Tipton, Indiana climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Tipton's normal year runs from 17°F January nights to 85°F July afternoons, with 42.4 inches of precipitation a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 10.7°C, January lows of −8°C, July highs of 29°C, 1,077 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationTipton (5 mi SW)
- Station IDUSC00128784
- Location40.22°N 86.11°W
- Elevation890 ft (271 m)
- From the center5 miles
- Population5,285
On October 23, the normal high in Tipton is 63°F and the normal low 39°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 Tipton.
- Jan 35° 17°
- Feb 39° 20°
- Mar 50° 29°
- Apr 63° 39°
- May 73° 50°
- Jun 82° 60°
- Jul 85° 62°
- Aug 84° 60°
- Sep 79° 53°
- Oct 66° 41°
- Nov 51° 31°
- Dec 40° 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 Tipton each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 85°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 17°F. The most precipitation falls in June (5.39 in), the least in February (2.23 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35°F | 17°F | 25.8°F | 2.81 | 12 | <1 | 28 | 9 h 40 min |
| February | 39°F | 20°F | 29.3°F | 2.23 | 9 | <1 | 25 | 10 h 40 min |
| March | 50°F | 29°F | 39.1°F | 3.14 | 12 | <1 | 21 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 63°F | 39°F | 50.6°F | 4.36 | 13 | <1 | 8 | 13 h 10 min |
| May | 73°F | 50°F | 61.7°F | 4.53 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 14 h 20 min |
| June | 82°F | 60°F | 70.8°F | 5.39 | 12 | 3 | <1 | 15 h |
| July | 85°F | 62°F | 73.3°F | 4.34 | 10 | 5 | <1 | 14 h 50 min |
| August | 84°F | 60°F | 71.6°F | 3.17 | 9 | 4 | <1 | 13 h 50 min |
| September | 79°F | 53°F | 65.5°F | 3.27 | 8 | 2 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 66°F | 41°F | 53.7°F | 3.07 | 10 | <1 | 6 | 11 h 10 min |
| November | 51°F | 31°F | 41.4°F | 3.37 | 10 | <1 | 18 | 10 h |
| December | 40°F | 23°F | 31.3°F | 2.71 | 11 | <1 | 26 | 9 h 20 min |
| Year (annual) | 62°F | 40°F | 51.2°F | 42.39 | 129 | 15 | 132 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1°C | −8°C | −3.4°C | 71 mm |
| February | 4°C | −7°C | −1.5°C | 57 mm |
| March | 10°C | −2°C | 3.9°C | 80 mm |
| April | 17°C | 4°C | 10.3°C | 111 mm |
| May | 23°C | 10°C | 16.5°C | 115 mm |
| June | 28°C | 15°C | 21.6°C | 137 mm |
| July | 29°C | 17°C | 22.9°C | 110 mm |
| August | 29°C | 15°C | 22.0°C | 81 mm |
| September | 26°C | 11°C | 18.6°C | 83 mm |
| October | 19°C | 5°C | 12.1°C | 78 mm |
| November | 11°C | 0°C | 5.2°C | 86 mm |
| December | 4°C | −5°C | −0.4°C | 69 mm |
NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for this station. The nearest record that keeps one, Kokomo (17 miles away), gets 34 inches of snow in a normal year; elevation and distance can change that.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00128784; 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 Tipton?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in May, June, July, August, September and October. 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 USC00128784.
When is the last frost in Tipton?
In Tipton, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 23 in half of years and after May 9 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 17 in half of years and before October 3 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
- April 231 year in 10 after May 9; 9 in 10 after April 9
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 171 year in 10 before October 3; 9 in 10 before November 1
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 174 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 198 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after April 11 in half of springs and before October 28 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Tipton in zone 6a in ZIP code 46072, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Tipton's NOAA station is in zone 6a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches −9°F (26 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 USC00128784; 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 Tipton?
In a normal year in Tipton, 15 days a year reach 90°F, 132 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 129 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 15a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- fewer than 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 132a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 38high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 129a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1971) is 103°F, on June 29, 2012; the lowest is −25°F, on January 20, 1994.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 2017, with 52.14 in; the snowiest season is 2002–03, with 59.7 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00128784; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00128784. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Tipton?
Over a year 73% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Tipton, 4.0 kWh per square metre a day. August is the sunniest month (81%) and December the cloudiest (59%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 61% | 1.8 |
| February | 64% | 2.6 |
| March | 67% | 3.7 |
| April | 70% | 4.8 |
| May | 71% | 5.5 |
| June | 78% | 6.2 |
| July | 81% | 6.2 |
| August | 81% | 5.6 |
| September | 80% | 4.5 |
| October | 72% | 3.1 |
| November | 67% | 2.1 |
| December | 59% | 1.5 |
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 Tipton need?
A normal year in Tipton brings 5,879 heating degree days, 9% more than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 875 cooling degree days, 4% 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 3,247 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,215 | 0 |
| February | 998 | 0 |
| March | 804 | 2 |
| April | 440 | 8 |
| May | 172 | 70 |
| June | 25 | 200 |
| July | 5 | 262 |
| August | 9 | 213 |
| September | 88 | 103 |
| October | 367 | 17 |
| November | 710 | 1 |
| December | 1,046 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 5,879 | 875 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00128784. 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 Tipton been warmer than normal lately?
2025 averaged 52.1°F, 0.9°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 51.2°F.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 52.1°F | +0.9°F | 36.33 |
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00128784. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Tipton's climate compare?
Tipton is warmer than 41 of the other 98 places with their own NOAA record in Indiana, and wetter than 42. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 51.2°F is warmer than 46%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Tipton 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 Tipton share this climate record?
8 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.
- Cicero, IN5,607 people · 8 mi SE
- Sheridan, IN3,487 people · 9 mi SW
- Arcadia, IN1,464 people · 6 mi SE
- Atlanta, IN737 people · 4 mi E
- Kempton, IN280 people · 8 mi NW
- Goldsmith, IN239 people · 5 mi NW
- Hortonville, IN186 people · 10 mi S
- Boxley, IN92 people · 5 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 Tipton's climate
What is the coldest month in Tipton?
January, with a normal high of 35°F and a normal low of 17°F. The warmest is July (85°F by day, 62°F at night).
Does it snow in Tipton?
Yes. NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for Tipton's NOAA station; the nearest record that keeps one, Kokomo (17 miles away), records 34 inches of snow in a normal year.
What is the rainiest month in Tipton?
June, with 5.39 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is February with 2.23 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Tipton in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Tipton in zone 6a in ZIP code 46072, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Tipton's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches −9°F (26 years, 1991-2020): zone 6a.
How late can frost come in Tipton?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 23; in one year in ten it comes after May 9. Waiting until May 9 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Indiana climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Elwood, IN14 miles from this station, 51.0°F a year
- Kokomo, IN17 miles from this station, 50.6°F a year
- Carmel, IN18 miles from this station, 51.6°F a year
- Whitestown, IN21 miles from this station, 51.9°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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