NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE - INDIANAPOLIS
INDIANA WEATHER HISTORY
MARCH
1. 1910 INDIANAPOLIS...0.02 INCHES OF RAIN FELL...FOLLOWED BY
ONLY 0.05 INCHES FOR THE REST OF THE MONTH. THIS MADE
MARCH 1910 THE DRIEST MONTH ON RECORD FOR THE CITY.
2. 1940 EVANSVILLE...A TORNADO KILLED ONE GIRL AND INJURED
19 OTHER PEOPLE AS IT CUT A PATH ACROSS THE SOUTH SIDE OF
THE CITY AT 140 PM.
3. 1904 INDIANA HARBOR AND EAST CHICAGO...11 HOUSES AND THREE
BARNS WERE DESTROYED BY A TORNADO THAT KILLED THREE AND
INJURED TWENTY OTHERS.
4. 1880 INDIANAPOLIS...A TORNADO STRUCK THE NORTH SIDE OF THE
CITY KILLING ONE BOY WHO SOUGHT SHELTER IN AN ICEHOUSE.
A CHURCH WAS DEMOLISHED AND MANY HOUSES UNROOFED AND CHIMNEYS
BLOWN DOWN. THE TORNADOS RUMBLE WAS SAID TO SOUND LIKE AN
APPROACHING TRAIN OF CARS.
1988 AN ICE STORM IN THE CENTRAL PART OF STATE LEFT UP TO
2 INCHES OF ICE ACCUMULATION...AND 4-7 INCHES OF SNOW IN
THE NORTH.
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6. 1956 MARION...A TORNADO AT 850 PM DESTROYED 45 HOMES...
KILLED ONE PERSON AND INJURED 31 OTHERS.
1960 EVANSVILLE...THE LOW TEMPERATURE DROPPED TO -9. THIS
SET A RECORD FOR THE LOWEST SUBZERO TEMPERATURE SO LATE
IN THE SEASON FOR THE CITY.
1961 KOKOMO...A TORNADO WHICH PICKED UP A MOTOR HOME AND
HURLED IT INTO A TWO STORY HOME AT 650 AM KILLED ONE
PERSON.
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8. 1908 A RECORD FLOOD OCCURS ON THE ST. JOSEPH RIVER IN
NORTHCENTRAL INDIANA. THE RIVER WAS 6 FEET ABOVE FLOOD
STAGE IN ELKHART.
1943 SOUTH BEND...THE LOW TEMPERATURE DROPPED TO -13. THIS
MARKED THE LATEST DATE IN THE SEASON IN THE CITYS RECORDS
FOR THE TEMPERATURE TO FALL BELOW ZERO.
9. 1964 FORT WAYNE...THE GREATEST 24 HOUR SNOWFALL IN CITY
HISTORY OCCURRED ON THE 9-10TH WHEN 13.6 INCHES FELL.
10. 1986 8 TORNADOES TOUCHED DOWN IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN
INDIANA...LEAVING ONE PERSON DEAD.
11. 1917 NEW CASTLE TO MILLVILLE TO HAGERSTOWN TO NEAR GREENS
FORK....AT LEAST 21 PEOPLE WERE KILLED BY A TORNADO
TOUCHDOWN WITH A PATH FROM 1 TO 2 BLOCKS WIDE. DESTRUCTION
WAS COMPLETE IN THE PATH OF THE TORNADO AS 75 BUILDINGS WERE
WRECKED BEYOND REPAIR...AND 100 FAMILIES LEFT HOMELESS.
TWO RAILRAOD FREIGHT CARS LOADED WITH IRON WERE PICKED UP
AND HURLED A DISTANCE.
12. 1948 THE LOW TEMPERATURE DROPPED TO -5 IN INDIANAPOLIS...AND
-7 IN FORT WAYNE. THIS MARKED THE LATEST DATE IN BOTH CITYS
RECORDS FOR THE TEMPERATURE TO DROP BELOW ZERO.
1976 LAKE VILLAGE...ROSELAWN AND DEMOTTE...AROUND 230 PM
A TORNADO STRUCK KILLING ONE PERSON AND INJURING 15 OTHERS.
A SECOND TORNADO KILLED ANOTHER PERSON IN ALLEN COUNTY
AT 450 PM.
13. 1991 A 2 DAY ICE AND SNOW STORM IN THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE
STATE BRINGS UP TO 3 INCHES OF ICE...12 INCHES OF SNOW AND
WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH.
14. 1993 6-14 INCHES OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW FALLS IN PARTS OF
LAPORTE...STARKE AND PULASKI COUNTIES.
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16. 1942 GOSHEN...TWO PEOPLE WERE KILLED BY A TORNADO THAT MOVED
FROM PLYMOUTH TO GOSHEN BETWEEN 930 AND 1015 PM.
17. 1973 HEAVY SNOW FELL IN NORTHERN INDIANA...WITH OVER A FOOT
OF SNOW REPORTED IN THE FORT WAYNE AREA. STRONG WINDS
PRODUCED BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WHICH SHUT MANY RURAL
AND SECONDARY ROADS.
1982 A RECORD FLOOD OCCURS ON THE ST. JOSEPH RIVER IN
NORTHEAST INDIANA AS THE RIVER CRESTS NEARLY 9 FEET ABOVE
FLOOD STAGE.
18. 1925 THE BIGGEST TORNADO IN HISTORY...KNOWN AS THE TRI-STATE
TORNADO ENDED UP IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA AT ABOUT 400 PM.
74 PEOPLE WERE KILLED IN INDIANA ALONE...737 TOTAL IN THREE
STATES. THE TORNADO LASTED OVER THREE HOURS IN MOVING ACROSS
MISSOURI...ILLINOIS AND INDIANA...WAS UP TO 1 1/2 MILES
WIDE...MOVED NEARLY 70 MPH...AND WAS ON THE GROUND FOR
220 MILES. AT PRINCETON IT WAS DESCRIBED AS A BLACKNESS
MOVING ACROSS THE SOUTH PART OF THE CITY WITH THE AIR FULL
OF TREE LIMBS. A SECOND TORNADO NEAR ELIZABETH IN SOUTH
HARRISON COUNTY KILLED FOUR MORE PEOPLE AT 445 PM.
19. 1963 BECKS MILL...2 WOMEN WERE KILLED IN A TORNADO WHEN THE
OLD STORM CELLAR THEY WERE IN COLLAPSED.
20. 1996 SNOWFALL AMOUNTS FROM 12 TO 18 INCHES FELL ON THE
19-20TH ACROSS WEST CENTRAL...SOUTHWEST...AND SOUTH CENTRAL
INDIANA. WINDS TO 35 MPH COUPLED WITH THE WEIGHT OF THE
SNOW TOPPLED THOUSANDS OF TREES IN HOOSIER NATIONAL FOREST
AND KNOCKED OUT POWER TO 200000 RESIDENTS. SNOWDRIFTS LEFT
MOST SOUTHERN INDIANA ROADS IMPASSABLE FOR DAYS.
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23. 1913 A TORNADO WHIPPED THROUGH PRARIETON...GARDENTOWN...
TERRE HAUTE TO NEAR BRAZIL...KILLING 21 PEOPLE AND INJURING
250 OTHERS. CHICKENS WERE SAID TO BE DEFEATHERED...AND A
BABY WAS REPORTEDLY CARRIED BY THE WIND AND SET DOWN UNHARMED
A BLOCK AWAY. A WOMAN REPORTED THAT BED CLOTHING WAS DRAWN
OFF HER AND AND UP THROUGH A FIREPLACE. THE STORM WAS
FOLLOWED BY FLOODING.
1917 NEW ALBANY...45 PEOPLE WERE KILLED AND 250 INJURED BY A
TORNADO 1000 FEET WIDE AS IT MOVED THROUGH THE NORTH SIDE OF
TOWN AT 308 PM. 200 TO 300 BUILDINGS WERE DESTROYED AND 2500
PEOPLE WERE LEFT HOMELESS. A PICTURE AND A JAR OF PICKLES
FROM A STORE WERE FOUND LATER IN SKYLIGHT KENTUCKY...25 MILES
AWAY. THE SOUND OF THE STORM WAS DESCRIBED AS A SAWMILL IN
LOW KEY.
SOUTH OF CARLISLE...A SECOND KILLER TORNADO OF THE DAY...WITH
A PATH 1/4 MILE WIDE AND 18 MILES LONG KILLED TWO AND INJURED
20 OTHERS AT 115 PM.
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25. 1884 SCIPIO...A TORNADO VIRTUALLY DEMOLISHED THE TOWN LEAVING
ONLY 10 BADLY DAMAGED BUILDING STANDING. THE TORNADO KILLED
A MINISTER AND TWO OTHERS...AND INJURED 12.
1913 FROM THE 25TH TO THE 29TH...THE FLOOD OF RECORD OCCURS
ALONG THE WHITE AND EAST FORK OF THE WHITE RIVERS. THE
WHITE RIVER CRESTED UP TO 20 FEET ABOVE FLOOD STAGE AT
INDIANAPOLIS AND CENTERTON. THE EAST FORK CRESTED UP TO
27 FEET ABOVE FLOOD STAGE.
26. 1913 A RECORD FLOOD ON THE THE ST. MARYS AND MAUMEE RIVERS
IN NORTHEAST INDIANA...WITH CRESTS UP TO 11 FEET ABOVE
FLOOD STAGE.
1948 A TORNADO THAT MOVED FROM SOUTHEAST OF BRAZIL TO
DANVILLE KILLED TWENTY PEOPLE AND INJURED ANOTHER 200
AROUND 500 PM. THE GREATEST LOSSES OCCURRED IN
COATESVILLE. A SECOND TORNADO NEAR FORTVILLE KILLED
ANOTHER PERSON.
27. 1913 FROM THE 25TH TO THE 31ST...THE FLOOD OF RECORD ALONG
THE WABASH RIVER. THE CREST WAS NEARLY 22 FEET ABOVE FLOOD
STAGE AT LAFAYETTE...WHERE THE RIVER WAS 3 MILES WIDE.
1991 WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCED BASEBALL SIZE HAIL
NORTH OF LAPORTE...AND 81 MPH WIND GUSTS IN WESTFIELD.
28. 1920 39 PEOPLE WERE KILLED AND OVER 100 OTHERS INJURED BY
3 SEPARATE TORNADOES NEAR THE OHIO BORDER. IN GENEVA IT
WAS SAID THAT CHICKENS WERE FOUND AFTERWARDS THAT HAD BEEN
STRIPPED OF THEIR FEATHERS ON ONE SIDE ONLY.
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30. 1843 A VIOLENT SNOWSTORM LEFT SNOW 2 FEET DEEP AT THE
LAKE COUNTY COURTHOUSE.
31. 1987 ON THE 30TH-31ST...THE LATEST HEAVY SNOW IN 100 YEARS
FALLS IN SOUTHERN INDIANA...LEAVING UP TO 9 INCHES ALONG
THE OHIO RIVER.
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