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Has the climate in Kokomo changed?

Kokomo has warmed about 2.5°F since 1971.

About 0.5°F per decade, measured from Kokomo's official daily weather records, 1971–2025. Individual years still bounce around — some recent ones came in cool — but the long-term line has clearly risen.

Is that a lot? Kokomo's warming is broadly in line with other cities in United States — neither unusually fast nor unusually slow.

What has actually changed

Each card compares the 1970s (the first ten years of the record) with recent years (the last ten) — the same span the headline and the chart use.

Freezing nights
11 fewer nights
1970s
141 / yr
Recent
130 / yr
Milder winters — fewer frosts
Average temperature
+1.6°F
1970s
49.0°F
Recent
50.6°F
A steady upward drift
Hot days above 90°F
4 fewer days
1970s
15 / yr
Recent
11 / yr
Slightly fewer hot days
Rainy days
15 more days
1970s
122 / yr
Recent
137 / yr
Wetter on average

Kokomo's temperature, year by year

Average temperature for each year from 1971 to 2025.

45°47°49°51°53°55°1971: 49.7°F1972: 47.8°F1973: 51.2°F1974: 49.1°F1975: 50.1°F1976: 48.3°F1977: 49.2°F1978: 46.7°F1979: 47.2°F1980: 48.1°F1981: 48.6°F1982: 48.1°F1983: 50.0°F1984: 47.8°F1985: 48.4°F1986: 50.4°F1987: 51.9°F1988: 49.7°F1989: 48.0°F1990: 50.7°F1992: 49.8°F1993: 49.3°F1994: 49.7°F1995: 49.7°F1996: 48.2°F1997: 48.6°F1998: 53.7°F1999: 51.8°F2000: 50.0°F2001: 51.8°F2002: 51.7°F2003: 49.6°F2004: 51.1°F2005: 51.5°F2006: 52.0°F2007: 51.5°F2008: 48.9°F2009: 49.7°F2010: 50.8°F2011: 51.3°F2012: 53.6°F2013: 49.7°F2014: 47.3°F2015: 50.5°F2016: 52.3°F2017: 52.2°F2018: 50.4°F2019: 50.1°F2020: 51.0°F2022: 48.7°F2023: 52.1°F2024: 51.8°F2025: 49.7°Flong-term trend1971198019902000201020202025
a warmer-than-average year a cooler-than-average year

Each bar is one year. Most recent years sit above the older ones. Some recent years still came in cool — warming is a slope, not a straight climb.

In day-to-day terms, that long-term shift shows up as about 8 fewer freezing nights a year and about 3 fewer days above 90°F compared with the 1970s.

When in the year the change shows up

How much warmer each month is now than in the 1970s. Useful if you garden or care about a particular season — otherwise the headline above already has the answer.

0.0°+0.5°+1.0°+1.5°+2.0°+2.5°January: +2.1°F+2.1JFebruary: +1.5°F+1.5FMarch: +1.1°F+1.1MApril: +1.7°F+1.7AMay: +1.6°F+1.6MJune: +0.9°F+0.9JJuly: +0.2°F+0.2JAugust: +0.8°F+0.8ASeptember: +1.4°F+1.4SOctober: +1.2°F+1.2ONovember: +0.5°F+0.5NDecember: +2.0°F+2.0D

January has warmed the most — about 2.1°F. The warming runs across the whole year, not just one season.

Methodology & sources

Temperature — the official 1991–2020 climate normals from NOAA's U.S. Climate Normals, measured at Kokomo 3 Wsw (NOAA GHCN station USC00124662), about 5 km from the city centre.

How we build these numbers →