12 | 4 | <1 | 15 h |
| July | 84°F | 63°F | 73.5°F | 4.39 | 0.0 | 10 | 6 | <1 | 14 h 50 min |
| August | 83°F | 60°F | 71.6°F | 3.84 | 0.0 | 9 | 4 | <1 | 13 h 50 min |
| September | 78°F | 53°F | 65.2°F | 3.14 | 0.0 | 9 | 2 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 66°F | 42°F | 53.6°F | 3.21 | 0.1 | 10 | <1 | 6 | 11 h 10 min |
| November | 51°F | 32°F | 41.8°F | 3.24 | 0.8 | 10 | <1 | 17 | 10 h |
| December | 40°F | 23°F | 31.4°F | 2.57 | 4.5 | 10 | <1 | 26 | 9 h 20 min |
| Year (annual) | 62°F | 41°F | 51.2°F | 41.41 | 20.9 | 127 | 17 | 131 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1°C | −8°C | −3.3°C | 65 mm | 19 cm |
| February | 4°C | −7°C | −1.6°C | 56 mm | 12 cm |
| March | 9°C | −2°C | 3.8°C | 82 mm | 8 cm |
| April | 17°C | 4°C | 10.3°C | 103 mm | 1 cm |
| May | 23°C | 10°C | 16.5°C | 112 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 28°C | 16°C | 21.6°C | 118 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 29°C | 17°C | 23.1°C | 112 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 28°C | 16°C | 22.0°C | 98 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 25°C | 11°C | 18.4°C | 80 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 19°C | 5°C | 12.0°C | 82 mm | 0 cm |
| November | 11°C | 0°C | 5.4°C | 82 mm | 2 cm |
| December | 4°C | −5°C | −0.3°C | 65 mm | 11 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00122825; annual normals. Wet days: 0.01 inch or more; 90°F days and freezing nights: NOAA's day counts. Daylight: sunrise to sunset on the 15th, computed from the latitude.
When is the best weather to visit Farmland?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in May, June, July, August, September and October. Of those, September has the fewest days with rain (9).
That is a measurement, not a recommendation: it counts the months whose normal afternoon high sits between 65°F and 85°F, where a light layer is enough by day.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00122825.
When is the last frost in Farmland?
In Farmland, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 25 in half of years and after May 11 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 16 in half of years and before October 1 in one year in ten.
Frost-free in half of yearsFrost in 1 to 9 years out of 10Frost most years
- Last spring frost, half of years after
- April 251 year in 10 after May 11; 9 in 10 after April 11
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 161 year in 10 before October 1; 9 in 10 before October 29
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 173 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 195 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after April 14 in half of springs and before October 27 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Farmland in zone 6a in ZIP code 47340, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Farmland's NOAA station is in zone 6a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches −9°F (29 complete years).
Frost dates for every NOAA station in Indiana · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USC00122825; USDA 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map, ZIP listings: PRISM Group, Oregon State University, https://prism.oregonstate.edu, accessed October 8, 2026; the station zone: ACIS daily lows, 1991-2020. A 10% date means one year in ten has a frost after it in spring or before it in autumn.
How hot and how cold does it get in Farmland?
In a normal year in Farmland, 17 days a year reach 90°F, 131 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 127 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 17a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- fewer than 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 131a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 36high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 127a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 8a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1893) is 110°F, on July 14, 1936; the lowest is −25°F, on January 21, 1985.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1990, with 50.53 in; the snowiest season is 1981–82, with 53.7 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00122825; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00122825. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Farmland?
Over a year 72% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Farmland, 3.9 kWh per square metre a day. August is the sunniest month (81%) and December the cloudiest (57%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 59% | 1.7 |
| February | 64% | 2.6 |
| March | 66% | 3.6 |
| April | 69% | 4.8 |
| May | 71% | 5.5 |
| June | 77% | 6.2 |
| July | 81% | 6.2 |
| August | 81% | 5.5 |
| September | 79% | 4.5 |
| October | 71% | 3.1 |
| November | 67% | 2.1 |
| December | 57% | 1.4 |
Source: NASA POWER solar climatology, 2001-2020 (CERES SYN1deg). Satellite-based, for the 1-degree cell (about 100 km across) around the station, so it describes the area rather than the airport.
How much heating and cooling does Farmland need?
A normal year in Farmland brings 5,878 heating degree days, 9% more than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 875 cooling degree days, 4% fewer than the median (908). Seven months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 3,247 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,207 | 0 |
| February | 1,004 | 0 |
| March | 814 | 1 |
| April | 439 | 9 |
| May | 172 | 70 |
| June | 25 | 198 |
| July | 5 | 267 |
| August | 10 | 217 |
| September | 93 | 99 |
| October | 370 | 15 |
| November | 698 | 1 |
| December | 1,040 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 5,878 | 875 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00122825. A degree day is one degree of a day's mean temperature below 65°F (heating) or above it (cooling); utilities use them to estimate energy use.
Has Farmland been warmer than normal lately?
Over 57 complete years from 1963 to 2020, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 4.0°F per century (+0.22°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Farmland's climate compare?
Farmland is warmer than 41 of the other 98 places with their own NOAA record in Indiana, and wetter than 36. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 51.2°F is warmer than 46%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Farmland is Dfa: continental, no dry season, hot summer. What the classes mean.
Places with the most similar year elsewhere
Measured month by month on the normal high, low and precipitation, among places of 20,000 or more people in other states:
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 normals for every station PlainClimate covers. Similarity: the root-mean-square difference of the 36 monthly figures, precipitation weighted so an inch counts like 6°F.
Which places near Farmland share this climate record?
6 places have no NOAA station with 1991-2020 normals of their own, and this station is the nearest full record. A place's own climate can differ from these figures, by several degrees where it sits much higher or lower than the station, nearer the coast, or inside a large city's heat; for the larger places the next nearest records are named with their yearly mean, so the spread around them is visible, and places of 50,000 or more have their own page with NOAA's gridded normals.
- Albany, IN2,291 people · 6 mi NW
- Parker City, IN1,271 people · 5 mi SW
- Redkey, IN1,075 people · 7 mi N
- Ridgeville, IN687 people · 7 mi E
- Fairview, IN156 people · 4 mi NW
- Windsor, IN0 people · 8 mi SW
Source: Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer (place centers) and Vintage 2024 population estimates. Distance and direction from the station to each place's center.
Questions about Farmland's climate
What is the coldest month in Farmland?
January, with a normal high of 35°F and a normal low of 18°F. The warmest is July (84°F by day, 63°F at night).
Does it snow in Farmland?
Yes: 21 inches in a normal year, falling on 16 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in January (7.4 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Farmland?
June, with 4.64 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is February with 2.20 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Farmland in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Farmland in zone 6a in ZIP code 47340, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Farmland's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches −9°F (29 years, 1991-2020): zone 6a.
How late can frost come in Farmland?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 25; in one year in ten it comes after May 11. Waiting until May 11 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Indiana climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Muncie, IN13 miles from this station, 53.7°F a year
- Winchester, IN13 miles from this station, 50.8°F a year
- Portland, IN14 miles from this station, 50.3°F a year
- Hartford City, IN14 miles from this station, 51.3°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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