Shakamak State Park, IN Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Average temperature and precipitation from NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 normals →, with a derived climate comfort score
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Shakamak State Park's primary NOAA station, SHAKAMAK SP.
The climate verdict for Shakamak State Park
Water is the standout signal in Shakamak State Park, Indiana: 47.2 inches of precipitation in a normal year. Against that wet profile, NOAA records an annual average of 54°F. Its climate comfort score of 68/100 (good) lands mid-pack nationally, exceeding 56% of station-mapped location scores.
- 54°F
- yearly average temperature, NOAA normal
- 68/100
- comfort score, above 56% of station-mapped location scores
- 47.2"
- precipitation, annual total
- 195 days
- growing season, frost-free days
Shakamak State Park: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00127959 · Shakamak State Park, IN 54°F mean · 47.2" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-MID · SWING-WIDE · COMF-MID · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 54°F
- RANK-MID #3,979
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Middletown Harr…
- PRCP-MID 47.2"
- SWING-WIDE 47°F
- COMF-MID 68/100
- LOAD-HEAT 5,043 HDD
- STN-1 USC00127959
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Middletown Harrisburg, PA (+ 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.
- Shakamak State… (this station) 54°F
- Hot Pleasant Grove, UT 54°F
- Near Middletown Harr…, PA 54°F
- Near Freelandville, IN 54°F
- Near Uravan, CO 54°F
Climate Living Index · Shakamak State Park
Shakamak State Park: 62/100 · grade C
Shakamak State Park publishes 4 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 2 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Shakamak State Park, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 68/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 113 calendar days | 69/100 · C |
| Frost-free season | 195 days/year | 61/100 · C |
| Annual temperature balance | 54.3°F · 13.2° from 67.5°F | 57/100 · C |
| Precipitation balance | 47.2 in · 12.2 from 35 in | 57/100 · C |
Shakamak State Park · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Shakamak State Park is a continental Köppen climate: Dfa
Coldest-month mean 29.4°F and warmest-month mean 76.0°F place this station in continental, no dry season, hot summer climates (Dfa). Class Dfa is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: continental, specifically continental, no dry season, hot summer.
- Köppen code
- Dfa
- Group
- Continental
- Warmest month
- 76.0°F
- Coldest month
- 29.4°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 Shakamak State Park sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Shakamak State Park's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- 58th percentile warmth
- Mid-pack annual mean versus 6,861 station normals.
- Annual precipitation
- Top 26% wettest
- Shakamak State Park's annual total ranks in the wetter third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- 67th percentile swing
- Typical seasonal amplitude versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Shakamak State Park compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Shakamak State Park's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
68 Top 44% score exceeds 56% 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%). This entry sits in this band.
- 70–80: 650 station-mapped locations (11%). Above this entry.
- 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 | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 38°F (3°C) | 21°F (-6°C) | 29°F (-1°C) | 3.3" | 26.2 | 0.0 |
| February | 43°F (6°C) | 24°F (-5°C) | 33°F (1°C) | 2.8" | 23.0 | 0.0 |
| March | 53°F (12°C) | 33°F (0°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 3.5" | 17.3 | 0.0 |
| April | 66°F (19°C) | 44°F (7°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 5.1" | 4.4 | 0.0 |
| May | 75°F (24°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 65°F (18°C) | 5.2" | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| June | 83°F (28°C) | 63°F (17°C) | 73°F (23°C) | 5.1" | 0.0 | 4.0 |
| July | 86°F (30°C) | 66°F (19°C) | 76°F (24°C) | 4.7" | 0.0 | 6.8 |
| August | 85°F (29°C) | 65°F (18°C) | 75°F (24°C) | 3.2" | 0.0 | 5.4 |
| September | 79°F (26°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 68°F (20°C) | 3.6" | 0.1 | 2.6 |
| October | 68°F (20°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 3.8" | 3.2 | 0.1 |
| November | 54°F (12°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 44°F (7°C) | 3.9" | 14.6 | 0.0 |
| December | 43°F (6°C) | 26°F (-3°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 3.0" | 23.4 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 86°F around July 5, short of 90°F on every date, while 113 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 20°F near January 20.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into March 13, then returns to freezing around November 22, covering 113 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.
The widest day
October 4 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 23°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Shakamak State Park.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
Shakamak State Park spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 27% of the annual total and December through February 19%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Shakamak State Park has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a wide 46.6°F gap between its warmest and coldest month.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: May averages 5.2" and February 2.8". The three wettest months together take 33% 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.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
October 26
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
April 14
50% probability date
Growing Season
195 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
5,043
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
1,193
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside IN closest to Shakamak State Park 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 (54°F here).
- Battle Mountain, NV 54°F · 0.0°F off
- Beloit, KS 54°F · 0.0°F off
- Caesars Head, SC 54°F · 0.0°F off
- Campo, CO 54°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (47.2" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Brunswick, GA 47.2" · 0.0" off
- Port Jervis, NY 47.2" · 0.0" off
- Poughkeepsie, NY 47.2" · 0.0" off
- Livermore Falls, ME 47.2" · 0.0" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Shakamak State Park's climate pattern fits together
heating led · wet · mid swing
Shakamak State Park's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 5,043 annual heating degree days against 1,193 for cooling. Its 46.6°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Shakamak State Park's frost-free season lasts about 195 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 Shakamak State Park's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 46.6°F. The annual average is 54°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Alongside its heating load, Shakamak State Park carries 47.2 inches of precipitation in a normal year, inside PlainClimate's wet range. Snowfall is not added to the interpretation because its annual value is missing. 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 Shakamak State Park'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 Shakamak State Park, 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 Shakamak State Park's primary station: SHAKAMAK SP (USC00127959). 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 Shakamak State Park; 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 Shakamak State Park 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.