Young America, Indiana climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Young America's normal year runs from 17°F January nights to 83°F July afternoons, with 41.1 inches of precipitation and 25 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 10.1°C, January lows of −9°C, July highs of 28°C, 1,044 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationYoung America
- Station IDUSC00129905
- Location40.56°N 86.34°W
- Elevation773 ft (236 m)
- From the centerunder 1 mile
- Population (census place)298
On October 23, the normal high in Young America is 61°F and the normal low 40°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 27%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Young America.
- Jan 32° 17°
- Feb 36° 20°
- Mar 47° 29°
- Apr 60° 38°
- May 72° 50°
- Jun 80° 60°
- Jul 83° 62°
- Aug 81° 60°
- Sep 77° 52°
- Oct 64° 42°
- Nov 49° 32°
- Dec 37° 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 Young America each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 83°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 17°F. The most precipitation falls in June (5.19 in), the least in February (2.25 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32°F | 17°F | 24.2°F | 2.52 | 8.2 | 11 | <1 | 27 | 9 h 30 min |
| February | 36°F | 20°F | 27.8°F | 2.25 | 7.3 | 9 | <1 | 25 | 10 h 40 min |
| March | 47°F | 29°F | 37.9°F | 2.63 | 2.7 | 9 | <1 | 22 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 60°F | 38°F | 49.4°F | 3.64 | 0.6 | 11 | <1 | 9 | 13 h 10 min |
| May | 72°F | 50°F | 61.1°F | 3.94 | 0.0 | 11 | 1 | <1 | 14 h 20 min |
| June | 80°F | 60°F | 70.0°F | 5.19 | 0.0 | 11 | 3 | <1 | 15 h |
| July | 83°F | 62°F | 72.3°F | 5.14 | 0.0 | 9 | 4 | <1 | 14 h 50 min |
| August | 81°F | 60°F | 70.6°F | 3.99 | 0.0 | 9 | 2 | <1 | 13 h 50 min |
| September | 77°F | 52°F | 64.3°F | 3.37 | 0.0 | 7 | 2 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 64°F | 42°F | 53.0°F | 3.08 | 0.0 | 8 | <1 | 5 | 11 h 10 min |
| November | 49°F | 32°F | 40.4°F | 3.08 | 0.7 | 9 | <1 | 16 | 10 h |
| December | 37°F | 23°F | 29.9°F | 2.29 | 5.1 | 10 | <1 | 26 | 9 h 20 min |
| Year (annual) | 60°F | 40°F | 50.1°F | 41.12 | 24.6 | 114 | 12 | 130 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0°C | −9°C | −4.3°C | 64 mm | 21 cm |
| February | 2°C | −7°C | −2.3°C | 57 mm | 19 cm |
| March | 8°C | −2°C | 3.3°C | 67 mm | 7 cm |
| April | 16°C | 4°C | 9.7°C | 92 mm | 2 cm |
| May | 22°C | 10°C | 16.2°C | 100 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 27°C | 15°C | 21.1°C | 132 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 28°C | 17°C | 22.4°C | 131 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 27°C | 16°C | 21.4°C | 101 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 25°C | 11°C | 17.9°C | 86 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 18°C | 5°C | 11.7°C | 78 mm | 0 cm |
| November | 10°C | 0°C | 4.7°C | 78 mm | 2 cm |
| December | 3°C | −5°C | −1.2°C | 58 mm | 13 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00129905; 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 Young America?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in May, June, July, August and September. Of those, September has the fewest days with rain (7).
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 USC00129905.
When is the last frost in Young America?
In Young America, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 25 in half of years and after May 11 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 17 in half of years and before October 1 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 251 year in 10 after May 11; 9 in 10 after April 11
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 171 year in 10 before October 1; 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 197 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after April 14 in half of springs and before October 28 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Young America in zone 6a in ZIP code 46998, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Young America's NOAA station is in zone 5b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches −10°F (21 complete years); the map interpolates between stations and terrain, so the station and the ZIP area can differ by half a zone.
Frost dates for every NOAA station in Indiana · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USC00129905; 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 Young America?
In a normal year in Young America, 12 days a year reach 90°F, 130 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 114 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 12a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- fewer than 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 130a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 42high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 114a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 9a normal year
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00129905.
How sunny is Young America?
Over a year 73% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Young America, 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 Young America need?
A normal year in Young America brings 6,177 heating degree days, 15% more than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 771 cooling degree days, 15% 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 3,063 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,265 | 0 |
| February | 1,040 | 0 |
| March | 842 | 1 |
| April | 476 | 8 |
| May | 184 | 62 |
| June | 30 | 180 |
| July | 7 | 233 |
| August | 14 | 186 |
| September | 106 | 86 |
| October | 388 | 16 |
| November | 738 | 0 |
| December | 1,090 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 6,177 | 771 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00129905. 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 Young America been warmer than normal lately?
2025 averaged 51.2°F, 1.1°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 50.1°F. 3 of the 3 complete years since 2023 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 52.5°F | +2.4°F | 33.35 | 11.0 |
| 2024 | 53.6°F | +3.5°F | 41.27 | 23.2 |
| 2025 | 51.2°F | +1.1°F | 28.61 | 28.7 |
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00129905. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Young America's climate compare?
Young America is warmer than 18 of the other 98 places with their own NOAA record in Indiana, and wetter than 32. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 50.1°F is warmer than 40%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Young America 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 Young America 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.
- Grissom AFB, IN2,882 people · 12 mi NE
- Galveston, IN1,275 people · 8 mi E
- Walton, IN980 people · 9 mi NE
- Bunker Hill, IN816 people · 14 mi NE
- Burlington, IN530 people · 6 mi SW
- Deer Creek, IN211 people · 4 mi NW
- Lincoln, IN167 people · 8 mi NE
- Cutler, IN100 people · 11 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 Young America's climate
What is the coldest month in Young America?
January, with a normal high of 32°F and a normal low of 17°F. The warmest is July (83°F by day, 62°F at night).
Does it snow in Young America?
Yes: 25 inches in a normal year, falling on 17 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in January (8.2 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Young America?
June, with 5.19 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is February with 2.25 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Young America in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Young America in zone 6a in ZIP code 46998, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Young America's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches −10°F (21 years, 1991-2020): zone 5b.
How late can frost come in Young America?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 25; in one year in ten it comes after May 11. Waiting until May 11 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Indiana climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Kokomo, IN11 miles from this station, 50.6°F a year
- Logansport, IN13 miles from this station, 51.0°F a year
- Delphi, IN17 miles from this station, 52.2°F a year
- Frankfort, IN20 miles from this station, 51.7°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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