Young America, 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 Young America's primary NOAA station, YOUNG AMERICA.
The climate verdict for Young America
Young America, Indiana has a mixed annual climate rather than one dominant extreme. Its NOAA normal shows an annual average of 50°F. Its climate comfort score of 59/100 (moderate) lands mid-pack nationally, exceeding 37% of station-mapped location scores.
- 50°F
- annual average temperature (NOAA normal)
- 59/100
- comfort score, above 37% of station-mapped location scores
- 41.1"
- annual precipitation · 25" snow
- 175 days
- frost-free growing season
Young America: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00129905 · Young America, IN 50°F mean · 41.1" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-MID · SWING-WIDE · COMF-MID · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 50°F
- RANK-MID #2,744
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Jerome
- PRCP-MID 41.1"
- SWING-WIDE 48°F
- COMF-MID 59/100
- LOAD-HEAT 6,177 HDD
- STN-1 USC00129905
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Jerome, ID (+ 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.
- Young America (this station) 50°F
- Cold Warsaw, IN 50°F
- Hot Manchester, NH 50°F
- Near Jerome, ID 50°F
- Near Goshen, IN 50°F
Climate Living Index · Young America
Young America: 53/100 · grade D
Young America publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Young America, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 59/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Precipitation balance | 41.1 in · 6.1 from 35 in | 78/100 · B |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 135 calendar days | 56/100 · C |
| Frost-free season | 175 days/year | 46/100 · D |
| Snowfall burden | 24.6 inches/year | 44/100 · D |
| Annual temperature balance | 50.1°F · 17.4° from 67.5°F | 41/100 · D |
Young America · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Young America is a continental Köppen climate: Dfa
Coldest-month mean 24.2°F and warmest-month mean 72.3°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
- 72.3°F
- Coldest month
- 24.2°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 Young America sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Young America's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- 40th percentile warmth
- Mid-pack annual mean versus 6,861 station normals.
- Annual precipitation
- 60th percentile wetness
- Neither arid nor torrential versus 6,352 station totals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Wider than 73%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Young America is large versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Young America compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Young America's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
59 37th percentile score exceeds 37% 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%). This entry sits in this band.
- 60–70: 1,236 station-mapped locations (20%). Above this entry.
- 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 | Snow | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32°F (0°C) | 17°F (-9°C) | 24°F (-4°C) | 2.5" | 8.2" | 27.3 | 0.0 |
| February | 36°F (2°C) | 20°F (-7°C) | 28°F (-2°C) | 2.3" | 7.3" | 25.0 | 0.0 |
| March | 47°F (8°C) | 29°F (-2°C) | 38°F (3°C) | 2.6" | 2.7" | 21.7 | 0.0 |
| April | 60°F (16°C) | 38°F (4°C) | 49°F (10°C) | 3.6" | 0.6" | 8.8 | 0.0 |
| May | 72°F (22°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 61°F (16°C) | 3.9" | 0.0" | 0.3 | 0.6 |
| June | 80°F (27°C) | 60°F (15°C) | 70°F (21°C) | 5.2" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 3.2 |
| July | 83°F (28°C) | 62°F (17°C) | 72°F (22°C) | 5.1" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 3.8 |
| August | 81°F (27°C) | 60°F (16°C) | 71°F (21°C) | 4.0" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 2.0 |
| September | 77°F (25°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 64°F (18°C) | 3.4" | 0.0" | 0.1 | 2.1 |
| October | 64°F (18°C) | 42°F (5°C) | 53°F (12°C) | 3.1" | 0.0" | 4.9 | 0.1 |
| November | 49°F (10°C) | 32°F (0°C) | 40°F (5°C) | 3.1" | 0.7" | 16.3 | 0.0 |
| December | 37°F (3°C) | 23°F (-5°C) | 30°F (-1°C) | 2.3" | 5.1" | 25.5 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 83°F around July 4, short of 90°F on every date, while 135 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 16°F near January 22.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into March 28, then returns to freezing around November 15, covering 135 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.
Where the wet dates fall
The likeliest wet date is April 28, when 37% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is September 18 at 24%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 115 wet dates a year.
The widest day
September 22 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 25°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Young America.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall and snowfall
Snow: 8.2"
10.6 days with precipitation
Snow: 7.3"
9.2 days with precipitation
Snow: 2.7"
9.4 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.6"
10.9 days with precipitation
10.9 days with precipitation
10.8 days with precipitation
9.4 days with precipitation
8.7 days with precipitation
7.2 days with precipitation
7.9 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.7"
8.7 days with precipitation
Snow: 5.1"
10.1 days with precipitation
Young America spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 35% of the annual total and December through February 17%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Young America has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a wide 48.1°F gap between its warmest and coldest month.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: June averages 5.2" and February 2.3". The three wettest months together take 35% 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.
When it rains in Young America, it arrives in quantity
41.1" of precipitation falls across only about 114 wet days here, averaging 0.36 inches each. Fewer days carry more water: the year's total is delivered in comparatively heavy events rather than persistent damp.
- Days with measurable precipitation
- about 114 a year, 31% of all days
- Average depth per wet day
- 0.36 inches
- Most wet days
- April, about 11
- Fewest wet days
- September, about 7
A wet day is one recording at least 0.01 inches. These are 1991-2020 normals: they describe an average year, and a per-day average is not a forecast of any individual storm.
Winter brings real snow to Young America
Young America averages 24.6 inches of snowfall a year, with January the snowiest month on the normals, spread across roughly 17 days that record measurable snow. That is depth accumulating on the ground, which is why it can exceed the annual precipitation figure: precipitation counts the liquid the snow melts down to, and fresh snow is mostly air.
- Annual snowfall: 24.6 inches of depth.
- Days recording measurable snow: about 17 a year.
- At a rough ten-to-one melt ratio, snow accounts for on the order of 6% of the year's precipitation.
NOAA 1991-2020 normals. The ten-to-one ratio is a convention, not a measurement: real ratios vary with temperature, so treat the share as an order of magnitude rather than an exact split.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
October 17
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
April 25
50% probability date
Growing Season
175 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
6,177
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
771
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside IN closest to Young America 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 (50°F here).
- Akron, CO 50°F · 0.0°F off
- Ansonia, CT 50°F · 0.0°F off
- Austin, NV 50°F · 0.0°F off
- Banner Elk, NC 50°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (41.1" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Bloomingdale, MI 41.1" · 0.0" off
- Romeoville, IL 41.1" · 0.0" off
- Fredonia, NY 41.1" · 0.0" off
- Canton, PA 41.2" · 0.1" off
Snow and freeze rhythm
When cold and snow define Young America
heating led · moderate · mid swing
Young America's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 6,177 annual heating degree days against 771 for cooling. Its 48.1°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Young America's frost-free season lasts about 175 days, a middle-length window whose endpoints matter more than the annual average. It describes freeze probability, not year-specific planting conditions.
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1. Young America coldest normal
January
Averaging 24°F (-4°C), this month sits below freezing for the month as a whole, not merely overnight.
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2. Young America typical freeze period
January through December
The station reports average freezing days from January through December.
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3. Young America snow peak
January
Young America averages 24.6 inches of snow a year, with January the snowiest month on the normals.
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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 Young America's primary station: YOUNG AMERICA (USC00129905). For informational purposes only.
Place identity: U.S. Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer places. The 2024 Census Gazetteer identifies the exact name-and-state match as a census-designated place (GEOID 1886156), not an incorporated municipality. Match rule for Young America: exact normalized name + state only, no fuzzy expansion, so nearby differently spelled facilities stay unmatched.
On this page every temperature, precipitation, and derived score for Young America 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.