Muncie climate — normals and trends
Muncie has a hot-summer humid continental climate, averaging 10.8 °C annually with 991 mm of rain per year.
Climate normals · ERA5
MuncieIndiana
- coords
- 40.19°, -85.39°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
The normals for this period
The average of every indicator across the whole window: temperature, water, sky, wind and notable days.
Mean daily temperature
10.8°C
Average daily high
15.7°C
Average daily low
6.2°C
Annual rainfall
991mm
Sunshine / day
8.7h
Mean relative humidity
70%
Average peak wind
20.6km/h
Seasonal range
26.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
108 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
25 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
124 d/yr
Annual snowfall
60.6 cm
Average feels-like high
13.7 °C
Average feels-like low
3.3 °C
Average peak gust
39.4 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
30 d/yr
Solar radiation
15.0 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
What the yearly averages say about warming here, and whether the slope is statistically solid.
+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).
Climate month by month
How an average year unfolds: when it rains, when it turns hot, when the sun is out.
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
The most extreme days ever measured here, then the year-by-year detail.
Hottest day
39.2 °C
25 June 1988
Coldest day
-30.4 °C
20 January 1985
Wettest day
90 mm
28 June 1957
Windiest day
67.5 km/h
26 January 1978
Strongest gust
112.7 km/h
10 November 1998
Hottest feels-like
44.0 °C
14 July 1995
Coldest feels-like
-39.0 °C
20 January 1985
Snowiest day
23.0 cm
13 February 2007
Sunniest day
14.7 h
10 June 2023
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
A specific year
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | -1.3 °C | -2.2 °C | 41 mm | -29 mm |
| Feb | 3.3 °C | +0.3 °C | 60 mm | -6 mm |
| Mar | 14.4 °C | +5.2 °C | 127 mm | +32 mm |
| Apr | 17.5 °C | +1.4 °C | 142 mm | +36 mm |
| May | 20.7 °C | -1.0 °C | 97 mm | -9 mm |
| Jun | 28.0 °C | +1.6 °C | 140 mm | +46 mm |
| Jul | 29.5 °C | +1.4 °C | 119 mm | +34 mm |
| Aug | 26.5 °C | -0.9 °C | 52 mm | -24 mm |
| Sep | 26.5 °C | +2.2 °C | 30 mm | -36 mm |
| Oct | 19.9 °C | +2.0 °C | 50 mm | -20 mm |
| Nov | 10.4 °C | +0.4 °C | 50 mm | -31 mm |
| Dec | 3.4 °C | 0.0 °C | 56 mm | -19 mm |
The year's extremes
What was the weather like that day?
The weather actually measured on a given date, anywhere in the covered window.
Climate at a glance
What these normals say about the place, in a few sentences, and the notions needed to read them.
Muncie (United States) has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Dfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 10.8 °C and it receives 991 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 (23.2 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-3.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Muncie averages 108 frost days, 25 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 124 rainy days per year.
Muncie has warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.22 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 121 to 95 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 39.2 °C (on 25 June 1988) and the coldest -30.4 °C (on 20 January 1985).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Muncie?
Muncie has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 10.8 °C and it receives 991 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Muncie?
The hottest day measured in Muncie between 1940 and 2025 was 25 June 1988, reaching 39.2 °C.
What is the coldest day in Muncie?
The coldest day measured in Muncie between 1940 and 2025 was 20 January 1985, at -30.4 °C.
Does it snow in Muncie?
Yes. Muncie gets on average 60.6 cm of snow per year and has around 108 frost days.
Has the climate of Muncie warmed?
Yes: Muncie warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Muncie?
The wettest day measured in Muncie between 1940 and 2025 was 28 June 1957, with 90 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Muncie?
The windiest day measured in Muncie between 1940 and 2025 was 26 January 1978, with winds reaching 67.5 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Muncie?
The warmest month in Muncie is July (23.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (-3.1 °C).
How much does it rain in Muncie?
Muncie receives on average 991 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 124 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Muncie?
Muncie 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 Muncie?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Muncie between 1940 and 2025 was 13 February 2007, with 23.0 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Muncie?
Yes: Muncie has on average 30 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Muncie?
In Muncie, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 44.0 °C on 14 July 1995, and the lowest was -39.0 °C on 20 January 1985.
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