Huntington, Indiana climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Huntington's normal year runs from 17°F January nights to 84°F July afternoons, with 40.6 inches of precipitation and 26 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 10.1°C, January lows of −8°C, July highs of 29°C, 1,032 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationHuntington
- Station IDUSC00124181
- Location40.86°N 85.50°W
- Elevation725 ft (221 m)
- From the center2 miles
- Population17,033
On October 23, the normal high in Huntington is 61°F and the normal low 38°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 Huntington.
- Jan 33° 17°
- Feb 37° 19°
- Mar 48° 27°
- Apr 61° 37°
- May 73° 48°
- Jun 81° 58°
- Jul 84° 62°
- Aug 83° 60°
- Sep 77° 52°
- Oct 64° 40°
- Nov 50° 31°
- Dec 38° 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 Huntington each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 84°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 17°F. The most precipitation falls in May (4.71 in), the least in February (2.18 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33°F | 17°F | 25.2°F | 2.49 | 9.9 | 11 | <1 | 28 | 9 h 30 min |
| February | 37°F | 19°F | 27.9°F | 2.18 | 6.7 | 8 | <1 | 25 | 10 h 40 min |
| March | 48°F | 27°F | 37.4°F | 2.66 | 2.8 | 10 | <1 | 22 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 61°F | 37°F | 49.3°F | 3.95 | 0.4 | 12 | <1 | 9 | 13 h 20 min |
| May | 73°F | 48°F | 60.4°F | 4.71 | 0.0 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 14 h 30 min |
| June | 81°F | 58°F | 69.7°F | 4.61 | 0.0 | 12 | 5 | <1 | 15 h 10 min |
| July | 84°F | 62°F | 73.0°F | 4.48 | 0.0 | 10 | 7 | <1 | 14 h 50 min |
| August | 83°F | 60°F | 71.1°F | 3.66 | 0.0 | 9 | 4 | <1 | 13 h 50 min |
| September | 77°F | 52°F | 64.2°F | 3.25 | 0.0 | 8 | 2 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 64°F | 40°F | 52.3°F | 3.00 | 0.0 | 10 | <1 | 6 | 11 h 10 min |
| November | 50°F | 31°F | 40.5°F | 3.25 | 1.0 | 10 | <1 | 17 | 10 h |
| December | 38°F | 23°F | 30.4°F | 2.38 | 5.1 | 10 | <1 | 25 | 9 h 20 min |
| Year (annual) | 61°F | 39°F | 50.1°F | 40.62 | 25.9 | 122 | 19 | 133 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1°C | −8°C | −3.8°C | 63 mm | 25 cm |
| February | 3°C | −7°C | −2.3°C | 55 mm | 17 cm |
| March | 9°C | −3°C | 3.0°C | 68 mm | 7 cm |
| April | 16°C | 3°C | 9.6°C | 100 mm | 1 cm |
| May | 23°C | 9°C | 15.8°C | 120 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 27°C | 15°C | 20.9°C | 117 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 29°C | 17°C | 22.8°C | 114 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 28°C | 15°C | 21.7°C | 93 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 25°C | 11°C | 17.9°C | 83 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 18°C | 5°C | 11.3°C | 76 mm | 0 cm |
| November | 10°C | −1°C | 4.7°C | 83 mm | 3 cm |
| December | 3°C | −5°C | −0.9°C | 60 mm | 13 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00124181; 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 Huntington?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in May, June, July, August and September. Of those, September has the fewest days with rain (8).
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 USC00124181.
When is the last frost in Huntington?
In Huntington, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after May 1 in half of years and after May 16 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 14 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
- May 11 year in 10 after May 16; 9 in 10 after April 17
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 141 year in 10 before October 1; 9 in 10 before October 28
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 166 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 189 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after April 20 in half of springs and before October 24 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Huntington in zone 6a in ZIP code 46750, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Huntington's NOAA station is in zone 6a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches −8°F (25 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 USC00124181; 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 Huntington?
In a normal year in Huntington, 19 days a year reach 90°F, 133 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 122 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 19a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- fewer than 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 133a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 37high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 122a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 9a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1979) is 106°F, on June 29, 2012; the lowest is −28°F, on January 11, 1982.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 2003, with 53.41 in; the snowiest season is 1981–82, with 81.5 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00124181; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00124181. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Huntington?
Over a year 72% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Huntington, 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 Huntington need?
A normal year in Huntington brings 6,170 heating degree days, 15% more than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 780 cooling degree days, 14% 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 3,040 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,235 | 0 |
| February | 1,040 | 0 |
| March | 855 | 1 |
| April | 479 | 6 |
| May | 195 | 53 |
| June | 32 | 173 |
| July | 4 | 254 |
| August | 10 | 199 |
| September | 107 | 83 |
| October | 406 | 11 |
| November | 735 | 0 |
| December | 1,071 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 6,170 | 780 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00124181. 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 Huntington been warmer than normal lately?
2025 averaged 50.5°F, 0.4°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 50.1°F. 4 of the 4 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 51.5°F | +1.4°F | 45.58 | 23.7 |
| 2023 | 52.1°F | +2.0°F | 35.04 | 8.6 |
| 2024 | 53.1°F | +3.0°F | 41.05 | 9.2 |
| 2025 | 50.5°F | +0.4°F | 29.45 | 20.3 |
Over 106 complete years from 1895 to 2025, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 1.2°F per century (+0.07°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00124181; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Huntington's climate compare?
Huntington is warmer than 18 of the other 98 places with their own NOAA record in Indiana, and wetter than 27. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 50.1°F is warmer than 40%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Huntington 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 Huntington share this climate record?
4 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.
- Warren, IN1,198 people · 12 mi S
- Markle, IN1,089 people · 8 mi E
- Andrews, IN1,061 people · 5 mi W
- Mount Etna, IN114 people · 9 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 Huntington's climate
What is the coldest month in Huntington?
January, with a normal high of 33°F and a normal low of 17°F. The warmest is July (84°F by day, 62°F at night).
Does it snow in Huntington?
Yes: 26 inches in a normal year, falling on 16 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in January (9.9 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Huntington?
May, with 4.71 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is February with 2.18 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Huntington in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Huntington in zone 6a in ZIP code 46750, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Huntington's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches −8°F (25 years, 1991-2020): zone 6a.
How late can frost come in Huntington?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after May 1; in one year in ten it comes after May 16. Waiting until May 16 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Indiana climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Fort Wayne, IN17 miles from this station, 50.9°F a year
- North Manchester, IN17 miles from this station, 49.9°F a year
- Wabash, IN17 miles from this station, 51.4°F a year
- Bluffton, IN18 miles from this station, 50.1°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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