Indiana

Storms in Indiana in 2020

934 events in 165 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Indiana in 2020, 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 2020 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
934
Deaths
15
Injuries
20
Damage
$8.6 million
Episodes
165

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 Wind51313$237,000
Hail10703$235,000
Flood7402$439,000
Winter Weather6327$65,000
Flash Flood3660$1.4 million
Frost/Freeze2700$1.2 million
Strong Wind2300$33,000
Dense Fog1800
Tornado1715$5.0 million
Heat1200
High Wind1100$7,000
Lakeshore Flood900
Heavy Rain800
Lightning710
Rip Current340
Funnel Cloud200
Lake-Effect Snow200
Seiche100
Wildfire100

Every episode, month by month

January 2020

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June 2020

July 2020

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September 2020

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November 2020

December 2020

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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.