Evansville climate — normals and trends
Evansville (United States) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 14.0 °C and it receives 1,124 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 (26.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (0.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in April.
Evansville averages 74 frost days, 60 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 117 rainy days per year.
Evansville has warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.18 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 84 to 64 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 40.8 °C (on 29 June 2012) and the coldest -30.6 °C (on 17 January 1977).
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
EvansvilleIndiana
- coords
- 37.97°, -87.56°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
14.0°C
Average daily high
18.8°C
Average daily low
9.4°C
Annual rainfall
1,124mm
Sunshine / day
9.1h
Mean relative humidity
68%
Average peak wind
16.4km/h
Seasonal range
25.4°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
74 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
60 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
117 d/yr
Annual snowfall
29.8 cm
Average feels-like high
17.9 °C
Average feels-like low
7.5 °C
Average peak gust
35.7 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
70 d/yr
Solar radiation
15.6 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.5 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.29 · 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
40.8 °C
29 June 2012
Coldest day
-30.6 °C
17 January 1977
Wettest day
117 mm
9 March 1964
Windiest day
52.1 km/h
11 February 2009
Strongest gust
110.9 km/h
11 November 1940
Hottest feels-like
44.4 °C
13 July 1966
Coldest feels-like
-36.0 °C
17 January 1977
Snowiest day
24.1 cm
19 March 1996
Sunniest day
14.1 h
11 June 2024
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 2.7 °C | -2.0 °C | 102 mm | +13 mm |
| Feb | 7.7 °C | +0.4 °C | 144 mm | +56 mm |
| Mar | 17.8 °C | +4.8 °C | 145 mm | +31 mm |
| Apr | 21.2 °C | +1.8 °C | 220 mm | +101 mm |
| May | 23.6 °C | -0.9 °C | 175 mm | +60 mm |
| Jun | 29.8 °C | +0.7 °C | 147 mm | +54 mm |
| Jul | 31.9 °C | +1.2 °C | 110 mm | +20 mm |
| Aug | 29.4 °C | -0.6 °C | 22 mm | -56 mm |
| Sep | 28.8 °C | +2.1 °C | 77 mm | +2 mm |
| Oct | 21.9 °C | +1.4 °C | 100 mm | +23 mm |
| Nov | 14.2 °C | +1.4 °C | 79 mm | -16 mm |
| Dec | 7.7 °C | +0.7 °C | 46 mm | -49 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Evansville?
Evansville has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 14.0 °C and it receives 1,124 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Evansville?
The hottest day measured in Evansville between 1940 and 2025 was 29 June 2012, reaching 40.8 °C.
What is the coldest day in Evansville?
The coldest day measured in Evansville between 1940 and 2025 was 17 January 1977, at -30.6 °C.
Does it snow in Evansville?
Yes. Evansville gets on average 29.8 cm of snow per year and has around 74 frost days.
Has the climate of Evansville warmed?
Yes: Evansville warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Evansville?
The wettest day measured in Evansville between 1940 and 2025 was 9 March 1964, with 117 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Evansville?
The windiest day measured in Evansville between 1940 and 2025 was 11 February 2009, with winds reaching 52.1 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Evansville?
The warmest month in Evansville is July (26.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (0.6 °C).
How much does it rain in Evansville?
Evansville receives on average 1,124 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 117 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Evansville?
Evansville gets on average 9.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,322 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Evansville?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Evansville between 1940 and 2025 was 19 March 1996, with 24.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Evansville?
Yes: Evansville has on average 70 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Evansville?
In Evansville, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 44.4 °C on 13 July 1966, and the lowest was -36.0 °C on 17 January 1977.
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