Colfax weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Colfax, Indiana: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at FRANKFORT DISPOSAL, 18 km from Colfax; records cover 1914–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 43.3 in1099 mm
- Snow a year
- 24 in61 cm
- Last spring freeze
- Apr 21
- First fall freeze
- Oct 16
- Heating degree days
- 5,716
- Cooling degree days
- 899
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are −3°−19° (heating, 99%) and 92°33° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Colfax in January
Highs average 34°1° and lows 19°−7°, with 3 in77 mm of precipitation and 9 in23 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 70°21° (1950)
- Record low
- −25°−32° (1985)
- Heating degree days
- 1199
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Colfax in February
Highs average 38°3° and lows 22°−6°, with 2.5 in64 mm of precipitation and 6 in16 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 73°23° (1925)
- Record low
- −22°−30° (1979)
- Heating degree days
- 978
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Colfax in March
Highs average 50°10° and lows 31°−1°, with 3.1 in79 mm of precipitation and 2.7 in6.9 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 85°29° (2012)
- Record low
- −16°−27° (1948)
- Heating degree days
- 770
- Cooling degree days
- 2
Colfax in April
Highs average 62°17° and lows 41°5°, with 4.1 in103 mm of precipitation and 0.6 in1.5 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 92°33° (1930)
- Record low
- 14°−10° (1940)
- Heating degree days
- 412
- Cooling degree days
- 9
Colfax in May
Highs average 73°23° and lows 52°11°, with 4.4 in112 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 97°36° (1914)
- Record low
- 18°−8° (1978)
- Heating degree days
- 159
- Cooling degree days
- 72
Colfax in June
Highs average 81°27° and lows 61°16°, with 5.3 in134 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 104°40° (1934)
- Record low
- 31°−1° (1945)
- Heating degree days
- 21
- Cooling degree days
- 200
Colfax in July
Highs average 84°29° and lows 64°18°, with 4.8 in121 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 108°42° (1936)
- Record low
- 40°4° (1940)
- Heating degree days
- 3
- Cooling degree days
- 270
Colfax in August
Highs average 82°28° and lows 62°17°, with 3.4 in86 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 102°39° (1936)
- Record low
- 33°1° (1946)
- Heating degree days
- 6
- Cooling degree days
- 226
Colfax in September
Highs average 77°25° and lows 54°12°, with 3.1 in78 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 101°38° (1939)
- Record low
- 26°−3° (1942)
- Heating degree days
- 80
- Cooling degree days
- 104
Colfax in OctoberThis month
Highs average 65°18° and lows 44°7°, with 3.3 in83 mm of precipitation in a typical October.
- Record high
- 93°34° (1947)
- Record low
- 17°−8° (1948)
- Heating degree days
- 349
- Cooling degree days
- 16
Colfax in November
Highs average 50°10° and lows 33°1°, with 3.5 in88 mm of precipitation and 0.9 in2.3 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 78°26° (1933)
- Record low
- −4°−20° (1930)
- Heating degree days
- 699
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Colfax in December
Highs average 39°4° and lows 24°−4°, with 2.9 in74 mm of precipitation and 5 in12 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 72°22° (1982)
- Record low
- −26°−32° (1983)
- Heating degree days
- 1040
- Cooling degree days
- 0