Indiana climate: Statewide normals, its places and each month, NOAA 1991-2020
Indiana's statewide normal is 52.4°F a year with 43.6 inches of precipitation (NOAA nClimDiv, 1991-2020); it has warmed 1.3°F per century since 1895, and 2024 was its warmest year.
- Statewide normal temperature
- 52.4°Fyear, 1991-2020
- Statewide normal precipitation
- 43.6 inyear, 1991-2020
- Last five years against normal
- +1.2°F2021-2025 mean 53.6°F
- Places with normals
- 11799 Census places, 18 other stations
What is Indiana's weather like each month?
Statewide, July is the warmest month and January the coldest. Each month has its own page with the warmest and coolest places that month:
- Jan36°20°
- Feb40°23°
- Mar51°31°
- Apr64°41°
- May74°51°
- Jun82°60°
- Jul85°64°
- Aug84°62°
- Sep78°54°
- Oct66°43°
- Nov52°33°
- Dec40°25°
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 36°F | 20°F | 27.7°F | 2.95 |
| February | 40°F | 23°F | 31.4°F | 2.48 |
| March | 51°F | 31°F | 41.0°F | 3.33 |
| April | 64°F | 41°F | 52.1°F | 4.39 |
| May | 74°F | 51°F | 62.5°F | 4.78 |
| June | 82°F | 60°F | 71.2°F | 4.80 |
| July | 85°F | 64°F | 74.3°F | 4.29 |
| August | 84°F | 62°F | 72.6°F | 3.60 |
| September | 78°F | 54°F | 66.0°F | 3.29 |
| October | 66°F | 43°F | 54.5°F | 3.33 |
| November | 52°F | 33°F | 42.4°F | 3.38 |
| December | 40°F | 25°F | 32.5°F | 3.01 |
Source: NOAA NCEI nClimDiv statewide series (Climate at a Glance); data files. Statewide values are area-weighted from a 5 km grid of station data, so they differ from the simple average of a state's stations.
Has Indiana been warmer than normal?
4 of the 5 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the 1991-2020 statewide normal of 52.4°F. The record since 1895 rises at a fitted 1.3°F per century; the warmest year was 2024 (55.2°F).
| Year | Mean | Against normal |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 53.5°F | +1.1°F |
| 2022 | 52.2°F | −0.2°F |
| 2023 | 54.3°F | +2.0°F |
| 2024 | 55.2°F | +2.8°F |
| 2025 | 52.8°F | +0.5°F |
Source: NOAA NCEI nClimDiv statewide annual series.
Where is it warmest, wettest and snowiest in Indiana?
Among the places PlainClimate covers, Boonville has the warmest year (57.3°F) and Angola the coolest (48.3°F); Stendal is the wettest (52.3 in) and Valparaiso the driest (33.4 in), and La Porte gets the most snow (65 in).
| Place | Year | July high | January low | Precip. | Snow | Last frost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indianapolis | 53.6°F | 85°F | 21°F | 43.6 | 26 | April 15 |
| Fort Wayne | 50.9°F | 84°F | 18°F | 39.5 | 34 | April 24 |
| Evansville | 57.2°F | 89°F | 26°F | 47.9 | 11 | April 4 |
| South Bend | 49.3°F | 83°F | 17°F | 39.2 | 65 | May 1 |
| Carmel | 51.6°F | 84°F | 19°F | 44.4 | – | April 21 |
| Bloomington | 53.8°F | 85°F | 22°F | 46.9 | – | April 17 |
| Lafayette | 51.3°F | 84°F | 18°F | 37.0 | – | April 26 |
| Muncie | 53.7°F | 86°F | 21°F | 40.3 | – | April 16 |
| Kokomo | 50.6°F | 84°F | 17°F | 44.4 | 34 | April 27 |
| Terre Haute | 53.5°F | 86°F | 21°F | 40.8 | – | April 16 |
| Anderson | 52.6°F | 84°F | 21°F | 43.8 | 21 | April 19 |
| Columbus | 54.1°F | 86°F | 22°F | 47.3 | 16 | April 11 |
| West Lafayette | 50.4°F | 83°F | 16°F | 39.7 | 19 | April 26 |
| Richmond | 52.3°F | 85°F | 20°F | 42.9 | – | April 24 |
| Valparaiso | 51.8°F | 85°F | 18°F | 33.4 | – | April 20 |
| Goshen | 50.1°F | 83°F | 18°F | 34.6 | – | April 28 |
| Marion | 50.4°F | 84°F | 18°F | 41.8 | 25 | April 26 |
| Greenfield | 51.9°F | 84°F | 19°F | 47.8 | 20 | April 19 |
| Franklin | 51.6°F | 84°F | 18°F | 45.4 | 17 | April 20 |
| Seymour | 53.1°F | 85°F | 22°F | 49.6 | 8 | April 16 |
| La Porte | 50.0°F | 82°F | 17°F | 42.5 | 65 | April 19 |
| Shelbyville | 54.2°F | 86°F | 22°F | 43.1 | – | April 14 |
| Logansport | 51.0°F | 84°F | 18°F | 41.3 | 19 | April 20 |
| New Castle | 50.4°F | 83°F | 17°F | 44.4 | 25 | April 27 |
| Huntington | 50.1°F | 84°F | 17°F | 40.6 | 26 | May 1 |
| Crawfordsville | 50.4°F | 83°F | 17°F | 44.2 | 22 | April 27 |
| Vincennes | 55.5°F | 89°F | 22°F | 46.8 | 9 | April 11 |
| Frankfort | 51.7°F | 84°F | 19°F | 43.3 | 24 | April 21 |
| Warsaw | 50.0°F | 84°F | 17°F | 40.5 | – | April 28 |
| Beech Grove | 51.8°F | 84°F | 19°F | 44.6 | – | April 20 |
| Whitestown | 51.9°F | 83°F | 20°F | 41.3 | 22 | April 21 |
| Bedford | 54.3°F | 84°F | 23°F | 48.6 | – | April 10 |
| Washington | 56.3°F | 87°F | 24°F | 48.0 | 9 | April 10 |
| Greensburg | 53.6°F | 85°F | 22°F | 47.0 | 13 | April 15 |
| Madison | 56.0°F | 88°F | 24°F | 51.0 | 12 | April 11 |
| Martinsville | 51.7°F | 84°F | 19°F | 45.5 | 17 | April 24 |
| Lowell | 49.7°F | 84°F | 15°F | 39.9 | 30 | April 29 |
| Plymouth | 50.0°F | 84°F | 17°F | 40.3 | 55 | April 25 |
| Bluffton | 50.1°F | 83°F | 17°F | 40.0 | 23 | April 24 |
| Wabash | 51.4°F | 85°F | 18°F | 40.3 | 20 | April 23 |
| Columbia City | 49.5°F | 83°F | 16°F | 39.1 | 21 | April 27 |
| Decatur | 50.7°F | 84°F | 18°F | 40.6 | 28 | April 23 |
| Greencastle | 50.5°F | 83°F | 17°F | 46.1 | 22 | April 27 |
| Angola | 48.3°F | 82°F | 16°F | 38.8 | 39 | April 30 |
| Elwood | 51.0°F | 84°F | 18°F | 42.5 | – | April 24 |
| Princeton | 55.0°F | 88°F | 21°F | 49.8 | 12 | April 13 |
| Tell City | 55.7°F | 85°F | 26°F | 51.3 | – | April 5 |
| Scottsburg | 54.9°F | 88°F | 23°F | – | – | April 18 |
| Boonville | 57.3°F | 89°F | 25°F | 51.2 | 11 | April 12 |
| Garrett | 49.5°F | 84°F | 17°F | 38.0 | 30 | April 29 |
| North Vernon | 54.8°F | 86°F | 23°F | 49.3 | 17 | April 21 |
| Salem | 55.4°F | 87°F | 24°F | 46.9 | 14 | April 17 |
| Mount Vernon | 55.9°F | 88°F | 23°F | 46.6 | 8 | April 7 |
| Portland | 50.3°F | 84°F | 17°F | 39.9 | 19 | April 28 |
| Rushville | 51.7°F | 83°F | 19°F | 45.6 | 16 | April 19 |
| Rochester | 50.2°F | 83°F | 17°F | 40.8 | 30 | April 23 |
| Hartford City | 51.3°F | 83°F | 19°F | 41.7 | 32 | April 22 |
| Rensselaer | 50.5°F | 84°F | 16°F | 40.1 | 25 | April 23 |
| Tipton | 51.2°F | 85°F | 17°F | 42.4 | – | April 23 |
| North Manchester | 49.9°F | 83°F | 17°F | 41.1 | 30 | April 26 |
| Winchester | 50.8°F | 83°F | 18°F | 40.1 | – | April 20 |
| Berne | 50.8°F | 84°F | 18°F | 41.9 | 28 | April 23 |
| Knox | 49.5°F | 82°F | 16°F | 42.2 | 29 | April 26 |
| Paoli | 54.1°F | 87°F | 21°F | 49.5 | 13 | April 21 |
| Newburgh | 57.1°F | 88°F | 24°F | 47.6 | 7 | April 3 |
| Attica | 50.8°F | 84°F | 16°F | 40.1 | 23 | April 22 |
| Delphi | 52.2°F | 85°F | 19°F | 39.0 | 17 | April 22 |
| Lagrange | 49.3°F | 83°F | 17°F | 38.5 | – | April 26 |
| Brookville | 53.5°F | 87°F | 21°F | 43.8 | 18 | April 20 |
| Rockville | 52.0°F | 86°F | 17°F | 47.4 | 13 | April 30 |
| Spencer | 52.8°F | 85°F | 20°F | 49.7 | 16 | April 20 |
| Winamac | 50.1°F | 84°F | 16°F | 39.8 | 27 | April 25 |
| Petersburg | 53.9°F | 86°F | 22°F | 47.9 | – | April 20 |
| Milan | 51.3°F | 83°F | 19°F | – | – | April 30 |
| Vevay | 56.6°F | 89°F | 25°F | 48.5 | 21 | April 9 |
| Cambridge City | 49.8°F | 82°F | 17°F | – | – | April 27 |
| Kentland | 51.0°F | 85°F | 16°F | – | – | April 23 |
| Woodburn | 49.8°F | 84°F | 18°F | 37.5 | – | April 27 |
| Cannelton | 57.3°F | 87°F | 27°F | 49.0 | 11 | April 2 |
| Farmland | 51.2°F | 84°F | 18°F | 41.4 | 21 | April 25 |
| Oolitic | 53.0°F | 85°F | 21°F | 48.0 | 16 | April 20 |
| Farmersburg | 54.6°F | 87°F | 21°F | 44.4 | 15 | April 8 |
| Wanatah | 49.3°F | 83°F | 15°F | 39.5 | 34 | April 29 |
| Jamestown | 51.2°F | 83°F | 18°F | 43.3 | 14 | April 23 |
| Wheatfield | 50.2°F | 84°F | 16°F | – | – | April 25 |
| Lakeville | 48.5°F | 82°F | 15°F | 41.9 | 37 | May 1 |
| Francesville | 49.8°F | 83°F | 16°F | 38.9 | 26 | April 26 |
| Boswell | 49.8°F | 83°F | 15°F | 40.2 | 17 | April 25 |
| Freelandville | 54.4°F | 86°F | 22°F | 45.4 | 15 | April 9 |
| English | 56.3°F | 88°F | 24°F | 51.0 | – | April 17 |
| Shoals | 55.6°F | 88°F | 23°F | 50.0 | 14 | April 15 |
| Elnora | 55.8°F | 88°F | 23°F | 49.6 | 18 | April 9 |
| St. Meinrad | 57.0°F | 87°F | 26°F | 49.6 | 8 | April 11 |
| Chalmers | 49.9°F | 83°F | 16°F | 41.0 | 20 | April 25 |
| Perrysville | 52.2°F | 86°F | 17°F | 39.0 | 19 | April 23 |
| Dubois | 53.3°F | 86°F | 19°F | 51.7 | 13 | April 25 |
| Young America | 50.1°F | 83°F | 17°F | 41.1 | 25 | April 25 |
| Crane | 56.0°F | 87°F | 23°F | – | – | April 9 |
| Stendal | 55.3°F | 85°F | 24°F | 52.3 | – | April 6 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 normals for each station. Last frost: the median last spring date of 32°F.
What are Indiana's all-time weather records?
The official state records, reviewed by NOAA's State Climate Extremes Committee: from 116°F to −36°F.
| Record | Value | Where | When |
|---|---|---|---|
| Highest temperature | 116°F | Collegeville (South side of Renssalaer) | July 14, 1936 |
| Lowest temperature | −36°F | New Whiteland | January 19, 1994 |
| Most precipitation in 24 hours | 10.5 in | Princeton | August 6, 1905 |
| Most snow in 24 hours | 33 in | Salem | December 23, 2004 |
| Deepest snow on the ground | 47 in | Hammond | January 28, 1918 |
Source: NOAA NCEI State Climate Extremes Committee records.
Which large cities in Indiana have no climate record of their own?
These 9 cities of 50,000 or more have no NOAA record with 1991-2020 normals under their own name; each page compares the nearest records, with their distance and elevation.
- Fishers103,986 people
- Hammond76,030 people
- Noblesville75,239 people
- Greenwood68,175 people
- Gary67,555 people
- Westfield62,994 people
- Elkhart53,690 people
- Jeffersonville52,912 people
- Mishawaka51,020 people
Which other NOAA stations in Indiana keep normals?
18 stations in Indiana that are not a town's own record keep 1991-2020 normals too: reservoirs and dams, parks and forests, research farms, remote sites and the second stations of towns (those are shown on the town's page). Each with its normal yearly mean:
- Bloomington Indiana University53.3°F
- Castleton (2 mi S)52.7°F
- Evansville Museum59.1°F
- Garrett (1 mi S)48.3°F
- Goshen (3 mi SW)50.3°F
- Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore50.2°F
- Indianapolis Eagle Creek Airport53.7°F
- Indianapolis Nwfo53.3°F
- J.T. Myers Locks & Dam56.8°F
- Lafayette (8 mi S)51.6°F
- Northern Indiana Weather Office50.1°F
- Patoka Lake57.0°F
- Shakamak State Park54.3°F
- Shelbyville Sewage Plant52.7°F
- South Bend station49.8°F
- Terre Haute Caa Airport53.8°F
- Terre Haute Indiana State55.5°F
- Valparaiso Water Works50.5°F
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 normals for each station.
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- Boonville57.3°F a year, 51.2 in of precipitation
- Angola48.3°F a year, 38.8 in of precipitation
- Stendal55.3°F a year, 52.3 in of precipitation
- La Porte50.0°F a year, 42.5 in of precipitation
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