Unincorporated community and Census-designated place in Indiana, United States
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 −27 °F (−32.8 °C) on January 19, 1994.[6]
| Climate data for Young America, Indiana, 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1992–present
|
| 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)
|
−27
(−33)
|
−22
(−30)
|
−9
(−23)
|
13
(−11)
|
22
(−6)
|
35
(2)
|
42
(6)
|
40
(4)
|
31
(−1)
|
23
(−5)
|
2
(−17)
|
−11
(−24)
|
−27
(−33)
|
| 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]
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