NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE - INDIANAPOLIS
INDIANA WEATHER HISTORY
FEBRUARY
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2. 1951 EVANSVILLE...THE ALL TIME RECORD LOW FOR THE CITY IS
SET AT -23.
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8. 1835 ECONOMY...THE TEMPERATURE PLUMMETED TO -22.
1977 INDIANAPOLIS...THE LOW TEMPERATURE DROPPED TO -3. THIS
MARKED THE 23RD TIME IN THE WINTER OF 1976-1977 THAT THE
TEMPERATURE DROPPED BELOW ZERO...WHICH IS A RECORD NUMBER
OF TIMES FOR THE CITY.
1987 A WINTER STORM BROUGHT 50 TO 60 MPH WINDS TO THE NORTH
AND CENTRAL PARTS OF THE STATE...WITH 15 FOOT WAVES ON
THE LAKE MICHIGAN SHORELINE.
9. 1870 U.S. Weather Bureau established...forerunner of the
National Weather Service.
1982 FORT WAYNE...20 INCHES OF SNOW WAS ON THE GROUND...WHICH
IS THE MOST EVER RECORDED ON THE GROUND IN THE CITYS RECORDS.
1995 HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW FELL OVER PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL
INDIANA ON THE 7TH TO THE 9TH. SOUTH BEND RECEIVED 12.0
INCHES OF SNOW.
10. 1871 INDIANAPOLIS...ON THE FIRST DAY OF OFFICIAL WEATHER
BUREAU RECORDS IN INDIANAPOLIS...THE HIGH TEMPERATURE
IS 28...WITH NO PRECIPITATION. LOW TEMPERATURE RECORDS
DID NOT BEGIN UNTIL MARCH 1 1871.
11. 1985 HEAVY SNOW FELL ACROSS NEARLY ALL OF INDIANA ON THE
10TH AND 11TH...INCLUDING 6.2 INCHES AT EVANSVILLE AND
7.0 INCHES IN INDIANAPOLIS.
12. 1944 LAPORTE...THE SINGLE DAY OFFICIAL RECORD SNOWFALL FOR
THE STATE IS SET WITH 20 INCHES.
1981 INDIANAPOLIS...THE RECORD HIGHEST SEA-LEVEL PRESSURE IS
SET FOR THE CITY AS 30.97 INCHES.
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14. 1985 SNOW FROM THE 10TH TO THE 15TH ACCUMULATED UP TO 20
INCHES FROM SOUTH BEND TO KOKOMO. STRONG WINDS
WHIPPED SNOWDRIFTS UP TO 12 FEET IN DEPTH DURING THIS
PERIOD...SHUTTING DOWN MOST ROADS IN THE NORTH CENTRAL
AND NORTHEAST PARTS OF THE STATE.
15. 1990 AN ICE STORM ON THE 14-15TH LEAVES HOMES IN THE
NORTHEAST WITHOUT POWER FOR UP TO 5 DAYS.
1993 ST. MEINRAD...UP TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW FELL IN A STORM
THAT AFFECTED ALL BUT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE
STATE.
16. 1991 3 DAYS OF ARCTIC COLD AND 20 TO 30 MPH WINDS LEAVES UP
TO 20 INCHES OF SNOW IN SOUTH BEND...AND ALSO CAUSES
WHITEOUTS AND DRIFTS TO 5 FEET DEEP IN THE NORTHWEST
PART OF THE STATE.
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21. 1779 IT RAINED ALL DAY ON THE ARMY UNDER GEORGE ROGERS CLARK
AS THEY CROSSED THE FLOODED WABASH RIVER NEAR ST
FRANCISVILLE FERRY...ON THEIR ADVANCE TOWARDS BRITISH
HELD VINCENNES.
22. 1993 HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW FELL OVER THE NORTH CENTRAL AND
NORTHEAST PARTS OF THE STATE ON THE 22ND TO 23RD. ONE
TO TWO FEET FELL IN THE NORTH CENTRAL...AND FROM 6 TO
10 INCHES IN THE NORTHEAST. SOUTH BEND SET A 24 HOUR
SNOWFALL RECORD FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY WITH
15.1 INCHES.
23. 1779 A COOL CLEAR MORNING FROZE STILL WATERS ALONG THE
WABASH RIVER JUST SOUTH OF VINCENNES. THE ICE WAS
0.50 TO 0.75 INCH THICK. THE ARMY UNDER GEORGE ROGERS
CLARK MARCHED SIX MILES NORTH ALONG THE FLOODED
WABASH...AT TIMES THROUGH THE ICY WATERS...TO RETAKE
VINCENNES FROM THE BRITISH SHORTLY AFTER SUNSET.
1989 GARY...ON THE 22-23RD...20 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATED.
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25. 1965 INDIANAPOLIS...GREATEST 24 HOUR SNOWFALL IS SET FOR THE
CITY AS 12.5 INCHES IN THE 24-25TH.
1993 HEAVY SNOW FELL OVER THE SOUTHERN TWO THIRDS OF
INDIANA. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WERE
COMMON. UP TO 11 INCHES FELL IN EVANSVILLE AND
WASHINGTON.
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28. 1828 NEW HARMONY...IN AN UNUSUALLY MILD WINTER...THE CITYS
LOWEST TEMPERATURE OF THE WINTER IS RECORDED AT +12.
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