National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office

                   NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE - INDIANAPOLIS

                       CENTRAL INDIANA WEATHER HISTORY
                                  OCTOBER

01. 1977  HEAVY RAIN FALLS ACROSS WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...INCLUDING 
      MORE THAN 6 INCHES NEAR CRAWFORDSVILLE. CROP DAMAGE IS 
      ESTIMATED AT 5 MILLION DOLLARS.

02. 1883  AT INDIANAPOLIS...THE RECORD PRECIPITATION AMOUNT FOR 
      THE DATE IS SET AT 1.39 INCHES.

03. 1990  A TORNADO WITH A 17 MILE PATH LENGTH CAUSES DAMAGES TO
      TREES AND HOUSES. A HIGH SCHOOL WAS DAMAGED IN SHERIDAN.

04. 1972  AT DUGGER IN SULLIVAN COUNTY,,,BASEBALL SIZE HAIL 
      DAMAGES CARS AND A SCHOOL.

05. 1968  AT INDIANAPOLIS...THE RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE FOR THE
      DATE IS SET AT 31 DEGREES.

06. 1998  AT INDIANAPOLIS...THE RECORD PRECIPITATION AMOUNT FOR
      THE DATE IS SET AT 1.41 INCHES.

07. 2007  AT INDIANAPOLIS...THE RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE FOR THE
      DATE IS SET AT 90 DEGREES.

08. 1992  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS BRING LARGE HAIL TO ALEXANDRIA
      AND DAMAGE BUILDINGS IN WINCHESTER.

09. 1925  INDIANAPOLIS...THE EARLIEST SNOWFALL ON RECORD FOR THE
      CITY FALLS...A TRACE AMOUNT.

10. 1964  AT INDIANAPOLIS...THE RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE FOR THE 
      DATE IS SET AT 27 DEGREES.

11. 1954  FRANKLIN...AT 215 PM A TORNADO STRUCK THE WESTERN EDGE
      OF TOWN KILLING TWO PEOPLE AND INJURING 10 MORE.

12. 1978  GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL FALLS IN SEYMOUR.

13. 1988  AT INDIANAPOLIS...THE RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE FOR THE 
      DATE IS SET AT 24 DEGREES.

14. 2003  AT INDIANAPOLIS...THE RECORD PRECIPITATION AMOUNT FOR
      THE DATE IS SET AT 1.71 INCHES.

15. 1954  AT INDIANAPOLIS...THE RECORD SNOWFALL FOR THE DATE
      IS SET AT A TRACE.

16. 1989  ACROSS SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF CENTRAL INDIANA...SEVERE
      THUNDERSTORMS KNOCK DOWN TREES...BLOW OFF A ROOF...AND
      CAUSE STREET FLOODING.

17. 1988  NEAR LIBERTYVILLE AND UNIVERSAL...A TORNADO INJURES 4.

18. 1989  INDIANAPOLIS...THE RECORD EARLIEST MEASURABLE FALL SNOWFALL
      OCCURS WHEN 0.2 INCHES OF SNOW FELL.

19. 1989  A RECORD OCTOBER SNOWFALL OCCURS FOR THE NORTH AND
      CENTRAL PARTS OF THE STATE...AS UP TO 10.5 INCHES FELL IN
      KOKOMO.  9.3 INCHES FELL IN INDIANAPOLIS.

20. 1953  AT INDIANAPOLIS...THE RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE FOR THE
      DATE IS SET AT 86 DEGREES.

21. 1949  AT INDIANAPOLIS...THE RECORD PRECIPITATION AMOUNT FOR
      THE DATE IS SET AT 1.43 INCHES.

22. 1925  AT INDIANAPOLIS...THE RECORD SNOWFALL AMOUNT FOR THE
      DATE IS SET AT A HALF INCH.

23. 1969  AT INDIANAPOLIS...THE RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE FOR THE
      DATE IS SET AT 24 DEGREES.

24. 2001  THUNDERSTORMS BLOW ROOFS OFF HOMES AT A FEW LOCATIONS
      ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA.

25. 1962  AT INDIANAPOLIS...THE RECORD SNOWFALL AMOUNT FOR THE
      DATE IS SET AT 1.2 INCHES.

26. 1991 THUNDERSTORMS BLOW A ROOF OFF A BARN IN TIPPECANOE COUNTY.

27. 1940  AT INDIANAPOLIS...THE RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE FOR THE 
      DATE IS SET AT 83 DEGREES.

28. 1976  AT INDIANAPOLIS...THE RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE FOR THE 
      DATE IS SET AT 20 DEGREES.

29. 1996  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM BRINGS 70 MPH WINDS TO 
      RUSSIAVILLE.

30. 1993  TWO TO SIX INCHES OF SNOW FALL ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF
      OF INDIANA.

31. 1878  INDIANAPOLIS...THE COLDEST HIGH TEMPERATURE FOR THE DATE
      FOR THE CITY IS RECORDED AT 35 DEGREES...MAKING FOR A COLD
      HALLOWEEN.