Indiana
92 counties138 tornadoes rated F3/EF3+53 county disaster declarations
Indiana has recorded 1,762 tornadoes since 1950, 17th among the states; 1 tropical storms and hurricanes within 50 miles since 1851; 61,364 acres burned by large wildfires since 1984.
2025
- Tornadoes rated F2/EF2+ since 1950
- Tropical cyclone tracks since 1851
Statewide totals
Unique events: a tornado that crossed three counties counts once.
- Tornadoes since 1950
- 1,762
- 17th of 51
- Rated F3/EF3 or stronger
- 138
- 11th of 51
- Tropical cyclones within 50 mi
- 1
- 33rd of 51
- At hurricane strength
- 0
- —
- Acres burned since 1984
- 61K
- 43 large fires
- Flood insurance claims
- 19,554
- $309 million paid
County leaders
Where in Indiana each hazard has struck most.
Most tornadoes
Most tropical cyclones within 50 mi
Most acres burned
- 1Jefferson County39K
- 2Ripley County16K
- 3Jennings County5,031
- 4Bartholomew County1,102
Most flood claims
- 1Lake County3,013
- 2Marion County2,309
- 3Allen County1,673
- 4Clark County860
- 5Vanderburgh County821
Notable events
The strongest tornadoes, hurricanes and fires in Indiana’s record. Each opens its own page.
Tornadoes
- F5 1974, Harrison31 killed
- F5 1974, Clark6 killed
- F5 1974, Ohio3 killed
- F4 1965, St. Joseph36 killed
- F4 1965, Elkhart31 killed
- F4 1965, Montgomery28 killed
- F4 1965, Clinton25 killed
- F4 1965, Steuben23 killed
- F4 1974, Elkhart18 killed
- EF4 2012, Washington11 killed
Hurricanes and tropical storms
- Unnamed 1888Tropical storm
Every county
Sort by any column. Each county opens its full record.
Cities
Places of 10,000 people or more with their own records.
- Indianapolis
- Fort Wayne
- Evansville
- Carmel
- Fishers
- South Bend
- Bloomington
- Noblesville
- Hammond
- Lafayette
- Greenwood
- Gary
- Westfield
- Muncie
- Kokomo
- Terre Haute
- Anderson
- Jeffersonville
- Elkhart
- Columbus
- Mishawaka
- Lawrence
- West Lafayette
- Portage
- Plainfield
- New Albany
- Merrillville
- Crown Point
- Richmond
- Valparaiso
- Goshen
- Brownsburg
- Zionsville
- Michigan City
- Schererville
- Hobart
- Marion
- Franklin
- Greenfield
- East Chicago
- Avon
- St. John
- Munster
- Highland
- La Porte
- Seymour
- Clarksville
- Shelbyville
- Logansport
- Lebanon
- New Castle
- Jasper
- Huntington
- Frankfort
- Cedar Lake
- Crawfordsville
- Vincennes
- New Haven
- Dyer
- Griffith
- Warsaw
- Whitestown
- Beech Grove
- Chesterton
- Speedway
- Auburn
- Bedford
- Danville
- Connersville
- McCordsville
- Washington
- Lake Station
- Greensburg
- Madison
- Martinsville
- Yorktown
- Bargersville
- Lowell
- Huntertown
- Plymouth
- Peru
- Bluffton
- Kendallville
- Sellersburg
- Columbia City
- Wabash
- Mooresville
- Decatur