Seasonal Temperature and Precipitation Extremes for Indianapolis
(City Office from 1871 to January 1943...Airport from January 1943 to Current)
...WINTER (Dec-Feb)....
Coldest Driest Least Snow
Year Temp Year Precip Year Snowfall
---- ---- ---- ------ ---- --------
1976-77 20.7 1962-63 2.82 1931-32 0.2
1977-78 21.8 1930-31 3.10 1941-42 2.0
1962-63 22.0 1942-43 3.36 1918-19 2.6
1917-18 22.8 1876-77 3.68 1972-73 2.9
1935-36 23.3 1991-92 4.00 1997-98 3.9
1903-04 23.7 1980-81 4.02 1930-31 4.4
1978-79 23.8 1943-44 4.08 1927-28 5.2
1904-05 24.3 1919-20 4.21 1932-33 5.5
1884-85 24.3 1944-45 4.27 1982-83 5.7
1981-82 24.7 1933-34 4.28 1887-88 5.7
Warmest Wettest Most Snow
Year Temp Year Precip Year Snowfall
---- ---- ---- ------ ---- --------
1889-90 40.9 1949-50 22.33 1981-82 51.0
1931-32 39.7 1889-90 18.24 1977-78 49.7
1879-80 39.6 1881-82 16.42 2002-03 46.9
1877-78 39.2 1879-80 14.58 1973-74 39.3
1875-76 38.5 1875-76 14.53 1995-96 37.8
1881-82 37.8 1929-30 14.20 1978-79 37.8
1997-98 36.8 1873-74 13.82 1983-84 32.6
2001-02 36.3 1948-49 12.97 1892-93 32.4
1918-19 36.2 1936-37 12.93 1909-10 32.3
1873-74 35.7 1915-16 12.86 1917-18 32.2
{Temperatures shown in Fahrenheit}
{Precipitation and Snowfall shown in Inches}
Updated 12-06-2007