Hurricane History Map

Hurricanes that hit Indiana: hurricane history

20 storms have passed within 50 km of Indiana from 1879 to 2020, drawn on the map and coloured by intensity.

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Years1842 to 2026
Ocean basin

Choosing a minimum category hides storms with no wind speed in the record. To see which storms have passed near you, search a town or ZIP code, or tap the map.

Key
  • Tropical depression Winds below 34 knots (39 mph)
  • Tropical storm 34 to 63 knots (39 to 73 mph)
  • Category 1 64 to 82 knots (74 to 95 mph)
  • Category 2 83 to 95 knots (96 to 110 mph)
  • Category 3 96 to 112 knots (111 to 129 mph), major
  • Category 4 113 to 136 knots (130 to 156 mph), major
  • Category 5 137 knots (157 mph) or more, major
  • Unknown intensity No wind speed in the record
  • Post-tropical Storm has become post-tropical (dashed line)

How to read the lines. Each line is the track of one storm, drawn through its six-hourly positions and coloured by its intensity at each point (the Saffir-Simpson scale), so a line changes colour as the storm strengthens or weakens. Tap a line for its details, or tap anywhere else to see which storms have passed nearby. Weaker storms appear as you zoom in. Hurricanes, typhoons and cyclones are the same kind of storm with different names in different oceans.

Storms near Indiana

The record holds 20 tropical cyclones whose tracks passed within 50 km of Indiana between 1879 and 2020. The busiest month is September, with 6 of them. The strongest, measured where each came closest to the place, reached tropical depression strength. 2 of the storms have no wind speed in the record.

  • 20storms within 50 km
  • 0major (category 3 to 5) near here
  • 0at category 1 strength or more

A storm counts once, however many times it came close. The category is the storm's strongest point within 50 km, which can be weaker than its peak elsewhere.

How strong were the storms near Indiana?

Category near hereStormsShare
Tropical depression1890%
Tropical storm00%
Category 100%
Category 200%
Category 300%
Category 400%
Category 500%
Unknown intensity210%

The agency behind most of the intensity figures here is the NOAA National Hurricane Center (HURDAT2, Atlantic).

Indiana storms over time

Storms by decade
Bar chart of storms by period. The most is 4 in 2000s.1870s11880s11890s11910s11930s21940s11960s31970s31990s12000s42010s12020s1

The 2020s only run to 2020, so that bar is for a shorter period. This place's record starts in 1879, and records before the satellite era (about the 1960s) are far less complete.

Show the numbers
PeriodCount
1870s1
1880s1
1890s1
1910s1
1930s2
1940s1
1960s3
1970s3
1990s1
2000s4
2010s1
2020s1

Earlier decades hold fewer storms partly because they were harder to see. Before weather satellites (about the 1960s) many storms that stayed at sea went unrecorded, so compare decades with care.

Storms by month
Bar chart of storms by period. The most is 6 in Sep.Jan0Feb0Mar0Apr0May1Jun3Jul4Aug4Sep6Oct2Nov0Dec0
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May1
Jun3
Jul4
Aug4
Sep6
Oct2
Nov0
Dec0

Most recent storms near Indiana

  • Laura (2020)20 August 2020 to 29 August 2020, Tropical depression (25 kt) near here, peak Category 4 (130 kt), 937 hPa
  • Alberto (2018)25 May 2018 to 31 May 2018, Tropical depression (30 kt) near here, peak Tropical storm (55 kt), 990 hPa
  • Rita (2005)18 September 2005 to 26 September 2005, Tropical depression (20 kt) near here, peak Category 5 (155 kt), 897 hPa
  • Katrina (2005)23 August 2005 to 31 August 2005, Tropical depression (30 kt) near here, peak Category 5 (150 kt), 902 hPa
  • Dennis (2005)4 July 2005 to 18 July 2005, Tropical depression (15 kt) near here, peak Category 4 (130 kt), 930 hPa

Many of these storms killed people and destroyed homes. The figures are the official record's, and this page says nothing about their human cost.

Notable storms near Indiana with their own pages

  • Camille (1969)14 August 1969 to 22 August 1969, peak Category 5 (150 kt), 905 hPa
  • Katrina (2005)23 August 2005 to 31 August 2005, peak Category 5 (150 kt), 902 hPa
  • Laura (2020)20 August 2020 to 29 August 2020, peak Category 4 (130 kt), 937 hPa
  • Rita (2005)18 September 2005 to 26 September 2005, peak Category 5 (155 kt), 897 hPa
  • Dennis (2005)4 July 2005 to 18 July 2005, peak Category 4 (130 kt), 930 hPa

Indiana counties

Every county that a storm has come near is listed, most storms first. 81 of them have at least 3 storms and their own page.

CountyStormsStrongest near the county
Dubois County11Tropical depression
Martin County10Tropical depression
Orange County10Tropical depression
Perry County10Tropical depression
Spencer County10Tropical depression
Vanderburgh County10Tropical depression
Warrick County10Tropical depression
Harrison County9Tropical depression
Jackson County9Tropical depression
Lawrence County9Tropical depression
Pike County9Tropical depression
Posey County9Tropical depression
Washington County9Tropical depression
Clark County8Tropical depression
Crawford County8Tropical depression
Daviess County8Tropical depression
Dearborn County8Tropical depression
Gibson County8Tropical depression
Jefferson County8Tropical depression
Monroe County8Tropical depression
Ripley County8Tropical depression
Scott County8Tropical depression
Bartholomew County7Tropical depression
Brown County7Tropical depression
Floyd County7Tropical depression
Greene County7Tropical depression
Jennings County7Tropical depression
Knox County7Tropical depression
Morgan County7Tropical depression
Sullivan County7Tropical depression
Vigo County7Tropical depression
Franklin County6Tropical depression
Johnson County6Tropical depression
Ohio County6Tropical depression
Owen County6Tropical depression
Switzerland County6Tropical depression
Adams County5Tropical depression
Allen County5Tropical depression
Clay County5Tropical depression
Decatur County5Tropical depression
Noble County5Tropical depression
Shelby County5Tropical depression
Steuben County5Tropical depression
Wells County5Tropical depression
Whitley County5Tropical depression
Blackford County4Tropical depression
Carroll County4Tropical depression
Cass County4Tropical depression
DeKalb County4Tropical depression
Delaware County4Tropical depression
Fayette County4Tropical depression
Hamilton County4Tropical depression
Hancock County4Tropical depression
Hendricks County4Tropical depression
Henry County4Tropical depression
Jay County4Tropical depression
Kosciusko County4Tropical depression
LaGrange County4Tropical depression
Marion County4Tropical depression
Miami County4Tropical depression
Montgomery County4Tropical depression
Parke County4Tropical depression
Putnam County4Tropical depression
Randolph County4Tropical depression
Tippecanoe County4Tropical depression
Union County4Tropical depression
Wabash County4Tropical depression
Wayne County4Tropical depression
Boone County3Tropical depression
Clinton County3Tropical depression
Elkhart County3Tropical depression
Fulton County3Tropical depression
Grant County3Tropical depression
Howard County3Tropical depression
Huntington County3Tropical depression
Madison County3Tropical depression
Marshall County3Tropical depression
Rush County3Tropical depression
Tipton County3Tropical depression
Vermillion County3Tropical depression
Warren County3Tropical depression
Benton County2Tropical depression
Fountain County2Tropical depression
Jasper County2Tropical depression
LaPorte County2Tropical depression
Pulaski County2Tropical depression
St. Joseph County2Tropical depression
Starke County2Tropical depression
White County2Tropical depression
Lake County1Tropical depression
Newton County1Tropical depression
Porter County1Tropical depression

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