Climate and average weather in Huntington

In Huntington, the summers are hot, showery, and partly cloudy and the winters are very cold, snowy, and mostly cloudy.

Best: late July to mid October

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Huntington typically varies from 20°F to 82°F, and is rarely below 1°F or above 90°F. July is the hottest month of the year, while January is the coldest.

Based on the travel score, the best times of year to visit Huntington for warm-weather activities are from mid May to mid July and late July to mid October.

Hottest
Jul
82°
Coldest
Jan
20°
Wettest
May
4.2 in
Driest
Feb
2.3 in
Rain / yr
38.7 in
125 wet days
Daylight
9.1–14.9 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
748 ft
40.9°N
Clearest
Sep
52% cloud

Huntington is city in Indiana, United States.

Density
737/km²
people per km²

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Huntington weather by month, at a glance

The whole year in one picture — sky, rain, humidity, temperature and travel score. Click any band to jump to its full chart.

Each stripe is one measure across the whole year, stacked so a single day reads top to bottom. The sky band runs overcast grey on top down to clear blue at the base — more blue means sunnier — followed by the rainfall curve, the humidity band, a temperature strip that tints each stretch of the year by how warm its average high is, and the travel-score line at the foot. Scan straight down any date to read that day across every measure at once; the score climbs highest around late July to mid October.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Daily average highs and lows in Huntington, from 1991–2020 of climate data. The shaded bands show the range most days fall in — 10th to 90th percentile.

The hot season lasts 4.5 months, from May 16 to September 28, with daily high temperatures above 70°F. The hottest month of the year in Huntington is July, with an average high of 82°F and low of 65°F.

The cool season lasts 3.0 months, from December 2 to March 3, with daily high temperatures below 42°F. The coldest month of the year in Huntington is January, with an average low of 20°F and high of 33°F.

Days typically run about 17°F warmer than nights, with the widest day–night swing (around 19°F) in September.

20°40°60°80°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°F)Avg low (°F)
Jan3320
Feb3722
Mar4831
Apr6041
May7152
Jun7962
Jul8265
Aug8163
Sep7556
Oct6345
Nov4934
Dec3825

How hot and cold Huntington really feels

Feels-like highFeels-like lowactual air temp

The felt-temperature range through the year — heat index on the day's high (summer humidity), wind chill on the night's low (winter wind). The dashed lines are the plain thermometer; the gap is how much hotter or colder it really feels.

On the coldest nights, wind chill pulls the feels-like down to about 7°F (around January 21), with roughly 157 freezing days a year (feels-like at or below 32°F) 62 of them bitterly cold — worst in January.

20°40°60°80°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Feels-like high (°F)Air high (°F)Feels-like low (°F)Air low (°F)
Jan3333920
Feb37371222
Mar48482231
Apr60603541
May70715152
Jun80796262
Jul83826565
Aug81816363
Sep75755556
Oct63634045
Nov49492734
Dec38381625

Average hourly temperature in Huntington

A compact picture of the whole year, hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled average temperature. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

Read left to right for the day of the year and top to bottom for the hour of the day; the color is the modeled temperature, cool blues through to hot reds on the same scale as the other charts. A vertical slice is a single day's swing — coolest just before dawn, warmest in the mid-afternoon — while a horizontal slice follows one hour across the seasons. The darker overlay marks night and the lighter one the twilight around sunrise and sunset. Colors run warmest on July afternoons, near 82°F, and coldest before dawn in January, near 20°F.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM

Huntington weather by month

Every month at a glance. Click a month for its detailed page.

MonthHigh / Low (°F)Rainfall (inches)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan33° / 20°2.8105.99.40.0
Feb37° / 22°2.38.24.810.40.0
Mar48° / 31°3.310.73.211.71.7
Apr60° / 41°4.012.30.713.14.5
May71° / 52°4.213.5014.36.0
Jun79° / 62°4.111.9014.96.2
Jul82° / 65°3.611.3014.65.9
Aug81° / 63°3.310.1013.66.6
Sep75° / 56°2.68.5012.37.1
Oct63° / 45°2.99.20.110.95.5
Nov49° / 34°3.19.21.59.72.1
Dec38° / 25°2.69.84.39.10.0

Chance of rain

How likely it is to rain on a typical day, and how that shifts across the wetter and drier seasons.

Huntington gets about 38.7 in of precipitation a year. On a typical day the chance of rain is often wet, but that rises and falls sharply with the seasons.

The wetter season lasts 4.4 months, from around Mar 19 to Jul 30, peaking in May at about 45% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Feb 9.

May is the wettest month by volume, with 4.2 in over about 14 wet days; February is the driest, with 2.3 in. Some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdrierwetterdriermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetMay 10 · 45%Feb 9 · 28%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan3210
Feb298
Mar3511
Apr4112
May4314
Jun4012
Jul3711
Aug3210
Sep299
Oct309
Nov319
Dec3210

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Huntington collects about 38.7 in of rain across 125 wet days — roughly 3.2 in in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. May is the wettest month with 4.2 in, while February is the driest at just 2.3 in. The three wettest months alone bring about 32% of the year’s total, and some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

012345JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec2.82.33.34.04.24.13.63.32.62.93.12.6
Rainfall (in)Rain daysSnow days
Jan2.8106
Feb2.385
Mar3.3113
Apr4.0121
May4.2140
Jun4.1120
Jul3.6110
Aug3.3100
Sep2.690
Oct2.990
Nov3.192
Dec2.6104

Snow in Huntington

Average snowy days through the year, the snow-season span, and estimated snowfall — for ski trips and the perennial 'will there be snow at Christmas?' question.

Huntington averages about 20 snowy days a year. Snow season runs roughly Nov 2 to Apr 21 — about 5.6 months.

January is snowiest, with roughly 6 days of snow and an estimated 10 in of snowfall. Over the year that adds up to an estimated 36 in of snow.

02468JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecsnow seasonsnow seasonJan 27
Snow daysSnowfall (in)
Jan610
Feb58
Mar36
Apr11
May00
Jun00
Jul00
Aug00
Sep00
Oct00
Nov23
Dec48

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

How often the daytime sky is clear, partly cloudy or overcast.

In Huntington, the average share of the sky covered by clouds shows significant seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The clearer part of the year begins around May 27 and lasts for 5.3 months, ending around November 4. The clearest month is August, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 55% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around November 5 and lasts for 6.7 months, ending around May 26. The cloudiest month is January, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 75% of the time.

0%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSep 4 · 58%Jan 13 · 23%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastcloudierclearercloudier
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan2575
Feb2971
Mar3367
Apr3664
May3961
Jun4753
Jul5446
Aug5545
Sep5545
Oct4753
Nov3664
Dec2773

Daylight, sunrise and sunset

DaylightNight

Hours of daylight through the year, with sunrise and sunset times.

The gold band is daylight — sunrise runs along its lower edge, sunset along the upper — so it widens toward summer and pinches toward winter, with night the dark area above and below. The longest day, around June 10, brings about 14 h 54 min of light; the shortest, around January 1, only 9 h 06 min — a swing of roughly 5 h 48 min.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan9.48:105:32
Feb10.47:456:08
Mar11.77:026:42
Apr13.16:107:15
May14.35:307:46
Jun14.95:158:10
Jul14.65:288:08
Aug13.65:577:35
Sep12.36:286:44
Oct10.97:005:54
Nov9.77:375:18
Dec9.18:065:11

Sunny days

How many genuinely sunny days each month brings — days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — banded into plain-language zones.

Huntington averages about 8 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 4 and 12 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 5.5 months, from around May 29 to Nov 10. The sunniest month is September, with roughly 12 sunny days (mixed).

The greyest month is January, down near 4 sunny days — about 63% fewer than the September peak.

051015JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgreyersunniergreyergloomymixedSep 512 daysJan 124 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan4Gloomy
Feb5Gloomy
Mar6Gloomy
Apr7Gloomy
May8Gloomy
Jun9Mixed
Jul10Mixed
Aug11Mixed
Sep12Mixed
Oct10Mixed
Nov7Gloomy
Dec5Gloomy

Humidity comfort

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Share of days at each humidity comfort level, based on the dew point — the measure that tracks how muggy it actually feels.

Humidity comfort is graded by the dew point — the temperature at which the air would be fully saturated — because it tracks how muggy it actually feels far better than relative humidity does. A low dew point feels dry and crisp; a high one feels sticky and oppressive no matter the reading on a humidity gauge.

In Huntington, how humid it feels changes dramatically over the year.

The more humid part of the year lasts 4.1 months, from around May 20 to September 22. The muggiest month is July, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 67% of the time.

The most comfortable stretch runs from around September 23 to May 19, and March is the most comfortable month — the air is dry or comfortable 100% of the time.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecMar 7 · 100%Jul 21 · 29%oppressivemuggydryhumidcomfortablecomfortablehumidcomfortable
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
Jan10000000
Feb10000000
Mar9910000
Apr9451000
May691512400
Jun3120232340
Jul12202527141
Aug15242524101
Sep5119161220
Oct8784100
Nov9820000
Dec10000000

Wind

Average wind speed through the year, banded into plain-language speed zones so a number reads as 'breezy' or 'calm' without knowing the scale.

This is the average sustained wind speed at the standard 10 metres above open ground — the steady flow a weather station reports, not the sharper gusts that come and go, which can run half again as fast. It's the number that says whether a place is generally breezy or calm.

Across the year, average wind speed in Huntington is typically light breeze, near 9 mph, and varies moderately with the seasons.

The windier part of the year lasts 7.2 months, from around Oct 10 to May 15. The windiest month is January, averaging about 10 mph (light breeze).

The calmer part of the year runs from around May 16 to Oct 9, with August the calmest month at about 6 mph.

051015JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwindiercalmerwindiercalmlight breezebreezyJan 9 · 10 mphAug 6 · 6 mph
Wind speed (mph)Feels
Jan10light breeze
Feb10light breeze
Mar10light breeze
Apr10light breeze
May9light breeze
Jun7calm
Jul7calm
Aug6calm
Sep7calm
Oct9light breeze
Nov10light breeze
Dec9light breeze

Best time to visit Huntington

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

To characterize how pleasant the weather is in Huntington throughout the year, we compute two travel scores — one for general sightseeing, one for beach and pool weather.

Around late July, Huntington is still near the start of its best-weather window — great conditions with the peak-season crowds not yet at full swing.

Inferred from the travel-score curve; month-by-month visitor numbers are a planned addition.

The travel score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 64°F and 82°F. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Huntington for general outdoor tourist activities is from mid May to mid October, with a peak score in the second week of September.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationSep 13 · 7.2

The travel score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

Travel score (0–10)Rating
Jan0.0poor
Feb0.0poor
Mar1.7poor
Apr4.5fair
May5.9good
Jun6.3good
Jul5.9good
Aug6.6good
Sep7.0good
Oct5.5fair
Nov2.0poor
Dec0.1poor

The beach/pool score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 75°F and 93°F. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Huntington for hot-weather activities is from late May to late September, with a peak score in the first week of August.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationAug 4 · 6.7

The beach/pool score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

What to pack for Huntington, by month

EssentialRecommendedOptional

Month by month, what's worth putting in the bag — from the temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind. Tap a month for a quick packing note.

For a warm-season trip around July (highs near 82°F), the essentials are light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. In the cold season around January (highs near 33°F), pack a warm layer, a heavy coat and rain gear.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In July, Huntington sees daytime highs around 82°F and nights near 65°F. Pack light clothes and sun protection. Worth having: rain gear. About 11 days see rain.

UV index (midday) in Huntington by month

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV index through the year, shaded by the WHO exposure levels — how much sun protection each month calls for.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Huntington peaks around June 19 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 21 at about 2 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 8 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighVery highHighModerateLowJun 19UV 9Dec 21UV 2
UV index (midday)Level
Jan2Low
Feb3Moderate
Mar5Moderate
Apr6High
May7Very high
Jun9Very high
Jul9Very high
Aug8Very high
Sep6High
Oct3Moderate
Nov3Moderate
Dec2Low

Average hourly UV index in Huntington

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Modeled clear-sky UV for every hour of every day — when in the day sun protection actually matters.

The whole year hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled clear-sky UV index — the midday peak scaled down as the sun sits lower in the sky. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

UV falls off far faster than brightness as the sun drops, so even in June the burn window is concentrated in the middle of the day: about 8.5 hours a day reach index 3 (protection recommended), and 5.5 hours reach 6 or more. Mornings and late afternoons stay comparatively gentle year round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM
UV ≥ 3 (h/day)UV ≥ 6 (h/day)
Jan00
Feb00
Mar4.50
Apr60
May7.54
Jun8.55.5
Jul85
Aug7.54
Sep60
Oct2.50
Nov00
Dec00

Air quality in Huntington by month

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see which months the air is worst, not just the yearly average.

Air quality in Huntington is worst in July — around 16 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.1× the cleanest month (October, 8 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodJul 1716 µg/m³Oct 228 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan10Good
Feb12Moderate
Mar13Moderate
Apr12Moderate
May14Moderate
Jun15Moderate
Jul16Moderate
Aug15Moderate
Sep11Good
Oct8Good
Nov8Good
Dec9Good
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free dayTypical season (≥50%)

The growing season in Huntington typically lasts about 249 days, from around March 20 to November 23 — the span where a frost-free day is more likely than not. It is reliably frost-free from April 20 to October 21.

0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgrowing seasonMar 2050%Apr 2090%Oct 2190%Nov 2350%
Frost-free chance (%)Frost nights
Jan1731
Feb1928
Mar4631
Apr8417
May990
Jun1000
Jul1000
Aug1000
Sep1000
Oct916
Nov6030
Dec2731

Growing degree days

Degree days (base 50°F)Frost-free shaded

Growing degree days tally heat above 50°F: each day adds however many degrees its average temperature runs over that threshold, and cold days add nothing. Huntington banks about 3,018 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around July.

01,0002,0003,000JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°F·days)
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr54
May349
Jun617
Jul741
Aug680
Sep455
Oct121
Nov0
Dec0

Solar energy

Average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground, banded into brightness zones so the number means something at a glance.

Solar energy is how much sunlight actually reaches the ground each day, measured in kilowatt-hours per square metre (kWh/m²) — the combined effect of how long the sun is up, how high it climbs, and how much cloud gets in the way. It's the raw fuel a solar panel has to work with: for scale, 1 kWh/m² a day is dim and wintry, while 7+ is desert-bright.

Huntington receives about 4.1 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — bright — with a clear seasonal swing between 1.6 and 6.4 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 6.3 months, from around Mar 18 to Sep 24. The brightest month is July, averaging about 6.2 kWh/m² (intense).

The dimmest month is December, down near 1.6 kWh/m² — roughly 74% less than the July peak.

012345678JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmerbrighterdimmerdimmoderatebrightintenseJul 26.4 kWhDec 161.6 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan1.9Dim
Feb2.9Moderate
Mar4.0Moderate
Apr5.0Bright
May5.7Bright
Jun6.3Intense
Jul6.3Intense
Aug5.5Bright
Sep4.5Bright
Oct3.1Moderate
Nov2.0Moderate
Dec1.6Dim

Where is Huntington?

Huntington sits at 40.9°N, 85.5°W, 748 ft above sea level, in United States. The nearest listed city is Marion, 24 mi away.

Topography around Huntington

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 2, 10 and 50 miles of Huntington.

Within 2 miles, the terrain around Huntington has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 223 ft around an average of 771 ft above sea level; within 10 miles, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 331 ft; within 50 miles, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 551 ft.

The land around Huntington is covered by trees (39%), grassland (27%) and artificial surfaces (22%) within 2 miles, cropland (65%) and trees (22%) within 10 miles, and cropland (74%) within 50 miles.

2 miles
223 ft
10 miles
331 ft
50 miles
551 ft
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
Nearby: Marion 24 mi · Fort Wayne 25 mi · New Haven 29 mi · Kokomo 43 mi · Logansport 46 mi · Muncie 48 mi · Goshen 52 mi · Anderson 55 mi

United States travel facts

Power plugs
Type A / B
120 V · 60 Hz
Prices
≈ 100% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$90,027
2025
Happiness
6.8 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
98%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
5.8
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
12.7
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
High
World Bank
Religion
Protestant 47%unaffiliated 23%Roman Catholic 21%Jewish 2%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Huntington (40.8831°, -85.4975°, elevation 748 ft), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).