Saint Meinrad, IN Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Explore NOAA NCEI's 1991–2020 climate normals → and a clearly labeled PlainClimate comfort calculation
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Saint Meinrad's primary NOAA station, SAINT MEINRAD.
The climate verdict for Saint Meinrad
Water is the standout signal in Saint Meinrad, Indiana: 49.6 inches of precipitation in a normal year. Against that wet profile, NOAA records an annual average of 57°F. It scores 78/100 for climate comfort (good), putting it in the top third of station-mapped location scores and exceeding 72% of them.
- 57°F
- average temperature, NOAA 1991-2020 normal
- 78/100
- comfort score, above 72% of station-mapped location scores
- 49.6"
- annual precipitation · 8" snow
- 198 days
- frost-free days per growing season
Saint Meinrad: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00127724 · Saint Meinrad, IN 57°F mean · 49.6" precip
TEMP-MILD · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-MID · SWING-MID · COMF-TOP · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-MILD 57°F
- RANK-UPPER #4,597
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Dora
- PRCP-MID 49.6"
- SWING-MID 42°F
- COMF-TOP 78/100
- LOAD-HEAT 4,205 HDD
- STN-1 USC00127724
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Dora, MO (+ 0 °F mean)
Instrument codes from this station's NOAA 1991–2020 normals, mean temperature, corpus warmth rank, photo-finish peer station, precipitation band, seasonal swing, comfort composite, degree-day load, and field book, not a livability rating.
Mean-temperature neighbourhood
Nationwide NOAA normal poles and nearest peers, not a reprint of every IN station list.
- Saint Meinrad (this station) 57°F
- Cold Salisbury Wicom…, MD 57°F
- Hot Farmville, VA 57°F
- Near Dora, MO 57°F
- Near Dover, DE 57°F
Climate Living Index · Saint Meinrad
Saint Meinrad: 67/100 · grade C
Saint Meinrad publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Saint Meinrad, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 78/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 87 calendar days | 80/100 · B |
| Annual temperature balance | 57.0°F · 10.5° from 67.5°F | 66/100 · C |
| Snowfall burden | 8.3 inches/year | 66/100 · C |
| Frost-free season | 198 days/year | 63/100 · C |
| Precipitation balance | 49.6 in · 14.6 from 35 in | 49/100 · D |
Saint Meinrad · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Saint Meinrad is a temperate Köppen climate: Cfa
Coldest-month mean 34.3°F and warmest-month mean 76.6°F place this station in temperate, no dry season, hot summer climates (Cfa). Class Cfa is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: temperate, specifically temperate, no dry season, hot summer.
- Köppen code
- Cfa
- Group
- Temperate
- Warmest month
- 76.6°F
- Coldest month
- 34.3°F
Source: official public datasets monthly normals (1991–2020) at the city’s primary station. This is a station classification, not a mapped regional consensus.
National standing · heating-led station
Where Saint Meinrad sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Saint Meinrad's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- 67th percentile warmth
- Mid-pack annual mean versus 6,861 station normals.
- Annual precipitation
- Top 20% wettest
- Saint Meinrad's annual total ranks in the wetter third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- 46th percentile swing
- Typical seasonal amplitude versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Saint Meinrad compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Saint Meinrad's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
78 Top 28% score exceeds 72% of 6,189 station-mapped location scores
- 0–10: 0 station-mapped locations (0%). Below this entry.
- 10–20: 0 station-mapped locations (0%). Below this entry.
- 20–30: 96 station-mapped locations (2%). Below this entry.
- 30–40: 280 station-mapped locations (5%). Below this entry.
- 40–50: 1,113 station-mapped locations (18%). Below this entry.
- 50–60: 1,329 station-mapped locations (21%). Below this entry.
- 60–70: 1,236 station-mapped locations (20%). Below this entry.
- 70–80: 650 station-mapped locations (11%). This entry sits in this band.
- 80–90: 921 station-mapped locations (15%). Above this entry.
- 90–100: 564 station-mapped locations (9%). Above this entry.
Source NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, PlainClimate comfort index · 1991–2020
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Snow | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 43°F (6°C) | 26°F (-4°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 3.5" | 3.0" | 22.3 | 0.0 |
| February | 48°F (9°C) | 29°F (-2°C) | 39°F (4°C) | 3.5" | 2.4" | 19.3 | 0.0 |
| March | 58°F (15°C) | 37°F (3°C) | 47°F (9°C) | 4.8" | 1.3" | 12.4 | 0.0 |
| April | 69°F (21°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 58°F (14°C) | 4.8" | 0.0" | 2.9 | 0.0 |
| May | 77°F (25°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 66°F (19°C) | 5.4" | 0.0" | 0.2 | 0.1 |
| June | 84°F (29°C) | 63°F (17°C) | 74°F (23°C) | 4.8" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 3.7 |
| July | 87°F (30°C) | 67°F (19°C) | 77°F (25°C) | 4.5" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 7.3 |
| August | 87°F (30°C) | 65°F (18°C) | 76°F (24°C) | 2.9" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 8.5 |
| September | 82°F (28°C) | 58°F (15°C) | 70°F (21°C) | 3.6" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 3.2 |
| October | 71°F (22°C) | 47°F (8°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 3.6" | 0.0" | 2.6 | 0.2 |
| November | 58°F (14°C) | 37°F (3°C) | 47°F (8°C) | 4.2" | 0.0" | 10.7 | 0.0 |
| December | 47°F (8°C) | 30°F (-1°C) | 38°F (3°C) | 4.0" | 1.6" | 19.5 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 87°F around August 14, short of 90°F on every date, while 87 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 25°F near January 20.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into February 27, then returns to freezing around December 3, covering 87 dates in all.
Derived from the normal daily minimum. This is a different measure from the 50%-probability frost dates shown elsewhere on this page, which come from NOAA’s frost product.
Where the wet dates fall
The likeliest wet date is April 28, when 41% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is August 24 at 23%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 118 wet dates a year.
The widest day
October 8 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 24°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Saint Meinrad.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall and snowfall
Snow: 3.0"
10.4 days with precipitation
Snow: 2.4"
8.9 days with precipitation
Snow: 1.3"
12.2 days with precipitation
11.6 days with precipitation
11.8 days with precipitation
9.8 days with precipitation
9.1 days with precipitation
7.4 days with precipitation
7.3 days with precipitation
7.8 days with precipitation
9.4 days with precipitation
Snow: 1.6"
11.6 days with precipitation
Saint Meinrad spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 25% of the annual total and December through February 22%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Saint Meinrad has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a 42.3°F seasonal spread.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: May averages 5.4" and August 2.9". The three wettest months together take 30% of the year, against the 25% a perfectly flat distribution would give them.
Shares are computed from this station's own 1991-2020 monthly precipitation normals. "Spread across the year" means neither the June-August nor the December-February share reaches 35%; it describes an average year, not the variability of any single one.
When it rains in Saint Meinrad, it arrives in quantity
49.6" of precipitation falls across only about 117 wet days here, averaging 0.42 inches each. Fewer days carry more water: the year's total is delivered in comparatively heavy events rather than persistent damp.
- Days with measurable precipitation
- about 117 a year, 32% of all days
- Average depth per wet day
- 0.42 inches
- Most wet days
- March, about 12
- Fewest wet days
- September, about 7
A wet day is one recording at least 0.01 inches. These are 1991-2020 normals: they describe an average year, and a per-day average is not a forecast of any individual storm.
Snow reaches Saint Meinrad, but rarely amounts to much
The normals record 8.3 inches of snow a year here, most likely in January. That is a real but marginal amount: enough that snow is part of the local record, not enough to define the winter.
A figure in this range usually reflects a handful of events that melt quickly rather than a season of accumulation; about 4 days a year record any measurable snow at all.
NOAA 1991-2020 normals. An average across thirty years can smooth away a single heavy winter, so a small annual figure does not mean a significant snowfall is impossible.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
October 26
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
April 11
50% probability date
Growing Season
198 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
4,205
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
1,337
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside IN closest to Saint Meinrad on two NOAA annual-normal axes (mean temperature and annual precipitation). Chip rows use distinct link sets.
Closest by average temperature
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual mean temperature (57°F here).
- Bedford, VA 57°F · 0.0°F off
- Chino Valley, AZ 57°F · 0.0°F off
- Dimmitt, TX 57°F · 0.0°F off
- Evening Shade, AR 57°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (49.6" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Ben Lomond, CA 49.6" · 0.0" off
- Murfreesboro, NC 49.6" · 0.0" off
- Lenoir, NC 49.7" · 0.0" off
- El Campo, TX 49.6" · 0.0" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Saint Meinrad's climate pattern fits together
heating led · wet · mid swing
Saint Meinrad's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 4,205 annual heating degree days against 1,337 for cooling. Its 42.3°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Saint Meinrad's frost-free season lasts about 198 days, a middle-length window whose endpoints matter more than the annual average. It describes freeze probability, not year-specific planting conditions.
July and January mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar in Saint Meinrad's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 42.3°F. The annual average is 57°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Alongside its heating load, Saint Meinrad carries 49.6 inches of precipitation in a normal year, inside PlainClimate's wet range. Annual snowfall totals 8.3 inches. That distinction matters because a wet annual total can arrive as rain, snow, or a mixture at different times.
These labels group NOAA 1991-2020 normals from Saint Meinrad's primary station, so the winter figures are a thirty-year average and not a floor: a single hard season can run well below them. Treat each band as a descriptive range for Saint Meinrad, not an official NOAA class or a year-ahead forecast.
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Data Sources
Data source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals v1.0.1 (1991-2020). All figures on this page are from Saint Meinrad's primary station: SAINT MEINRAD (USC00127724). For informational purposes only.
Place identity: U.S. Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer places. The conservative exact name-and-state crosswalk finds no Census place match, so PlainClimate treats this as a station-mapped location and does not claim it is a municipality. No exact Gazetteer row for Saint Meinrad; facility counts that depend on place identity are therefore an upper bound, not a municipal census.
On this page every temperature, precipitation, and derived score for Saint Meinrad comes from its primary NOAA station record. No figure on this page is typed in by an editor - each value is rendered from NOAA 1991-2020 U.S. Climate Normals. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 1991–2020 normals.