Terre Haute Indiana State, 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 Terre Haute Indiana State's primary NOAA station, TERRE HAUTE INDIANA STATE.
The climate verdict for Terre Haute Indiana State
Terre Haute Indiana State, Indiana has a mixed annual climate rather than one dominant extreme. Its NOAA normal shows an annual average of 56°F. It scores 80/100 for climate comfort (excellent), putting it in the top third of station-mapped location scores and exceeding 76% of them.
- 56°F
- average temperature, NOAA 1991-2020 normal
- 80/100
- comfort score, above 76% of station-mapped location scores
- 44.7"
- yearly precipitation total
- 187 days
- frost-free days per growing season
Terre Haute Indiana State: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00128723 · Terre Haute Indiana State, IN 56°F mean · 44.7" precip
TEMP-MILD · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-MID · SWING-WIDE · COMF-TOP · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-MILD 56°F
- RANK-UPPER #4,254
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Kinsley
- PRCP-MID 44.7"
- SWING-WIDE 49°F
- COMF-TOP 80/100
- LOAD-HEAT 4,892 HDD
- STN-1 USC00128723
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Kinsley, KS (+ 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 Ind… (this station) 56°F
- Hot Larned, KS 56°F
- Near Kinsley, KS 56°F
- Near Butler, MO 56°F
- Cold Meade, KS 55°F
Climate Living Index · Terre Haute Indiana State
Terre Haute Indiana State: 57/100 · grade C
Terre Haute Indiana State 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 Indiana State, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 80/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Precipitation balance | 44.7 in · 9.7 from 35 in | 66/100 · C |
| Annual temperature balance | 55.5°F · 12.0° from 67.5°F | 61/100 · C |
| Frost-free season | 187 days/year | 55/100 · C |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 148 calendar days | 48/100 · D |
Terre Haute Indiana State · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Terre Haute Indiana State is a continental Köppen climate: Dfa
Coldest-month mean 29.5°F and warmest-month mean 78.4°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
- 78.4°F
- Coldest month
- 29.5°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 Indiana State sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Terre Haute Indiana State's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- 62nd percentile warmth
- Mid-pack annual mean versus 6,861 station normals.
- Annual precipitation
- 68th percentile wetness
- Neither arid nor torrential versus 6,352 station totals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Wider than 77%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Terre Haute Indiana State is large versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Terre Haute Indiana State compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Terre Haute Indiana State's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
80 Top 24% score exceeds 76% 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%). Below this entry.
- 80–90: 921 station-mapped locations (15%). This entry sits in this band.
- 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 | 40°F (4°C) | 19°F (-7°C) | 30°F (-1°C) | 2.5" | 26.9 | 0.0 |
| February | 45°F (7°C) | 23°F (-5°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 2.5" | 23.1 | 0.0 |
| March | 56°F (13°C) | 33°F (0°C) | 44°F (7°C) | 3.4" | 16.9 | 0.0 |
| April | 69°F (20°C) | 44°F (6°C) | 56°F (13°C) | 4.9" | 4.2 | 0.0 |
| May | 78°F (26°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 66°F (19°C) | 4.8" | 0.2 | 2.4 |
| June | 87°F (31°C) | 63°F (17°C) | 75°F (24°C) | 5.1" | 0.0 | 9.5 |
| July | 90°F (32°C) | 66°F (19°C) | 78°F (26°C) | 4.3" | 0.0 | 15.2 |
| August | 89°F (32°C) | 64°F (18°C) | 77°F (25°C) | 3.3" | 0.0 | 12.6 |
| September | 84°F (29°C) | 56°F (13°C) | 70°F (21°C) | 3.3" | 0.4 | 6.6 |
| October | 71°F (21°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 3.7" | 4.3 | 0.6 |
| November | 56°F (14°C) | 33°F (1°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 3.7" | 15.4 | 0.0 |
| December | 45°F (7°C) | 25°F (-4°C) | 35°F (2°C) | 3.2" | 24.3 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Terre Haute Indiana State works both ends of the calendar. Normal highs climb to 91°F by July 8 and hold at or above 90°F on 31 dates, then normal lows drop to freezing or below on 117 dates, bottoming at 19°F around January 19.
When the heat sits
Normal highs reach 90°F from June 29 through July 29, covering 31 dates. The broader mild season, normal highs of 70°F or more, runs April 18 to October 17.
This counts calendar dates whose 1991–2020 normal high reaches 90°F. It is a smaller number than the 90°F+ day counts in the monthly table above, which measure how often the threshold was actually crossed in a typical year. A date can average 88°F and still exceed 90°F in half of all years.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into March 14, then returns to freezing around November 19, covering 117 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
September 28 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 28°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Terre Haute Indiana State.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
Terre Haute Indiana State spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 28% of the annual total and December through February 18%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Terre Haute Indiana State has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a wide 48.9°F gap between its warmest and coldest month.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: June averages 5.1" and January 2.5". 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 19
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
April 15
50% probability date
Growing Season
187 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
4,892
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
1,474
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside IN closest to Terre Haute Indiana State 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 (56°F here).
- Allardt, TN 56°F · 0.0°F off
- Castle Valley, UT 56°F · 0.0°F off
- Hayesville, NC 56°F · 0.0°F off
- Hillsboro, IL 56°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (44.7" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Iuka, IL 44.7" · 0.0" off
- Independence, MO 44.7" · 0.0" off
- Chanute, KS 44.6" · 0.0" off
- Corinna, ME 44.7" · 0.0" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Terre Haute Indiana State's climate pattern fits together
heating led · moderate · mid swing
Terre Haute Indiana State's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 4,892 annual heating degree days against 1,474 for cooling. Its 48.9°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Terre Haute Indiana State's frost-free season lasts about 187 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 Indiana State's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 48.9°F. The annual average is 56°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Terre Haute Indiana State's 44.7 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 Indiana State'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 Indiana State, 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 Indiana State's primary station: TERRE HAUTE INDIANA STATE (USC00128723). 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 Indiana State; 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 Indiana State 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.