Indianapolis Weather in 1942

Historical record of Indianapolis, Indiana weather for the year 1942 based on NOAA data.

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1942 Indianapolis Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	96 °F	July 17
Lowest temperature	-12 °F	January 8
Highest daily low	73 °F	July 18
Lowest daily high	11 °F	January 8
Most daily precipitation	2.6 inches	June 13
Most daily snow	4.7 inches	November 29
Total annual precipitation	38.8 inches	-
Total annual snow	19.6 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Indianapolis in 1942?

The highest temperature recorded in Indianapolis, Indiana in 1942 was 96 °F which happened on July 17.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Indianapolis in 1942

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	96 °F	Jul 17
2	95 °F	Jul 16
2	95 °F	Jun 2
4	94 °F	Aug 2
5	93 °F	Jul 18
5	93 °F	Jun 29
7	92 °F	Jul 27
7	92 °F	Jul 26
7	92 °F	Jul 11
7	92 °F	Jun 30
7	92 °F	Jun 5
7	92 °F	Jun 4

What was the coldest temperature in Indianapolis in 1942?

The lowest temperature recorded in Indianapolis, Indiana in 1942 was -12 °F which happened on Jan 8.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Indianapolis in 1942

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-12 °F	January 8
2	-9 °F	January 10
3	-7 °F	January 11
4	-4 °F	December 21
4	-4 °F	December 13
4	-4 °F	December 2
4	-4 °F	January 7
4	-4 °F	January 6
9	-3 °F	January 5
10	-2 °F	December 3

January 1942 Indianapolis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	50	32	0.42	0.0
January 2	35	15	0.00	0.0
January 3	25	12	0.00	0.0
January 4	22	5	0.00	0.0
January 5	12	-3	0.00	0.0
January 6	26	-4	0.00	0.0
January 7	17	-4	0.00	0.0
January 8	11	-12	0.00	0.0
January 9	24	4	0.00	0.0
January 10	14	-9	0.00	0.0
January 11	31	-7	0.00	0.0
January 12	45	21	0.00	0.0
January 13	43	17	0.00	0.0
January 14	46	28	0.00	0.0
January 15	46	17	0.00	0.0
January 16	42	16	0.00	0.0
January 17	53	22	0.00	0.0
January 18	48	40	0.02	0.0
January 19	41	32	0.02	0.0
January 20	42	24	0.00	0.0
January 21	35	25	0.00	0.0
January 22	45	25	0.00	0.0
January 23	54	28	0.00	0.0
January 24	57	30	0.00	0.0
January 25	46	31	0.00	0.0
January 26	42	30	0.00	0.0
January 27	39	27	0.00	0.0
January 28	37	30	0.00	0.0
January 29	37	23	0.00	0.0
January 30	42	28	0.22	0.0
January 31	42	25	0.65	0.5

February 1942 Indianapolis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	26	16	0.02	0.2
February 2	30	6	0.00	0.0
February 3	31	12	0.00	0.0
February 4	43	22	1.30	0.0
February 5	45	32	0.21	0.0
February 6	42	32	1.32	0.0
February 7	36	30	0.24	0.7
February 8	30	20	0.00	0.0
February 9	34	19	0.00	0.0
February 10	31	25	0.15	1.5
February 11	32	22	0.00	0.0
February 12	31	10	0.00	0.0
February 13	36	13	0.00	0.0
February 14	43	18	0.00	0.0
February 15	49	34	0.00	0.0
February 16	45	39	0.70	0.0
February 17	40	22	0.15	0.0
February 18	22	10	0.05	0.5
February 19	21	-1	0.00	0.0
February 20	28	6	0.02	0.2
February 21	32	10	0.00	0.0
February 22	35	22	0.00	0.0
February 23	33	23	0.00	0.0
February 24	31	18	0.00	0.0
February 25	31	17	0.00	0.0
February 26	32	23	0.00	0.0
February 27	33	27	0.00	0.0
February 28	34	29	0.00	0.0

March 1942 Indianapolis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	35	28	0.00	0.0
March 2	37	26	0.05	0.5
March 3	38	29	0.01	0.1
March 4	44	23	0.00	0.0
March 5	50	31	0.05	0.5
March 6	47	27	0.00	0.0
March 7	56	40	0.00	0.0
March 8	52	32	0.91	0.0
March 9	37	21	0.37	3.7
March 10	50	26	0.00	0.0
March 11	53	36	0.00	0.0
March 12	50	31	0.00	0.0
March 13	47	38	0.02	0.0
March 14	47	34	0.32	0.0
March 15	69	38	0.00	0.0
March 16	76	44	0.40	0.0
March 17	67	37	0.05	0.0
March 18	40	35	0.00	0.0
March 19	53	29	0.00	0.0
March 20	66	35	0.00	0.0
March 21	63	34	0.25	0.0
March 22	52	32	0.00	0.0
March 23	60	29	0.00	0.0
March 24	69	30	0.00	0.0
March 25	75	41	0.00	0.0
March 26	65	49	0.10	0.0
March 27	53	30	0.53	0.0
March 28	42	25	0.00	0.0
March 29	41	30	0.00	0.0
March 30	35	26	0.15	1.5
March 31	43	25	0.01	0.1

April 1942 Indianapolis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	53	31	0.10
April 2	68	36	0.00
April 3	60	49	0.00
April 4	76	34	0.00
April 5	78	57	0.00
April 6	72	55	0.00
April 7	63	40	1.15
April 8	42	35	0.17
April 9	41	36	0.74
April 10	51	32	0.42
April 11	50	29	0.06
April 12	54	28	0.00
April 13	60	30	0.00
April 14	70	43	0.00
April 15	77	49	0.00
April 16	80	51	0.00
April 17	75	53	0.13
April 18	61	35	0.00
April 19	57	32	0.00
April 20	64	29	0.00
April 21	68	32	0.00
April 22	73	37	0.00
April 23	77	41	0.00
April 24	81	44	0.00
April 25	82	48	0.00
April 26	76	53	0.00
April 27	79	54	0.00
April 28	77	59	0.00
April 29	84	53	0.00
April 30	87	61	0.00

May 1942 Indianapolis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	86	61	0.00
May 2	85	53	0.00
May 3	75	59	1.93
May 4	60	40	0.02
May 5	63	35	0.00
May 6	70	48	0.52
May 7	57	42	0.00
May 8	66	41	0.00
May 9	70	47	0.00
May 10	70	48	0.43
May 11	77	52	0.09
May 12	76	57	0.13
May 13	80	64	0.00
May 14	77	60	0.43
May 15	69	45	0.67
May 16	68	38	0.00
May 17	74	46	0.00
May 18	76	56	0.00
May 19	71	53	0.00
May 20	66	50	0.55
May 21	68	48	0.00
May 22	68	47	0.00
May 23	70	45	0.09
May 24	69	43	0.00
May 25	76	47	0.00
May 26	72	50	0.00
May 27	77	58	0.00
May 28	87	55	0.00
May 29	89	65	0.00
May 30	89	69	0.00
May 31	87	65	0.00

June 1942 Indianapolis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	91	64	0.00
June 2	95	65	0.00
June 3	88	64	0.05
June 4	92	64	0.00
June 5	92	66	0.00
June 6	90	67	0.05
June 7	85	67	0.40
June 8	73	60	0.89
June 9	89	62	0.00
June 10	84	69	0.00
June 11	86	69	0.09
June 12	86	68	0.63
June 13	85	56	2.63
June 14	70	44	0.00
June 15	70	49	0.00
June 16	72	54	0.00
June 17	75	52	0.00
June 18	81	55	0.00
June 19	80	58	0.19
June 20	87	59	0.00
June 21	86	63	0.49
June 22	80	63	0.03
June 23	78	48	0.00
June 24	76	47	0.00
June 25	79	52	0.03
June 26	80	58	0.36
June 27	83	58	0.00
June 28	87	64	0.00
June 29	93	63	0.00
June 30	92	70	0.00

July 1942 Indianapolis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	85	62	0.00
July 2	80	51	0.00
July 3	80	52	0.00
July 4	86	65	0.00
July 5	87	64	0.07
July 6	84	62	0.85
July 7	77	46	0.00
July 8	85	59	0.00
July 9	89	63	0.00
July 10	84	66	0.38
July 11	92	64	0.85
July 12	88	64	0.00
July 13	89	71	0.02
July 14	89	67	0.62
July 15	82	58	0.00
July 16	95	62	0.00
July 17	96	65	0.00
July 18	93	73	0.00
July 19	88	71	0.12
July 20	86	69	0.03
July 21	91	64	0.00
July 22	84	59	0.00
July 23	87	57	0.00
July 24	91	59	0.00
July 25	89	59	0.00
July 26	92	63	0.00
July 27	92	63	0.21
July 28	89	63	0.00
July 29	90	70	0.00
July 30	88	65	0.16
July 31	90	66	0.40

August 1942 Indianapolis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	89	67	0.00
August 2	94	71	0.00
August 3	87	67	0.00
August 4	82	59	0.00
August 5	85	57	0.00
August 6	82	57	0.00
August 7	80	62	0.49
August 8	85	63	0.00
August 9	83	63	0.04
August 10	86	59	0.00
August 11	80	56	0.00
August 12	81	53	0.00
August 13	87	55	0.00
August 14	86	61	0.00
August 15	81	63	0.34
August 16	80	64	0.00
August 17	82	53	0.00
August 18	81	51	0.00
August 19	85	54	0.00
August 20	89	58	0.00
August 21	88	65	0.00
August 22	91	68	0.00
August 23	85	60	0.72
August 24	71	45	0.00
August 25	75	40	0.00
August 26	82	51	0.00
August 27	77	63	0.98
August 28	84	65	0.00
August 29	91	63	0.13
August 30	88	64	0.00
August 31	86	62	0.00

September 1942 Indianapolis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	85	55	0.00
September 2	86	53	0.00
September 3	81	59	0.00
September 4	77	56	0.00
September 5	79	50	0.00
September 6	82	57	0.00
September 7	84	59	0.65
September 8	82	65	0.95
September 9	81	66	0.02
September 10	81	61	0.00
September 11	81	51	0.00
September 12	87	57	0.03
September 13	82	54	0.00
September 14	89	57	0.11
September 15	84	61	0.13
September 16	86	62	0.00
September 17	80	65	0.02
September 18	85	67	0.00
September 19	87	58	0.27
September 20	65	48	0.02
September 21	66	35	0.00
September 22	62	44	0.00
September 23	69	37	0.00
September 24	60	33	0.00
September 25	55	30	0.00
September 26	70	37	0.00
September 27	51	34	0.06
September 28	54	24	0.00
September 29	62	26	0.00
September 30	77	40	0.00

October 1942 Indianapolis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	80	48	0.00
October 2	81	48	0.00
October 3	82	51	0.28
October 4	72	58	0.00
October 5	61	49	0.28
October 6	70	40	0.00
October 7	74	44	0.00
October 8	82	45	0.00
October 9	79	52	0.00
October 10	68	46	0.00
October 11	70	43	0.00
October 12	71	39	0.00
October 13	68	44	0.00
October 14	70	49	0.00
October 15	65	53	0.12
October 16	64	52	0.00
October 17	68	47	0.00
October 18	68	37	0.00
October 19	71	38	0.00
October 20	72	33	0.00
October 21	60	41	0.00
October 22	50	39	0.20
October 23	52	28	0.00
October 24	53	28	0.00
October 25	56	38	0.00
October 26	46	18	0.00
October 27	45	18	0.00
October 28	65	23	0.00
October 29	59	47	0.00
October 30	65	43	0.76
October 31	63	41	0.03

November 1942 Indianapolis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	58	28	0.00	0.0
November 2	50	34	0.00	0.0
November 3	47	23	0.00	0.0
November 4	54	24	0.00	0.0
November 5	49	42	0.44	0.0
November 6	51	37	0.00	0.0
November 7	49	30	0.00	0.0
November 8	54	43	0.00	0.0
November 9	71	41	0.00	0.0
November 10	67	32	0.48	0.0
November 11	46	18	0.00	0.0
November 12	59	18	0.00	0.0
November 13	53	29	0.00	0.0
November 14	45	17	0.00	0.0
November 15	62	28	0.00	0.0
November 16	68	36	0.00	0.0
November 17	64	52	0.93	0.0
November 18	57	36	0.68	0.0
November 19	72	51	0.02	0.0
November 20	73	58	0.00	0.0
November 21	64	40	0.78	0.0
November 22	42	31	0.03	0.0
November 23	45	35	0.66	0.0
November 24	42	34	0.01	0.0
November 25	58	32	0.00	0.0
November 26	53	25	0.00	0.0
November 27	35	16	0.00	0.0
November 28	42	25	0.00	0.0
November 29	38	30	0.47	4.7
November 30	35	24	0.00	0.0

December 1942 Indianapolis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	36	22	0.00	0.0
December 2	24	-4	0.06	0.6
December 3	19	-2	0.00	0.0
December 4	26	6	0.00	0.0
December 5	32	11	0.07	0.7
December 6	35	15	0.09	0.9
December 7	29	10	0.00	0.0
December 8	37	9	0.00	0.0
December 9	35	22	0.00	0.0
December 10	34	26	0.00	0.0
December 11	33	19	0.02	0.2
December 12	32	6	0.00	0.0
December 13	17	-4	0.00	0.0
December 14	29	-1	0.00	0.0
December 15	32	17	0.05	0.5
December 16	28	5	0.00	0.0
December 17	40	17	0.01	0.0
December 18	37	22	0.00	0.0
December 19	27	18	0.10	1.0
December 20	21	7	0.10	1.0
December 21	31	-4	0.00	n/a
December 22	35	25	0.18	0.0
December 23	35	31	0.02	0.0
December 24	40	29	0.00	0.0
December 25	38	30	0.00	0.0
December 26	51	35	0.42	0.0
December 27	57	50	0.41	0.0
December 28	57	37	0.07	0.0
December 29	39	37	0.09	0.0
December 30	37	32	0.03	0.0
December 31	41	28	0.01	0.0

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Weather Station Details

Years	Station	Coordinates
1948–2024	Indianapolis International Airport	location
1901–1947	Whitestown	location