Indianapolis Weather in 1970

Historical record of Indianapolis, Indiana weather for the year 1970 based on NOAA data.

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1970 Indianapolis Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	99 °F	July 2
Lowest temperature	-17 °F	January 7
Highest daily low	77 °F	July 2
Lowest daily high	-3 °F	January 8
Most daily precipitation	1.7 inches	April 29
Most daily snow	5.0 inches	March 17
Total annual precipitation	33.0 inches	-
Total annual snow	23.4 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Indianapolis in 1970?

The highest temperature recorded in Indianapolis, Indiana in 1970 was 99 °F which happened on July 2.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Indianapolis in 1970

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	99 °F	Jul 2
2	97 °F	Jul 1
3	94 °F	Jun 30
4	93 °F	Jul 14
5	92 °F	Aug 30
5	92 °F	Jun 17
7	91 °F	Aug 29
7	91 °F	Jul 31
7	91 °F	Jul 28
7	91 °F	Jul 13
7	91 °F	Jul 12

What was the coldest temperature in Indianapolis in 1970?

The lowest temperature recorded in Indianapolis, Indiana in 1970 was -17 °F which happened on Jan 7.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Indianapolis in 1970

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-17 °F	January 7
2	-13 °F	January 8
3	-11 °F	January 21
3	-11 °F	January 10
3	-11 °F	January 6
6	-9 °F	January 20
7	-8 °F	January 22
8	-6 °F	January 9
9	-3 °F	February 4
9	-3 °F	February 3
9	-3 °F	January 19
9	-3 °F	January 13

January 1970 Indianapolis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	27	22	0.05	2.3
January 2	27	19	0.08	2.2
January 3	20	12	0.01	0.2
January 4	28	8	0.02	0.3
January 5	27	5	0.00	0.0
January 6	11	-11	0.00	0.0
January 7	0	-17	0.00	0.0
January 8	-3	-13	0.00	0.1
January 9	5	-6	0.00	0.1
January 10	13	-11	0.00	0.0
January 11	27	13	0.06	0.7
January 12	25	5	0.00	0.0
January 13	28	-3	0.00	0.0
January 14	33	15	0.00	0.0
January 15	39	15	0.00	0.0
January 16	43	24	0.01	0.0
January 17	36	20	0.07	0.4
January 18	25	12	0.01	0.2
January 19	16	-3	0.03	0.6
January 20	6	-9	0.00	0.0
January 21	5	-11	0.00	0.0
January 22	19	-8	0.01	0.3
January 23	26	6	0.01	0.3
January 24	35	1	0.00	0.0
January 25	45	32	0.00	0.0
January 26	34	30	0.00	0.0
January 27	35	30	0.00	0.0
January 28	63	32	0.78	0.0
January 29	48	24	0.03	0.1
January 30	36	19	0.00	0.0
January 31	48	28	0.00	0.0

February 1970 Indianapolis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	52	33	0.04	0.0
February 2	38	15	0.64	2.1
February 3	15	-3	0.00	0.0
February 4	31	-3	0.00	0.0
February 5	37	31	0.00	0.0
February 6	37	27	0.00	0.0
February 7	35	23	0.21	0.1
February 8	37	32	0.58	1.6
February 9	34	29	0.09	0.9
February 10	34	22	0.00	0.0
February 11	33	26	0.00	0.0
February 12	27	16	0.00	0.0
February 13	27	16	0.02	0.2
February 14	24	17	0.22	3.2
February 15	28	17	0.06	1.1
February 16	31	4	0.00	0.0
February 17	45	12	0.00	0.0
February 18	57	31	0.00	0.0
February 19	31	22	0.00	0.0
February 20	25	11	0.00	0.0
February 21	50	17	0.00	0.0
February 22	52	31	0.00	0.0
February 23	50	25	0.00	0.0
February 24	55	24	0.00	0.0
February 25	45	13	0.00	0.0
February 26	36	10	0.00	0.0
February 27	43	25	0.00	0.0
February 28	44	24	0.00	0.0

March 1970 Indianapolis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	56	33	0.03	0.0
March 2	55	47	0.31	0.0
March 3	58	51	0.25	0.0
March 4	55	35	0.60	0.0
March 5	52	30	0.00	0.0
March 6	55	26	0.00	0.0
March 7	56	33	0.00	0.0
March 8	57	29	0.00	0.0
March 9	41	28	0.00	0.0
March 10	32	25	0.05	0.3
March 11	40	23	0.00	0.0
March 12	38	30	0.00	0.0
March 13	39	23	0.01	0.1
March 14	33	20	0.00	0.0
March 15	32	20	0.00	0.0
March 16	41	15	0.00	0.0
March 17	34	25	0.36	5.0
March 18	38	31	0.10	0.1
March 19	50	34	0.08	0.0
March 20	45	35	0.03	0.0
March 21	53	29	0.00	0.0
March 22	46	32	0.06	0.0
March 23	52	26	0.00	0.0
March 24	48	31	0.00	0.0
March 25	47	31	0.54	0.0
March 26	52	30	0.09	0.1
March 27	47	28	0.00	0.0
March 28	44	28	0.00	0.0
March 29	44	26	0.00	0.0
March 30	49	25	0.00	0.0
March 31	56	35	0.00	0.0

April 1970 Indianapolis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
April 1	53	42	0.43	0.0
April 2	42	33	0.20	0.2
April 3	54	28	0.00	0.0
April 4	48	31	0.00	0.0
April 5	55	26	0.00	0.0
April 6	49	37	0.00	0.0
April 7	62	27	0.00	0.0
April 8	76	37	0.00	0.0
April 9	64	43	0.01	0.0
April 10	60	37	0.00	0.0
April 11	72	32	0.00	0.0
April 12	74	42	0.00	0.0
April 13	68	43	0.39	0.0
April 14	51	42	0.02	0.0
April 15	67	43	0.00	0.0
April 16	73	50	0.00	0.0
April 17	73	49	0.00	0.0
April 18	64	40	0.21	0.0
April 19	68	46	1.13	0.0
April 20	65	47	0.44	0.0
April 21	60	43	0.00	0.0
April 22	79	46	0.00	0.0
April 23	74	50	0.64	0.0
April 24	68	52	1.08	0.0
April 25	73	46	0.02	0.0
April 26	77	53	0.00	0.0
April 27	75	55	0.23	0.0
April 28	76	61	0.02	0.0
April 29	83	65	1.71	0.0
April 30	89	66	0.00	0.0

May 1970 Indianapolis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	77	50	0.20
May 2	57	40	0.00
May 3	66	34	0.00
May 4	75	43	0.00
May 5	75	44	0.00
May 6	60	38	0.00
May 7	75	39	0.00
May 8	83	55	0.00
May 9	82	62	0.00
May 10	75	60	0.00
May 11	76	61	0.39
May 12	86	62	0.00
May 13	77	61	0.14
May 14	83	61	0.63
May 15	83	56	0.24
May 16	62	46	0.07
May 17	68	45	0.00
May 18	77	44	0.00
May 19	83	55	0.00
May 20	85	58	0.00
May 21	87	58	0.00
May 22	88	60	0.00
May 23	86	62	0.17
May 24	89	62	0.12
May 25	86	56	0.02
May 26	73	53	0.00
May 27	77	46	0.00
May 28	83	56	0.00
May 29	81	64	0.16
May 30	77	68	0.00
May 31	71	66	0.29

June 1970 Indianapolis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	80	67	0.25
June 2	82	59	0.54
June 3	64	57	0.02
June 4	65	55	0.06
June 5	74	59	0.15
June 6	79	59	0.00
June 7	83	55	0.00
June 8	86	60	0.00
June 9	86	62	0.00
June 10	85	64	0.00
June 11	86	65	0.00
June 12	86	67	0.00
June 13	85	70	0.22
June 14	83	68	0.25
June 15	84	64	0.00
June 16	81	71	0.00
June 17	92	73	0.00
June 18	88	71	0.00
June 19	73	58	0.00
June 20	77	51	0.00
June 21	70	57	0.00
June 22	79	50	0.00
June 23	83	55	0.00
June 24	88	57	0.27
June 25	78	65	0.00
June 26	85	62	0.21
June 27	80	52	0.00
June 28	83	56	0.00
June 29	88	60	0.00
June 30	94	70	0.00

July 1970 Indianapolis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	97	75	0.00
July 2	99	77	0.00
July 3	88	69	1.30
July 4	74	62	0.00
July 5	78	57	0.00
July 6	84	50	0.00
July 7	84	60	0.00
July 8	86	65	0.15
July 9	73	60	0.02
July 10	81	60	0.00
July 11	86	63	0.00
July 12	91	64	0.00
July 13	91	68	0.00
July 14	93	69	0.00
July 15	88	70	0.00
July 16	88	60	0.00
July 17	87	60	0.00
July 18	90	64	0.37
July 19	79	69	0.73
July 20	71	55	0.10
July 21	76	50	0.00
July 22	80	57	0.00
July 23	73	65	0.46
July 24	86	68	0.00
July 25	90	70	0.00
July 26	84	71	0.51
July 27	89	72	0.11
July 28	91	70	0.00
July 29	90	74	0.00
July 30	85	72	0.68
July 31	91	72	0.00

August 1970 Indianapolis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	88	69	0.02
August 2	85	62	0.00
August 3	85	66	0.17
August 4	76	58	0.00
August 5	77	63	0.00
August 6	82	60	0.00
August 7	83	59	0.00
August 8	77	67	0.04
August 9	84	68	0.00
August 10	75	66	0.08
August 11	85	67	0.00
August 12	85	64	0.06
August 13	85	62	0.00
August 14	89	63	0.00
August 15	90	68	0.00
August 16	89	69	0.00
August 17	88	66	0.00
August 18	90	64	0.00
August 19	90	69	0.79
August 20	83	64	0.53
August 21	83	54	0.00
August 22	84	62	0.13
August 23	80	59	0.00
August 24	81	57	0.00
August 25	85	57	0.00
August 26	87	61	0.00
August 27	88	63	0.00
August 28	88	63	0.00
August 29	91	67	0.00
August 30	92	72	0.00
August 31	83	64	0.00

September 1970 Indianapolis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	83	62	0.00
September 2	85	61	0.39
September 3	83	69	0.30
September 4	77	64	0.13
September 5	85	57	0.00
September 6	80	63	0.01
September 7	89	69	0.00
September 8	84	63	0.00
September 9	84	56	0.00
September 10	76	52	0.02
September 11	75	43	0.00
September 12	79	46	0.00
September 13	86	59	0.18
September 14	83	57	0.11
September 15	89	68	0.00
September 16	83	63	0.00
September 17	87	62	0.00
September 18	74	55	0.61
September 19	82	49	0.00
September 20	84	65	0.00
September 21	90	70	0.00
September 22	89	70	0.21
September 23	87	67	0.00
September 24	77	65	0.24
September 25	80	58	0.00
September 26	74	49	0.21
September 27	67	43	0.00
September 28	65	39	0.00
September 29	71	34	0.00
September 30	73	48	0.00

October 1970 Indianapolis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	69	41	0.00
October 2	78	50	0.00
October 3	65	40	0.00
October 4	67	33	0.00
October 5	78	41	0.00
October 6	80	47	0.00
October 7	79	58	0.00
October 8	69	60	0.41
October 9	67	46	1.18
October 10	58	40	0.00
October 11	67	39	0.00
October 12	64	53	0.28
October 13	69	63	0.22
October 14	70	52	0.51
October 15	58	41	0.00
October 16	54	30	0.00
October 17	59	28	0.00
October 18	62	29	0.00
October 19	65	36	0.00
October 20	56	48	0.38
October 21	57	46	0.00
October 22	61	38	0.00
October 23	69	44	0.00
October 24	63	48	0.00
October 25	72	48	0.00
October 26	73	52	0.00
October 27	72	53	0.01
October 28	62	52	0.55
October 29	58	40	0.12
October 30	66	35	0.00
October 31	58	43	0.00

November 1970 Indianapolis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	52	34	0.00	0.0
November 2	44	33	0.49	0.0
November 3	46	31	0.00	0.0
November 4	46	36	0.00	0.0
November 5	43	31	0.00	0.0
November 6	58	29	0.00	0.0
November 7	60	36	0.00	0.0
November 8	59	33	0.00	0.0
November 9	58	46	0.43	0.0
November 10	50	45	0.00	0.0
November 11	49	44	0.00	0.0
November 12	54	47	0.00	0.0
November 13	52	45	0.00	0.0
November 14	45	31	0.21	0.2
November 15	35	29	0.00	0.0
November 16	38	20	0.00	0.0
November 17	46	24	0.00	0.0
November 18	53	31	0.00	0.0
November 19	49	38	0.61	0.0
November 20	53	30	0.26	0.0
November 21	51	25	0.00	0.0
November 22	50	21	0.00	0.0
November 23	21	10	0.00	0.0
November 24	22	10	0.00	0.0
November 25	42	17	0.00	0.0
November 26	54	33	0.00	0.0
November 27	61	54	0.00	0.0
November 28	59	40	0.00	0.0
November 29	59	42	0.12	0.0
November 30	57	43	0.00	0.0

December 1970 Indianapolis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	70	48	0.00	0.0
December 2	65	34	0.00	0.0
December 3	65	43	0.35	0.0
December 4	48	27	0.00	0.0
December 5	42	20	0.00	0.0
December 6	24	13	0.00	0.0
December 7	37	14	0.00	0.0
December 8	56	30	0.00	0.0
December 9	58	34	0.00	0.0
December 10	50	31	0.04	0.0
December 11	58	39	0.04	0.0
December 12	40	34	0.45	0.1
December 13	35	27	0.01	0.0
December 14	45	24	0.00	0.0
December 15	44	23	0.00	0.0
December 16	44	35	0.52	0.0
December 17	41	35	0.00	0.0
December 18	55	36	0.00	0.0
December 19	55	29	0.00	0.0
December 20	35	22	0.00	0.0
December 21	36	33	0.54	0.0
December 22	45	36	0.09	0.0
December 23	47	20	0.00	0.0
December 24	28	15	0.00	0.0
December 25	28	11	0.03	0.3
December 26	31	8	0.00	0.0
December 27	31	15	0.00	0.0
December 28	32	11	0.00	0.0
December 29	36	16	0.00	0.0
December 30	30	15	0.00	0.0
December 31	39	22	0.00	0.0

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1948–2024	Indianapolis International Airport	location
1901–1947	Whitestown	location