Indianapolis, IN: Winter

28 February 2026: Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) averaged 30.6°F in Indianapolis, IN, the coldest winter since 2015, tied 70th coldest of 154 (with 1928).

Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026)

Mean temperature: 30.6°F; Coldest since 2015; 70th coldest of 154
Precipitation: 5.40 in; Driest since 1998; 22nd driest of 155

A normal winter in Indianapolis, IN (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 31.8°F, between 27.2°F and 36°F in eight years of ten and 8.43 in of precipitation, between 5.41 in and 12.05 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every winter in Indianapolis, IN since 1873: 30.6°F in 2026; the lowest is 20.7°F, in 1977.

Normal range, 27.2 to 36°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every winter in Indianapolis, IN from 1872 to 2026, ranked: the mean temperature, the mean high and the mean low from the warmest, the precipitation from the wettest; a year missing more than a tenth of its days is not ranked.

Year	Mean, °F	Rank	High, °F	Rank	Low, °F	Rank	Precipitation, in	Rank	Days missing
2026	30.6	84	39.1	61	22.1	87	5.40	134	0
2025	30.9	76	38.5	77	22.9	79	7.42	97	1
2024	36.9	7	44.6	9	29.2	9	7.80	84	0
2023	36.8	8	44.7	8	28.8	11	9.15	55	0
2022	32.9	36	42.2	21	23.5	69	9.94	41	0
2021	30.7	82	37.6	91	23.8	64	5.86	124	0
2020	35.1	17	42.9	16	27.4	20	12.26	13	0
2019	32.5	42	40.1	42	24.9	53	11.29	18	0
2018	30.8	80	39.5	53	22.1	87	7.77	85	0
2017	36	12	43.8	11	28.1	14	6.97	106	0
2016	35.5	15	43.4	13	27.5	19	9.30	53	0
2015	26.5	131	34.2	130	18.8	133	5.70	127	0
2014	24.2	147	32.7	143	15.6	148	9.23	54	0
2013	33.1	33	40.8	32	25.5	38	10.36	30	0
2012	36.2	11	44	10	28.5	12	9.96	40	0
2011	27.4	121	34.5	126	20.3	111	9.31	52	0
2010	27.3	122	33.7	135	20.8	101	5.49	131	0
2009	29	102	37.8	89	20.3	111	9.99	38	0
2008	30.9	76	38.4	78	23.4	70	12.03	14	0
2007	30.7	82	38.4	78	22.9	79	12.42	12	0
2006	33.1	33	40.7	33	25.4	40	7.88	81	0
2005	32.8	37	40.3	39	25.3	41	13.93	7	0
2004	30.5	86	38	87	23	76	8.90	58	0
2003	26.7	127	34.1	131	19.3	123	7.74	86	0
2002	36.3	10	44.9	6	27.6	17	7.16	102	0
2001	27.2	124	34.9	123	19.5	121	5.45	132	0
2000	33.6	30	41.9	25	25.3	41	7.54	92	0
1999	34	26	42.1	23	25.9	29	10.92	25	0
1998	36.8	8	43.3	14	30.3	8	5.07	136	0
1997	31.4	67	39	65	23.8	64	11.14	22	0
1996	28.2	113	36.5	107	20	115	7.96	80	0
1995	32.6	41	40	46	25.1	47	5.00	138	0
1994	27.9	115	35.3	122	20.4	108	6.25	115	0
1993	30.9	76	38.1	84	23.6	66	7.49	94	0
1992	35.1	17	42.8	18	27.4	20	4.00	151	0
1991	32.2	51	40.4	35	23.9	63	11.25	19	0
1990	31	75	39.9	50	22.1	87	8.86	62	0
1989	31.9	58	40.1	42	23.6	66	5.57	129	0
1988	29.7	92	37.5	94	21.8	94	10.16	34	0
1987	31.7	60	38.3	80	25	49	4.54	144	0
1986	27.3	122	35.5	119	19.1	128	6.87	108	0
1985	28.5	106	36.5	107	20.5	106	9.43	49	0
1984	26.5	131	34.4	127	18.6	138	7.56	91	0
1983	35.4	16	42.4	20	28.3	13	7.86	82	0
1982	24.7	143	33.6	136	15.8	147	10.66	29	0
1981	29.3	97	37.6	91	21	100	4.02	150	0
1980	28.7	104	36.7	103	20.7	103	6.08	119	0
1979	23.8	148	31.6	150	16.1	146	10.13	36	0
1978	21.8	153	30	155	13.7	152	8.47	70	0
1977	20.7	154	30.1	154	11.4	154	5.57	129	0
1976	31.7	60	40.1	42	23.3	73	8.90	58	0
1975	32.3	47	38.9	68	25.6	35	11.31	17	0
1974	31.6	63	40.1	42	23	76	10.24	31	0
1973	31.3	71	39.2	59	23.4	70	6.21	117	0
1972	31.2	72	40.4	35	22	92	8.74	64	0
1971	29	102	37.5	94	20.4	108	9.40	50	0
1970	24.7	143	32.8	142	16.7	144	5.07	136	0
1969	29.2	99	36.7	103	21.8	94	11.60	16	0
1968	28.4	108	36.7	103	20.1	113	9.39	51	0
1967	31.1	73	39.3	56	22.9	79	8.88	60	0
1966	30.5	86	38.3	80	22.6	85	7.01	105	0
1965	29.7	92	38.7	71	20.8	101	11.24	20	0
1964	26	136	34.7	124	17.3	141	4.91	141	0
1963	22	152	31.4	151	12.6	153	2.82	155	0
1962	27.7	117	35.4	120	20	115	9.90	42	0
1961	27.2	124	35.6	118	18.7	136	6.25	115	0
1960	32	55	39.1	61	25	49	8.53	69	0
1959	26.7	127	36.3	114	17.2	142	8.37	73	0
1958	29.5	96	37.5	94	21.5	99	8.59	67	0
1957	32.8	37	40	46	25.6	35	8.69	65	0
1956	29.7	92	37.6	91	21.8	94	5.74	125	0
1955	30.5	86	38.1	84	23	76	6.53	111	0
1954	34.3	24	43.3	14	25.3	41	8.46	71	0
1953	34.4	22	42	24	26.7	23	7.51	93	0
1952	33	35	41.4	27	24.5	58	11.08	23	0
1951	27.6	118	36.2	116	19	130	9.71	44	0
1950	35	19	43.8	11	26.2	27	22.33	1	0
1949	34.4	22	42.8	18	26.1	28	13.15	9	0
1948	27.9	115	36.4	109	19.4	122	5.95	123	0
1947	30.8	80	38.7	71	22.9	79	7.46	95	0
1946	28.5	106	37.4	99	19.6	120	6.44	113	0
1945	26.5	131	34.1	131	19	130	4.27	147	0
1944	31.4	67	40.3	39	22.5	86	4.08	149	0
1943	29.3	97	37.9	88	20.7	103	3.36	153	0
1942	32.3	47	38.7	71	25.8	31	6.56	109	0
1941	32.5	42	39.1	61	25.8	31	4.92	140	0
1940	28.2	113	34.7	124	21.8	94	4.89	142	0
1939	34.5	20	41.7	26	27.3	22	9.76	43	0
1938	32	55	38.7	71	25.3	41	7.29	99	0
1937	33.2	32	41	29	25.5	38	12.93	10	0
1936	23.3	150	31	152	15.6	148	6.37	114	0
1935	31.7	60	39.3	56	24.2	62	4.40	145	0
1934	31.4	67	39.5	53	23.3	73	4.28	146	0
1933	34.3	24	42.2	21	26.4	25	8.62	66	0
1932	39.9	2	46.8	3	32.9	2	11.98	15	0
1931	34	26	40.4	35	27.6	17	3.10	154	0
1930	32.5	42	39.7	52	25.2	46	14.24	6	0
1929	28.7	104	36.8	102	20.7	103	8.40	72	0
1928	30.6	84	38.1	84	23.1	75	8.17	76	0
1927	32.1	54	39	65	25.1	47	7.46	95	0
1926	30.4	89	37.2	100	23.6	66	6.56	109	0
1925	31.4	67	39.4	55	23.4	70	7.66	89	0
1924	32.2	51	39.3	56	25	49	10.17	33	0
1923	31.5	66	38.6	75	24.5	58	8.88	60	0
1922	31.8	59	39.1	61	24.4	60	5.99	121	0
1921	34.5	20	40.9	30	28.1	14	7.41	98	0
1920	25.8	138	32.7	143	18.8	133	4.21	148	0
1919	36	12	42.9	16	29	10	8.31	74	0
1918	22.8	151	31	152	14.5	151	6.48	112	0
1917	28.4	108	37.2	100	19.7	118	7.05	104	0
1916	30.9	76	38.9	68	22.8	84	12.86	11	0
1915	29.6	95	36.4	109	22.9	79	7.69	87	0
1914	31.6	63	38.3	80	24.8	54	6.17	118	0
1913	32.5	42	40.7	33	24.4	60	10.91	26	0
1912	25.6	142	32.4	146	18.8	133	7.12	103	0
1911	32	55	39.2	59	24.8	54	5.99	121	0
1910	26.4	134	33.6	136	19.2	125	9.52	46	0
1909	33.7	29	41.1	28	26.4	25	8.95	56	0
1908	31.6	63	38.3	80	25	49	10.16	34	0
1907	32.8	37	40	46	25.6	35	11.23	21	0
1906	32.7	40	40.2	41	25.3	41	5.42	133	0
1905	24.3	145	31.8	149	16.8	143	8.13	77	0
1904	23.8	148	31.9	148	15.6	148	7.20	101	0
1903	29.2	99	36.4	109	22	92	10.19	32	0
1902	26.1	135	32.9	140	19.2	125	5.39	135	0
1901	29.1	101	36.4	109	21.7	98	4.63	143	0
1900	29.8	91	37.5	94	22.1	87	7.81	83	0
1899	26.6	130	33.9	134	19.3	123	7.68	88	0
1898	32.4	46	38.9	68	25.9	29	9.48	47	0
1897	31.1	73	37.5	94	24.7	57	7.21	100	0
1896	32.2	51	38.6	75	25.7	33	8.93	57	0
1895	27	126	34.1	131	19.8	117	6.07	120	0
1894	32.3	47	39.8	51	24.8	54	8.56	68	0
1893	25.8	138	32.9	140	18.7	136	10.77	28	0
1892	33.5	31	40.4	35	26.6	24	8.04	78	0
1891	34	26	40	46	27.9	16	9.61	45	0
1890	40.9	1	48.1	1	33.6	1	18.24	2	0
1889	32.3	47	39	65	25.7	33	5.72	126	0
1888	28.4	108	36.3	114	20.4	108	8.78	63	0
1887	27.6	118	36.4	109	18.9	132	8.29	75	0
1886	27.5	120	35.4	120	19.7	118	7.98	79	0
1885	24.3	145	32.2	147	16.3	145	10.90	27	0
1884	30	90	37.8	89	22.1	87	10.12	37	0
1883	28.3	112	36	117	20.5	106	11.04	24	0
1882	37.8	6	44.9	6	30.7	5	16.42	3	0
1881	25.8	138	33.4	138	18.3	140	9.97	39	0
1880	39.6	3	47.7	2	31.4	4	14.58	4	0
1879	26.7	127	34.3	128	19.1	128	7.59	90	0
1878	39.2	4	45.8	5	32.7	3	6.93	107	0
1877	28.4	108	36.6	106	20.1	113	3.68	152	0
1876	38.5	5	46.4	4	30.6	6	14.53	5	0
1875	25.8	138	33.1	139	18.5	139	5.68	128	0
1874	35.7	14	40.9	30	30.5	7	13.82	8	0
1873	26	136	32.7	143	19.2	125	9.45	48	0
1872			34.3	128			4.97	139	30

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1890	40.9
1932	39.9
1880	39.6
1878	39.2
1876	38.5
1882	37.8
2024	36.9
2023	36.8
1998	36.8
2002	36.3

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1977	20.7
1978	21.8
1963	22
1918	22.8
1936	23.3
1979	23.8
1904	23.8
2014	24.2
1905	24.3
1885	24.3

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1950	22.33
1890	18.24
1882	16.42
1880	14.58
1876	14.53
1930	14.24
2005	13.93
1874	13.82
1949	13.15
1937	12.93

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1963	2.82
1931	3.10
1943	3.36
1877	3.68
1992	4.00
1981	4.02
1944	4.08
1920	4.21
1945	4.27
1934	4.28

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 71°F; 18 February 2026
Coldest night: -4°F; 1 February 2026, 28 January 2026, 15 December 2025, 14 December 2025
Wettest day: 1.00 in; 19 February 2026

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Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) brought 5.40 in of precipitation in Indianapolis, IN, the driest winter since 1998, 22nd driest of 155.
The hottest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Indianapolis, IN: 71°F on Wednesday 18 February 2026.
The coldest night of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Indianapolis, IN: a low of -4°F on Sunday 1 February 2026, Wednesday 28 January 2026, Monday 15 December 2025 and 1 other day.
The wettest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Indianapolis, IN: 1.00 in on Thursday 19 February 2026.