Crawfordsville climate — normals and trends
Crawfordsville (United States) has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Dfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 11.1 °C and it receives 1,008 mm of precipitation per year.
These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.
The warmest month is July (23.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-3.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Crawfordsville averages 106 frost days, 28 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 121 rainy days per year.
Crawfordsville has warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.23 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 119 to 93 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 38.9 °C (on 25 June 1988) and the coldest -31.0 °C (on 16 January 1972).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
Climate normals · ERA5
CrawfordsvilleIndiana
- coords
- 40.04°, -86.87°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
11.1°C
Average daily high
16.0°C
Average daily low
6.5°C
Annual rainfall
1,008mm
Sunshine / day
8.8h
Mean relative humidity
70%
Average peak wind
20.2km/h
Seasonal range
26.5°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
106 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
28 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
121 d/yr
Annual snowfall
56.6 cm
Average feels-like high
14.2 °C
Average feels-like low
3.7 °C
Average peak gust
38.9 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
35 d/yr
Solar radiation
15.1 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.9 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.37 · p = < 0.001
Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).
A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.
Records for the period
Hottest day
38.9 °C
25 June 1988
Coldest day
-31.0 °C
16 January 1972
Wettest day
100 mm
29 August 2003
Windiest day
56.9 km/h
25 February 1965
Strongest gust
113.0 km/h
10 November 1998
Hottest feels-like
44.3 °C
14 July 1995
Coldest feels-like
-38.7 °C
20 January 1985
Snowiest day
25.8 cm
13 February 2007
Sunniest day
14.5 h
9 June 2012
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | -1.2 °C | -2.2 °C | 43 mm | -27 mm |
| Feb | 3.4 °C | 0.0 °C | 41 mm | -24 mm |
| Mar | 14.7 °C | +5.1 °C | 119 mm | +21 mm |
| Apr | 17.8 °C | +1.3 °C | 133 mm | +25 mm |
| May | 21.6 °C | -0.5 °C | 77 mm | -32 mm |
| Jun | 28.7 °C | +1.9 °C | 98 mm | +1 mm |
| Jul | 30.3 °C | +2.0 °C | 127 mm | +39 mm |
| Aug | 27.9 °C | +0.2 °C | 26 mm | -49 mm |
| Sep | 27.4 °C | +2.7 °C | 46 mm | -22 mm |
| Oct | 20.5 °C | +2.3 °C | 41 mm | -32 mm |
| Nov | 11.1 °C | +1.0 °C | 46 mm | -38 mm |
| Dec | 3.7 °C | +0.2 °C | 50 mm | -23 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Crawfordsville?
Crawfordsville has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 11.1 °C and it receives 1,008 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Crawfordsville?
The hottest day measured in Crawfordsville between 1940 and 2025 was 25 June 1988, reaching 38.9 °C.
What is the coldest day in Crawfordsville?
The coldest day measured in Crawfordsville between 1940 and 2025 was 16 January 1972, at -31.0 °C.
Does it snow in Crawfordsville?
Yes. Crawfordsville gets on average 56.6 cm of snow per year and has around 106 frost days.
Has the climate of Crawfordsville warmed?
Yes: Crawfordsville warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Crawfordsville?
The wettest day measured in Crawfordsville between 1940 and 2025 was 29 August 2003, with 100 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Crawfordsville?
The windiest day measured in Crawfordsville between 1940 and 2025 was 25 February 1965, with winds reaching 56.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Crawfordsville?
The warmest month in Crawfordsville is July (23.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (-3.0 °C).
How much does it rain in Crawfordsville?
Crawfordsville receives on average 1,008 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 121 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Crawfordsville?
Crawfordsville gets on average 8.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,212 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Crawfordsville?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Crawfordsville between 1940 and 2025 was 13 February 2007, with 25.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Crawfordsville?
Yes: Crawfordsville has on average 35 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Crawfordsville?
In Crawfordsville, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 44.3 °C on 14 July 1995, and the lowest was -38.7 °C on 20 January 1985.
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