Storms in Indiana in 2005

1,273 events in 206 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Indiana in 2005, with each episode’s narrative and every event in it. From 1996 the record holds 48 kinds of event with each office’s narrative; before that, tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind only, and before 1955 tornadoes alone.

Indiana in 2005 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

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The year

Events: 1,273
Deaths: 29
Injuries: 288
Damage: $117 million
Episodes: 206

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	519	0	2	$513,000
Hail	250	1	11	$3.2 million
Flood	155	1	0	$12 million
Heavy Snow	65	0	0
Winter Storm	55	0	0
Flash Flood	55	0	2	$1.3 million
Lightning	41	0	1	$986,000
Dense Fog	31	0	0	$420,000
Ice Storm	25	0	1	$300,000
Tornado	21	24	262	$99 million
Heavy Rain	16	0	0	$35,000
Frost/Freeze	12	0	0
Heat	12	0	4
Funnel Cloud	7	0	0
Winter Weather	5	1	4
Strong Wind	2	0	0	$10,000
Dust Storm	1	0	1	$50,000
Rip Current	1	2	0

Every episode, month by month

January 2005

February 2005

March 2005

April 2005

May 2005

June 2005

July 2005

August 2005

September 2005

October 2005

Frost and Freeze in Indiana, October 28, 20056 events

November 2005

December 2005

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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.