Huntington County, Indiana · Huntington
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Huntington County averages 35 nights a year at 20°F or colder, mostly November to March, and 45% of its homes predate 1960.
Heavy rain days of an inch or more come about 6.3 times a year here, most often in July. A sump pump that hasn't run since last season is a common weak point.
Backups often follow heavy rain, which Huntington County gets about 6.3 days a year, when storm water overloads sewer mains and pushes up through the lowest drain in the house.
In Huntington County, 2.65 inches fell on the wettest day of the 2015–2024 record. Storms like that, and ice dams in snowy winters, cause most roof leaks.
15% of occupied homes in Huntington County heat mainly with wood or propane, below the Indiana county median of 17%.
Muggy summer nights, lows of 65°F or more, come about 31 times a year in Huntington County. Mold after a leak spreads fastest from June through August.
Local risk profile
With 16,340 homes and around 36,798 residents, Huntington County is 383 square miles of northeast Indiana. Besides Huntington, the county seat, the biggest communities are Roanoke, Warren and Markle. Half the homes here were built before 1966, half after.
54/100 Water Damage Risk Index: Elevated Huntington County ranks 30 of 92 Indiana counties. See the statewide ranking and method.The three factors where Huntington County ranks highest compared with other Indiana counties.
Huntington County gets more hard-freeze nights than most of Indiana. From 2015–2024 it averaged 35 nights a year at 20°F or colder, the range where pipes in exterior walls, crawl spaces and unheated garages freeze, and 114 nights at or below 32°F. That ranks 30th of 92 counties.
The longest cold spell was straight 19 days without the temperature rising above freezing, ending in March 2015. The coldest night reached about -16°F on January 31, 2019. Burst pipes usually show up when a spell like that breaks and the ice thaws.
Expect the hardest freezes in January, inside a season that runs November to March. That's when an outdoor spigot left connected to a hose, or a pipe in a crawl space, is most likely to split.
Freezing nights typically start around Oct 26 and end around Apr 24.
Huntington gets fewer downpours than most Indiana counties, but they still fill basements. About 6.3 days a year bring an inch or more (66th of 92), most often in July, out of 40.9 inches of total precipitation. On June 27, 2015, 2.65 inches fell in a single day. The worst three-day stretch dropped 3.71 inches, ending June 16, 2015, the kind of soaking that overwhelms sump pumps and storm sewers.
The temperature crosses 32°F in both directions on roughly 84 days a year. Each cycle melts and refreezes water at roof edges and in foundation cracks, which is how ice dams and basement seepage get started.
Housing
Roughly 65% of the county's housing was built before 1980. That puts Huntington among the oldest housing stocks of Indiana's 92 counties.
In Huntington County 45% of homes are older than 1960. If yours is one of them and the plumbing has never been replaced, expect galvanized steel supply pipe and cast iron drain lines, the two materials most likely to fail quietly.
Beyond water
Huntington County averages 31 warm, muggy nights a year (lows of 65°F or more) and gets the most rain in June. Keep indoor humidity under 60%, as the EPA advises, and dry any leak within 24 to 48 hours; in a humid month a wet basement left alone won't dry by itself.
Mold remediation: what to expectHeating fuel matters for fire risk. In Huntington County it's 47% utility gas, 34% electric, 13% propane and 2% wood. Fires here are likelier to start in the kitchen or the wiring than in the furnace. After any fire, keep the HVAC off until ducts are checked, or soot will travel through the house.
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Population from ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates. Townships and unincorporated areas are covered too.
Nearby
Allen, Wabash and Whitley get more pipe-freeze nights than Huntington. Wabash County has the oldest housing nearby, with 73% of homes built before 1980.
By the numbers
| Factor | Huntington | Indiana median | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes built before 1960 | 45% | 35% | 16 of 92 |
| Homes built before 1980 | 65% | 58% | 29 of 92 |
| Homes built 2000 or later | 16% | 18% | 62 of 92 |
| Manufactured or mobile homes | 3.7% | 6.4% | 70 of 92 |
| Vacant homes | 5.7% | 9.2% | 82 of 92 |
| Wood or propane heat | 15% | 17% | 54 of 92 |
| Nights at 20°F or colder | 35/yr | 33/yr | 30 of 92 |
| Days with 1 inch+ of rain | 6.3/yr | 7.8/yr | 66 of 92 |
| Freeze-thaw days | 84/yr | 84/yr | 34 of 92 |
| Muggy nights (65°F+) | 31/yr | 38/yr | 76 of 92 |
Rank 1 is the highest value. Bars run from the lowest to the highest Indiana county; the tick marks the median; orange means higher water damage risk than the median, green means lower.
Questions
Peak risk months in Huntington County: freezing from November to March, heavy rain in May, June and July.
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024 5-year estimates (2020-2024); weather from NOAA nClimGrid-Daily county averages (EpiNOAA), 2015–2024, averaged across the county; county boundaries from Census TIGER. Reviewed 2026-10-21. Methodology