Indianapolis Weather in 1988

Historical record of Indianapolis, Indiana weather for the year 1988 based on NOAA data.

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1988 Indianapolis Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	103 °F	July 15
Lowest temperature	-4 °F	February 13
Highest daily low	78 °F	June 25
Lowest daily high	9 °F	February 6
Most daily precipitation	1.9 inches	April 6
Most daily snow	5.3 inches	December 28
Total annual precipitation	31.3 inches	-
Total annual snow	17.4 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Indianapolis in 1988?

The highest temperature recorded in Indianapolis, Indiana in 1988 was 103 °F which happened on July 15.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Indianapolis in 1988

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	103 °F	Jul 15
2	102 °F	Aug 16
2	102 °F	Jun 25
4	101 °F	Jul 8
5	100 °F	Jul 9
6	99 °F	Aug 17
6	99 °F	Jul 7
6	99 °F	Jul 6
6	99 °F	Jun 22
10	98 °F	Jul 16
10	98 °F	Jul 5
10	98 °F	Jun 21

What was the coldest temperature in Indianapolis in 1988?

The lowest temperature recorded in Indianapolis, Indiana in 1988 was -4 °F which happened 2 different times.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Indianapolis in 1988

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-4 °F	February 13
1	-4 °F	January 6
3	-3 °F	January 27
4	-1 °F	February 6
4	-1 °F	February 5
4	-1 °F	January 10
4	-1 °F	January 5
8	0 °F	February 12
9	3 °F	January 26
9	3 °F	January 4

January 1988 Indianapolis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	29	14	0.00	0.0
January 2	29	9	0.00	0.0
January 3	33	13	0.00	0.0
January 4	28	3	0.00	0.0
January 5	11	-1	0.00	0.0
January 6	12	-4	0.00	0.0
January 7	18	8	0.02	0.2
January 8	25	4	0.00	0.0
January 9	22	6	0.00	0.0
January 10	23	-1	0.00	0.0
January 11	39	8	0.00	0.0
January 12	44	25	0.00	0.0
January 13	26	10	0.00	0.0
January 14	23	4	0.00	0.0
January 15	41	15	0.00	0.0
January 16	53	29	0.01	0.0
January 17	44	38	0.85	0.0
January 18	45	33	0.01	0.0
January 19	54	33	0.63	0.0
January 20	54	33	0.01	0.0
January 21	35	30	0.00	0.0
January 22	31	28	0.04	0.4
January 23	38	27	0.06	0.8
January 24	41	22	0.00	0.0
January 25	28	4	0.10	1.5
January 26	15	3	0.00	0.0
January 27	24	-3	0.00	0.0
January 28	37	23	0.00	0.0
January 29	53	28	0.00	0.0
January 30	56	49	0.00	0.0
January 31	56	48	0.62	0.0

February 1988 Indianapolis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	53	37	1.21	0.0
February 2	37	30	0.08	0.0
February 3	32	26	0.52	1.2
February 4	27	16	0.06	0.9
February 5	16	-1	0.00	0.0
February 6	9	-1	0.00	0.0
February 7	27	4	0.02	0.2
February 8	29	11	0.00	0.0
February 9	33	16	0.00	0.0
February 10	31	16	0.01	0.1
February 11	26	15	0.20	2.0
February 12	16	0	0.00	0.0
February 13	21	-4	0.00	0.0
February 14	47	15	0.11	0.0
February 15	47	25	0.04	0.0
February 16	43	20	0.00	0.0
February 17	47	30	0.00	0.0
February 18	46	24	0.00	0.0
February 19	39	33	0.70	0.0
February 20	35	14	0.06	0.4
February 21	33	8	0.00	0.0
February 22	63	32	0.03	0.0
February 23	40	26	0.00	0.0
February 24	32	24	0.00	0.0
February 25	32	20	0.00	0.0
February 26	47	19	0.00	0.0
February 27	42	26	0.00	0.0
February 28	47	21	0.00	0.0
February 29	50	28	0.00	0.0

March 1988 Indianapolis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	54	27	0.00	0.0
March 2	44	35	0.33	0.0
March 3	35	28	1.07	0.0
March 4	31	21	0.03	0.3
March 5	40	19	0.00	0.0
March 6	48	26	0.00	0.0
March 7	56	31	0.00	0.0
March 8	69	38	0.00	0.0
March 9	56	35	0.02	0.0
March 10	50	30	0.00	0.0
March 11	62	31	0.00	0.0
March 12	56	36	0.21	0.0
March 13	36	23	0.05	0.5
March 14	28	20	0.03	0.5
March 15	30	20	0.01	0.1
March 16	36	25	0.00	0.0
March 17	43	27	0.00	0.0
March 18	42	29	0.11	1.1
March 19	44	25	0.00	0.0
March 20	46	29	0.00	0.0
March 21	45	25	0.00	0.0
March 22	67	28	0.00	0.0
March 23	73	46	0.00	0.0
March 24	74	58	0.00	0.0
March 25	67	45	0.52	0.0
March 26	54	32	0.04	0.0
March 27	52	30	0.00	0.0
March 28	72	36	0.00	0.0
March 29	66	52	0.35	0.0
March 30	54	36	0.10	0.0
March 31	50	41	0.35	0.0

April 1988 Indianapolis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	62	46	0.52
April 2	71	56	0.00
April 3	74	48	0.08
April 4	69	41	0.00
April 5	84	51	0.00
April 6	75	40	1.90
April 7	58	38	0.01
April 8	62	37	0.00
April 9	65	39	0.00
April 10	66	39	0.00
April 11	65	44	0.00
April 12	67	43	0.00
April 13	70	38	0.00
April 14	60	41	0.00
April 15	51	34	0.00
April 16	59	32	0.00
April 17	70	36	0.34
April 18	57	34	0.04
April 19	54	30	0.00
April 20	66	30	0.00
April 21	59	37	0.54
April 22	62	41	0.48
April 23	70	44	0.02
April 24	54	42	0.00
April 25	61	34	0.00
April 26	70	38	0.00
April 27	55	39	0.09
April 28	59	37	0.00
April 29	65	35	0.00
April 30	71	39	0.00

May 1988 Indianapolis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	73	39	0.00
May 2	73	44	0.00
May 3	71	46	0.00
May 4	66	46	0.00
May 5	73	40	0.00
May 6	79	46	0.00
May 7	81	50	0.00
May 8	75	55	0.09
May 9	72	53	0.18
May 10	72	49	0.08
May 11	75	44	0.00
May 12	81	52	0.00
May 13	82	58	0.00
May 14	83	51	0.00
May 15	88	58	0.00
May 16	75	54	0.00
May 17	73	47	0.00
May 18	76	48	0.00
May 19	76	48	0.00
May 20	79	54	0.00
May 21	87	58	0.00
May 22	86	60	0.46
May 23	76	59	0.25
May 24	74	51	0.00
May 25	67	44	0.00
May 26	76	38	0.00
May 27	79	45	0.00
May 28	83	53	0.00
May 29	87	56	0.00
May 30	89	59	0.00
May 31	93	64	0.00

June 1988 Indianapolis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	92	61	0.00
June 2	92	58	0.00
June 3	73	53	0.00
June 4	76	45	0.00
June 5	86	48	0.00
June 6	90	55	0.00
June 7	92	57	0.00
June 8	93	54	0.13
June 9	73	51	0.05
June 10	74	44	0.00
June 11	84	46	0.00
June 12	87	52	0.00
June 13	92	59	0.00
June 14	93	60	0.00
June 15	93	63	0.00
June 16	76	65	0.17
June 17	85	58	0.00
June 18	90	57	0.00
June 19	91	61	0.00
June 20	95	69	0.00
June 21	98	69	0.00
June 22	99	68	0.00
June 23	89	75	0.00
June 24	95	66	0.00
June 25	102	78	0.00
June 26	87	68	0.00
June 27	85	59	0.00
June 28	91	53	0.00
June 29	72	66	0.01
June 30	82	57	0.00

July 1988 Indianapolis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	81	55	0.00
July 2	87	56	0.00
July 3	91	60	0.00
July 4	96	62	0.00
July 5	98	69	0.00
July 6	99	70	0.00
July 7	99	69	0.00
July 8	101	71	0.00
July 9	100	69	0.00
July 10	96	71	0.04
July 11	86	69	0.01
July 12	90	66	0.01
July 13	88	69	0.00
July 14	97	69	0.00
July 15	103	65	0.33
July 16	98	76	0.22
July 17	95	71	0.00
July 18	87	73	1.37
July 19	85	72	0.00
July 20	77	65	1.83
July 21	85	60	0.00
July 22	84	59	0.00
July 23	86	63	0.00
July 24	88	63	0.00
July 25	81	64	0.07
July 26	86	65	0.00
July 27	88	57	0.00
July 28	91	64	0.00
July 29	92	68	0.00
July 30	82	71	0.07
July 31	90	67	0.76

August 1988 Indianapolis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	95	71	0.00
August 2	95	75	0.00
August 3	95	74	0.00
August 4	92	70	0.00
August 5	91	71	0.51
August 6	87	68	0.00
August 7	89	63	0.00
August 8	91	66	0.00
August 9	93	71	0.00
August 10	94	73	0.00
August 11	93	71	0.29
August 12	91	72	0.00
August 13	91	73	0.00
August 14	91	73	0.04
August 15	96	72	0.00
August 16	102	75	0.00
August 17	99	75	0.00
August 18	97	74	0.00
August 19	87	71	0.05
August 20	85	69	0.00
August 21	85	62	0.00
August 22	83	65	0.00
August 23	87	65	0.42
August 24	86	60	0.00
August 25	87	56	0.07
August 26	81	56	0.00
August 27	72	57	0.05
August 28	69	62	0.03
August 29	79	50	0.00
August 30	79	47	0.00
August 31	82	52	0.00

September 1988 Indianapolis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	85	59	0.00
September 2	83	66	0.02
September 3	74	64	0.32
September 4	72	56	0.09
September 5	67	47	0.00
September 6	69	44	0.00
September 7	73	42	0.00
September 8	80	47	0.00
September 9	83	58	0.00
September 10	86	56	0.00
September 11	86	60	0.00
September 12	77	68	0.18
September 13	80	60	0.00
September 14	82	51	0.00
September 15	80	54	0.00
September 16	78	58	0.08
September 17	85	66	0.00
September 18	83	65	0.00
September 19	78	63	0.39
September 20	75	54	0.00
September 21	76	48	0.00
September 22	87	52	0.04
September 23	79	62	0.00
September 24	69	53	0.02
September 25	76	46	0.00
September 26	80	47	0.00
September 27	83	50	0.00
September 28	83	53	0.00
September 29	78	59	0.00
September 30	83	61	0.00

October 1988 Indianapolis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	69	64	0.25
October 2	71	49	0.02
October 3	66	41	0.00
October 4	58	37	0.00
October 5	60	37	0.00
October 6	60	33	0.00
October 7	61	34	0.00
October 8	65	31	0.00
October 9	56	40	0.01
October 10	69	45	0.00
October 11	59	33	0.00
October 12	54	26	0.00
October 13	55	24	0.00
October 14	72	35	0.00
October 15	77	53	0.00
October 16	61	53	0.85
October 17	71	58	1.30
October 18	67	40	0.00
October 19	57	38	0.00
October 20	53	33	0.00
October 21	49	44	0.18
October 22	54	36	0.00
October 23	55	35	0.31
October 24	44	36	0.00
October 25	54	30	0.00
October 26	49	26	0.00
October 27	64	30	0.13
October 28	54	31	0.02
October 29	51	25	0.00
October 30	46	27	0.00
October 31	56	24	0.00

November 1988 Indianapolis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	59	33	0.00	0.0
November 2	54	32	0.00	0.0
November 3	60	37	0.03	0.0
November 4	61	53	1.50	0.0
November 5	53	35	0.04	0.0
November 6	36	33	0.08	0.2
November 7	52	30	0.03	0.0
November 8	55	40	0.01	0.0
November 9	63	39	0.33	0.0
November 10	65	34	0.53	0.0
November 11	48	30	0.00	0.0
November 12	56	33	0.14	0.0
November 13	55	40	0.12	0.0
November 14	64	38	0.00	0.0
November 15	66	44	0.00	0.0
November 16	68	35	0.12	0.0
November 17	48	30	0.00	0.0
November 18	54	31	0.00	0.0
November 19	49	41	0.45	0.0
November 20	47	36	0.76	0.0
November 21	40	32	0.00	0.0
November 22	46	28	0.00	0.0
November 23	49	29	0.00	0.0
November 24	58	29	0.00	0.0
November 25	62	36	0.00	0.0
November 26	58	50	0.15	0.0
November 27	54	37	0.06	0.0
November 28	38	23	0.01	0.1
November 29	49	23	0.00	0.0
November 30	46	27	0.03	0.1

December 1988 Indianapolis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	30	21	0.00	0.0
December 2	42	19	0.00	0.0
December 3	56	34	0.00	0.0
December 4	43	26	0.00	0.0
December 5	50	30	0.00	0.0
December 6	56	30	0.00	0.0
December 7	46	30	0.00	0.0
December 8	38	27	0.00	0.0
December 9	30	20	0.00	0.0
December 10	35	14	0.00	0.0
December 11	27	9	0.00	0.0
December 12	30	8	0.03	0.3
December 13	42	26	0.05	0.5
December 14	53	34	0.00	0.0
December 15	36	17	0.00	0.0
December 16	23	8	0.00	0.0
December 17	25	13	0.04	0.4
December 18	37	10	0.00	0.0
December 19	59	29	0.00	0.0
December 20	62	41	0.00	0.0
December 21	41	28	0.00	0.0
December 22	53	29	0.38	0.0
December 23	58	41	0.13	0.0
December 24	45	34	0.24	0.0
December 25	36	25	0.00	0.0
December 26	34	27	0.24	0.3
December 27	50	34	0.74	0.0
December 28	35	6	0.65	5.3
December 29	24	4	0.00	0.0
December 30	34	12	0.00	0.0
December 31	38	12	0.00	0.0

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