Terre Haute Caa, 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 Terre Haute Caa's primary NOAA station, TERRE HAUTE CAA AP.
The climate verdict for Terre Haute Caa
Terre Haute Caa, Indiana has a mixed annual climate rather than one dominant extreme. Its NOAA normal shows 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
- annual average temperature (NOAA normal)
- 68/100
- comfort score, above 56% of station-mapped location scores
- 41.8"
- annual precipitation
- 193 days
- growing season, frost-free days
Terre Haute Caa: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USW00093823 · Terre Haute Caa, IN 54°F mean · 41.8" 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 #3,842
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Marietta Wwtp
- PRCP-MID 41.8"
- SWING-WIDE 47°F
- COMF-MID 68/100
- LOAD-HEAT 5,089 HDD
- STN-1 USW00093823
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Marietta Wwtp, OH (+ 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.
- Terre Haute Caa (this station) 54°F
- Cold New Brunswick, NJ 54°F
- Hot Waverly, OH 54°F
- Near Marietta Wwtp, OH 54°F
- Near Cumberland, MD 54°F
Climate Living Index · Terre Haute Caa
Terre Haute Caa: 64/100 · grade C
Terre Haute Caa publishes 4 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 2 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Terre Haute Caa, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 68/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Precipitation balance | 41.8 in · 6.8 from 35 in | 76/100 · B |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 115 calendar days | 67/100 · C |
| Frost-free season | 193 days/year | 59/100 · C |
| Annual temperature balance | 53.8°F · 13.7° from 67.5°F | 55/100 · C |
Terre Haute Caa · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Terre Haute Caa is a continental Köppen climate: Dfa
Coldest-month mean 29.0°F and warmest-month mean 75.5°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
- 75.5°F
- Coldest month
- 29.0°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 Terre Haute Caa sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Terre Haute Caa's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- 56th percentile warmth
- Mid-pack annual mean versus 6,861 station normals.
- Annual precipitation
- 62nd percentile wetness
- Neither arid nor torrential versus 6,352 station totals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- 66th percentile swing
- Typical seasonal amplitude versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Terre Haute Caa compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Terre Haute Caa'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
Terre Haute Caa's measured station temperature trend
MethodologyAcross 95 complete annual observations from 1894 to 2025, TERRE HAUTE CAA AP warmed at a fitted rate of 0.07°C per decade. The line shows the fitted change relative to its first year, not raw year-to-year temperatures or a forecast.
- Terre Haute Caa primary station fitted change +0.07 °C/decade
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 (-2°C) | 2.6" | 26.0 | 0.0 |
| February | 42°F (6°C) | 23°F (-5°C) | 33°F (0°C) | 2.0" | 21.5 | 0.0 |
| March | 53°F (11°C) | 33°F (0°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 3.0" | 15.0 | 0.0 |
| April | 65°F (18°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 4.7" | 4.1 | 0.0 |
| May | 75°F (24°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 65°F (18°C) | 4.7" | 0.5 | 0.0 |
| June | 84°F (29°C) | 63°F (17°C) | 73°F (23°C) | 4.7" | 0.0 | 5.0 |
| July | 86°F (30°C) | 65°F (19°C) | 76°F (24°C) | 4.4" | 0.0 | 11.5 |
| August | 85°F (30°C) | 63°F (17°C) | 74°F (23°C) | 3.0" | 0.0 | 3.5 |
| September | 80°F (27°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 67°F (19°C) | 3.2" | 0.0 | 4.0 |
| October | 68°F (20°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 56°F (13°C) | 3.5" | 3.5 | 1.0 |
| November | 53°F (12°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 3.4" | 16.5 | 0.0 |
| December | 42°F (5°C) | 26°F (-3°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 2.6" | 24.0 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 86°F around August 1, short of 90°F on every date, while 115 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 20°F near January 21.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into March 14, then returns to freezing around November 21, covering 115 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 3 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 27°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Terre Haute Caa.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
Terre Haute Caa spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 29% of the annual total and December through February 17%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Terre Haute Caa has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a wide 46.5°F gap between its warmest and coldest month.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: April averages 4.7" and February 2.0". The three wettest months together take 34% 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 24
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
April 14
50% probability date
Growing Season
193 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
5,089
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
1,045
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside IN closest to Terre Haute Caa 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).
- Ashland, KY 54°F · 0.0°F off
- Cheviot, OH 54°F · 0.0°F off
- Emporia, KS 54°F · 0.0°F off
- Eskridge, KS 54°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (41.8" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Mannford, OK 41.8" · 0.0" off
- New Castle, PA 41.8" · 0.0" off
- Wyoming, NY 41.8" · 0.0" off
- Fredonia, KS 41.8" · 0.0" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Terre Haute Caa's climate pattern fits together
heating led · moderate · mid swing
Terre Haute Caa's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 5,089 annual heating degree days against 1,045 for cooling. Its 46.5°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Terre Haute Caa's frost-free season lasts about 193 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 Terre Haute Caa's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 46.5°F. The annual average is 54°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Terre Haute Caa's 41.8 inches of annual precipitation falls in PlainClimate's middle band, so “wet” or “dry” is not the leading description. Snowfall is not added to the interpretation because its annual value is missing. Temperature balance and the calendar distribution carry more information than the annual moisture label alone.
These labels group NOAA 1991-2020 normals from Terre Haute Caa'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 Terre Haute Caa, 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 Terre Haute Caa's primary station: TERRE HAUTE CAA AP (USW00093823). 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 Terre Haute Caa; 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 Terre Haute Caa 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.