Fairmount, IN

Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from MARION 2 N, IN US.

Dfa Hot-summer humid continental climate 7a USDA hardiness Zone 7a

Year-round temperatures (°F)

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Climate summary

Fairmount has an annual average temperature of 50.4°F with about 41.8 inches of precipitation per year and 24.5 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 83.8°F), and the coldest is January (average low 17.7°F). May is typically the wettest month (4.76 in) and February the driest (2.15 in). Snow typically falls from November through April.

Pleasant months
1 / 12
avg high 65–80°F, low ≥ 50°F
Annual swing
47.8°F
warmest to coldest month
Heating need
5,823
Cooling need
585

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

22 of 366 (6%) of Fairmount'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
38
1900s
36
1910s
60
1920s
31
1930s
62
1940s
21
1950s
20
1960s
12
1970s
9
1980s
21
1990s
12
2000s
12
2010s
21
2020s
11

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 33.0°F 17.7°F 25.4°F 2.85 in 8.1 in 12
February 37.0°F 19.5°F 28.2°F 2.15 in 6.3 in 9
March 48.1°F 28.0°F 38.0°F 2.87 in 3.7 in 10
April 61.2°F 38.0°F 49.6°F 4.10 in 0.3 in 12
May 72.0°F 49.2°F 60.6°F 4.76 in 13
June 80.8°F 59.2°F 70.0°F 4.42 in 11
July 83.8°F 62.5°F 73.2°F 4.33 in 10
August 82.0°F 60.5°F 71.3°F 3.93 in 9
September 76.6°F 53.3°F 64.9°F 3.39 in 8
October 64.2°F 41.9°F 53.0°F 3.12 in 0.1 in 10
November 49.7°F 31.7°F 40.7°F 3.26 in 1.0 in 10
December 38.0°F 23.0°F 30.5°F 2.58 in 5.0 in 10

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