Indiana

Storms in Indiana in 2015

1,315 events in 200 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Indiana in 2015, 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 2015 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
1,315
Deaths
15
Injuries
21
Damage
$5.3 million
Episodes
200

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 Wind38312$398,000
Hail18703$159,000
Winter Weather16220$10,000
Heavy Snow13100
Flood12521$1.4 million
Flash Flood12142$1.2 million
Dense Fog4020
Winter Storm3310$100,000
Heavy Rain2700
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill2610
Tornado2403$2.1 million
Heat1500
Cold/Wind Chill1210
Excessive Heat606
Frost/Freeze600
Strong Wind514$4,000
Ice Storm300$15,000
Lightning300
Lake-Effect Snow200
High Wind200
Blizzard100
Funnel Cloud100

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.