NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE - INDIANAPOLIS
INDIANA WEATHER HISTORY
OCTOBER
1. 1977 NORTHEAST OF CORYDON...AT 800 AM A TORNADO TOUCHED
DOWN KILLING KILLING ONE MAN AND INJURING HIS WIFE.
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5. 1910 EVANSVILLE...THE GREATEST SINGLE DAY RAINFALL ON RECORD
FOR THE CITY OCCURS WHEN 6.50 INCHES IS RECORDED.
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8. 1992 4 TORNADOES IN THE NORTHEAST AND SOUTHEAST STRIKE...
INCLUDING 1 WHICH SHUT DOWN THE FORT WAYNE AIRPORT WHEN
WINDOWS WERE BLOWN OUT IN THE CONTROL TOWER.
9. 1925 INDIANAPOLIS...THE EARLIEST SNOWFALL ON RECORD FOR THE
CITY FALLS...A TRACE AMOUNT.
1971 FORT WAYNE...THE EARLIEST MEASURABLE SNOWFALL ON RECORD
FOR THE CITY OCCURRED WHEN 1.9 INCHES WAS RECORDED.
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11. 1954 FRANKLIN...AT 215 PM A TORNADO STRUCK THE WESTERN EDGE
OF TOWN KILLING TWO PEOPLE AND INJURING 10 MORE.
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17. 1988 NEAR LIBERTYVILLE AND UNIVERSAL...A TORNADO INJURES 4.
18. 1988 CONNERSVILLE...HIGH WINDS BLEW DOWN A WALL AT THE FORD
ELECTRICAL PLANT.
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...8.8 INCHES IN
SOUTH BEND...AND 6.4 INCHES IN FORT WAYNE.
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30. 1993 A RECORD OCTOBER SNOWFALL IN THE SOUTH FELL ON THE
29TH-30TH...INCLUDING UP TO 6 INCHES IN THE SOUTHEAST.
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