NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE - INDIANAPOLIS
CENTRAL INDIANA WEATHER HISTORY
MARCH
01. 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.
02. 1992 AT INDIANAPOLIS...THE RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES FOR THE
DATE IS SET AT 74 DEGREES.
03. 1976 PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL PELTS BEDFORD CAUSING
DAMAGE TO AUTOMOBILES.
04. 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.
04. 1988 AN ICE STORM IN THE CENTRAL PART OF STATE LEFT UP TO
2 INCHES OF ICE ACCUMULATION.
05. 1897 AT INDIANAPOLIS...THE RECORD PRECIPITATION AMOUNT
FOR THE DATE IS SET AT 3.06 INCHES.
06. 1961 KOKOMO...A TORNADO PICKED UP A MOBILE HOME AND HURLED
IT INTO A 2 STORY HOME.
07. 2008 6 INCHES OF SNOW FALL NEAR MUNCIE.
08. 2009 VINCENNES...AUTOMATED WEATHER EQUIPMENT MEASURES A
WIND GUST OF 91 MPH.
09. 1992 STRONG WINDS HIT CENTRAL INDIANA...WITH 69 MPH RECORDED
AT SULLIVAN. WINDS CAUSED A BUILDING UNDER CONSTRUCTION AT
INDIANAPOLIS TO COLLAPSE.
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 RAILROAD FREIGHT CARS LOADED WITH IRON WERE PICKED UP
AND HURLED A DISTANCE.
12. 1948 INDIANAPOLIS...A LOW TEMPERATURE -5 MARKS THE LATEST
DATE IN THE SPRING FOR A TEMPERATURE BELOW ZERO.
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. 1989 SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS BRING HAIL UP TO GOLF BALL SIZE
ALONG WITH DAMAGING WINDS TO AREAS NEAR COLUMBUS...
SEYMOUR...AND GREENSBURG.
15. 1971 A TORNADO TOUCHES DOWN NEAR SHELBYVILLE...DESTROYING
MOBILE HOMES AND DAMAGING NEARLY 30 OTHER STRUCTURES.
16. 1900 AT INDIANAPOLIS...THE RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE FOR THE
DATE IS SET AT 3 DEGREES.
17. 1989 SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS BRING DAMAGING WINDS TO
TIPPECANOE...CLINTON...AND WARREN COUNTIES. SOME GARAGES
WERE DESTROYED... AND TREES WERE KNOCKED DOWN.
18. 1933 AT INDIANAPOLIS...THE RECORD PRECIPITATION AMOUNT FOR
THE DATE IS SET AT 2.03 INCHES.
19. 1906 AT INDIANAPOLIS...THE RECORD SNOWFALL FOR THE DATE
IS SET AT 12.1 INCHES.
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.
21. 1991 FLASH FLOODING OCCURS IN PLAINVILLE IN DAVIESS COUNTY
AS 2 INCHES OF RAIN FALL IN 2 HOURS.
22. 1907 AT INDIANAPOLIS...THE RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE FOR
THE DATE IS SET AT 82 DEGREES.
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.
23. 1917 SOUTH OF CARLISLE...A KILLER TORNADO...WITH A PATH 1/4
MILE WIDE AND 18 MILES LONG KILLED TWO AND INJURED 20
OTHERS AT 115 PM.
24. 1975 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WINDS OVERTURN PLANES IN MONTGOMERY
COUNTY AND DESTROY A MOBILE HOME IN CLINTON COUNTY.
25. 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. 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.
27. 1991 WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCED 81 MPH WIND GUSTS
IN WESTFIELD.
28. 1997 A SMALL TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN ON THE FAR SOUTH SIDE
OF INDIANAPOLIS...DAMAGING ROOFS AND CARPORTS.
29. 1974 FREETOWN...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WINDS DAMAGE SEVERAL
FARM HOMES AND OUTBUILDINGS.
30. 1982 60 MPH WINDS KNOCK DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES NEAR
COLUMBUS.
31. 2006 AN F2 TORNADO MOVES ALONG A 17 MILE PATH FROM JOHNSON
COUNTY INTO SHELBY COUNTY.
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