Storms in Indiana in 1989
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Indiana in 1989, 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 1989 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
- 270
- Deaths
- 1
- Injuries
- 39
- Damage
- $29 million
- Episodes
- 43
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 | 151 | 0 | 7 | |
| Hail | 93 | 0 | 6 | |
| Tornado | 26 | 1 | 26 | $29 million |
Every episode, month by month
January 1989
March 1989
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Indiana, March 14, 1989
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Indiana, March 17, 1989
- Damaging Wind in Indiana, March 28, 1989
April 1989
- Tornadoes and Hail in Indiana, April 3, 1989
- Hail in Indiana, April 4, 1989
- Hail in Indiana, April 25, 1989
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Indiana, April 26, 1989
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Indiana, April 27, 1989
- Tornadoes and Hail in Indiana, April 28, 1989
- Hail in Indiana, April 29, 1989
May 1989
- Hail in Indiana, May 5, 1989
- Tornadoes and Hail in Indiana, May 19, 1989
- Damaging Wind in Indiana, May 21, 1989
- Tornadoes and Hail in Indiana, May 25, 1989
- Hail in Indiana, May 27, 1989
- Damaging Winds in Indiana, May 31, 1989
June 1989
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Indiana, June 1, 1989
- Tornadoes and Hail in Indiana, June 3, 1989
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Indiana, June 19, 1989
- Damaging Wind in Indiana, June 24, 1989
- Damaging Winds in Indiana, June 26, 1989
July 1989
- Hail in Indiana, July 8, 1989
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Indiana, July 9, 1989
- Tornado and Hail in Indiana, July 11, 1989
- Tornado in Indiana, July 23, 1989
- Damaging Wind in Indiana, July 27, 1989
- Damaging Wind in Indiana, July 28, 1989
August 1989
- Tornado and Hail in Indiana, August 5, 1989
- Damaging Winds in Indiana, August 6, 1989
- Hail in Indiana, August 11, 1989
- Hail in Indiana, August 12, 1989
- Damaging Winds in Indiana, August 15, 1989
- Damaging Winds in Indiana, August 23, 1989
- Damaging Winds in Indiana, August 31, 1989
September 1989
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Indiana, September 1, 1989
- Damaging Wind in Indiana, September 7, 1989
- Damaging Wind in Indiana, September 8, 1989
- Damaging Winds in Indiana, September 9, 1989
October 1989
November 1989
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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.