Greenfield climate — normals and trends
Greenfield (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 1,047 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 (23.6 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-2.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Greenfield averages 103 frost days, 30 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 124 rainy days per year.
Greenfield 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 115 to 91 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 39.2 °C (on 25 June 1988) and the coldest -31.4 °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
GreenfieldIndiana
- coords
- 39.79°, -85.77°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
11.3°C
Average daily high
16.3°C
Average daily low
6.7°C
Annual rainfall
1,047mm
Sunshine / day
8.6h
Mean relative humidity
70%
Average peak wind
19.8km/h
Seasonal range
26.1°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
103 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
30 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
124 d/yr
Annual snowfall
52.2 cm
Average feels-like high
14.5 °C
Average feels-like low
4.0 °C
Average peak gust
38.1 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
34 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 = 0.34 · 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
39.2 °C
25 June 1988
Coldest day
-31.4 °C
19 January 1994
Wettest day
113 mm
1 September 2003
Windiest day
56.2 km/h
26 January 1978
Strongest gust
110.5 km/h
10 November 1998
Hottest feels-like
43.1 °C
14 July 1995
Coldest feels-like
-38.3 °C
20 January 1985
Snowiest day
25.6 cm
25 February 1979
Sunniest day
14.7 h
14 June 2014
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | -1.1 °C | -2.8 °C | 42 mm | -35 mm |
| Feb | 4.3 °C | +0.3 °C | 85 mm | +14 mm |
| Mar | 15.0 °C | +5.0 °C | 136 mm | +32 mm |
| Apr | 18.0 °C | +1.2 °C | 157 mm | +48 mm |
| May | 21.4 °C | -0.8 °C | 85 mm | -26 mm |
| Jun | 28.4 °C | +1.5 °C | 147 mm | +48 mm |
| Jul | 29.9 °C | +1.4 °C | 123 mm | +34 mm |
| Aug | 27.2 °C | -0.7 °C | 37 mm | -36 mm |
| Sep | 27.3 °C | +2.6 °C | 49 mm | -21 mm |
| Oct | 20.1 °C | +1.7 °C | 70 mm | -3 mm |
| Nov | 10.9 °C | +0.4 °C | 60 mm | -28 mm |
| Dec | 4.2 °C | +0.1 °C | 58 mm | -24 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Greenfield?
Greenfield has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 11.3 °C and it receives 1,047 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Greenfield?
The hottest day measured in Greenfield between 1940 and 2025 was 25 June 1988, reaching 39.2 °C.
What is the coldest day in Greenfield?
The coldest day measured in Greenfield between 1940 and 2025 was 19 January 1994, at -31.4 °C.
Does it snow in Greenfield?
Yes. Greenfield gets on average 52.2 cm of snow per year and has around 103 frost days.
Has the climate of Greenfield warmed?
Yes: Greenfield warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Greenfield?
The wettest day measured in Greenfield between 1940 and 2025 was 1 September 2003, with 113 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Greenfield?
The windiest day measured in Greenfield between 1940 and 2025 was 26 January 1978, with winds reaching 56.2 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Greenfield?
The warmest month in Greenfield is July (23.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (-2.5 °C).
How much does it rain in Greenfield?
Greenfield receives on average 1,047 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 124 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Greenfield?
Greenfield gets on average 8.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,139 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Greenfield?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Greenfield between 1940 and 2025 was 25 February 1979, with 25.6 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Greenfield?
Yes: Greenfield has on average 34 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Greenfield?
In Greenfield, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 43.1 °C on 14 July 1995, and the lowest was -38.3 °C on 20 January 1985.
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