Indianapolis, Indiana Climate & Temperature
- Indianapolis, Indiana, Usa is at 39°44'N, 86°15'W, 246 m (807 ft). See map.
- Indianapolis, Indiana has a humid continental climate with severe winters, no dry season, hot summers and strong seasonality (Köppen-Geiger classification: Dfa).
- According to the Holdridge life zones system of bioclimatic classification Indianapolis, Indiana is situated in or near the cool temperate moist forest biome.
- The mean temperature is 11.3 degrees Celsius (52.3 degrees Fahrenheit). See the temperatures page for a monthly breakdown and the fixed scale graph.
- Average monthly temperatures vary by 27.7 °C (49.9°F). This indicates that the continentality type is continental, subtype subcontinental.
- In the winter time records indicate temperatures by day reach 2.7°C (36.8°F) on average falling to -6.4°C (20.4°F) overnight.
- In spring time temperatures climb reaching 17°C (62.7°F) generally in the afternoon with overnight lows of 5.4°C (41.7°F).
- During summer average high temperatures are 28.9°C (84°F) and average low temperatures are 17.2°C (63°F).
- Come autumn/ fall temperatures decrease achieving average highs of 18.4°C (65.1°F) during the day and lows of 6.9°C (44.4°F) generally shortly after sunrise.
- Total annual Precipitation averages 1014.4 mm (39.9 inches) which is equivalent to 1014.4 Litres/m² (24.88 Gallons/ft²).
- On average there are 2677 hours of sunshine per year. Visit the sunshine and daylight section to check monthly details including how high in the sky the sun reaches each month.
- Were you to burrow down through the centre of the Earth from Indianapolis, Indiana you would pop up nearest to the climate station at Amsterdam Island, French Southern Lands where you would find a Marine west coast climate.
Indianapolis, Indiana Climate Table
| Climate Variable | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Annual | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average Max Temperature °C ( °F) | 1 (34) | 4 (38) | 11 (51) | 17 (63) | 23 (74) | 28 (83) | 30 (85) | 29 (84) | 25 (78) | 19 (66) | 11 (52) | 4 (38) | 17 (62) | ||
| Average Temperature °C ( °F) | -4 (26) | -1 (30) | 5 (41) | 11 (52) | 17 (63) | 22 (72) | 24 (75) | 23 (73) | 19 (67) | 13 (55) | 6 (43) | -1 (31) | 11 (52) | ||
| Average Min Temperature °C ( °F) | -8 (17) | -6 (21) | 0 (32) | 5 (42) | 11 (52) | 16 (61) | 18 (65) | 17 (63) | 13 (56) | 6 (44) | 1 (34) | -5 (23) | 6 (42) | ||
| Average Precipitation mm (in) | 59 (2) | 63 (2) | 96 (4) | 94 (4) | 102 (4) | 89 (3) | 114 (4) | 93 (4) | 73 (3) | 67 (3) | 82 (3) | 85 (3) | 1014 (40) | ||
| Number of Wet Days (probability of rain on a day %) | 12 (39) | 10 (35) | 13 (42) | 12 (40) | 13 (42) | 11 (37) | 9 (29) | 8 (26) | 7 (23) | 8 (26) | 10 (33) | 11 (35) | 124 (34) | ||
| Average Sunlight Hours/ Day | 3h 46' | 5h 10' | 6h 48' | 7h 22' | 8h 44' | 10h 22' | 9h 36' | 10h 17' | 9h 10' | 7h 11' | 5h 12' | 4h 09' | 7h 19' | ||
| Average Daylight Hours/ Day | 9h 41' | 10h 37' | 11h 52' | 13h 12' | 14h 20' | 14h 55' | 14h 39' | 13h 41' | 12h 23' | 11h 04' | 9h 56' | 9h 23' | 12h 00' | ||
| Percentage of Sunny (Cloudy) Daylight Hours | 40 (60) | 49 (51) | 58 (42) | 56 (44) | 62 (38) | 70 (30) | 66 (34) | 76 (24) | 75 (25) | 66 (34) | 53 (47) | 45 (55) | 61 (39) | ||
| Sun altitude at solar noon on the 21st day (°). | 30.4 | 39.8 | 50.7 | 62.3 | 70.5 | 73.7 | 70.6 | 62.2 | 50.8 | 39.3 | 30.2 | 26.9 | 50.6 |
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