WHITESTOWN, IN

Overview:
Whitestown is located approximately 22 miles northwest of downtown Indianapolis. Due to its extreme level terrain, this area is nearly featureless. There are no notable geographic locations or characteristics, and there are no significant water bodies in or around the region.

Summertime temperatures can get quite hot at times, with temperatures averaging the mid-70°Fs, but they exceed 90°F about two weeks per year. Wintertime temperatures are frequently cold, with temperatures falling below freezing (32°F) over 100 days per year. Most of the region’s annual precipitation falls during the summer months. Extreme precipitation events occur infrequently, with just under 1 week per year. Thunderstorms, which are prominent mostly in July, occur about 43 days each year.

State/ Province ID: IN

Station ID: C00129557

Directory Name: WHITESTOWN_HCN_IN_C00129557

Elevation: 286.80m


The resources presented here were developed in cooperation with the Office of the Michigan State Climatologist using data from the National Centers for Environmental Information. For more information regarding our data sources, quality control, and methodology, please see our Historical Climatologies: Quality Control reference guide.

Recent Climate Summary, 1991-2020

Average Temperature52.8°F11.5°C
Average Low Temperature42.9°F6.0°C
Average High Temperature62.7°17.0°C
Days/Year that exceed 90°F11.6 
Days/Year that fall below 32°F106.3 
Lowest Annual Average Temperature49.5°F9.7°C
Highest Annual Average Temperature55.1°F12.8°C
Average Annual Total Precipitation41.3 in104.8 cm
Lowest Annual Precipitation Total22.6 in57.3 cm
Highest Annual Precipitation Total55.0 in139.7 cm
Days/Year that exceed 1.25" of Precipitation6.1 

Temperature

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  • Monthly Average Temperature
  • How Temperatures are Changing
    • Changes in Average Temperature – Includes a summary table of the average annual and seasonal temperature changes, and time series graphs of how the annual low, average, and high temperatures compare to the long term average plotted for every year on record.
    • Cold Temperatures – View time series plots of the number of days per year below 32°F and the number of heating degree days per year to see how cold days are changing.
    • Hot Temperatures – View time series plots of the number of days per year above 90°F and the number of cooling degree days per year to see how hot days are changing.
    • Growing Season Changes – View a time series of the annual number of days in the freeze-free period.

Monthly Average Temperature

Changes in Average Temperature, 1951-2025.

 °F°C
Annual average temperature2.41.4
Winter average temperature3.62.0
Spring average temperature4.02.2
Summer average temperature1.10.6
Fall average temperature2.41.4

Annual High and Low Temperature Departure

Cold Temperatures

¹Heating Degree Days (HDDs) are indexed units, not actual days, that roughly describe the demand to heat a building. HDDs accumulate on days colder than 65°F when heating is required. Every degree below 65°F is added to the annual total for an annual HDD value, which is plotted in the figure.

Hot Temperatures

²Cooling Degree Days (CDDs) are indexed units, not actual days, that roughly describe the demand to cool a building. CDDs accumulate on days warmer than 65°F when cooling is required. Every degree above 65°F is added to the annual total for an annual CDD value, which is plotted in the figure.

Growing Season Changes

Precipitation

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  • Monthly Average Precipitation – View a graph of the monthly low, average, and high precipitation climatology (average) of the past 30 years
  • How Precipitation is Changing
    • Changes in Total Precipitation – Includes a summary table of the average annual and seasonal precipitation changes.
    • Heavy Precipitation – View a bar chart of how annual number of days receiving more than 1, 1.25, 1.5, 1.75, and 2 inches of precipitation are changing over the period of record.

Monthly Average Precipitation

Changes in Average Precipitation, 1951-2025.

 in.cm.%
Annual total precipitation-1.9-4.9-4.80
Winter total precipitation0.61.68.20
Spring total precipitation-0.6-1.4-5.00
Summer total precipitation-2.7-6.9-21.50
Fall total precipitation0.41.04.40

Heavy Precipitation