Plymouth Metro Area, IN Climate

The climate in the Plymouth, IN Metro Area is typically quite mild, with warm summers and cool winters. The average temperature in the area throughout the year ranges from between 24°F (-4.4°C) in January to 73°F (22.8°C) in July. Winters can see temperatures drop to as low as 8°F (-13.3°C), while summers often reach highs of 86°F (30°C). Snowfall varies from year to year but it’s generally light with an average of only 21 inches annually, whereas rainfall averages around 40 inches per year. There are sometimes significant storms that bring strong winds and large amounts of rain or snow, so it is always important to be prepared for weather-related emergencies.

Plymouth Metro Area, Indiana gets 40 inches of rain, on average, per year. The US average is 38 inches of rain per year.

Plymouth Metro Area averages 43 inches of snow per year. The US average is 28 inches of snow per year.

On average, there are 173 sunny days per year in Plymouth Metro Area. The US average is 205 sunny days.

Plymouth Metro Area gets some kind of precipitation, on average, 129 days per year. Precipitation is rain, snow, sleet, or hail that falls to the ground. In order for precipitation to be counted you have to get at least .01 inches on the ground to measure.

Weather Highlights

Summer High: the July high is around 83 degrees
Winter Low: the January low is 16
Rain: averages 40 inches of rain a year
Snow: averages 43 inches of snow a year

Bestplaces Comfort Index

The annual BestPlaces Comfort Index for the Plymouth metro area is 6.8 (10=best), which means it is one of the least comfortable places in Indiana.

9 Summer - 4.4 Winter

June, September and August are the most pleasant months in the Plymouth metro area, while January and December are the least comfortable months.

Climate	Plymouth, Indiana	United States
	40.3 in.	38.1 in.
	42.7 in.	27.8 in.
	128.7 days	106.2 days
	173 days	205 days
	83.2°	85.8°
	15.8°	21.7°
	6.8	7
	3.6	4.3
	804 ft.	2443 ft.

Climate

YOU SHOULD KNOW

Many people confuse weather and climate but they are different. Weather is the conditions of the atmosphere over a short period of time, and climate is how the atmosphere is over long periods of time.

Weather is how the atmosphere is behaving and its effects upon life and human activities. Weather can change from minute-to-minute. Most people think of weather in terms of temperature, humidity, precipitation, cloudiness, brightness, visibility, wind, and atmospheric pressure.

Climate is the description of the long-term pattern of weather in a place. Climate can mean the average weather for a particular region and time period taken over 30 years. Climate is the average of weather over time.

July is the hottest month for the Plymouth metro area with an average high temperature of 83.2°, which ranks it as cooler than most places in Indiana. In the Plymouth metro area, there are 5 comfortable months with high temperatures in the range of 70-85°. The most pleasant months of the year for the Plymouth metro area are June, September and August.

In the Plymouth metro area, there are 9.3 days annually when the high temperature is over 90°, which is cooler than most places in Indiana.

January has the coldest nighttime temperatures for the Plymouth metro area with an average of 15.8°. This is one of the coldest places in Indiana.

In the Plymouth metro area, there are 132.8 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below freezing, which is one of the coldest places in Indiana.

In the Plymouth metro area, there are 7.5 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below zero°, which is colder than most places in Indiana.

The humidity is usually comfortable in the Plymouth metro area but some summer months can be sticky or muggy. July is the most humid month, though humidity is low for most of the year. The most humid months are July, August and June.

July is the wettest month in the Plymouth metro area with 4.5 inches of rain, and the driest month is February with 2.1 inches. The wettest season is Autumn with 31% of yearly precipitation and 18% occurs in Spring, which is the driest season. The annual rainfall of 40.3 inches in the Plymouth metro area means that it is drier than most places in Indiana.

December is the rainiest month in the Plymouth metro area with 12.3 days of rain, and September is the driest month with only 9.0 rainy days. There are 128.7 rainy days annually in the Plymouth metro area, which is one of the rainiest places in Indiana. The rainiest season is Summer when it rains 27% of the time and the driest is Winter with only a 23% chance of a rainy day.

An annual snowfall of 42.7 inches in the Plymouth metro area means that it is one of the snowiest places in Indiana. January is the snowiest month in the Plymouth metro area with 14.2 inches of snow, and 6 months of the year have significant snowfall.

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