Huntington climate — normals and trends
Huntington (United States) has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Dfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 10.2 °C and it receives 971 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 (22.9 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-3.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Huntington averages 114 frost days, 23 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 124 rainy days per year.
Huntington has warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.24 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 128 to 100 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 39.5 °C (on 25 June 1988) and the coldest -31.6 °C (on 21 January 1984).
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
HuntingtonIndiana
- coords
- 40.88°, -85.50°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
10.2°C
Average daily high
15.0°C
Average daily low
5.6°C
Annual rainfall
971mm
Sunshine / day
8.7h
Mean relative humidity
71%
Average peak wind
20.3km/h
Seasonal range
26.8°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
114 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
23 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
124 d/yr
Annual snowfall
67.9 cm
Average feels-like high
13.0 °C
Average feels-like low
2.7 °C
Average peak gust
39.1 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
25 d/yr
Solar radiation
14.8 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.1 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.40 · 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
39.5 °C
25 June 1988
Coldest day
-31.6 °C
21 January 1984
Wettest day
76 mm
23 October 1951
Windiest day
57.8 km/h
22 March 1960
Strongest gust
109.8 km/h
18 January 1949
Hottest feels-like
44.3 °C
14 July 1995
Coldest feels-like
-37.9 °C
20 January 1985
Snowiest day
26.5 cm
2 January 1999
Sunniest day
14.8 h
11 June 1950
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 | -1.2 °C | 42 mm | -24 mm |
| Feb | 2.4 °C | +0.4 °C | 42 mm | -20 mm |
| Mar | 13.5 °C | +5.3 °C | 121 mm | +33 mm |
| Apr | 16.7 °C | +1.4 °C | 109 mm | +7 mm |
| May | 20.1 °C | -1.0 °C | 115 mm | +10 mm |
| Jun | 27.8 °C | +1.7 °C | 120 mm | +22 mm |
| Jul | 29.3 °C | +1.4 °C | 113 mm | +28 mm |
| Aug | 26.9 °C | -0.1 °C | 35 mm | -42 mm |
| Sep | 26.6 °C | +2.9 °C | 30 mm | -39 mm |
| Oct | 20.1 °C | +2.8 °C | 41 mm | -29 mm |
| Nov | 9.7 °C | +0.4 °C | 61 mm | -18 mm |
| Dec | 2.2 °C | -0.4 °C | 51 mm | -20 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Huntington?
Huntington has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 10.2 °C and it receives 971 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Huntington?
The hottest day measured in Huntington between 1940 and 2025 was 25 June 1988, reaching 39.5 °C.
What is the coldest day in Huntington?
The coldest day measured in Huntington between 1940 and 2025 was 21 January 1984, at -31.6 °C.
Does it snow in Huntington?
Yes. Huntington gets on average 67.9 cm of snow per year and has around 114 frost days.
Has the climate of Huntington warmed?
Yes: Huntington warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Huntington?
The wettest day measured in Huntington between 1940 and 2025 was 23 October 1951, with 76 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Huntington?
The windiest day measured in Huntington between 1940 and 2025 was 22 March 1960, with winds reaching 57.8 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Huntington?
The warmest month in Huntington is July (22.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (-3.9 °C).
How much does it rain in Huntington?
Huntington receives on average 971 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 124 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Huntington?
Huntington 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 Huntington?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Huntington between 1940 and 2025 was 2 January 1999, with 26.5 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Huntington?
Yes: Huntington has on average 25 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Huntington?
In Huntington, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 44.3 °C on 14 July 1995, and the lowest was -37.9 °C on 20 January 1985.
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