NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE - INDIANAPOLIS
INDIANA WEATHER HISTORY
AUGUST
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2. 1842 FORT WAYNE...AN EXTREMELY RARE MID SUMMERS LIGHT FROST
WAS REPORTED.
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5. 1988 SEYMOUR...LIGHTNING STRUCK A UTILITY POLE...TRAVELED
DOWN THE POWER LINES AND BLEW THE RATE BOX OFF OF A HOUSE.
6. 1905 PRINCETON...THE GREATEST MEASURED 24 HOUR RAINFALL IN
THE STATE...10.50 INCHES FELL.
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8. 1992 IN THE SOUTHCENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST...TORRENTIAL RAINS
DUMPED UP TO 13 INCHES IN 6 HOURS IN SCOTT COUNTY CAUSING
EXTENSIVE FLOODING. STREAMS ROSE 30 TO 35 FEET IN CLARK
AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES. CONRAIL HAD 65 MILES OF TRACK
WASHED OUT.
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12. 1993 ROSEDALE...UP TO 8 INCHES OF RAIN FELL IN JUST 6 HOURS.
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20. 1990 INDIANA HEIGHTS...ALMOST 3 INCHES OF RAIN FELL IN JUST
90 MINUTES.
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22. 1936 INDIANAPOLIS...THE HIGH TEMPERATURE REACHED 101 DEGREES.
THIS MARKED THE 12TH TIME THE TEMPERATURE REACHED THE
100 DEGREE MARK IN 1936...WHICH IS A RECORD NUMBER OF
TIMES FOR THE CITY.
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26. 1986 WHITESTOWN...THUNDERSTORM WINDS AT A HOUSE BLEW OPEN
THE BACK DOOR AND SHATTERED A WINDOW...THEN BLEW OPEN THE
REFRIGERATOR DOOR AND EMPTIED ITS CONTENTS...WHILE A
30 POUND BEAGLE WAS THROWN OFF A COUCH AND OUT THE FRONT
DOOR.
27. 1923 VALPARAISO AND MONTICELLO BOTH RECORD 7.3 INCHES OF
RAIN.
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