Indianapolis Weather in 1948

Historical record of Indianapolis, Indiana weather for the year 1948 based on NOAA data.

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1948 Indianapolis Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	97 °F	August 27
Lowest temperature	-10 °F	January 28
Highest daily low	71 °F	July 12
Lowest daily high	11 °F	January 14
Most daily precipitation	2.3 inches	January 1
Most daily snow	4.6 inches	December 18
Total annual precipitation	39.2 inches	-
Total annual snow	21.7 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Indianapolis in 1948?

The highest temperature recorded in Indianapolis, Indiana in 1948 was 97 °F which happened 2 different times.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Indianapolis in 1948

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	97 °F	Aug 27
1	97 °F	Aug 26
3	96 °F	Aug 25
4	95 °F	Aug 29
4	95 °F	Aug 28
4	95 °F	Aug 24
4	95 °F	Aug 23
8	94 °F	Jul 6
9	93 °F	Jun 23
10	91 °F	Aug 22
10	91 °F	Jul 11
10	91 °F	Jul 10
10	91 °F	Jul 9

What was the coldest temperature in Indianapolis in 1948?

The lowest temperature recorded in Indianapolis, Indiana in 1948 was -10 °F which happened on Jan 28.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Indianapolis in 1948

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-10 °F	January 28
2	-5 °F	March 12
3	-4 °F	January 22
4	-2 °F	January 27
4	-2 °F	January 18
6	-1 °F	January 29
6	-1 °F	January 25
8	0 °F	January 24
8	0 °F	January 23
8	0 °F	January 17

January 1948 Indianapolis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	50	27	2.26	1.0
January 2	30	26	0.01	0.1
January 3	30	28	0.00	0.0
January 4	34	27	0.03	0.6
January 5	35	28	0.00	0.0
January 6	38	22	0.03	0.2
January 7	42	20	0.00	0.0
January 8	54	33	0.00	0.0
January 9	52	32	0.00	0.0
January 10	38	26	0.00	0.0
January 11	40	21	0.00	0.0
January 12	44	30	0.02	0.0
January 13	31	7	0.02	0.2
January 14	11	3	0.00	0.0
January 15	34	6	0.00	0.0
January 16	27	9	0.00	0.0
January 17	14	0	0.00	0.0
January 18	19	-2	0.00	0.0
January 19	31	10	0.00	0.0
January 20	39	15	0.00	0.0
January 21	32	7	0.08	1.3
January 22	12	-4	0.00	0.0
January 23	18	0	0.00	0.0
January 24	15	0	0.02	0.2
January 25	24	-1	0.00	0.0
January 26	21	4	0.04	0.4
January 27	17	-2	0.01	0.1
January 28	16	-10	0.00	0.0
January 29	26	-1	0.00	0.0
January 30	27	11	0.00	0.0
January 31	17	10	0.00	0.0

February 1948 Indianapolis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	29	6	0.00	0.0
February 2	37	11	0.00	0.0
February 3	31	19	0.04	0.7
February 4	36	21	0.22	3.6
February 5	22	19	0.01	0.2
February 6	30	7	0.00	0.0
February 7	36	13	0.00	0.0
February 8	25	8	0.00	0.0
February 9	23	11	0.00	0.0
February 10	31	5	0.00	0.0
February 11	36	23	0.06	0.0
February 12	34	27	0.01	0.0
February 13	37	31	0.66	0.5
February 14	31	20	0.05	0.5
February 15	43	16	0.00	0.0
February 16	55	34	0.00	0.0
February 17	60	29	0.00	0.0
February 18	66	36	0.00	0.0
February 19	61	24	0.00	0.0
February 20	29	16	0.00	0.0
February 21	23	17	0.03	0.4
February 22	36	13	0.00	0.0
February 23	48	24	0.00	0.0
February 24	52	32	0.00	0.0
February 25	48	43	0.07	0.0
February 26	57	38	0.03	0.0
February 27	59	36	0.64	0.0
February 28	56	32	0.00	0.0
February 29	37	29	0.00	0.0

March 1948 Indianapolis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	39	28	0.04	0.0
March 2	54	33	0.18	0.0
March 3	34	28	0.01	0.0
March 4	34	20	0.00	0.0
March 5	40	15	0.00	0.0
March 6	39	33	0.39	0.0
March 7	40	26	0.00	0.0
March 8	38	25	0.00	0.0
March 9	44	23	0.00	0.0
March 10	32	20	0.14	1.3
March 11	21	3	0.35	4.3
March 12	25	-5	0.00	0.0
March 13	40	8	0.00	0.0
March 14	57	26	0.00	0.0
March 15	61	48	0.16	0.0
March 16	53	38	0.05	0.0
March 17	55	28	0.00	0.0
March 18	65	33	0.33	0.0
March 19	70	50	0.61	0.0
March 20	79	43	0.00	0.0
March 21	77	57	0.54	0.0
March 22	57	46	0.02	0.0
March 23	52	42	1.06	0.0
March 24	65	34	0.00	0.0
March 25	69	42	0.00	0.0
March 26	67	51	1.98	0.0
March 27	55	28	0.05	0.0
March 28	44	25	0.00	0.0
March 29	58	32	0.00	0.0
March 30	58	35	0.01	0.0
March 31	62	48	0.40	0.0

April 1948 Indianapolis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	49	33	0.00
April 2	50	29	0.00
April 3	56	28	0.00
April 4	71	37	0.00
April 5	73	45	1.09
April 6	64	51	0.35
April 7	72	53	0.60
April 8	66	42	0.00
April 9	51	32	0.00
April 10	59	35	0.00
April 11	68	50	0.43
April 12	52	42	0.24
April 13	46	41	0.43
April 14	46	37	0.00
April 15	65	34	0.00
April 16	70	38	0.00
April 17	56	34	0.00
April 18	76	37	0.00
April 19	81	55	0.00
April 20	77	46	0.00
April 21	59	41	0.00
April 22	68	40	0.00
April 23	81	51	0.08
April 24	81	60	0.00
April 25	85	56	0.10
April 26	83	60	0.12
April 27	74	57	0.00
April 28	57	48	0.00
April 29	55	38	0.00
April 30	66	31	0.00

May 1948 Indianapolis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	62	48	0.17
May 2	71	50	0.79
May 3	70	47	0.00
May 4	55	48	0.42
May 5	68	45	0.00
May 6	63	47	0.50
May 7	57	41	0.25
May 8	68	42	0.00
May 9	76	54	0.00
May 10	85	65	0.00
May 11	78	60	0.00
May 12	69	57	0.99
May 13	58	52	0.01
May 14	64	49	0.01
May 15	71	51	0.11
May 16	78	55	0.00
May 17	68	50	0.00
May 18	72	46	0.00
May 19	74	45	0.00
May 20	77	48	0.00
May 21	81	53	0.01
May 22	73	44	0.00
May 23	80	47	0.00
May 24	71	46	0.00
May 25	69	45	0.00
May 26	73	47	0.00
May 27	80	49	0.00
May 28	83	53	0.00
May 29	79	51	0.00
May 30	76	52	0.00
May 31	77	53	0.00

June 1948 Indianapolis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	82	48	0.00
June 2	85	54	0.00
June 3	89	53	0.00
June 4	90	59	0.00
June 5	82	66	0.00
June 6	77	60	0.08
June 7	76	54	0.11
June 8	73	49	0.00
June 9	81	53	0.00
June 10	84	55	0.00
June 11	88	59	0.00
June 12	89	62	0.46
June 13	80	58	0.00
June 14	81	56	0.00
June 15	80	64	0.73
June 16	75	57	0.00
June 17	78	54	0.00
June 18	84	65	0.00
June 19	83	58	0.00
June 20	78	55	0.00
June 21	85	63	0.23
June 22	88	67	0.00
June 23	93	70	0.00
June 24	82	68	0.63
June 25	85	64	0.02
June 26	87	66	0.32
June 27	84	66	0.16
June 28	89	68	0.88
June 29	76	65	0.54
June 30	79	57	0.08

July 1948 Indianapolis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	79	54	0.00
July 2	83	56	0.00
July 3	88	59	0.00
July 4	88	62	0.00
July 5	86	69	0.08
July 6	94	65	0.00
July 7	82	60	0.00
July 8	85	59	0.00
July 9	91	63	0.00
July 10	91	68	0.12
July 11	91	68	0.00
July 12	84	71	0.50
July 13	83	69	0.01
July 14	80	68	0.00
July 15	87	65	0.16
July 16	86	70	0.00
July 17	87	68	0.22
July 18	87	65	0.00
July 19	85	66	0.20
July 20	82	65	0.13
July 21	88	70	0.00
July 22	82	69	1.30
July 23	74	56	0.00
July 24	79	55	0.00
July 25	82	58	0.06
July 26	83	68	0.02
July 27	87	65	0.32
July 28	88	64	0.00
July 29	89	66	0.00
July 30	86	62	0.00
July 31	82	57	0.00

August 1948 Indianapolis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	85	55	0.00
August 2	83	58	0.00
August 3	86	60	0.00
August 4	70	57	0.14
August 5	75	54	0.00
August 6	77	50	0.00
August 7	81	59	0.00
August 8	84	61	0.00
August 9	85	63	0.00
August 10	89	62	0.00
August 11	84	62	0.04
August 12	88	60	0.00
August 13	89	62	0.52
August 14	81	58	0.00
August 15	81	60	0.00
August 16	83	60	0.00
August 17	84	60	0.05
August 18	82	63	0.29
August 19	81	58	0.00
August 20	83	59	0.00
August 21	87	58	0.00
August 22	91	62	0.00
August 23	95	64	0.00
August 24	95	64	0.00
August 25	96	68	0.00
August 26	97	70	0.00
August 27	97	68	0.00
August 28	95	69	0.00
August 29	95	68	0.00
August 30	88	65	0.00
August 31	82	59	0.00

September 1948 Indianapolis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	80	50	0.00
September 2	87	54	0.00
September 3	72	65	0.23
September 4	85	63	0.00
September 5	80	66	0.62
September 6	73	66	0.86
September 7	85	66	0.00
September 8	82	62	0.27
September 9	70	54	0.00
September 10	75	50	0.00
September 11	83	56	0.00
September 12	85	57	0.00
September 13	88	58	0.00
September 14	80	58	0.00
September 15	83	51	0.00
September 16	87	52	0.00
September 17	86	55	0.00
September 18	85	61	0.00
September 19	90	68	0.00
September 20	90	69	0.09
September 21	79	58	0.85
September 22	67	52	0.02
September 23	67	46	0.00
September 24	67	48	0.00
September 25	66	48	0.00
September 26	70	46	0.00
September 27	76	48	0.00
September 28	72	52	0.06
September 29	72	57	0.03
September 30	66	57	0.00

October 1948 Indianapolis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	76	55	0.02
October 2	66	45	0.00
October 3	59	45	0.00
October 4	63	42	0.00
October 5	66	50	0.00
October 6	66	46	0.00
October 7	61	45	0.14
October 8	53	45	0.04
October 9	68	46	0.01
October 10	51	44	0.18
October 11	54	43	0.35
October 12	59	40	0.00
October 13	68	41	0.00
October 14	65	38	0.00
October 15	69	41	0.00
October 16	66	45	0.90
October 17	47	26	0.13
October 18	47	22	0.00
October 19	60	31	0.00
October 20	56	29	0.00
October 21	50	33	0.08
October 22	62	42	0.00
October 23	59	40	0.00
October 24	58	39	0.00
October 25	53	34	0.00
October 26	60	37	0.00
October 27	70	29	0.00
October 28	74	44	0.00
October 29	75	40	0.00
October 30	77	43	0.15
October 31	61	56	0.12

November 1948 Indianapolis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	65	53	0.00	0.0
November 2	64	52	0.48	0.0
November 3	60	56	0.41	0.0
November 4	71	55	0.00	0.0
November 5	63	51	1.92	0.0
November 6	52	40	0.02	0.0
November 7	56	34	0.00	0.0
November 8	64	36	0.00	0.0
November 9	59	32	0.55	0.4
November 10	48	30	0.04	0.1
November 11	57	29	0.00	0.0
November 12	47	39	0.12	0.0
November 13	47	30	0.00	0.0
November 14	56	27	0.00	0.0
November 15	59	28	0.00	0.0
November 16	58	39	0.38	0.0
November 17	56	36	0.00	0.0
November 18	59	34	0.33	0.0
November 19	65	36	0.12	0.0
November 20	41	35	0.00	0.0
November 21	54	31	0.00	0.0
November 22	46	34	0.00	0.0
November 23	34	28	0.00	0.0
November 24	43	23	0.00	0.0
November 25	56	28	0.00	0.0
November 26	53	37	0.33	0.0
November 27	50	29	0.00	0.0
November 28	39	33	0.23	0.0
November 29	38	28	0.00	0.0
November 30	49	29	0.00	0.0

December 1948 Indianapolis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	43	23	0.00	0.0
December 2	48	27	0.00	0.0
December 3	58	33	0.00	0.0
December 4	53	34	0.00	0.0
December 5	56	34	0.16	0.0
December 6	46	31	0.00	0.0
December 7	45	26	0.00	0.0
December 8	32	20	0.00	0.0
December 9	36	22	0.00	0.0
December 10	28	15	0.00	0.0
December 11	47	20	0.00	0.0
December 12	59	36	0.17	0.0
December 13	55	32	0.01	0.0
December 14	54	45	0.52	0.0
December 15	69	49	0.34	0.0
December 16	65	31	0.01	0.0
December 17	37	24	0.00	0.0
December 18	32	27	0.46	4.6
December 19	31	27	0.10	1.0
December 20	42	26	0.00	0.0
December 21	48	30	0.00	0.0
December 22	35	25	0.00	0.0
December 23	30	24	0.00	0.0
December 24	29	25	0.00	0.0
December 25	27	14	0.00	0.0
December 26	27	8	0.00	0.0
December 27	37	11	0.00	0.0
December 28	40	23	1.19	0.0
December 29	47	32	0.40	0.0
December 30	32	17	0.00	0.0
December 31	33	15	0.00	0.0

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Weather Station Details

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