First snow 2026-27 ยท Indianapolis, IN

When does Indianapolis get its first snow?

None yet through Nov 7. Normal first measurable snow: Nov 23.

This winter
None yet
Normal date
Nov 23 (1991-2020 median)
Earliest on record
Oct 18, 1989
Latest on record
Jan 4, 1941
Record since
1871 (142 winters)
Station
Indianapolis International Airport
Snow so far
0 in

Common questions

When does Indianapolis get its first snow?

Around Nov 23. That is the median date of the first measurable snow (at least 0.1 inch of snow (a trace does not count)) at Indianapolis International Airport over the 1991-2020 winters, our calculation from NOAA's record.

Has Indianapolis had its first snow this winter?

None yet through Nov 7. Normal first measurable snow: Nov 23.

What is the earliest first snow on record in Indianapolis?

Oct 18, 1989, in a record that goes back to 1871.

What is the latest first snow on record in Indianapolis?

Jan 4, 1941.

Every winter on record

First snow in Indianapolis by season
SeasonDateSnow
2025-26Nov 90.5 in
2024-25Nov 213.2 in
2023-24Dec 310.1 in
2022-23Nov 122.7 in
2021-22Nov 140.5 in
2020-21Dec 161.8 in
2019-20Nov 112.8 in
2018-19Nov 140.1 in
2017-18Dec 90.4 in
2016-17Dec 133.9 in
2015-16Nov 211.3 in
2014-15Oct 310.1 in
2013-14Nov 110.1 in
2012-13Nov 120.2 in
2011-12Nov 290.2 in
2010-11Dec 10.2 in
2009-10Dec 71 in
2008-09Nov 300.5 in
2007-08Dec 40.3 in
2006-07Dec 70.3 in
2005-06Nov 230.8 in
2004-05Nov 250.1 in
2003-04Nov 280.4 in
2002-03Nov 220.1 in
2001-02Dec 240.2 in
2000-01Nov 210.2 in
1999-00Dec 150.3 in
1998-99Dec 210.1 in
1997-98Nov 133.3 in
1996-97Nov 130.1 in
1995-96Nov 50.1 in
1994-95Dec 102.3 in
1993-94Oct 302.4 in
1992-93Oct 200.1 in
1991-92Nov 40.6 in
1990-91Dec 40.9 in
1989-90Oct 180.2 in
1988-89Nov 60.2 in
1987-88Dec 10.5 in
1986-87Dec 290.6 in
1985-86Dec 20.2 in
1984-85Nov 182 in
1983-84Nov 110.1 in
1982-83Nov 230.1 in
1981-82Nov 200.4 in
1980-81Nov 172.1 in
1979-80Nov 280.2 in
1978-79Dec 90.1 in
1977-78Nov 100.1 in
1976-77Nov 210.1 in
1975-76Nov 210.1 in
1974-75Nov 303.8 in
1973-74Nov 80.4 in
1972-73Nov 190.2 in
1971-72Nov 61.1 in
1970-71Nov 140.2 in
1969-70Nov 150.6 in
1968-69Nov 180.3 in
1967-68Nov 202.4 in
1966-67Nov 27.8 in
1965-66Dec 202.9 in
1964-65Nov 190.9 in
1963-64Nov 130.2 in
1962-63Oct 251.2 in
1961-62Nov 190.5 in
1960-61Dec 113 in
1959-60Nov 110.8 in
1958-59Nov 284.6 in
1957-58Dec 33 in
1956-57Nov 210.2 in
1955-56Nov 181.7 in
1954-55Nov 10.4 in
1953-54Nov 250.6 in
1952-53Nov 291.3 in
1951-52Nov 62.9 in
1950-51Nov 220.3 in
1949-50Dec 90.6 in
1948-49Nov 90.4 in
1947-48Nov 270.2 in
1946-47Dec 130.9 in
1945-46Nov 230.9 in
1944-45Nov 290.2 in
1943-44Nov 100.2 in
1942-43Nov 291.6 in
1941-42Nov 221 in
1940-41Jan 40.5 in
1939-40Nov 210.3 in
1938-39Nov 234 in
1937-38Nov 140.1 in
1936-37Dec 20.3 in
1935-36Nov 290.1 in
1934-35Dec 80.3 in
1933-34Nov 100.1 in
1932-33Nov 111.2 in
1931-32Nov 272.9 in
1930-31Nov 240.2 in
1929-30Oct 240.4 in
1928-29Nov 200.3 in
1927-28Nov 70.3 in
1926-27Nov 160.1 in
1925-26Oct 220.5 in
1924-25Nov 170.1 in
1923-24Dec 130.8 in
1922-23Nov 260.1 in
1921-22Nov 93.8 in
1920-21Nov 151 in
1919-20Dec 62 in
1918-19Dec 250.6 in
1917-18Oct 230.4 in
1916-17Oct 200.4 in
1915-16Nov 150.1 in
1914-15Dec 83.2 in
1913-14Nov 91.2 in
1912-13Nov 240.4 in
1911-12Nov 120.3 in
1910-11Nov 300.1 in
1909-10Dec 71.2 in
1908-09Nov 110.2 in
1907-08Nov 301.4 in
1906-07Dec 10.3 in
1905-06Dec 240.1 in
1904-05Dec 102.5 in
1903-04Nov 281 in
1902-03Nov 262.3 in
1901-02Dec 95.4 in
1900-01Nov 150.1 in
1899-00Nov 34.5 in
1898-99Nov 220.7 in
1897-98Dec 20.1 in
1896-97Dec 220.1 in
1895-96Nov 190.1 in
1894-95Nov 100.1 in
1893-94Dec 10.2 in
1892-93Nov 93 in
1891-92Nov 140.1 in
1890-91Oct 310.1 in
1889-90Nov 280.5 in
1888-89Nov 160.4 in
1887-88Nov 190.3 in
1886-87Nov 44.4 in
1885-86Nov 220.4 in
1884-85Nov 280.6 in

Sources

https://ryanhallyall.com/trackers/first-snow/indianapolis