Indiana

Storms in Indiana in 2021

981 events in 158 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Indiana in 2021, 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 2021 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

Open the live radar over Indiana

The year

Events
981
Deaths
5
Injuries
23
Damage
$55 million
Episodes
158

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 Wind37811$541,000
Winter Weather11611$60,000
Winter Storm88012$750,000
Hail7611$1.6 million
Flood6310$419,000
Heavy Snow4904$775,000
Flash Flood4711$49 million
Strong Wind3600$11,000
High Wind3301$61,000
Tornado2102$1.3 million
Dense Fog1800
Frost/Freeze1800
Heat1800
Cold/Wind Chill600
Ice Storm400
Lightning400
Funnel Cloud300
Heavy Rain200
Wildfire100

Every episode, month by month

January 2021

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March 2021

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May 2021

June 2021

July 2021

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September 2021

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November 2021

December 2021

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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.