Rensselaer, IN
Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from RENSSELAER, IN US.
Year-round temperatures (°F)
Climate summary
Rensselaer has an annual average temperature of 50.5°F with about 40.1 inches of precipitation per year and 25.3 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 83.9°F), and the coldest is January (average low 16.1°F). June is typically the wettest month (4.78 in) and February the driest (2.04 in). Snow typically falls from November through March.
Best time to visit Rensselaer
Full guide →Climate change signal
All-time records →75 of 366 (20.5%) of Rensselaer'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.
| 1970s | 44 | |
| 1980s | 90 | |
| 1990s | 62 | |
| 2000s | 48 | |
| 2010s | 82 | |
| 2020s | 40 |
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 | 32.0°F | 16.1°F | 24.0°F | 2.58 in | 8.2 in | 11 |
| February | 36.5°F | 19.3°F | 27.9°F | 2.04 in | 8.8 in | 9 |
| March | 48.1°F | 28.7°F | 38.4°F | 2.71 in | 3.5 in | 10 |
| April | 61.1°F | 38.9°F | 50.0°F | 3.88 in | 0.1 in | 12 |
| May | 72.3°F | 50.6°F | 61.5°F | 4.34 in | — | 13 |
| June | 81.4°F | 60.4°F | 70.9°F | 4.78 in | — | 11 |
| July | 83.9°F | 63.4°F | 73.6°F | 4.49 in | — | 10 |
| August | 82.5°F | 61.2°F | 71.8°F | 4.01 in | — | 10 |
| September | 77.2°F | 53.2°F | 65.2°F | 3.24 in | — | 9 |
| October | 64.1°F | 41.3°F | 52.7°F | 3.18 in | — | 11 |
| November | 49.1°F | 31.3°F | 40.2°F | 2.59 in | 0.5 in | 10 |
| December | 37.0°F | 21.9°F | 29.5°F | 2.25 in | 4.2 in | 11 |
Climate twins of Rensselaer
Why these? →The most climatically similar US cities at least 140 miles away (by monthly temperature + precipitation pattern).