Storms in Indiana in 1978
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Indiana in 1978, 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 1978 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
- 92
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 6
- Damage
- $930,000
- 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 | 50 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 24 | 0 | 6 | $930,000 |
| Hail | 18 | 0 | 0 |
Every episode, month by month
April 1978
- Damaging Winds in Indiana, April 6, 1978
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Indiana, April 10, 1978
- Hail in Indiana, April 18, 1978
- Tornadoes and Hail in Indiana, April 23, 1978
May 1978
- Damaging Winds in Indiana, May 11, 1978
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Indiana, May 12, 1978
- Tornadoes in Indiana, May 23, 1978
June 1978
- Tornadoes in Indiana, June 1, 1978
- Tornado in Indiana, June 8, 1978
- Tornado and Hail in Indiana, June 12, 1978
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Indiana, June 18, 1978
- Tornadoes and Hail in Indiana, June 25, 1978
July 1978
- Tornado and Hail in Indiana, July 1, 1978
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Indiana, July 2, 1978
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Indiana, July 7, 1978
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Indiana, July 15, 1978
- Damaging Wind in Indiana, July 21, 1978
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Indiana, July 26, 1978
- Hail in Indiana, July 30, 1978
August 1978
- Hail in Indiana, August 2, 1978
- Damaging Wind in Indiana, August 10, 1978
- Damaging Wind in Indiana, August 16, 1978
- Hail in Indiana, August 17, 1978
- Damaging Wind in Indiana, August 19, 1978
- Damaging Winds in Indiana, August 25, 1978
- Damaging Wind in Indiana, August 28, 1978
October 1978
November 1978
More
Every year in IndianaEvery state in 1978Tornadoes in Indiana in 197819771979
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.