#1Tell City
Perry County · 7,441 peopleJanuary low·July high 87°·77 freezing nights a year
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Towns with the mildest winters in Indiana
Tell City has the mildest winters of Indiana’s 552 towns of 2,500+: January nights average a low of 26° (NOAA 1991–2020 normals). The typical town here averages 19°; none of the 552 stay above freezing.
The average January low. NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020, from NOAA’s 5 km grid at each town’s center; one town for each grid cell. A described list: no letters. How grades work
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#T2Black Township
Posey County · 8,813 peopleJanuary low·July high 88°·86 freezing nights a year
Marrs Township
Posey County · 5,388 peopleJanuary low·July high 88°·86 freezing nights a year
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January low, highest first. Towns with the same figure share a rank (T = tied; 542 towns here).
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Which Indiana town has the mildest winters?
Tell City (Perry County): January nights average a low of 26°. Black Township (25°) and Marrs Township (25°) follow.
How are these towns ranked?
By the average January low (the coldest month’s nights), highest first, on NOAA’s 1991–2020 normals, read from its 5 km grid at each town’s center. Towns with the same figure share a rank (T); the figure and the state rank are the ones on each town’s Climate page. How grades work.
Why isn’t my town on this list?
The list covers towns of 2,500+ residents, one for each of NOAA’s 5 km grid cells (552 in Indiana): where towns share a cell, one of them stands for it, since the grid gives them the same figures. Every town’s own figures are on its Climate page. Every town is on the Indiana page.
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