Indianapolis Weather in 1961

Historical record of Indianapolis, Indiana weather for the year 1961 based on NOAA data.

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1961 Indianapolis Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	92 °F	July 31
Lowest temperature	-10 °F	January 28
Highest daily low	72 °F	September 3
Lowest daily high	7 °F	January 27
Most daily precipitation	2.6 inches	April 25
Most daily snow	6.6 inches	February 25
Total annual precipitation	46.6 inches	-
Total annual snow	27.7 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Indianapolis in 1961?

The highest temperature recorded in Indianapolis, Indiana in 1961 was 92 °F which happened on July 31.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Indianapolis in 1961

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	92 °F	Jul 31
2	91 °F	Sep 10
2	91 °F	Sep 9
2	91 °F	Sep 8
2	91 °F	Sep 5
2	91 °F	Jul 30
7	90 °F	Sep 24
7	90 °F	Sep 23
7	90 °F	Sep 13
7	90 °F	Sep 12
7	90 °F	Sep 11
7	90 °F	Sep 6

What was the coldest temperature in Indianapolis in 1961?

The lowest temperature recorded in Indianapolis, Indiana in 1961 was -10 °F which happened on Jan 28.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Indianapolis in 1961

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-10 °F	January 28
2	-9 °F	January 27
3	-6 °F	January 25
4	-4 °F	December 30
5	-2 °F	December 28
5	-2 °F	January 24
7	-1 °F	January 30
7	-1 °F	January 23
7	-1 °F	January 22
10	0 °F	January 26

January 1961 Indianapolis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	32	29	0.00	0.0
January 2	31	28	0.00	0.0
January 3	31	20	0.00	0.0
January 4	40	14	0.00	0.0
January 5	46	23	0.00	0.0
January 6	52	28	0.00	0.0
January 7	44	30	0.00	0.0
January 8	30	18	0.00	0.0
January 9	30	21	0.00	0.0
January 10	46	17	0.00	0.0
January 11	49	23	0.00	0.0
January 12	49	23	0.00	0.0
January 13	56	27	0.00	0.0
January 14	49	32	0.00	0.0
January 15	35	32	0.90	0.0
January 16	33	29	0.01	0.0
January 17	45	29	0.00	0.0
January 18	42	24	0.00	0.0
January 19	35	17	0.05	0.6
January 20	18	10	0.03	0.5
January 21	12	1	0.00	0.0
January 22	17	-1	0.01	0.2
January 23	24	-1	0.02	0.3
January 24	25	-2	0.00	0.0
January 25	13	-6	0.00	0.0
January 26	15	0	0.20	2.0
January 27	7	-9	0.00	0.0
January 28	23	-10	0.00	0.0
January 29	18	1	0.00	0.0
January 30	21	-1	0.00	0.0
January 31	39	10	0.00	0.0

February 1961 Indianapolis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	29	16	0.00	0.0
February 2	16	10	0.30	2.6
February 3	20	14	0.03	0.3
February 4	23	8	0.00	0.0
February 5	27	8	0.00	0.0
February 6	31	19	0.00	0.0
February 7	36	26	0.01	0.2
February 8	36	23	0.10	0.8
February 9	38	20	0.00	0.0
February 10	38	22	0.00	0.0
February 11	39	28	0.00	0.0
February 12	46	29	0.00	0.0
February 13	62	35	0.00	0.0
February 14	52	26	0.00	0.0
February 15	59	30	0.00	0.0
February 16	48	27	0.00	0.0
February 17	57	40	0.82	0.0
February 18	66	34	0.21	0.0
February 19	38	26	0.00	0.0
February 20	41	26	0.00	0.0
February 21	55	32	0.00	0.0
February 22	61	42	0.19	0.0
February 23	62	44	0.00	0.0
February 24	49	31	0.00	0.0
February 25	32	28	1.10	6.6
February 26	38	17	0.00	0.0
February 27	43	29	0.00	0.0
February 28	39	32	0.39	3.8

March 1961 Indianapolis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	45	33	0.00	0.0
March 2	58	33	0.00	0.0
March 3	65	39	0.00	0.0
March 4	65	52	1.36	0.0
March 5	62	48	0.62	0.0
March 6	65	41	0.33	0.0
March 7	48	37	0.08	0.0
March 8	55	29	0.31	0.2
March 9	40	28	0.02	0.2
March 10	47	25	0.00	0.0
March 11	60	34	0.00	0.0
March 12	50	36	1.97	0.0
March 13	63	41	0.70	0.0
March 14	41	36	0.00	0.0
March 15	47	30	0.01	0.0
March 16	42	25	0.00	0.0
March 17	39	23	0.00	0.0
March 18	44	30	1.23	0.0
March 19	45	36	0.16	0.0
March 20	48	32	0.21	0.0
March 21	51	40	0.59	0.0
March 22	45	39	0.27	0.0
March 23	44	39	0.00	0.0
March 24	45	38	0.00	0.0
March 25	57	40	0.00	0.0
March 26	67	39	0.00	0.0
March 27	72	48	0.00	0.0
March 28	51	38	0.00	0.0
March 29	45	32	0.00	0.0
March 30	49	27	0.00	0.0
March 31	44	35	0.05	0.0

April 1961 Indianapolis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
April 1	46	25	0.00	0.0
April 2	43	20	0.00	0.0
April 3	51	26	0.00	0.0
April 4	58	32	0.00	0.0
April 5	55	41	0.00	0.0
April 6	42	28	0.00	0.0
April 7	49	28	0.00	0.0
April 8	49	29	0.00	0.0
April 9	42	34	1.26	0.0
April 10	43	31	0.01	0.0
April 11	55	28	0.00	0.0
April 12	45	35	0.52	0.0
April 13	56	35	0.00	0.0
April 14	63	33	0.00	0.0
April 15	57	32	0.70	0.3
April 16	36	27	0.15	1.3
April 17	38	31	0.16	1.1
April 18	51	35	0.00	0.0
April 19	61	34	0.00	0.0
April 20	66	40	0.00	0.0
April 21	66	55	0.03	0.0
April 22	70	49	1.10	0.0
April 23	71	48	0.00	0.0
April 24	79	65	0.00	0.0
April 25	71	48	2.56	0.0
April 26	59	42	0.00	0.0
April 27	62	47	0.09	0.0
April 28	48	35	0.10	0.0
April 29	52	33	0.00	0.0
April 30	65	40	0.00	0.0

May 1961 Indianapolis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	56	39	0.00
May 2	58	31	0.00
May 3	62	33	0.00
May 4	65	39	0.00
May 5	51	45	0.54
May 6	76	49	0.51
May 7	68	61	1.60
May 8	63	58	2.34
May 9	59	44	0.31
May 10	63	40	0.00
May 11	74	43	0.00
May 12	77	55	0.00
May 13	81	55	0.00
May 14	82	60	0.13
May 15	74	54	0.05
May 16	65	47	0.03
May 17	63	51	0.12
May 18	69	49	0.08
May 19	66	46	0.00
May 20	62	47	0.03
May 21	71	44	0.00
May 22	65	42	0.00
May 23	67	40	0.00
May 24	73	40	0.00
May 25	77	43	0.53
May 26	49	35	0.00
May 27	66	31	0.00
May 28	71	43	0.06
May 29	72	49	0.00
May 30	72	42	0.00
May 31	77	49	0.13

June 1961 Indianapolis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	86	68	0.00
June 2	83	66	0.06
June 3	77	54	0.00
June 4	79	52	0.00
June 5	84	57	0.00
June 6	82	62	1.84
June 7	78	62	0.00
June 8	81	65	0.50
June 9	75	64	0.32
June 10	83	61	0.00
June 11	87	65	0.00
June 12	88	68	0.00
June 13	88	69	0.00
June 14	75	58	0.07
June 15	63	50	0.01
June 16	70	46	0.00
June 17	74	48	0.00
June 18	77	51	0.00
June 19	79	53	0.00
June 20	67	54	0.62
June 21	72	53	0.00
June 22	77	49	0.03
June 23	71	54	0.00
June 24	74	50	0.02
June 25	71	57	0.00
June 26	76	52	0.00
June 27	81	53	0.00
June 28	85	56	0.00
June 29	86	60	0.00
June 30	88	60	0.00

July 1961 Indianapolis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	89	64	0.00
July 2	83	67	0.00
July 3	81	58	0.00
July 4	81	58	0.20
July 5	86	65	0.00
July 6	82	64	0.17
July 7	84	58	0.00
July 8	77	53	0.00
July 9	78	52	0.00
July 10	83	52	0.00
July 11	86	59	0.00
July 12	77	60	0.00
July 13	83	64	0.03
July 14	78	63	0.07
July 15	78	66	0.03
July 16	86	64	0.75
July 17	83	62	0.00
July 18	85	65	0.04
July 19	82	68	0.05
July 20	84	64	0.00
July 21	85	64	0.76
July 22	88	69	0.11
July 23	86	69	0.21
July 24	84	68	0.02
July 25	84	65	0.00
July 26	83	59	0.00
July 27	85	64	0.00
July 28	80	68	0.01
July 29	86	66	0.16
July 30	91	71	0.00
July 31	92	72	0.00

August 1961 Indianapolis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	86	70	1.23
August 2	81	66	0.33
August 3	83	65	0.00
August 4	78	62	0.00
August 5	79	61	0.00
August 6	79	58	0.00
August 7	80	56	0.00
August 8	84	58	0.00
August 9	85	61	0.00
August 10	79	66	0.17
August 11	83	69	0.00
August 12	81	62	0.00
August 13	78	54	0.00
August 14	83	57	0.00
August 15	84	58	0.00
August 16	86	62	0.00
August 17	85	65	0.00
August 18	87	64	0.01
August 19	84	63	0.02
August 20	68	59	0.00
August 21	75	51	0.00
August 22	77	53	0.15
August 23	74	61	0.12
August 24	78	62	0.67
August 25	79	61	0.00
August 26	82	56	0.00
August 27	84	63	0.00
August 28	86	60	0.00
August 29	86	66	0.00
August 30	88	60	0.00
August 31	89	66	0.00

September 1961 Indianapolis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	84	70	0.08
September 2	88	71	0.00
September 3	88	72	0.00
September 4	89	70	0.00
September 5	91	68	0.00
September 6	90	70	0.17
September 7	87	68	0.00
September 8	91	67	0.00
September 9	91	69	0.00
September 10	91	70	0.00
September 11	90	68	0.00
September 12	90	69	0.02
September 13	90	69	0.00
September 14	78	51	0.52
September 15	67	45	0.00
September 16	73	44	0.00
September 17	75	49	0.00
September 18	76	49	0.00
September 19	80	49	0.00
September 20	83	61	0.00
September 21	86	56	0.00
September 22	89	64	0.00
September 23	90	66	0.00
September 24	90	64	0.94
September 25	68	48	2.13
September 26	67	43	0.00
September 27	74	45	0.00
September 28	63	46	0.00
September 29	73	41	0.00
September 30	82	56	0.54

October 1961 Indianapolis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	56	42	0.00
October 2	57	39	0.00
October 3	60	39	0.00
October 4	68	40	0.00
October 5	73	52	0.00
October 6	75	49	0.00
October 7	73	46	0.00
October 8	76	49	0.00
October 9	79	56	0.00
October 10	80	55	0.00
October 11	78	56	0.00
October 12	81	57	0.00
October 13	68	53	0.30
October 14	53	36	0.02
October 15	66	33	0.00
October 16	72	42	0.00
October 17	77	47	0.00
October 18	76	51	0.00
October 19	57	38	0.26
October 20	52	37	0.00
October 21	60	47	0.00
October 22	57	46	0.00
October 23	64	41	0.14
October 24	67	54	0.00
October 25	61	47	0.40
October 26	52	35	0.00
October 27	57	28	0.00
October 28	65	43	0.01
October 29	76	51	0.06
October 30	66	60	0.08
October 31	63	48	0.00

November 1961 Indianapolis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	57	44	0.00	0.0
November 2	78	56	0.00	0.0
November 3	74	30	0.58	0.0
November 4	50	26	0.00	0.0
November 5	49	33	0.00	0.0
November 6	44	29	0.00	0.0
November 7	46	22	0.00	0.0
November 8	39	26	0.00	0.0
November 9	52	21	0.00	0.0
November 10	53	31	0.00	0.0
November 11	61	38	0.00	0.0
November 12	60	49	0.11	0.0
November 13	62	49	0.07	0.0
November 14	59	47	0.21	0.0
November 15	56	46	0.09	0.0
November 16	65	40	1.68	0.0
November 17	42	30	0.00	0.0
November 18	41	25	0.00	0.0
November 19	35	31	0.07	0.5
November 20	37	28	0.00	0.0
November 21	40	25	0.00	0.0
November 22	43	34	0.69	0.0
November 23	46	36	0.22	0.0
November 24	49	33	0.00	0.0
November 25	57	32	0.00	0.0
November 26	57	42	0.00	0.0
November 27	50	27	0.00	0.0
November 28	31	23	0.00	0.0
November 29	40	23	0.00	0.0
November 30	46	25	0.00	0.0

December 1961 Indianapolis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	46	29	0.00	0.0
December 2	57	40	0.00	0.0
December 3	60	35	0.00	0.0
December 4	63	41	0.49	0.0
December 5	41	29	0.00	0.0
December 6	46	26	0.00	0.0
December 7	35	23	0.00	0.0
December 8	30	16	0.00	0.0
December 9	35	25	0.36	1.6
December 10	36	29	0.00	0.0
December 11	37	29	0.03	0.0
December 12	45	15	0.11	0.0
December 13	23	10	0.00	0.0
December 14	32	13	0.00	0.0
December 15	32	18	0.00	0.0
December 16	36	23	0.74	0.0
December 17	40	35	0.04	0.0
December 18	36	33	0.12	0.0
December 19	36	32	0.53	0.2
December 20	32	28	0.01	0.1
December 21	31	28	0.05	0.9
December 22	41	26	0.19	0.0
December 23	37	26	0.12	0.3
December 24	31	24	0.00	0.0
December 25	26	16	0.00	0.0
December 26	43	26	0.00	0.0
December 27	34	6	0.12	1.5
December 28	13	-2	0.03	0.3
December 29	17	1	0.08	1.0
December 30	20	-4	0.01	0.1
December 31	27	5	0.02	0.2

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Weather Station Details

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