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Thanksgiving Day Weather in Indianapolis

This Thursday, November 22nd will mark the annual observance of the Thanksgiving holiday. With many Hoosiers planning to travel outside of the area for the occasion, or receive guests from out of town, the question of weather is often a very important one. In the past 136 years in Indianapolis, Thanksgiving Day has seen everything from mild and dry to bitterly cold and snowy, and just about everything in between.

The following shows some selected information regarding both the normal weather on Thanksgiving Day in Indianapolis, as well as some of the extremes that the day has seen since 1871.

For more historical weather information on Thanksgiving as well as other holidays, please visit the following page:

http://www.weather.gov/climate/local_data.php?wfo=ind

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 Average Thanksgiving Day Weather (1871-2006)

High Temperature	Low Temperature	Avg Daily Temperature	Precipitation	Snowfall
46	30	37.9	0.11	0.1

 

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Thanksgiving Day Extremes

Warmest High Temperature	Coldest Low Temperature	Coldest High Temperature	Warmest Low Temperature	Most Precipitation	Most Snowfall
74 / 1900	1 / 1930	14 / 1930	55 / 1966	1.01 / 1951	2.4 / 1902
69 / 1973	6 / 1950	24 / 1893	55 / 1896	0.93 / 1968	2.0 / 1959
69 / 1896	10 / 1881	24 / 1881	53 / 1879	0.89 / 1916	0.9 / 1953
68 / 1934	10 / 1871	25 / 1903	50 / 1979	0.88 / 1887	0.5 / 1980
68 / 1915	12 / 1872	26 / 1956	48 / 1883	0.74 / 1993	0.5 / 1889
65 / 1981	13 / 2005	26 / 1945	47 / 1951	0.74 / 1899	0.2 / 1989
65 / 1883	14 / 1898	26 / 1889	47 / 1913	0.73 / 1990	0.2 / 1947
64 / 1966	14 / 1892	27 / 1936	46 / 1915	0.64 / 1980	0.2 / 1928
64 / 1894	15 / 1982	27 / 1880	43 / 2003	0.52 / 1918	0.2 / 1911
63 / 1968	15 /1903	27 / 1871	43 / 1965	0.51 / 1979	0.2 /1981

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 Last 5 Thanksgiving Days

Year	High Temperature	Low Temperature	Precipitation	Snowfall
2006	59	28	0.00	0.0
2005	44	13	0.00	0.0
2004	40	30	0.02	0.1
2003	50	43	0.31	0.0
2002	36	21	0.00	0.0

 

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This Year’s Thanksgiving Day Forecast

The forecast for this year’s Thanksgiving Day includes a chance of rain and snow, as well as windy and sharply colder conditions.  For further updates, visit www.weather.gov/indy

 

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Data Prepared by Logan Johnson, Climate Services Focal Point

Contact w-ind.webmaster@noaa.gov for more information.

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