NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE - INDIANAPOLIS
CENTRAL INDIANA WEATHER HISTORY
DECEMBER
01. 1970 AT INDIANAPOLIS...THE RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE FOR THE DATE
IS SET AT 70 DEGREES.
02. 1886 AT INDIANAPOLIS...THE RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE FOR THE DATE
IS SET AT -3 DEGREES.
03. 1873 AT INDIANAPOLIS...THE RECORD PRECIPITATION AMOUNT FOR THE
DATE IS SET AT 3.46 INCHES.
04. 1998 SEVERAL SITES SET RECORD TEMPERATURES FOR THIS DATE...
INCLUDING INDIANAPOLIS WITH A HIGH OF 70 DEGREES.
05. 1996 AT INDIANAPOLIS...THE RECORD SNOWFALL FOR THE DATE
IS SET AT 4.8 INCHES.
06. 1998 SEVERAL SITES SET RECORD TEMPERATURES FOR THIS DATE...
INCLUDING INDIANAPOLIS AT 73 DEGREES. LATE IN THE
EVENING...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS JUST AHEAD OF A
STRONG COLD FRONT MOVED ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA DOWNING
TREES AND POWER LINES ACROSS SEVERAL COUNTIES.
07. 1979 STRONG WINDS COLLAPSE PART OF A WAREHOUSE UNDER
CONSTRUCTION NEAR INDIANAPOLIS.
08. 1995 SNOWFALL OF 2 TO 4 INCHES CAUSE NUMEROUS CAR
ACCIDENTS. ARCTIC AIR CAME AFTER THE SNOW AND BROUGHT
SUBZERO TEMPERATURES.
09. 1876 AT INDIANAPOLIS...THE RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE FOR THE
DATE IS SET AT -15 DEGREES.
10. 1971 NUMEROUS SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE ACROSS CENTRAL
INDIANA...DAMAGING HOMES AND BUSINESSES. THREE AIRPLANES
WERE BLOWN OVER AT THE MONROE COUNTY AIRPORT.
11. 1967 TORNADOES IN DAVIESS AND KNOX COUNTIES DESTROY A
HOUSE TRAILER AND DAMAGE SEVERAL FARM BUILDINGS.
12. 1977 AT INDIANAPOLIS...THE RECORD SNOW DEPTH FOR THE DATE
IS SET AT 8 INCHES.
13. 2000 AN ICE STORM STRIKES SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA. UP TO
A HALF INCH OF ICE FALLS ON TOP OF SNOW...AND THE ICE
DOWNS POWER LINES.
14. 1899 AT INDIANAPOLIS...THE RECORD SNOWFALL FOR THE DATE
IS SET AT 6.9 INCHES.
15. 1987 HIGH WINDS GUSTED UP TO 70 MPH IN THE NORTH AND
CENTRAL PARTS OF THE STATE.
16. 1996 SNOWFALLS OF 2 TO 6 INCHES WERE COMMON ACROSS
CENTRAL INDIANA.
17. 1981 EIGHT INCHES OF SNOW FALL IN MONROE AND BROWN
COUNTIES....WITH 4-7 INCHES ELSEWHERE ACROSS CENTRAL
INDIANA.
18. 1995 FREEZING RAIN FALLS ACROSS PARTS OF THE AREA...CAUSING
OVER 65000 HOMES TO BE WITHOUT POWER AT ONE POINT DUE TO
DOWNED POWER LINES.
19. 1973 HEAVY SNOW FELL OVER THE ENTIRE STATE ON THE 19-20TH...
WITH OVER ONE FOOT OVER MUCH OF NORTHERN INDIANA.
17 INCHES FELL AT LAFAYETTE.
20. 1995 HEAVY SNOWS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES ON THE 19-20TH FELL
ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST INDIANA...ASSURING A WHITE
CHRISTMAS.
21. 1988 STRONG WINDS OF 50 TO 70 MPH AT INDIANAPOLIS TOPPLE
A 20 FOOT HIGH MASONRY WALL UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
22. 1989 INDIANAPOLIS RECORDS ITS COLDEST TEMPERATURE EVER
RECORDED IN DECEMBER...-23 DEGREES.
23. 2004 SEYMOUR...TWO BACK-TO-BACK SNOWS STORMS BRING A
TWO DAY TOTAL OF 29 INCHES OF SNOW. MUCH OF SOUTHEAST
INDIANA SAW OVER A FOOT OF SNOW.
24. 1983 BITTER COLD TEMPERATURES OCCUR ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA
DURING THE LAST HALF OF THE MONTH...SETTING SEVERAL
TEMPERATURE RECORDS...INCLUDING A RECORD LOW FOR DECEMBER
24 AT INDIANAPOLIS OF -17 DEGREES.
25. 1983 INDIANAPOLIS...THE COLDEST TEMEPRATURE ON RECORD FOR
CHRISTMAS DAY IS RECORDED AT -15 DEGREES.
26. 1875 AT INDIANAPOLIS...THE RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE FOR THE
DATE IS SET AT 67 DEGREES.
27. 1988 HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATES 4 TO 8 INCHES ACROSS CENTRAL
INDIANA ON THE 27TH INTO THE 28TH.
28. 1990 ON THE 28TH TO THE 31ST...HEAVY SNOW COMBINED WITH
SNOWMELT PRODUCED SIGNIFICANT FLOODING OVER MUCH OF THE
STATE.
29. 1981 FOUR TO SEVEN INCHES OF SNOW FALL ACROSS HOWARD AND
CARROLL COUNTIES.
30. 1973 ON THE 30TH TO 31ST...FROM 7 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW FELL
OVER CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST INDIANA. .
31. 1876 AT INDIANAPOLIS...1876 BECOMES THE WETTEST YEAR ON
RECORD...WITH A TOTAL OF 57.65 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION.
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