What is the hottest month in Otterbein?

July is the warmest month in Otterbein, with an average high of 83.0°F.

What is the coldest month in Otterbein?

January is the coldest month in Otterbein, with an average low of 16.3°F.

What month does Otterbein get the most rain?

June is typically the wettest month in Otterbein, with about 4.85 inches of precipitation.

What plant hardiness zone is Otterbein in?

Otterbein is approximately in USDA plant hardiness Zone 7a, based on the average annual extreme minimum temperature.

Has the climate in Otterbein changed recently?

12.3% of Otterbein's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (since 2015), compared to roughly 5% if records were evenly distributed over time.

Otterbein, IN

Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from W LAFAYETTE 6 NW, IN US.

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

Year-round temperatures (°F)

Avg high Avg low

Climate summary

Otterbein has an annual average temperature of 50.4°F with about 39.7 inches of precipitation per year and 18.9 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 83.0°F), and the coldest is January (average low 16.3°F). June is typically the wettest month (4.85 in) and February the driest (1.93 in). Snow typically falls from November through April.

Pleasant months

2 / 12

avg high 65–80°F, low ≥ 50°F

Annual swing

48.4°F

warmest to coldest month

Heating need

5,835

HDD/yr

Cooling need

579

CDD/yr

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

45 of 366 (12.3%) of Otterbein'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.

1900s		22
1910s		39
1920s		29
1930s		85
1940s		22
1950s		12
1960s		15
1970s		11
1980s		18
1990s		13
2000s		30
2010s		36
2020s		34

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	32.4°F	16.3°F	24.4°F	2.21 in	5.9 in	9
February	36.8°F	19.5°F	28.1°F	1.93 in	5.2 in	9
March	48.2°F	28.7°F	38.4°F	2.59 in	2.3 in	10
April	61.3°F	39.2°F	50.2°F	4.00 in	0.4 in	12
May	72.2°F	50.9°F	61.5°F	4.70 in	—	13
June	80.8°F	60.3°F	70.6°F	4.85 in	—	12
July	83.0°F	62.5°F	72.8°F	4.24 in	—	10
August	81.7°F	60.1°F	70.9°F	3.66 in	—	9
September	77.0°F	52.2°F	64.6°F	3.12 in	—	8
October	64.5°F	41.4°F	53.0°F	3.03 in	—	10
November	49.6°F	31.5°F	40.5°F	3.02 in	0.9 in	10
December	37.4°F	22.2°F	29.8°F	2.35 in	4.2 in	10