Indianapolis Weather in 1971

Historical record of Indianapolis, Indiana weather for the year 1971 based on NOAA data.

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1971 Indianapolis Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	94 °F	June 27
Lowest temperature	-5 °F	February 2
Highest daily low	74 °F	June 27
Lowest daily high	12 °F	January 28
Most daily precipitation	2.1 inches	December 14
Most daily snow	5.9 inches	February 12
Total annual precipitation	37.5 inches	-
Total annual snow	17.3 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Indianapolis in 1971?

The highest temperature recorded in Indianapolis, Indiana in 1971 was 94 °F which happened on June 27.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Indianapolis in 1971

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	94 °F	Jun 27
2	92 °F	Jun 28
3	91 °F	Jul 8
3	91 °F	Jun 26
3	91 °F	Jun 25
6	90 °F	Jul 13
6	90 °F	Jun 30
8	89 °F	Sep 30
8	89 °F	Sep 5
8	89 °F	Aug 10
8	89 °F	Jul 7
8	89 °F	Jun 24
8	89 °F	Jun 6

What was the coldest temperature in Indianapolis in 1971?

The lowest temperature recorded in Indianapolis, Indiana in 1971 was -5 °F which happened on Feb 2.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Indianapolis in 1971

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-5 °F	February 2
2	-3 °F	February 9
2	-3 °F	January 27
4	-1 °F	February 1
4	-1 °F	January 31
6	2 °F	January 28
7	4 °F	January 20
7	4 °F	January 19
7	4 °F	January 6
10	5 °F	February 14
10	5 °F	January 30
10	5 °F	January 26
10	5 °F	January 7

January 1971 Indianapolis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	39	17	0.00	0.0
January 2	43	28	0.00	0.0
January 3	45	32	1.35	0.0
January 4	54	21	0.25	0.0
January 5	22	12	0.00	0.0
January 6	19	4	0.00	0.0
January 7	22	5	0.00	0.0
January 8	24	12	0.00	0.0
January 9	31	12	0.00	0.0
January 10	44	21	0.00	0.0
January 11	41	28	0.00	0.0
January 12	33	31	0.00	0.0
January 13	44	32	0.21	0.0
January 14	44	23	0.01	0.0
January 15	25	13	0.00	0.0
January 16	22	9	0.01	0.1
January 17	23	14	0.00	0.0
January 18	24	9	0.00	0.0
January 19	21	4	0.00	0.1
January 20	27	4	0.00	0.0
January 21	39	23	0.00	0.0
January 22	43	21	0.00	0.0
January 23	36	13	0.00	0.0
January 24	35	21	0.08	0.0
January 25	38	24	0.00	0.0
January 26	38	5	0.00	0.0
January 27	15	-3	0.00	0.0
January 28	12	2	0.04	1.1
January 29	47	9	0.01	0.1
January 30	38	5	0.02	0.1
January 31	13	-1	0.00	0.0

February 1971 Indianapolis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	14	-1	0.00	0.0
February 2	19	-5	0.00	0.0
February 3	29	17	0.03	0.3
February 4	51	29	1.68	0.0
February 5	51	26	0.01	0.0
February 6	34	20	0.00	0.0
February 7	27	21	0.04	0.4
February 8	21	6	0.02	0.3
February 9	13	-3	0.00	0.0
February 10	32	8	0.00	0.0
February 11	45	26	0.00	0.0
February 12	40	21	0.88	5.9
February 13	21	7	0.00	0.0
February 14	22	5	0.03	0.3
February 15	31	20	0.00	0.0
February 16	35	23	0.00	0.0
February 17	44	31	0.28	0.0
February 18	48	30	0.06	0.0
February 19	50	37	0.53	0.0
February 20	47	33	0.00	0.0
February 21	37	31	0.57	0.0
February 22	46	27	0.62	0.3
February 23	30	27	0.05	0.7
February 24	39	27	0.00	0.0
February 25	53	25	0.00	0.0
February 26	56	35	0.55	0.0
February 27	45	36	0.00	0.0
February 28	44	31	0.00	0.0

March 1971 Indianapolis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	49	30	0.00	0.0
March 2	41	26	0.00	0.0
March 3	29	19	0.00	0.0
March 4	37	17	0.00	0.0
March 5	52	26	0.00	0.0
March 6	45	30	0.53	0.5
March 7	30	20	0.07	0.9
March 8	29	17	0.01	0.1
March 9	39	18	0.00	0.0
March 10	40	32	0.16	0.0
March 11	40	25	0.09	0.1
March 12	65	31	0.00	0.0
March 13	64	36	0.00	0.0
March 14	64	47	0.00	0.0
March 15	66	41	0.28	0.0
March 16	41	29	0.00	0.0
March 17	44	24	0.00	0.0
March 18	48	30	0.02	0.0
March 19	47	30	0.30	1.0
March 20	39	27	0.01	0.1
March 21	58	24	0.00	0.0
March 22	40	28	0.01	0.0
March 23	31	21	0.01	0.1
March 24	36	21	0.00	0.0
March 25	41	23	0.00	0.0
March 26	50	29	0.00	0.0
March 27	54	29	0.00	0.0
March 28	63	42	0.00	0.0
March 29	43	30	0.00	0.0
March 30	55	23	0.00	0.0
March 31	73	35	0.00	0.0

April 1971 Indianapolis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	59	35	0.44
April 2	47	31	0.00
April 3	50	28	0.00
April 4	46	34	0.00
April 5	40	32	0.00
April 6	53	31	0.00
April 7	63	26	0.00
April 8	71	33	0.00
April 9	65	39	0.00
April 10	64	30	0.00
April 11	77	36	0.00
April 12	81	51	0.00
April 13	70	36	0.36
April 14	58	32	0.00
April 15	66	36	0.00
April 16	76	40	0.00
April 17	77	51	0.02
April 18	74	49	0.00
April 19	77	48	0.00
April 20	82	49	0.00
April 21	73	41	0.00
April 22	65	34	0.00
April 23	62	34	0.00
April 24	61	39	0.00
April 25	71	33	0.00
April 26	69	40	0.00
April 27	61	42	0.34
April 28	61	42	0.00
April 29	56	37	0.00
April 30	63	33	0.00

May 1971 Indianapolis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	71	38	0.00
May 2	54	38	0.00
May 3	61	31	0.00
May 4	66	32	0.00
May 5	70	49	0.11
May 6	72	57	0.28
May 7	60	54	0.92
May 8	71	50	0.00
May 9	73	46	0.00
May 10	76	48	0.00
May 11	67	58	1.38
May 12	61	41	0.23
May 13	65	42	0.00
May 14	75	42	0.00
May 15	78	49	0.00
May 16	83	51	0.14
May 17	84	52	0.00
May 18	84	60	0.00
May 19	75	56	0.00
May 20	73	47	0.00
May 21	74	45	0.00
May 22	67	42	0.00
May 23	73	46	0.01
May 24	76	59	1.12
May 25	62	49	0.06
May 26	64	46	0.00
May 27	63	41	0.00
May 28	70	43	0.00
May 29	72	43	0.00
May 30	78	46	0.00
May 31	81	51	0.00

June 1971 Indianapolis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	76	60	0.67
June 2	81	63	0.13
June 3	84	63	0.00
June 4	88	66	0.00
June 5	87	69	0.00
June 6	89	70	0.00
June 7	86	69	0.12
June 8	78	64	0.00
June 9	74	60	0.00
June 10	79	55	0.00
June 11	86	65	0.63
June 12	85	68	1.45
June 13	87	70	0.04
June 14	85	68	0.00
June 15	78	70	0.00
June 16	83	62	0.00
June 17	83	61	0.00
June 18	86	61	0.00
June 19	87	71	0.11
June 20	88	66	0.02
June 21	82	64	0.09
June 22	82	60	0.00
June 23	85	62	0.00
June 24	89	68	0.00
June 25	91	69	0.09
June 26	91	72	0.00
June 27	94	74	0.00
June 28	92	72	0.00
June 29	88	67	0.00
June 30	90	72	0.04

July 1971 Indianapolis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	86	71	0.00
July 2	88	58	0.00
July 3	83	62	0.00
July 4	87	63	0.00
July 5	82	69	0.10
July 6	88	70	0.00
July 7	89	63	0.00
July 8	91	68	0.01
July 9	85	70	0.00
July 10	81	70	0.81
July 11	82	70	0.34
July 12	84	63	0.00
July 13	90	69	0.02
July 14	81	60	0.00
July 15	82	58	0.48
July 16	84	59	0.00
July 17	85	68	0.00
July 18	79	62	0.00
July 19	77	63	1.15
July 20	76	56	0.00
July 21	80	55	0.00
July 22	83	58	0.00
July 23	83	61	0.64
July 24	82	67	1.09
July 25	84	70	0.00
July 26	78	59	0.19
July 27	76	52	0.00
July 28	75	54	0.59
July 29	77	57	0.00
July 30	75	56	0.26
July 31	75	50	0.00

August 1971 Indianapolis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	79	53	0.00
August 2	80	57	0.00
August 3	81	63	0.00
August 4	75	66	0.05
August 5	78	61	0.00
August 6	82	58	0.00
August 7	82	59	0.00
August 8	85	60	0.00
August 9	85	66	0.08
August 10	89	69	0.32
August 11	81	60	0.19
August 12	81	50	0.00
August 13	84	57	0.00
August 14	85	58	0.72
August 15	77	65	0.00
August 16	81	62	0.00
August 17	82	56	0.00
August 18	85	59	0.00
August 19	87	65	0.00
August 20	87	70	0.00
August 21	86	71	0.00
August 22	85	70	0.00
August 23	79	64	0.00
August 24	82	56	0.00
August 25	83	62	0.57
August 26	80	57	0.00
August 27	74	54	0.00
August 28	77	55	0.00
August 29	81	53	0.00
August 30	83	57	0.00
August 31	85	61	0.00

September 1971 Indianapolis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	86	72	0.00
September 2	85	70	0.01
September 3	82	71	0.02
September 4	86	71	0.01
September 5	89	69	0.00
September 6	79	69	0.35
September 7	86	68	0.00
September 8	87	61	0.00
September 9	88	63	0.00
September 10	86	63	0.00
September 11	79	61	0.57
September 12	73	59	0.00
September 13	77	56	0.00
September 14	87	54	0.00
September 15	80	60	0.00
September 16	74	54	0.08
September 17	74	55	0.00
September 18	74	55	0.00
September 19	73	56	0.41
September 20	62	45	0.99
September 21	70	41	0.00
September 22	72	46	0.00
September 23	75	48	0.00
September 24	68	43	0.00
September 25	57	53	0.65
September 26	78	57	0.01
September 27	85	66	0.00
September 28	86	66	0.00
September 29	87	70	0.00
September 30	89	66	0.00

October 1971 Indianapolis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	88	66	0.00
October 2	87	62	0.00
October 3	86	63	0.32
October 4	75	55	0.00
October 5	77	49	0.00
October 6	70	48	0.00
October 7	64	41	0.00
October 8	66	39	0.26
October 9	62	46	0.17
October 10	60	39	0.00
October 11	68	44	0.00
October 12	68	34	0.00
October 13	71	46	0.12
October 14	71	39	0.00
October 15	77	49	0.00
October 16	73	58	0.00
October 17	74	54	0.00
October 18	74	56	0.00
October 19	79	57	0.00
October 20	80	52	0.00
October 21	71	61	0.54
October 22	73	57	0.31
October 23	72	56	0.00
October 24	66	59	0.12
October 25	66	52	0.00
October 26	75	47	0.00
October 27	76	54	0.00
October 28	74	46	0.00
October 29	78	49	0.00
October 30	79	54	0.00
October 31	64	46	0.00

November 1971 Indianapolis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	74	45	0.00	0.0
November 2	71	43	0.00	0.0
November 3	56	34	0.00	0.0
November 4	50	27	0.00	0.0
November 5	66	34	0.00	0.0
November 6	57	27	0.16	1.1
November 7	33	16	0.00	0.0
November 8	40	17	0.00	0.0
November 9	38	31	0.11	1.1
November 10	51	33	0.00	0.0
November 11	61	28	0.00	0.0
November 12	66	33	0.00	0.0
November 13	66	43	0.00	0.0
November 14	76	47	0.00	0.0
November 15	74	55	0.00	0.0
November 16	73	53	0.00	0.0
November 17	75	48	0.00	0.0
November 18	70	53	0.02	0.0
November 19	59	32	0.19	0.0
November 20	45	35	0.07	0.0
November 21	37	25	0.00	0.0
November 22	38	18	0.00	0.0
November 23	33	20	0.11	1.3
November 24	33	27	0.06	0.5
November 25	41	27	0.00	0.0
November 26	39	26	0.11	0.0
November 27	41	34	0.13	0.0
November 28	40	34	0.03	0.0
November 29	42	33	0.30	0.4
November 30	38	25	0.00	0.0

December 1971 Indianapolis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	37	19	0.00	0.0
December 2	39	20	0.00	0.0
December 3	39	25	0.00	0.0
December 4	44	30	0.00	0.0
December 5	46	37	0.05	0.0
December 6	49	42	0.70	0.0
December 7	45	41	0.97	0.0
December 8	45	42	0.00	0.0
December 9	48	43	0.06	0.0
December 10	66	42	0.25	0.0
December 11	47	30	0.00	0.0
December 12	50	27	0.00	0.0
December 13	42	30	0.00	0.0
December 14	56	31	2.12	0.0
December 15	63	42	0.53	0.0
December 16	42	31	0.00	0.0
December 17	40	15	0.00	0.0
December 18	33	12	0.00	0.0
December 19	41	27	0.18	0.4
December 20	44	29	0.01	0.0
December 21	37	29	0.00	0.0
December 22	39	26	0.00	0.0
December 23	50	29	0.00	0.0
December 24	48	31	0.00	0.0
December 25	55	30	0.02	0.0
December 26	56	47	0.04	0.0
December 27	64	37	0.05	0.0
December 28	37	20	0.00	0.0
December 29	41	21	0.31	0.0
December 30	61	32	0.73	0.0
December 31	35	26	0.00	0.0

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