Indiana

Storms in Indiana in 2012

1,596 events in 210 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Indiana in 2012, 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 2012 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
1,596
Deaths
25
Injuries
23
Damage
$73 million
Episodes
210

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 eventEventsDeathsInjuriesDamage
Thunderstorm Wind49100$1.2 million
Hail45405$8.0 million
Drought19800
Winter Weather11103
High Wind4410$124,000
Blizzard4000
Flood3900$461,000
Winter Storm3930
Dense Fog3100
Excessive Heat2930
Tornado21145$63 million
Heat1800
Heavy Snow1500
Heavy Rain1500$10,000
Lake-Effect Snow1210
Strong Wind1200$40,000
Flash Flood900$6,000
Funnel Cloud600
Frost/Freeze600
Lightning204
Rip Current220
Dust Devil102
Dense Smoke114

Every episode, month by month

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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.