Bloomington, IN
Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from BLOOMINGTON INDIANA UNIV, IN US.
Year-round temperatures (°F)
Climate summary
Bloomington has an annual average temperature of 53.3°F with about 49.4 inches of precipitation per year and 17.5 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 85.1°F), and the coldest is January (average low 20.6°F). June is typically the wettest month (5.41 in) and February the driest (2.95 in). Snow typically falls from November through March.
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All-time records →16 of 366 (4.4%) of Bloomington's all-time daily heat records have been set since 2015. If records were spread evenly across the station's history, only about 5% would fall in any given decade.
| 1890s | 12 | |
| 1900s | 33 | |
| 1910s | 54 | |
| 1920s | 39 | |
| 1930s | 66 | |
| 1940s | 32 | |
| 1950s | 30 | |
| 1960s | 13 | |
| 1970s | 17 | |
| 1980s | 17 | |
| 1990s | 16 | |
| 2000s | 13 | |
| 2010s | 15 | |
| 2020s | 9 |
Bars: number of all-time daily heat records still standing that were set in each decade.
Monthly averages
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Avg Temp | Precipitation | Snow | Rainy days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 37.0°F | 20.6°F | 28.8°F | 3.78 in | 7.1 in | 12 |
| February | 41.8°F | 23.3°F | 32.5°F | 2.95 in | 4.2 in | 10 |
| March | 52.4°F | 31.7°F | 42.1°F | 3.66 in | 1.3 in | 11 |
| April | 64.4°F | 42.3°F | 53.4°F | 5.21 in | 0.1 in | 12 |
| May | 73.8°F | 52.7°F | 63.3°F | 5.36 in | — | 13 |
| June | 81.9°F | 61.7°F | 71.8°F | 5.41 in | — | 11 |
| July | 85.1°F | 64.9°F | 75.0°F | 4.58 in | — | 10 |
| August | 84.5°F | 63.5°F | 74.0°F | 3.38 in | — | 8 |
| September | 78.5°F | 55.8°F | 67.1°F | 3.81 in | — | 8 |
| October | 66.3°F | 44.4°F | 55.3°F | 3.82 in | 0.1 in | 9 |
| November | 52.7°F | 34.1°F | 43.4°F | 3.93 in | 0.2 in | 9 |
| December | 41.2°F | 25.8°F | 33.5°F | 3.49 in | 4.5 in | 11 |
Climate twins of Bloomington
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