Storms in Indiana in 1974
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Indiana in 1974, 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 1974 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
- 166
- Deaths
- 47
- Injuries
- 837
- Damage
- $956 million
- Episodes
- 32
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 | 84 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 63 | 47 | 837 | $956 million |
| Hail | 19 | 0 | 0 |
Every episode, month by month
January 1974
March 1974
April 1974
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Indiana, April 1, 1974
- Tornadoes and Hail in Indiana, April 3, 1974
- Tornado in Indiana, April 12, 1974
May 1974
- Tornado in Indiana, May 2, 1974
- Hail in Indiana, May 8, 1974
- Damaging Wind in Indiana, May 11, 1974
- Damaging Wind in Indiana, May 17, 1974
- Damaging Wind in Indiana, May 23, 1974
- Damaging Wind in Indiana, May 29, 1974
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Indiana, May 30, 1974
June 1974
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Indiana, June 7, 1974
- Tornado in Indiana, June 10, 1974
- Hail in Indiana, June 14, 1974
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Indiana, June 20, 1974
- Damaging Wind in Indiana, June 21, 1974
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Indiana, June 22, 1974
- Hail in Indiana, June 30, 1974
July 1974
- Damaging Winds in Indiana, July 4, 1974
- Hail in Indiana, July 6, 1974
- Damaging Wind in Indiana, July 9, 1974
- Damaging Winds in Indiana, July 14, 1974
- Damaging Wind in Indiana, July 22, 1974
- Hail in Indiana, July 27, 1974
- Hail in Indiana, July 28, 1974
- Hail in Indiana, July 29, 1974
August 1974
More
Every year in IndianaEvery state in 1974Tornadoes in Indiana in 197419731975
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.