Young America, Indiana
Young America is an unincorporated community in Deer Creek Township, Cass County, Indiana.
History
Young America was platted about 1856.[3] The town sprang up around a saw mill. When someone wrote "Young America" on the mill's boiler, to indicate the promise of the enterprise, the name stuck.[4]
The Young America post office was established in 1876 and ceased operations in 2019.[5]
Geography
Climate
According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Young America has a hot-summer humid continental climate, abbreviated "Dfa" on climate maps. The hottest temperature recorded in Young America was 101 °F (38.3 °C) on June 29, 2012, while the coldest temperature recorded was −32 °F (−35.6 °C) on January 2nd, 2023.[6]
Climate data for Young America, Indiana, 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1992–present | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °F (°C) | 65 (18) | 73 (23) | 85 (29) | 86 (30) | 96 (36) | 101 (38) | 100 (38) | 94 (34) | 95 (35) | 91 (33) | 79 (26) | 70 (21) | 101 (38) |
Mean maximum °F (°C) | 55.1 (12.8) | 56.7 (13.7) | 70.1 (21.2) | 79.8 (26.6) | 89.2 (31.8) | 89.6 (32.0) | 90.8 (32.7) | 89.9 (32.2) | 90.5 (32.5) | 83.4 (28.6) | 68.1 (20.1) | 58.0 (14.4) | 93.8 (34.3) |
Mean daily maximum °F (°C) | 31.9 (−0.1) | 35.9 (2.2) | 47.3 (8.5) | 60.4 (15.8) | 71.8 (22.1) | 80.3 (26.8) | 82.6 (28.1) | 81.2 (27.3) | 76.5 (24.7) | 64.2 (17.9) | 49.1 (9.5) | 36.9 (2.7) | 59.8 (15.5) |
Daily mean °F (°C) | 24.2 (−4.3) | 27.8 (−2.3) | 37.9 (3.3) | 49.4 (9.7) | 61.1 (16.2) | 70.0 (21.1) | 72.3 (22.4) | 70.6 (21.4) | 64.3 (17.9) | 53.0 (11.7) | 40.4 (4.7) | 29.9 (−1.2) | 50.1 (10.1) |
Mean daily minimum °F (°C) | 16.5 (−8.6) | 19.8 (−6.8) | 28.5 (−1.9) | 38.4 (3.6) | 50.3 (10.2) | 59.7 (15.4) | 62.0 (16.7) | 59.9 (15.5) | 52.2 (11.2) | 41.8 (5.4) | 31.7 (−0.2) | 22.8 (−5.1) | 40.3 (4.6) |
Mean minimum °F (°C) | −5.2 (−20.7) | −3.7 (−19.8) | 12.4 (−10.9) | 25.1 (−3.8) | 34.5 (1.4) | 46.6 (8.1) | 50.7 (10.4) | 48.5 (9.2) | 39.9 (4.4) | 28.7 (−1.8) | 7.1 (−13.8) | 4.7 (−15.2) | −10.1 (−23.4) |
Record low °F (°C) | −32 (−36) | −22 (−30) | −9 (−23) | 13 (−11) | 22 (−6) | 35 (2) | 42 (6) | 40 (4) | 31 (−1) | 23 (−5) | 2 (−17) | −11 (−24) | −32 (−36) |
Average precipitation inches (mm) | 2.52 (64) | 2.25 (57) | 2.63 (67) | 3.64 (92) | 3.94 (100) | 5.19 (132) | 5.14 (131) | 3.99 (101) | 3.37 (86) | 3.08 (78) | 3.08 (78) | 2.29 (58) | 41.12 (1,044) |
Average snowfall inches (cm) | 8.2 (21) | 7.3 (19) | 2.7 (6.9) | 0.6 (1.5) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.7 (1.8) | 5.1 (13) | 24.6 (63.2) |
Average extreme snow depth inches (cm) | 6.0 (15) | 5.2 (13) | 2.6 (6.6) | 0.4 (1.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.8 (2.0) | 3.5 (8.9) | 7.7 (20) |
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.01 in) | 10.6 | 9.2 | 9.4 | 10.9 | 10.9 | 10.8 | 9.4 | 8.7 | 7.2 | 7.9 | 8.7 | 10.1 | 113.8 |
Average snowy days (≥ 0.1 in) | 5.5 | 4.8 | 2.1 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 3.6 | 16.9 |
Source 1: NOAA[7] | |||||||||||||
Source 2: National Weather Service (mean maxima/minima 2006–2020)[6] |
References
- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Young America, Indiana
- ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
- ^ Helm, Thomas B. (1878). History of Cass County, Indiana. Kingman Bros. pp. 41.
- ^ Powell, Jehu Z. (1913). History of Cass County Indiana: From Its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time. Lewis Publishing Company. pp. 568.
- ^ "Cass County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved August 29, 2014.
- ^ a b "NOAA Online Weather Data – NWS Northern Indiana". National Weather Service. Retrieved February 5, 2023.
- ^ "U.S. Climate Normals Quick Access – Station: Young America, IN". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved February 5, 2023.
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