Indiana · 29 cities · Nov 11, 2026

Indiana soil temperatures (4 inch)

Median across the state, top 4 inches (modelled)53°FModelled by NOAA GFS, run Nov 11, 12:00 UTC (7 am Eastern). Warmest: Evansville 58°F · coolest: Fort Wayne 50°F
Cities
29
each on its own model grid cell
Change on a week ago
−11°F
median of the cities
Pre-emergent window open
0
of 29 cities today
Held 55°F last spring
May 13
median date

Soil temperature today, largest Indiana cities

°F, today's average of the 0–4 in layer. Green band: 50–55°F. Bars start at 30°F, not zero.

Indianapolis58°FFort Wayne50°FEvansville58°FSouth Bend51°FBloomington55°FHammond53°FLafayette53°FMuncie52°FTerre Haute56°FNoblesville54°FKokomo53°FAnderson53°F
Indianapolis58°FFort Wayne50°FEvansville58°FSouth Bend51°FBloomington55°FHammond53°FLafayette53°FMuncie52°FTerre Haute56°FNoblesville54°FKokomo53°FAnderson53°F
Source: NOAA NCEP GFS, run Nov 11, 12:00 UTC (7 am Eastern).

Measured at 4 inches in Indiana

Daily average of hourly probe readings (NOAA USCRN), latest full day. Measured, not modelled.

NOAA station4 in2 in8 inDay
Bedford 5 WNW53.2°F53.3°F53.9°FNov 10

All 29 cities in Indiana

CitySoil todayvs a week agoNext 7 daysGrass seed
Indianapolis, IN58°F−8°F42°F–52°FToo late in the season
Fort Wayne, IN50°F−14°F38°F–49°FToo late in the season
Evansville, IN58°F−10°F43°F–55°FToo late in the season
South Bend, IN51°F−14°F39°F–47°FToo late in the season
Bloomington, IN55°F−11°F40°F–52°FToo late in the season
Hammond, IN53°F−11°F41°F–48°FToo late in the season
Lafayette, IN53°F−11°F40°F–51°FToo late in the season
Muncie, IN52°F−12°F40°F–50°FToo late in the season
Terre Haute, IN56°F−9°F42°F–53°FToo late in the season
Noblesville, IN54°F−12°F41°F–51°FToo late in the season
Kokomo, IN53°F−12°F41°F–51°FToo late in the season
Anderson, IN53°F−12°F41°F–51°FToo late in the season

City numbers are the modelled average of the top 4 inches (0–10 cm), not a probe at exactly 4 inches. Measured 2, 4 and 8 inch readings · Indiana by ZIP code

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Data: Global Forecast System (GFS) 0.25°, soil temperature 0–10 cm (TSOIL) (NOAA National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP)); U.S. Climate Reference Network (USCRN) hourly data, version 2 (soil temperature at 5 cm and 10 cm, air temperature) (NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI)); GeoNames gazetteer (cities15000) (GeoNames).