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United States › Indiana › Owen County › Climate Station SPENCER, IN US Distance 4.3 mi Normals 1991 to 2020
This weather has a price Keeping the median Owen County home comfortable runs roughly $490 a year in heating and cooling alone. See where it lands in the monthly bill

30-year climate normals

Owen County Climate and Weather Averages

Hottest month: July

85.4°

average daily high. The coldest month is January, averaging a low of 20.2°F.

Owen County gets 49.69" of precipitation a year and 15.8" of snow, and 33% of it falls in Apr, May, Jun.

Temperature through the year

Each bar spans the average daily low to the average daily high for that month.

40° 60° 80° JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
MonthAvg highAvg low PrecipSnow
January 37.2° 20.2° 3.45" 6.9"
February 41.7° 22.6° 2.64" 4.2"
March 52.3° 30.6° 3.65" 1.5"
April 64.4° 40.6° 5.34" 0.1"
May 73.9° 51.1° 5.19" 0.0"
June 82.1° 60.2° 5.82" 0.0"
July 85.4° 64.0° 4.93" 0.0"
August 84.4° 62.0° 3.58" 0.0"
September 78.8° 54.0° 3.76" 0.0"
October 66.9° 42.1° 3.86" 0.0"
November 53.0° 32.3° 4.01" 0.3"
December 41.9° 25.0° 3.46" 2.8"

Rainfall by month

Precipitation is spread fairly evenly through the year here, with 33% falling in the wettest three months (Apr, May, Jun).

January 3.45"
February 2.64"
March 3.65"
April 5.34"
May 5.19"
June 5.82"
July 4.93"
August 3.58"
September 3.76"
October 3.86"
November 4.01"
December 3.46"
Annual total 49.69"

What this climate costs you

Degree days measure how hard a building has to work to stay comfortable. They are the reason two identical houses have very different power bills, and they are the link between the weather here and what you pay every month.

Cooling degree days How much air conditioning the climate demands 987
Heating degree days How much heating the climate demands 5,407
Approximate annual cooling cost At 17.02¢/kWh, Indiana average $168
Approximate annual electric heating cost Lower where heating is gas rather than electric $322

These are rough planning figures from degree days and the state electricity price, not a bill estimate. House size, insulation and fuel type move them a lot. See the full cost of owning a home in Owen County, where electricity is one line of eight.

Common questions

What is the weather like in Owen County?

Owen County averages a high of 85.4°F in July and a low of 20.2°F in January. Annual precipitation is 49.69 inches, including 15.8 inches of snow.

When is the rainy season in Owen County?

The wettest stretch is Apr, May, Jun, which accounts for 33% of the year's precipitation. Precipitation is relatively evenly distributed across the year.

How hot does it get in Owen County?

The average daily high in July, the hottest month, is 85.4°F. That drives 987 cooling degree days a year, which is what your air conditioning has to work against.

Does it snow in Owen County?

Yes. Owen County averages 15.8 inches of snow a year.

Sources

  • Temperature, precipitation and snowfall normals: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, 1991 to 2020 Monthly Climate Normals, station SPENCER, IN US (USC00128290), 4.3 miles from the county centroid.
  • Heating and cooling degree days: NOAA, same station and period.
  • Annual figures on this page are the sum of that station's twelve monthly normals. NOAA also publishes a separately-computed annual normal, which can differ from the monthly sum by a few percent; we use the monthly series because the month-by-month breakdown above has to come from it.
  • Electricity price: US Energy Information Administration, Electric Power Monthly Table 5.6.A, Indiana residential average.
  • Wet-season share is the wettest three consecutive months as a percentage of annual precipitation, calculated from the monthly normals.