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17
Can’t Wait for Winter?
ByWith winter season right around the corner, here are some statistics highlighting extremes for average temperature, snowfall, and precipitation for Indianapolis.
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Average Annual Snowfall: 27.0”
Years with Highest Snowfall
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Total Snowfall
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1981-82
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58.2”
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1977-78
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57.9”
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1995-96
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51.7”
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2002-03
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50.0”
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1895-96
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46.8”
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Years with Lowest Snowfall
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Total Snowfall
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1918-19
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5.5”
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1949-50
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5.8”
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1931-32
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5.9”
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1934-35
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6.2”
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1982-83
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7.1”
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Average Winter Season Temperature (December-February): 29.8°
Coldest Winter Seasons (December-February)
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Avg. Temperature
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1976-77
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20.7°
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1977-78
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21.8°
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1962-63
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22.0°
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1917-18
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22.8°
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1935-36
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23.3°
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Warmest Winter Seasons (December-February)
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Avg. Temperature
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1889-90
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40.9°
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1931-32
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39.7°
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1879-80
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39.6°
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1877-78
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39.2°
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1875-76
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38.5°
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Average Winter Season Precipitation (December-February): 7.92”
Wettest Winter Seasons (December-February)
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Precipitation
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1949-50
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22.33”
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1889-90
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18.24”
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1881-82
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16.42”
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1879-80
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14.58”
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1875-76
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14.53”
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Driest Winter Seasons (December-February)
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Precipitation
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1962-63
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2.82”
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1930-31
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3.10”
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1942-43
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3.36”
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1876-77
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3.68”
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1991-92
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4.00”
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Coldest Temperature ever recorded in Indianapolis: -27° (1/19/1994)
Greatest Snowfall in a Single Storm: 16.1” (2/16-2/18/1910)
Average Date of First Measurable Snowfall: November 19
Average Date of Last Measurable Snowfall: March 30
1 Comments
November 18th, 2009 at 5:09 pm
I really miss the annual predictions from the wind and the worm regarding the type of winter we will get. It was always fun to follow it along and see how close the predictions were.