NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE - INDIANAPOLIS
INDIANA WEATHER HISTORY
JANUARY
1. 1864 INDIANAPOLIS...A BITTER COLD DAY GREETS THE NEW YEAR
WITH A LOW TEMPERATURE OF -20...AND A HIGH OF ONLY -12.
THE TEMPERATURE HAD FALLEN NEARLY 70 DEGREES IN 12
HOURS.
2. 1887 LAFAYETTE...THE COLDEST TEMPERATURE RECORDED FOR THE
STATE IN THE 19TH CENTURY IS SET AT -33.
3. 1996 SNOWFALLS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES BLANKETED ALL BUT NORTHWEST
INDIANA ON THE 2ND TO 3RD.
4. 1991 NOBLESVILLE...COLD WEATHER FREEZES FLOOD WATERS LEAVING
ICE UP TO 6 INCHES THICK.
5. 2005 ICE STORM ON THE 5TH AND 6TH IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA
DISRUPTED POWER TO MORE THAN 180,000 CUSTOMERS IN
LAFAYETTE...MUNCIE...KOKOMO...MUNCIE...PERU AND
ANDERSON. THE COMBINATION OF 0.5 INCH TO MORE THAN AN
INCH OF ACCUMULATED ICE AND STRONG WINDS CAUSE
WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES.
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7. 2005 THE WHITE RIVER AT SPENCER CRESTED AT 25.08 FEET...THE
HIGHEST LEVEL SINCE MARCH 1913.
1996 SNOWFALLS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES OCCURRED IN CENTRAL INDIANA
FROM THE 6-8TH. DRIFTS REPORTED UP TO 10 FEET CLOSED MANY
ROADS.
8. 2005 THE WHITE RIVER AT ELLISTON CRESTED AT 30.73 FEET...THE
HIGHEST LEVEL SINCE MARCH 1913.
9. 2005 THE WHITE RIVER AT EDWARDSPORT CRESTED AT A RECORD STAGE
OF 27.65 FEET. THE EAST FORK WHITE RIVER CRESTED AT
17.05 FEET...BELIEVED TO BE THE HIGHEST LEVEL SINCE
JANUARY 1937.
1856 ECONOMY...THE TEMPERATURE STAYED BELOW ZERO FOR THE 2ND
CONSECUTIVE DAY.
10. 1856 ECONOMY...COLDEST TEMPERATURE OF THE 19TH CENTURY
RECORDED FOR THE CITY IS SET AT -29. RECORDS FOR ECONOMY
IN THE 19TH CENTURY RUN FROM 1833-1900.
1975 FORT WAYNE...THE HIGHEST OFFICIALLY RECORDED WIND GUST IN
CITY HISTORY OCCURRED WHEN A SOUTHWEST WIND GUSTED TO
69 MPH.
11. 2005 THE WHITE RIVER AT PETERSBURG CRESTED AT 27.68 FEET...THE
HIGHEST LEVEL SINCE JANUARY 1937.
12. 2005 THE WHITE RIVER AT HAZLETON CRESTED AT 31.5 FEET...THE
HIGHEST LEVEL SINCE JANUARY 1937.
1916 INDIANAPOLIS...AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT MOVED THROUGH...
TAKING THE TEMPERATURE FROM A HIGH OF 68 DOWN TO A LOW
OF 10. THIS MARKS THE GREATEST SINGLE DAY TEMPERATURE
CHANGE...58 DEGREES...IN THE CITYS RECORDS. THE
TEMPERATURE KEPT DROPPING THE NEXT DAY...RECORDING A HIGH
OF 10 AND A LOW OF -1.
1918 FORT WAYNE...THE ALL TIME RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE FOR
THE CITY IS SET AT -24.
13. 2005 THE WABASH RIVER AT MOUNT CARMEL CRESTED AT A RECORD STAGE
OF 33.95 FEET. THE WABASH RIVER AT NEW HARMONY CRESTED AT
23.14 FEET...THE HIGHEST LEVEL SINCE JANUARY 1950.
1979 A WINTER STORM DUMPED 15 TO 20 INCHES OF SNOW ON THE
NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE STATE ON THE 13-14TH. 17.2 INCHES
FELL IN SOUTH BEND. WINDS UP TO 35 MPH PRODUCED 6 TO 8
FOOT DRIFTS.
14. 1931 VALPARAISO...17 INCHES OF SNOW FELL IN A SINGLE DAY.
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17. 2005 THE WABASH RIVER CRESTED AT 29.4 FEET NEAR 11PM...JUST
PRIOR TO THE ISLAND CREEK LEVEE FAILURE IN SULLIVAN COUNTY.
MORE THAN 5,000 ACRES OF FARMLAND WERE COVERED BY WATER
7 TO 8 FEET DEEP.
1994 A MAJOR WINTER STORM BROUGHT HEAVY SNOW TO CENTRAL AND
SOUTHERN INDIANA ON THE 16-17TH. IN PARTS OF SOUTHERN
INDIANA UP TO 0.50 INCH OF FREEZING RAIN PRECEEDED THE
SNOW. AS MUCH AS 16 INCHES OF SNOWFALL WAS REPORTED IN
HARRISON...FLOYD AND CLARK COUNTIES IN EXTREME SOUTHERN
INDIANA. THIS CLOSED SOME ROADS FOR SEVERAL DAYS.
18. 1929 FORT BRANCH...A RARE JANUARY TORNADO KILLED ONE WOMAN AND
INJURED THREE OTHERS IN HER FAMILY. THE TORNADO HAD A SHORT
PATH AND WAS 300 FEET WIDE...AND OCCURRED AT 108 PM.
19. 1994 NEW WHITELAND...THE ALL TIME STATE RECORD LOW IS SET AT
-36 DEGREES. THE RECORD FOR THE CITY OF INDIANAPOLIS ALSO
SET THIS DAY. THE TEMPERATURE DROPPED TO -27 DEGREES AT THE
AIRPORT.
20. 1943 SOUTH BEND...THE ALL TIME RECORD LOW FOR THE CITY IS
SET AT -22 DEGREES.
1985 FORT WAYNE...THE COLDEST HIGH TEMPERATURE ON RECORD FOR THE
CITY IS SET WITH A HIGH OF ONLY -11 DEGREES.
21. 1991 MICHIGAN CITY...2 DAYS OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW LEAVES
20 INCHES OF SNOW.
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26. 1978 THE WORST BLIZZARD ON RECORD HIT INDIANA ON THE
25-27TH. UP TO 20 INCHES OF SNOW FELL IN THE CENTRAL AND
SOUTH...WITH 40 INCHES IN THE NORTH. WIND GUSTS TO 55 MPH
CAUSED 10 TO 20 FOOT DRIFTS AND WIND CHILLS AS LOW AS -50.
A FEDERAL STATE OF EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED.
27. 1986 TWO DAYS OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW DUMPS FROM 13 INCHES IN
SOUTH BEND TO 18 INCHES IN LAPORTE.
28. 1977 JUST 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW WERE WHIPPED INTO ROAD CLOSING
DRIFTS AS BLIZZARD CONDITIONS DEVELOPED OVER NORTHERN
INDIANA. WINDS INCREASED TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH...
DROPPING VISIBILITY TO ZERO AT TIMES IN OPEN AREAS.
TEMPERATURES FELL TO 10 BELOW ZERO...WITH WIND CHILLS FROM
50 TO 70 BELOW.
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31. 1937 EVANSVILLE...THE OHIO RIVER CRESTS 19 FEET ABOVE FLOOD
STAGE...LEAVING 2/3 OF THE CITY UNDER WATER AND FORCING
90000 PEOPLE FROM THEIR HOMES.
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