Storms in Indiana in 1957
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Indiana in 1957, with each episode’s narrative and every event in it. Before 1996 the record holds tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind only, without narratives; floods, heat, winter storms and the other kinds begin in 1996.
Indiana in 1957 on the map
Every episode with a place to put it, colored by kind of event.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The year
- Events
- 77
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 3
- Damage
- $801,000
- Episodes
- 29
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
By kind of event
| Kind of event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thunderstorm Wind | 43 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 27 | 0 | 3 | $801,000 |
| Hail | 7 | 0 | 0 |
Every episode, month by month
March 1957
April 1957
- Damaging Wind in Indiana, April 3, 1957
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Indiana, April 5, 1957
- Tornado in Indiana, April 24, 1957
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Indiana, April 26, 1957
May 1957
- Damaging Wind in Indiana, May 10, 1957
- Tornado in Indiana, May 11, 1957
- Hail in Indiana, May 12, 1957
- Damaging Wind in Indiana, May 18, 1957
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Indiana, May 21, 1957
- Damaging Winds in Indiana, May 25, 1957
June 1957
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Indiana, June 6, 1957
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Indiana, June 11, 1957
- Damaging Wind in Indiana, June 12, 1957
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Indiana, June 13, 1957
- Tornadoes in Indiana, June 14, 1957
- Damaging Winds in Indiana, June 18, 1957
- Damaging Wind in Indiana, June 22, 1957
- Tornado in Indiana, June 28, 1957
July 1957
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Indiana, July 4, 1957
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Indiana, July 6, 1957
- Hail in Indiana, July 7, 1957
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Indiana, July 12, 1957
- Damaging Wind in Indiana, July 13, 1957
August 1957
More
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Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24.