Shelbyville climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Shelbyville?

Shelbyville has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 11.6 °C and it receives 1,041 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Shelbyville?

The hottest day measured in Shelbyville between 1940 and 2025 was 25 June 1988, reaching 39.5 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Shelbyville?

The coldest day measured in Shelbyville between 1940 and 2025 was 19 January 1994, at -31.7 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Shelbyville?

Yes. Shelbyville gets on average 47.9 cm of snow per year and has around 100 frost days.

Q: Has the climate of Shelbyville warmed?

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

Q: What is the wettest day in Shelbyville?

The wettest day measured in Shelbyville between 1940 and 2025 was 9 March 1964, with 104 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Shelbyville?

The windiest day measured in Shelbyville between 1940 and 2025 was 26 January 1978, with winds reaching 56.2 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Shelbyville?

The warmest month in Shelbyville is July (23.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (-2.0 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Shelbyville?

Shelbyville receives on average 1,041 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 121 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Shelbyville?

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

Shelbyville (United States) has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Dfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 11.6 °C and it receives 1,041 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 (-2.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in April.

Shelbyville averages 100 frost days, 32 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 121 rainy days per year.

Shelbyville 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 112 to 88 per year over the period.

The hottest day of the period reached 39.5 °C (on 25 June 1988) and the coldest -31.7 °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

ShelbyvilleIndiana

coords: 39.52°, -85.78°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

DfaHot-summer humid continentalWarmest monthJulyColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthAprilDriest monthSeptember

Mean daily temperature

11.6°C

Average daily high

16.6°C

Average daily low

7.0°C

Annual rainfall

1,041mm

Sunshine / day

8.7h

Mean relative humidity

70%

Average peak wind

19.4km/h

Seasonal range

25.8°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

100 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

32 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

121 d/yr

Annual snowfall

47.9 cm

Average feels-like high

15.0 °C

Average feels-like low

4.4 °C

Average peak gust

37.9 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

37 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

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

39.5 °C

25 June 1988

Coldest day

-31.7 °C

19 January 1994

Wettest day

104 mm

9 March 1964

Windiest day

56.2 km/h

26 January 1978

Strongest gust

111.2 km/h

10 November 1998

Hottest feels-like

42.6 °C

14 July 1995

Coldest feels-like

-37.8 °C

20 January 1985

Snowiest day

21.5 cm

25 February 1979

Sunniest day

14.6 h

11 June 2024

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	33.6 °C24 June 2025	-23.8 °C15 December 2025	12.4 °C	1,120 mm	45	97
2024	34.9 °C30 August 2024	-18.5 °C15 January 2024	13.6 °C	1,121 mm	40	71
2023	33.4 °C25 August 2023	-10.8 °C1 February 2023	13.4 °C	1,001 mm	29	68
2022	35.1 °C5 July 2022	-22.9 °C23 December 2022	12.4 °C	1,037 mm	34	98
2021	33.0 °C12 June 2021	-16.5 °C17 February 2021	12.9 °C	1,157 mm	33	88
2020	33.4 °C25 August 2020	-14.1 °C14 February 2020	12.9 °C	1,092 mm	38	76
2019	33.8 °C30 September 2019	-21.9 °C30 January 2019	12.5 °C	1,317 mm	46	100
2018	33.3 °C4 September 2018	-26.7 °C2 January 2018	12.4 °C	1,452 mm	49	105
2017	32.5 °C21 September 2017	-18.5 °C27 December 2017	13.1 °C	1,088 mm	27	79
2016	33.2 °C23 June 2016	-20.3 °C13 January 2016	13.2 °C	1,067 mm	48	85
2015	32.1 °C29 July 2015	-25.6 °C20 February 2015	12.3 °C	1,139 mm	22	85
2014	33.3 °C17 June 2014	-24.9 °C7 January 2014	10.7 °C	1,010 mm	23	107
2013	35.4 °C10 September 2013	-19.5 °C12 December 2013	11.6 °C	1,071 mm	30	113
2012	38.6 °C28 June 2012	-11.3 °C20 January 2012	13.9 °C	765 mm	59	81
2011	36.7 °C21 July 2011	-20.4 °C22 January 2011	12.7 °C	1,479 mm	46	85
2010	35.8 °C4 August 2010	-18.9 °C15 December 2010	12.4 °C	826 mm	62	96
2009	32.3 °C25 June 2009	-21.7 °C5 February 2009	11.7 °C	1,003 mm	10	91
2008	32.9 °C2 September 2008	-17.4 °C20 January 2008	11.6 °C	1,237 mm	20	109
2007	36.2 °C9 August 2007	-21.6 °C16 February 2007	13.0 °C	884 mm	64	97
2006	32.8 °C2 August 2006	-16.2 °C19 February 2006	12.5 °C	1,324 mm	21	78
2005	33.7 °C25 July 2005	-17.3 °C23 January 2005	12.3 °C	1,037 mm	37	94
2004	33.0 °C22 July 2004	-27.5 °C31 January 2004	12.1 °C	1,006 mm	14	89
2003	32.1 °C21 August 2003	-20.3 °C27 January 2003	11.1 °C	1,161 mm	11	103
2002	34.6 °C4 August 2002	-15.1 °C4 March 2002	12.5 °C	987 mm	53	101
2001	32.5 °C8 August 2001	-19.2 °C3 January 2001	12.5 °C	963 mm	29	83
2000	31.8 °C15 August 2000	-23.9 °C28 January 2000	11.4 °C	1,109 mm	12	108
1999	36.9 °C30 July 1999	-26.1 °C5 January 1999	12.6 °C	937 mm	45	90
1998	34.9 °C6 September 1998	-12.8 °C12 March 1998	13.3 °C	1,061 mm	31	79
1997	34.6 °C26 July 1997	-22.5 °C13 January 1997	11.0 °C	1,068 mm	23	99
1996	32.7 °C30 June 1996	-20.9 °C4 February 1996	10.8 °C	1,546 mm	27	116
1995	34.3 °C14 July 1995	-18.3 °C6 February 1995	11.6 °C	1,111 mm	42	105
1994	35.4 °C18 June 1994	-31.7 °C19 January 1994	12.1 °C	862 mm	46	92
1993	33.4 °C28 July 1993	-22.2 °C18 February 1993	11.1 °C	1,320 mm	31	100
1992	32.6 °C17 June 1992	-22.5 °C16 January 1992	11.4 °C	946 mm	7	93
1991	36.6 °C2 August 1991	-15.8 °C16 February 1991	13.0 °C	878 mm	61	94
1990	34.1 °C6 September 1990	-17.4 °C25 December 1990	12.7 °C	1,363 mm	28	80
1989	34.1 °C10 July 1989	-29.1 °C22 December 1989	11.1 °C	1,085 mm	29	102
1988	39.5 °C25 June 1988	-18.5 °C6 January 1988	11.8 °C	934 mm	59	107
1987	35.6 °C2 August 1987	-16.5 °C24 January 1987	12.6 °C	812 mm	49	92
1986	34.5 °C25 July 1986	-16.6 °C27 January 1986	12.3 °C	1,148 mm	31	85
1985	33.6 °C8 September 1985	-29.9 °C20 January 1985	11.5 °C	1,125 mm	22	95
1984	35.7 °C10 July 1984	-26.1 °C19 January 1984	11.7 °C	1,062 mm	37	98
1983	37.9 °C22 July 1983	-25.1 °C24 December 1983	12.1 °C	1,152 mm	70	94
1982	32.4 °C6 July 1982	-29.7 °C17 January 1982	11.4 °C	1,239 mm	15	102
1981	33.3 °C13 July 1981	-26.0 °C20 December 1981	11.3 °C	1,016 mm	16	108
1980	37.6 °C15 July 1980	-20.9 °C2 March 1980	11.1 °C	1,114 mm	45	110
1979	32.0 °C8 August 1979	-24.7 °C15 January 1979	10.3 °C	1,266 mm	8	108
1978	35.9 °C27 June 1978	-20.8 °C5 March 1978	10.4 °C	988 mm	40	105
1977	34.3 °C19 July 1977	-29.2 °C17 January 1977	11.4 °C	1,090 mm	38	101
1976	34.3 °C14 July 1976	-19.5 °C9 January 1976	10.9 °C	766 mm	23	118
1975	32.6 °C30 July 1975	-20.0 °C10 February 1975	12.0 °C	1,011 mm	40	99
1974	33.2 °C14 July 1974	-17.8 °C13 January 1974	11.4 °C	1,163 mm	13	93
1973	33.0 °C26 August 1973	-21.4 °C22 December 1973	12.4 °C	1,205 mm	36	88
1972	32.5 °C22 July 1972	-25.6 °C16 January 1972	10.6 °C	1,097 mm	15	108
1971	35.7 °C27 June 1971	-19.7 °C2 February 1971	11.7 °C	771 mm	23	103
1970	34.4 °C3 July 1970	-23.7 °C22 January 1970	11.3 °C	875 mm	28	100
1969	35.3 °C5 July 1969	-17.8 °C4 January 1969	10.9 °C	904 mm	25	117
1968	32.4 °C21 August 1968	-25.1 °C8 January 1968	11.0 °C	967 mm	26	101
1967	32.6 °C2 August 1967	-20.6 °C25 February 1967	11.0 °C	1,035 mm	15	99
1966	35.3 °C10 July 1966	-25.2 °C30 January 1966	10.8 °C	822 mm	37	106
1965	34.8 °C24 July 1965	-24.3 °C17 January 1965	11.6 °C	869 mm	22	108
1964	36.9 °C3 August 1964	-18.3 °C14 January 1964	11.8 °C	933 mm	46	108
1963	33.1 °C3 August 1963	-28.3 °C28 January 1963	10.2 °C	789 mm	16	109
1962	36.6 °C20 August 1962	-22.6 °C10 January 1962	11.1 °C	758 mm	36	114
1961	32.2 °C1 July 1961	-20.5 °C28 January 1961	11.0 °C	1,068 mm	23	102
1960	33.9 °C8 September 1960	-25.8 °C23 December 1960	10.5 °C	877 mm	22	120
1959	34.0 °C27 June 1959	-21.9 °C5 January 1959	12.1 °C	1,034 mm	50	111
1958	31.8 °C11 August 1958	-23.8 °C15 December 1958	10.4 °C	959 mm	12	107
1957	32.7 °C30 August 1957	-22.5 °C17 January 1957	11.7 °C	1,227 mm	27	98
1956	33.8 °C27 July 1956	-18.9 °C26 January 1956	11.8 °C	962 mm	19	99
1955	34.5 °C9 September 1955	-21.6 °C29 January 1955	12.0 °C	967 mm	43	109
1954	38.9 °C14 July 1954	-15.9 °C12 January 1954	12.5 °C	780 mm	57	97
1953	36.3 °C1 September 1953	-21.0 °C18 December 1953	12.5 °C	751 mm	57	97
1952	35.7 °C28 July 1952	-15.1 °C29 January 1952	12.1 °C	965 mm	47	101
1951	34.2 °C31 August 1951	-29.4 °C2 February 1951	11.0 °C	1,145 mm	24	107
1950	32.3 °C26 June 1950	-18.6 °C25 November 1950	10.8 °C	1,362 mm	11	117
1949	33.3 °C4 July 1949	-16.7 °C30 January 1949	12.2 °C	1,218 mm	28	96
1948	34.9 °C26 August 1948	-18.3 °C28 January 1948	11.3 °C	1,289 mm	24	97
1947	34.7 °C6 August 1947	-17.8 °C5 February 1947	10.5 °C	910 mm	33	122
1946	33.0 °C19 July 1946	-19.9 °C22 January 1946	12.1 °C	1,036 mm	13	87
1945	33.1 °C31 August 1945	-20.7 °C1 February 1945	11.0 °C	1,186 mm	25	100
1944	35.1 °C11 July 1944	-19.4 °C13 February 1944	11.5 °C	766 mm	36	109
1943	35.9 °C1 September 1943	-22.6 °C8 March 1943	10.4 °C	732 mm	26	128
1942	34.4 °C2 August 1942	-20.3 °C8 January 1942	10.7 °C	909 mm	14	115
1941	34.1 °C30 July 1941	-17.3 °C19 February 1941	11.0 °C	851 mm	25	117
1940	34.2 °C29 July 1940	-24.9 °C19 January 1940	9.7 °C	956 mm	30	121

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

17.4 °C

+0.8 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

45 d/yr

+13

Frost days (< 0 °C)

97 d/yr

-3

Annual rainfall

1120 mm

+79 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	-0.7 °C	-2.9 °C	47 mm	-31 mm
Feb	4.9 °C	+0.4 °C	100 mm	+27 mm
Mar	15.4 °C	+5.0 °C	123 mm	+18 mm
Apr	18.4 °C	+1.3 °C	171 mm	+62 mm
May	21.4 °C	-1.1 °C	101 mm	-8 mm
Jun	28.4 °C	+1.3 °C	130 mm	+33 mm
Jul	30.0 °C	+1.3 °C	145 mm	+59 mm
Aug	27.3 °C	-0.8 °C	35 mm	-37 mm
Sep	27.2 °C	+2.2 °C	62 mm	-8 mm
Oct	20.1 °C	+1.4 °C	81 mm	+10 mm
Nov	11.1 °C	+0.3 °C	65 mm	-23 mm
Dec	4.8 °C	+0.2 °C	59 mm	-23 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

33.6 °C

24 Jun 2025

Coldest day

-23.8 °C

15 Dec 2025

Wettest day

53.7 mm

5 Apr 2025

Windiest day

40.7 km/h

2 Apr 2025

Strongest gust

86.0 km/h

3 Apr 2025

Hottest feels-like

38.7 °C

29 Jul 2025

Coldest feels-like

-28.9 °C

15 Dec 2025

Snowiest day

7.0 cm

5 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

14.5 h

11 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Shelbyville?

Shelbyville has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 11.6 °C and it receives 1,041 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Shelbyville?

The hottest day measured in Shelbyville between 1940 and 2025 was 25 June 1988, reaching 39.5 °C.

What is the coldest day in Shelbyville?

The coldest day measured in Shelbyville between 1940 and 2025 was 19 January 1994, at -31.7 °C.

Does it snow in Shelbyville?

Yes. Shelbyville gets on average 47.9 cm of snow per year and has around 100 frost days.

Has the climate of Shelbyville warmed?

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

What is the wettest day in Shelbyville?

The wettest day measured in Shelbyville between 1940 and 2025 was 9 March 1964, with 104 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Shelbyville?

The windiest day measured in Shelbyville between 1940 and 2025 was 26 January 1978, with winds reaching 56.2 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Shelbyville?

The warmest month in Shelbyville is July (23.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (-2.0 °C).

How much does it rain in Shelbyville?

Shelbyville receives on average 1,041 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 121 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Shelbyville?

Shelbyville 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 Shelbyville?

The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Shelbyville between 1940 and 2025 was 25 February 1979, with 21.5 cm.

Are there tropical nights in Shelbyville?

Yes: Shelbyville has on average 37 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Shelbyville?

In Shelbyville, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 42.6 °C on 14 July 1995, and the lowest was -37.8 °C on 20 January 1985.

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