15. These drought conditions then extended beyond the end of December.
Every event with a place to put it; 8 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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.
The episode as NWS IND wrote it up.
Widespread Moderate Drought (D1) across most of the north-northwestern half of Indiana on October 22, 2024 trended to an expansion of Severe Drought (D2) over more than a dozen counties on October 29th, including portions of nine central Indiana counties, despite modest weekly precipitation totals of 0.01-0.15. These drought conditions then extended beyond the end of December.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Indianapolis, IN wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Oct 29, 5:10 AM EST, 50 minutes earlier.
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8 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
Less than 0.35 inches of rainfall since late September caused Severe Drought intensity to begin on October 22, 2024 north and west of Frankfort.
Less than 0.30 inches of rainfall since late September caused Severe Drought intensity to begin on October 29, 2024 across the northern half of Delaware County.
Less than 0.15 inches of rainfall since late September caused Severe Drought intensity to begin on October 29, 2024 in extreme northeastern Fountain County.
Less than 0.25 inches of rainfall since late September caused Severe Drought intensity to begin on October 29, 2024 over both far northwestern and extreme southeastern Howard County.
Less than 0.25 inches of rainfall since late September caused Severe Drought intensity to begin on October 29, 2024 across the northern tier of Madison County.
Less than 0.20 inches of rainfall since late September caused Severe Drought intensity to begin on October 29, 2024 across all but far southern Tippecanoe County.
Less than 0.15 inches of rainfall since late September caused Severe Drought intensity to begin on October 29, 2024 east of Tipton.
Less than 0.15 inches of rainfall since late September caused Severe Drought intensity to begin on October 29, 2024 across the northern half of Warren County.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Indiana in 2024Every state in 2024This day in weather historyWarnings in Indiana, October 2024
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1218842, 1218843, 1218844, 1218845, 1218846, 1218847, 1218848, 1218849.