Indianapolis Weather in 1973

Historical record of Indianapolis, Indiana weather for the year 1973 based on NOAA data.

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1973 Indianapolis Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	93 °F	July 3
Lowest temperature	-5 °F	December 22
Highest daily low	72 °F	September 1
Lowest daily high	19 °F	January 9
Most daily precipitation	2.3 inches	July 20
Most daily snow	9.7 inches	December 30
Total annual precipitation	42.3 inches	-
Total annual snow	32.8 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Indianapolis in 1973?

The highest temperature recorded in Indianapolis, Indiana in 1973 was 93 °F which happened on July 3.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Indianapolis in 1973

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	93 °F	Jul 3
2	92 °F	Sep 2
2	92 °F	Aug 30
2	92 °F	Aug 27
5	91 °F	Sep 4
5	91 °F	Sep 3
5	91 °F	Sep 1
5	91 °F	Aug 28
5	91 °F	Aug 26
5	91 °F	Aug 8
5	91 °F	Jul 9

What was the coldest temperature in Indianapolis in 1973?

The lowest temperature recorded in Indianapolis, Indiana in 1973 was -5 °F which happened on Dec 22.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Indianapolis in 1973

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-5 °F	December 22
2	1 °F	December 21
3	4 °F	February 17
3	4 °F	January 10
5	5 °F	February 9
6	6 °F	January 12
7	8 °F	December 17
7	8 °F	December 11
9	9 °F	February 16
9	9 °F	February 10
9	9 °F	January 9

January 1973 Indianapolis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	37	23	0.00	0.0
January 2	36	17	0.00	0.0
January 3	49	23	0.81	0.0
January 4	41	21	0.00	0.0
January 5	21	16	0.00	0.0
January 6	22	13	0.00	0.0
January 7	24	17	0.00	0.0
January 8	28	16	0.00	0.0
January 9	19	9	0.00	0.0
January 10	22	4	0.00	0.0
January 11	22	10	0.00	0.0
January 12	29	6	0.00	0.0
January 13	41	17	0.00	0.0
January 14	41	26	0.00	0.0
January 15	39	34	0.00	0.0
January 16	52	32	0.00	0.0
January 17	60	35	0.00	0.0
January 18	62	41	0.30	0.0
January 19	53	31	0.01	0.0
January 20	33	29	0.00	0.0
January 21	42	26	0.68	0.0
January 22	46	33	0.17	0.0
January 23	34	24	0.00	0.0
January 24	43	23	0.00	0.0
January 25	56	24	0.00	0.0
January 26	47	29	0.03	0.0
January 27	44	40	0.02	0.0
January 28	42	24	0.25	0.4
January 29	30	18	0.00	0.0
January 30	38	17	0.00	0.0
January 31	45	25	0.00	0.0

February 1973 Indianapolis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	53	40	0.35	0.0
February 2	53	35	0.25	0.0
February 3	35	27	0.01	0.1
February 4	56	26	0.00	0.0
February 5	57	34	0.00	0.0
February 6	41	34	0.00	0.0
February 7	39	27	0.10	0.4
February 8	31	11	0.04	0.4
February 9	24	5	0.00	0.0
February 10	27	9	0.00	0.0
February 11	30	14	0.00	0.0
February 12	41	15	0.00	0.0
February 13	36	26	0.04	0.0
February 14	42	34	0.28	0.0
February 15	34	20	0.02	0.3
February 16	21	9	0.00	0.0
February 17	26	4	0.00	0.0
February 18	35	21	0.00	0.0
February 19	47	25	0.00	0.0
February 20	35	27	0.02	0.2
February 21	38	20	0.00	0.0
February 22	41	19	0.00	0.0
February 23	45	21	0.00	0.0
February 24	52	23	0.00	0.0
February 25	55	29	0.00	0.0
February 26	46	26	0.00	0.0
February 27	33	24	0.00	0.0
February 28	50	32	0.00	0.0

March 1973 Indianapolis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	65	29	0.00	0.0
March 2	54	40	0.03	0.0
March 3	59	48	0.02	0.0
March 4	60	50	0.11	0.0
March 5	63	45	0.00	0.0
March 6	75	42	0.00	0.0
March 7	65	44	0.19	0.0
March 8	70	40	0.00	0.0
March 9	51	43	0.88	0.0
March 10	71	47	0.62	0.0
March 11	71	49	0.41	0.0
March 12	50	41	0.00	0.0
March 13	65	36	0.00	0.0
March 14	67	56	0.25	0.0
March 15	67	52	0.00	0.0
March 16	55	37	0.58	0.0
March 17	37	28	0.16	2.0
March 18	42	25	0.00	0.0
March 19	48	26	0.00	0.0
March 20	42	33	0.04	0.0
March 21	48	26	0.00	0.0
March 22	54	25	0.00	0.0
March 23	54	27	0.00	0.0
March 24	67	33	0.00	0.0
March 25	60	47	1.09	0.0
March 26	56	43	0.39	0.0
March 27	61	35	0.00	0.0
March 28	61	43	0.00	0.0
March 29	60	47	0.42	0.0
March 30	61	46	0.00	0.0
March 31	69	49	0.44	0.0

April 1973 Indianapolis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
April 1	60	46	0.07	0.0
April 2	48	43	0.01	0.0
April 3	46	41	0.00	0.0
April 4	43	34	0.23	0.0
April 5	50	36	0.00	0.0
April 6	65	35	0.00	0.0
April 7	56	44	0.08	0.0
April 8	58	41	0.05	0.0
April 9	51	28	0.22	0.5
April 10	36	28	0.07	0.5
April 11	43	24	0.01	0.0
April 12	46	31	0.14	0.1
April 13	50	26	0.00	0.0
April 14	59	29	0.00	0.0
April 15	77	37	0.00	0.0
April 16	63	42	0.35	0.0
April 17	61	38	0.00	0.0
April 18	66	54	0.22	0.0
April 19	73	59	0.33	0.0
April 20	77	61	0.11	0.0
April 21	77	62	0.16	0.0
April 22	72	60	0.53	0.0
April 23	72	56	0.16	0.0
April 24	72	47	0.00	0.0
April 25	63	47	0.00	0.0
April 26	64	43	0.00	0.0
April 27	58	41	0.01	0.0
April 28	61	34	0.00	0.0
April 29	73	40	0.01	0.0
April 30	75	53	0.00	0.0

May 1973 Indianapolis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	73	60	0.08
May 2	72	49	0.09
May 3	59	43	0.00
May 4	63	35	0.00
May 5	67	35	0.00
May 6	66	47	0.00
May 7	67	56	0.33
May 8	71	56	0.43
May 9	80	56	0.00
May 10	77	58	0.00
May 11	74	52	0.01
May 12	64	48	0.00
May 13	60	42	0.00
May 14	63	35	0.00
May 15	63	35	0.00
May 16	72	39	0.00
May 17	63	36	0.00
May 18	69	35	0.00
May 19	79	53	0.04
May 20	73	52	0.00
May 21	77	46	0.00
May 22	75	59	0.09
May 23	76	60	0.00
May 24	74	57	0.00
May 25	77	55	0.06
May 26	79	47	0.21
May 27	74	63	0.17
May 28	68	54	0.11
May 29	65	53	0.01
May 30	66	50	0.16
May 31	73	44	0.00

June 1973 Indianapolis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	79	51	0.00
June 2	84	54	0.21
June 3	88	66	0.48
June 4	82	63	1.42
June 5	82	63	0.86
June 6	78	63	0.61
June 7	81	58	0.00
June 8	85	61	0.00
June 9	87	68	0.00
June 10	89	68	0.00
June 11	90	69	0.00
June 12	86	71	0.02
June 13	84	67	0.00
June 14	84	63	0.00
June 15	78	65	0.12
June 16	90	68	0.59
June 17	82	67	0.49
June 18	86	62	0.00
June 19	86	68	0.08
June 20	84	68	0.00
June 21	82	63	0.04
June 22	82	61	0.00
June 23	83	58	0.00
June 24	84	60	0.00
June 25	87	61	0.00
June 26	88	66	0.54
June 27	79	64	0.45
June 28	76	59	0.00
June 29	78	55	0.00
June 30	83	57	0.00

July 1973 Indianapolis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	88	65	0.00
July 2	90	69	0.00
July 3	93	71	0.13
July 4	81	67	0.47
July 5	85	63	0.02
July 6	87	63	0.00
July 7	87	65	0.00
July 8	90	67	0.00
July 9	91	71	0.00
July 10	89	67	0.00
July 11	81	62	0.00
July 12	82	55	0.00
July 13	88	63	0.00
July 14	89	66	0.08
July 15	85	66	0.00
July 16	85	61	0.00
July 17	85	63	0.00
July 18	86	62	0.00
July 19	89	66	0.00
July 20	87	72	2.29
July 21	78	71	1.89
July 22	84	71	0.00
July 23	88	72	0.00
July 24	82	72	1.48
July 25	87	72	0.06
July 26	84	69	0.15
July 27	85	67	0.00
July 28	84	61	0.00
July 29	82	57	0.00
July 30	86	65	0.10
July 31	82	70	0.00

August 1973 Indianapolis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	79	60	0.00
August 2	78	56	0.00
August 3	81	56	0.00
August 4	83	58	0.00
August 5	84	61	0.00
August 6	84	64	0.00
August 7	87	64	0.00
August 8	91	68	0.00
August 9	86	69	0.53
August 10	86	68	0.00
August 11	89	67	0.00
August 12	86	71	0.20
August 13	84	66	0.02
August 14	75	64	1.07
August 15	84	63	0.00
August 16	84	61	0.00
August 17	86	62	0.00
August 18	87	64	0.00
August 19	87	65	0.00
August 20	85	60	0.00
August 21	77	54	0.00
August 22	76	55	0.00
August 23	80	53	0.02
August 24	80	65	0.06
August 25	87	69	0.00
August 26	91	71	0.00
August 27	92	72	0.00
August 28	91	70	0.00
August 29	90	69	0.00
August 30	92	69	0.84
August 31	90	68	0.00

September 1973 Indianapolis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	91	72	0.00
September 2	92	71	0.00
September 3	91	70	0.00
September 4	91	67	0.00
September 5	83	68	0.00
September 6	81	59	0.00
September 7	82	52	0.00
September 8	76	60	0.23
September 9	70	64	0.04
September 10	79	58	0.00
September 11	77	57	0.00
September 12	76	49	0.00
September 13	79	57	0.00
September 14	77	59	1.35
September 15	80	52	0.00
September 16	76	54	0.00
September 17	73	55	0.00
September 18	67	46	0.01
September 19	69	44	0.00
September 20	72	55	0.00
September 21	75	55	0.00
September 22	79	64	0.72
September 23	80	57	0.00
September 24	85	62	0.00
September 25	86	64	0.03
September 26	85	66	0.00
September 27	80	63	0.00
September 28	85	65	0.00
September 29	84	62	0.05
September 30	79	63	0.00

October 1973 Indianapolis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	71	64	0.73
October 2	73	59	0.00
October 3	75	57	0.01
October 4	82	60	0.41
October 5	71	49	0.00
October 6	71	47	0.00
October 7	79	57	0.00
October 8	80	63	0.00
October 9	81	61	0.00
October 10	83	60	0.00
October 11	82	56	0.00
October 12	73	62	0.00
October 13	67	59	0.87
October 14	75	49	0.00
October 15	82	54	0.00
October 16	60	40	0.00
October 17	62	36	0.00
October 18	67	44	0.00
October 19	75	39	0.00
October 20	66	45	0.00
October 21	67	40	0.00
October 22	72	39	0.00
October 23	75	40	0.00
October 24	78	45	0.00
October 25	76	49	0.00
October 26	70	38	0.00
October 27	58	43	0.19
October 28	56	36	0.00
October 29	48	32	0.41
October 30	51	43	0.00
October 31	50	41	0.49

November 1973 Indianapolis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	58	38	0.00	0.0
November 2	60	40	0.03	0.0
November 3	56	32	0.00	0.0
November 4	51	32	0.05	0.0
November 5	45	27	0.00	0.0
November 6	42	21	0.00	0.0
November 7	47	29	0.00	0.0
November 8	51	33	0.07	0.4
November 9	34	22	0.00	0.0
November 10	42	20	0.00	0.0
November 11	50	28	0.00	0.0
November 12	62	44	0.00	0.0
November 13	68	47	0.00	0.0
November 14	73	58	0.00	0.0
November 15	71	39	0.43	0.0
November 16	44	27	0.00	0.0
November 17	49	28	0.00	0.0
November 18	58	41	0.18	0.0
November 19	55	48	0.00	0.0
November 20	63	44	0.00	0.0
November 21	63	40	0.29	0.0
November 22	69	37	0.00	0.0
November 23	62	43	0.00	0.0
November 24	65	55	0.71	0.0
November 25	55	39	1.14	0.0
November 26	59	37	0.46	0.0
November 27	62	54	0.03	0.0
November 28	56	37	0.23	0.0
November 29	45	32	0.00	0.0
November 30	60	37	0.00	0.0

December 1973 Indianapolis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	47	31	0.00	0.0
December 2	66	31	0.00	0.0
December 3	67	48	0.00	0.0
December 4	65	50	0.41	0.0
December 5	50	31	0.01	0.0
December 6	32	24	0.01	0.1
December 7	34	28	0.00	0.0
December 8	42	27	0.00	0.0
December 9	38	23	0.00	0.0
December 10	27	10	0.03	0.4
December 11	28	8	0.00	0.0
December 12	47	21	0.03	0.0
December 13	50	32	0.24	0.0
December 14	32	27	0.01	0.1
December 15	30	22	0.06	0.8
December 16	24	15	0.01	0.3
December 17	24	8	0.00	0.0
December 18	26	17	0.04	0.4
December 19	33	24	0.83	8.3
December 20	31	13	0.45	4.3
December 21	22	1	0.00	0.0
December 22	29	-5	0.00	0.0
December 23	37	21	0.01	0.0
December 24	41	36	0.46	0.0
December 25	58	36	0.18	0.0
December 26	45	33	0.55	0.0
December 27	36	29	0.10	1.0
December 28	40	27	0.00	0.0
December 29	40	18	0.09	0.4
December 30	28	15	0.63	9.7
December 31	23	17	0.12	1.7

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