Storms in Indiana in 1983
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Indiana in 1983, 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 1983 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
- 204
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Damage
- $76,000
- 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 | 142 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hail | 57 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 5 | 0 | 0 | $76,000 |
Every episode, month by month
March 1983
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Indiana, March 6, 1983
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Indiana, March 7, 1983
- Hail in Indiana, March 27, 1983
May 1983
- Tornado and Hail in Indiana, May 1, 1983
- Tornado and Hail in Indiana, May 2, 1983
- Hail in Indiana, May 7, 1983
- Damaging Winds in Indiana, May 13, 1983
- Damaging Wind in Indiana, May 14, 1983
- Damaging Winds in Indiana, May 29, 1983
June 1983
- Damaging Wind in Indiana, June 19, 1983
- Damaging Winds in Indiana, June 27, 1983
- Tornadoes in Indiana, June 28, 1983
July 1983
- Tornado and Hail in Indiana, July 1, 1983
- Hail in Indiana, July 2, 1983
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Indiana, July 4, 1983
- Damaging Winds in Indiana, July 17, 1983
- Damaging Winds in Indiana, July 19, 1983
- Damaging Winds in Indiana, July 20, 1983
- Damaging Winds in Indiana, July 21, 1983
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Indiana, July 23, 1983
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Indiana, July 29, 1983
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Indiana, July 31, 1983
August 1983
- Damaging Wind in Indiana, August 5, 1983
- Damaging Wind in Indiana, August 21, 1983
- Damaging Winds in Indiana, August 27, 1983
September 1983
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Indiana, September 6, 1983
- Damaging Wind in Indiana, September 11, 1983
- Hail in Indiana, September 18, 1983
October 1983
More
Every year in IndianaEvery state in 1983Tornadoes in Indiana in 198319821984
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.