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Indiana damaging wind history

From 2016 to 2025, the NOAA Storm Prediction Center logged 4,523 damaging thunderstorm wind reports in Indiana, 4,409 of them 58 mph or more and 245 of 75 mph or more (measured or estimated), on 418 storm days. The day with the most reports since 1955 was June 18, 2025 (148 reports in Indiana). The highest wind on record is 127 mph, on July 3, 1964. 2026 so far: 713 preliminary reports.

4,523wind reports 2016–2025
4,40958 mph or more
24575 mph or more
127 mphhighest on record
7132026 preliminary reports

Indiana's biggest wind day since 2016: June 18, 2025

75 mph or more58–74 mphbelow 58 mph or no speed given

148 damaging wind reports in Indiana, 1 of 75 mph or more. All storm reports that day →

1990: 2111991: 1951992: 2161993: 2231994: 1681995: 1531996: 2961997: 1721998: 4501999: 2532000: 4322001: 4162002: 2712003: 5032004: 3892005: 5192006: 4752007: 3452008: 6082009: 2832010: 5502011: 6532012: 4912013: 4492014: 3502015: 3832016: 3562017: 3362018: 3242019: 5102020: 5132021: 3782022: 4802023: 4662024: 4262025: 734199019931996199920022005200820112014201720202023max 734
Damaging wind reports per year in Indiana, 1990–2025

Source: National Storms (nationalstorms.com), CC BY 4.0, data from NOAA Storm Prediction Center storm reports.

Days with the most damaging wind reports in Indiana

Storm dayWind reports75 mph+Highest
June 18, 2025148179 mph
March 30, 20251471981 mph
April 19, 20111112690 mph
August 10, 2020109581 mph
November 17, 2013961785 mph
April 2, 20259013100 mph
May 22, 201986176 mph
August 11, 2026845110 mph
January 29, 20088220100 mph
July 15, 2024811381 mph
March 31, 2023801483 mph
May 31, 201880064 mph
June 10, 202078281 mph
April 8, 202078890 mph
October 26, 2010781981 mph

Highest wind speeds reported in Indiana

Storm dayWind reports75 mph+Highest
July 3, 196451127 mph
May 9, 201495120 mph
April 8, 1999101115 mph
May 31, 1998162115 mph
August 11, 2026845110 mph
July 31, 2012102110 mph
June 4, 20115212110 mph
May 25, 200471110 mph
July 28, 202563105 mph
June 8, 195841105 mph

Indiana damaging wind reports by year

YearDamaging wind reports58 mph+75 mph+HighestDays with reports
2026*71313012110 mph59
202573473154105 mph39
20244264174496 mph47
20234664553593 mph39
202248046523100 mph41
2021378369885 mph37
20205135022390 mph37
201951049210100 mph50
201832430411100 mph44
201733632617101 mph46
201635634820100 mph38
20153833741785 mph42
201435034138120 mph38
201344944035100 mph36
201249148244110 mph42
201165364486110 mph50
201055054953100 mph44
20092832821796 mph28
2008608608109100 mph39
20073453452498 mph38
200647547527100 mph53
20055195191491 mph41
200438938920110 mph46
20035035033190 mph47
20022712061892 mph45
20014162507104 mph48
20004322671886 mph36
19992531896115 mph33
199845025616115 mph33
199717282893 mph24
19962961441292 mph44
19951534190 mph32
199416823290 mph28
199322329183 mph39
199221628177 mph26
1991195295100 mph35
19902119070 mph30
19891518186 mph30
1988111283100 mph26
19872058179 mph29
198619630181 mph26
19851479275 mph25
19847113070 mph18
198314223385 mph24
198217040487 mph23
19819522390 mph24
1980231381098 mph33
1979789181 mph26
197850104100 mph19
1977589061 mph20
19767812181 mph18
19756014072 mph20
1974848383 mph21
19734413296 mph18
197272186 mph6
19714614176 mph19
1970605072 mph15
1969413071 mph15
1968226067 mph15
1967195062 mph12
1966214292 mph11
1965269069 mph16
196428104127 mph12
19632212686 mph12
1962124389 mph4
1961195175 mph15
1960213281 mph13
1959204392 mph12
19583552105 mph20
1957425281 mph21
19562433100 mph15
1955111178 mph9

* 2026: preliminary SPC reports; many have no wind speed yet.

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Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center (SPC) Severe Weather Database (SVRGIS) damaging-wind reports, 1955–2025, and SPC preliminary storm reports for 2026 (data through November 6, 2026). Wind speeds are measured or estimated by spotters, the public and NWS staff; SPC records them in knots and we show mph. 58 mph is the National Weather Service's severe-thunderstorm wind threshold.

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