Fairfield Heights climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Fairfield Heights?

Fairfield Heights has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 11.3 °C and it receives 1,034 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Fairfield Heights?

The hottest day measured in Fairfield Heights between 1940 and 2025 was 25 June 1988, reaching 39.2 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Fairfield Heights?

The coldest day measured in Fairfield Heights between 1940 and 2025 was 19 January 1994, at -31.3 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Fairfield Heights?

Yes. Fairfield Heights gets on average 52.2 cm of snow per year and has around 104 frost days.

Q: Has the climate of Fairfield Heights warmed?

Yes: Fairfield Heights warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Fairfield Heights?

The wettest day measured in Fairfield Heights between 1940 and 2025 was 1 September 2003, with 126 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Fairfield Heights?

The windiest day measured in Fairfield Heights between 1940 and 2025 was 6 March 1959, with winds reaching 49.3 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Fairfield Heights?

The warmest month in Fairfield Heights is July (23.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (-2.6 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Fairfield Heights?

Fairfield Heights receives on average 1,034 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 121 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Fairfield Heights?

Fairfield Heights gets on average 8.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,175 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Fairfield Heights (United States) has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Dfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 11.3 °C and it receives 1,034 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 (23.8 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-2.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.

Fairfield Heights averages 104 frost days, 31 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 121 rainy days per year.

Fairfield Heights has warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.21 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The number of frost days there went from about 116 to 92 per year over the period.

The hottest day of the period reached 39.2 °C (on 25 June 1988) and the coldest -31.3 °C (on 19 January 1994).

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

Fairfield HeightsIndiana

coords: 39.83°, -86.38°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

DfaHot-summer humid continentalWarmest monthJulyColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthMayDriest monthFebruary

Mean daily temperature

11.3°C

Average daily high

16.2°C

Average daily low

6.7°C

Annual rainfall

1,034mm

Sunshine / day

8.7h

Mean relative humidity

71%

Average peak wind

18.3km/h

Seasonal range

26.4°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

104 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

31 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

121 d/yr

Annual snowfall

52.2 cm

Average feels-like high

14.7 °C

Average feels-like low

4.1 °C

Average peak gust

37.7 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

36 d/yr

Solar radiation

15.1 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.8 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.35 · p = < 0.001

19402025

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

39.2 °C

25 June 1988

Coldest day

-31.3 °C

19 January 1994

Wettest day

126 mm

1 September 2003

Windiest day

49.3 km/h

6 March 1959

Strongest gust

113.8 km/h

14 March 2019

Hottest feels-like

43.7 °C

14 July 1995

Coldest feels-like

-38.3 °C

20 January 1985

Snowiest day

26.5 cm

13 February 2007

Sunniest day

14.4 h

11 June 2025

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	34.3 °C23 June 2025	-23.7 °C15 December 2025	12.2 °C	975 mm	49	98
2024	33.7 °C17 June 2024	-20.5 °C14 January 2024	13.1 °C	1,140 mm	34	74
2023	34.5 °C28 July 2023	-12.4 °C1 February 2023	13.1 °C	941 mm	28	70
2022	35.7 °C5 July 2022	-22.8 °C23 December 2022	11.9 °C	1,095 mm	37	101
2021	34.3 °C18 June 2021	-18.1 °C17 February 2021	12.7 °C	1,133 mm	39	91
2020	34.1 °C20 June 2020	-16.5 °C14 February 2020	12.7 °C	1,041 mm	43	84
2019	33.0 °C14 July 2019	-24.1 °C30 January 2019	12.0 °C	1,280 mm	33	104
2018	33.4 °C28 May 2018	-27.8 °C2 January 2018	12.1 °C	1,354 mm	45	111
2017	33.1 °C21 September 2017	-19.6 °C27 December 2017	12.8 °C	1,073 mm	27	80
2016	33.1 °C26 June 2016	-19.1 °C13 January 2016	12.8 °C	1,050 mm	39	89
2015	32.7 °C6 September 2015	-22.2 °C24 February 2015	12.1 °C	1,087 mm	20	89
2014	32.0 °C17 June 2014	-24.8 °C6 January 2014	10.2 °C	1,041 mm	16	111
2013	35.8 °C10 September 2013	-17.5 °C2 January 2013	11.3 °C	1,019 mm	27	119
2012	38.0 °C7 July 2012	-12.1 °C20 January 2012	13.5 °C	861 mm	56	88
2011	37.0 °C1 September 2011	-18.3 °C22 January 2011	12.4 °C	1,448 mm	45	87
2010	35.5 °C21 September 2010	-20.2 °C15 December 2010	12.2 °C	959 mm	60	100
2009	33.2 °C25 June 2009	-22.7 °C16 January 2009	11.4 °C	1,018 mm	10	91
2008	32.4 °C2 September 2008	-18.5 °C20 January 2008	11.2 °C	1,169 mm	14	112
2007	36.8 °C5 September 2007	-21.6 °C16 February 2007	12.7 °C	904 mm	59	110
2006	33.0 °C16 July 2006	-16.7 °C19 February 2006	12.2 °C	1,375 mm	22	87
2005	34.5 °C25 July 2005	-17.1 °C18 January 2005	12.1 °C	1,020 mm	43	98
2004	32.9 °C22 July 2004	-26.8 °C31 January 2004	11.8 °C	902 mm	15	91
2003	32.0 °C21 August 2003	-19.6 °C27 January 2003	10.8 °C	1,259 mm	14	105
2002	34.4 °C4 August 2002	-16.3 °C4 March 2002	12.1 °C	994 mm	50	106
2001	32.6 °C23 July 2001	-15.5 °C2 January 2001	12.2 °C	1,015 mm	25	89
2000	32.0 °C15 August 2000	-23.7 °C28 January 2000	11.1 °C	1,202 mm	8	112
1999	37.3 °C30 July 1999	-25.5 °C5 January 1999	12.3 °C	870 mm	53	91
1998	33.8 °C6 September 1998	-17.2 °C12 March 1998	13.0 °C	1,150 mm	22	80
1997	34.7 °C26 July 1997	-23.1 °C12 January 1997	10.6 °C	1,043 mm	23	103
1996	32.7 °C7 July 1996	-23.1 °C4 February 1996	10.4 °C	1,452 mm	23	122
1995	35.1 °C14 July 1995	-18.0 °C9 December 1995	11.4 °C	1,049 mm	44	107
1994	36.3 °C18 June 1994	-31.3 °C19 January 1994	11.8 °C	876 mm	39	91
1993	33.7 °C28 July 1993	-21.7 °C18 February 1993	10.8 °C	1,259 mm	26	105
1992	33.1 °C17 June 1992	-24.3 °C16 January 1992	11.1 °C	971 mm	8	99
1991	36.5 °C2 August 1991	-16.3 °C22 January 1991	12.7 °C	916 mm	60	97
1990	34.3 °C4 July 1990	-18.8 °C25 December 1990	12.4 °C	1,325 mm	27	86
1989	34.2 °C10 July 1989	-28.6 °C22 December 1989	10.7 °C	1,033 mm	25	107
1988	39.2 °C25 June 1988	-20.1 °C29 December 1988	11.6 °C	869 mm	66	110
1987	36.0 °C2 August 1987	-18.6 °C24 January 1987	12.3 °C	902 mm	50	90
1986	34.2 °C25 July 1986	-17.7 °C27 January 1986	11.9 °C	1,094 mm	29	92
1985	33.2 °C14 July 1985	-30.1 °C20 January 1985	11.1 °C	1,135 mm	23	100
1984	36.0 °C10 July 1984	-24.1 °C21 January 1984	11.3 °C	1,097 mm	29	100
1983	38.4 °C22 July 1983	-26.4 °C24 December 1983	11.7 °C	1,121 mm	65	99
1982	32.7 °C3 August 1982	-29.6 °C17 January 1982	11.0 °C	1,313 mm	16	110
1981	33.1 °C13 July 1981	-25.3 °C12 February 1981	10.9 °C	1,298 mm	17	108
1980	37.4 °C15 July 1980	-20.9 °C2 March 1980	10.8 °C	1,111 mm	42	117
1979	32.2 °C7 August 1979	-26.0 °C15 January 1979	10.0 °C	1,135 mm	10	115
1978	34.3 °C27 June 1978	-20.6 °C22 January 1978	10.1 °C	1,024 mm	36	107
1977	35.8 °C19 July 1977	-27.9 °C17 January 1977	11.2 °C	1,078 mm	43	101
1976	34.7 °C14 July 1976	-22.9 °C2 February 1976	10.6 °C	667 mm	30	125
1975	32.7 °C30 July 1975	-20.3 °C10 February 1975	11.7 °C	1,019 mm	38	105
1974	33.5 °C14 July 1974	-19.1 °C12 January 1974	11.1 °C	1,183 mm	14	99
1973	33.2 °C26 August 1973	-18.8 °C21 December 1973	12.1 °C	1,235 mm	31	90
1972	32.8 °C21 July 1972	-25.9 °C16 January 1972	10.2 °C	991 mm	19	115
1971	35.8 °C27 June 1971	-21.2 °C2 February 1971	11.5 °C	762 mm	24	110
1970	34.7 °C2 July 1970	-24.5 °C22 January 1970	11.0 °C	914 mm	25	108
1969	33.6 °C4 July 1969	-19.6 °C12 January 1969	10.6 °C	917 mm	26	119
1968	33.0 °C21 August 1968	-27.8 °C1 January 1968	10.8 °C	975 mm	30	106
1967	32.4 °C15 June 1967	-20.9 °C25 February 1967	10.5 °C	1,085 mm	18	109
1966	35.4 °C10 July 1966	-25.2 °C30 January 1966	10.5 °C	781 mm	39	111
1965	34.5 °C24 July 1965	-23.3 °C17 January 1965	11.3 °C	786 mm	22	108
1964	36.4 °C3 August 1964	-17.9 °C14 January 1964	11.4 °C	905 mm	47	108
1963	33.1 °C9 June 1963	-28.3 °C28 January 1963	10.0 °C	740 mm	19	115
1962	36.1 °C20 August 1962	-23.1 °C10 January 1962	10.6 °C	804 mm	26	117
1961	31.5 °C29 June 1961	-23.5 °C25 January 1961	10.6 °C	1,063 mm	21	108
1960	33.8 °C8 September 1960	-26.9 °C23 December 1960	10.2 °C	853 mm	16	121
1959	33.3 °C27 June 1959	-22.3 °C5 January 1959	11.6 °C	1,013 mm	40	112
1958	31.9 °C30 August 1958	-23.6 °C15 December 1958	10.1 °C	915 mm	10	117
1957	32.5 °C19 July 1957	-23.7 °C17 January 1957	11.3 °C	1,253 mm	27	103
1956	33.4 °C27 July 1956	-19.3 °C31 January 1956	11.4 °C	955 mm	18	108
1955	34.3 °C27 July 1955	-22.2 °C29 January 1955	11.6 °C	948 mm	41	115
1954	38.4 °C14 July 1954	-16.9 °C12 January 1954	12.2 °C	857 mm	57	108
1953	36.8 °C20 June 1953	-15.8 °C17 December 1953	12.3 °C	690 mm	60	101
1952	35.9 °C29 June 1952	-16.0 °C29 January 1952	11.7 °C	963 mm	50	107
1951	34.1 °C31 August 1951	-28.5 °C2 February 1951	10.5 °C	1,112 mm	21	112
1950	31.8 °C26 June 1950	-23.1 °C18 December 1950	10.3 °C	1,316 mm	11	117
1949	33.7 °C1 July 1949	-17.7 °C30 January 1949	11.9 °C	1,127 mm	28	101
1948	34.8 °C26 August 1948	-19.6 °C28 January 1948	11.0 °C	1,302 mm	22	103
1947	35.5 °C6 August 1947	-18.5 °C5 January 1947	10.2 °C	947 mm	34	123
1946	33.1 °C19 July 1946	-22.0 °C22 January 1946	11.9 °C	994 mm	13	87
1945	33.4 °C30 August 1945	-21.8 °C11 January 1945	10.6 °C	1,192 mm	19	106
1944	34.6 °C11 July 1944	-22.7 °C13 February 1944	11.1 °C	861 mm	31	113
1943	35.0 °C1 September 1943	-21.9 °C8 March 1943	10.0 °C	726 mm	30	133
1942	34.2 °C2 August 1942	-21.6 °C10 January 1942	10.3 °C	859 mm	14	119
1941	33.7 °C11 August 1941	-18.6 °C19 February 1941	10.6 °C	852 mm	23	119
1940	34.2 °C29 July 1940	-27.3 °C19 January 1940	9.2 °C	909 mm	25	131

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

17.3 °C

+1.1 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

49 d/yr

+18

Frost days (< 0 °C)

98 d/yr

-6

Annual rainfall

975 mm

-59 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	-0.7 °C	-2.2 °C	45 mm	-27 mm
Feb	3.9 °C	0.0 °C	59 mm	-9 mm
Mar	14.7 °C	+4.9 °C	134 mm	+31 mm
Apr	17.8 °C	+1.2 °C	179 mm	+69 mm
May	21.4 °C	-0.7 °C	86 mm	-27 mm
Jun	28.5 °C	+1.5 °C	95 mm	-5 mm
Jul	30.4 °C	+1.7 °C	140 mm	+49 mm
Aug	27.7 °C	-0.3 °C	30 mm	-46 mm
Sep	27.1 °C	+2.5 °C	63 mm	-7 mm
Oct	20.2 °C	+2.0 °C	44 mm	-29 mm
Nov	11.0 °C	+0.8 °C	52 mm	-34 mm
Dec	4.1 °C	+0.2 °C	50 mm	-26 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

34.3 °C

23 Jun 2025

Coldest day

-23.7 °C

15 Dec 2025

Wettest day

45.8 mm

5 Apr 2025

Windiest day

40.3 km/h

2 Apr 2025

Strongest gust

91.8 km/h

2 Apr 2025

Hottest feels-like

39.2 °C

29 Jul 2025

Coldest feels-like

-28.5 °C

15 Dec 2025

Snowiest day

5.7 cm

5 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

14.4 h

11 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Fairfield Heights?

Fairfield Heights has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 11.3 °C and it receives 1,034 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Fairfield Heights?

The hottest day measured in Fairfield Heights between 1940 and 2025 was 25 June 1988, reaching 39.2 °C.

What is the coldest day in Fairfield Heights?

The coldest day measured in Fairfield Heights between 1940 and 2025 was 19 January 1994, at -31.3 °C.

Does it snow in Fairfield Heights?

Yes. Fairfield Heights gets on average 52.2 cm of snow per year and has around 104 frost days.

Has the climate of Fairfield Heights warmed?

Yes: Fairfield Heights warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Fairfield Heights?

The wettest day measured in Fairfield Heights between 1940 and 2025 was 1 September 2003, with 126 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Fairfield Heights?

The windiest day measured in Fairfield Heights between 1940 and 2025 was 6 March 1959, with winds reaching 49.3 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Fairfield Heights?

The warmest month in Fairfield Heights is July (23.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (-2.6 °C).

How much does it rain in Fairfield Heights?

Fairfield Heights receives on average 1,034 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 121 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Fairfield Heights?

Fairfield Heights gets on average 8.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,175 hours per year over 1940-2025.

What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Fairfield Heights?

The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Fairfield Heights between 1940 and 2025 was 13 February 2007, with 26.5 cm.

Are there tropical nights in Fairfield Heights?

Yes: Fairfield Heights has on average 36 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Fairfield Heights?

In Fairfield Heights, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 43.7 °C on 14 July 1995, and the lowest was -38.3 °C on 20 January 1985.

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