NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Angola, IN
Every tropical system within 75 miles since 1851 and every tornado within 25 miles since 1950.
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
5 tropical systems have passed within 75 miles of Angola, Indiana since 1851, 0 of them at hurricane strength; the most recent was Ike in 2008. Since 1950, 70 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 9 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 5
- Tornadoes
- 70
- EF3 or stronger
- 9
within 75 mi, since 1851
below hurricane strength
within 25 mi, since 1950
74 deaths in all
What the records show for Angola
None of the 5 tropical systems was at hurricane strength as it passed Angola; the strongest was Ike in 2008, a tropical storm with 58 mph winds when its centre passed 12 miles away. The record near Angola begins with an unnamed storm in 1902; the most recent system was Ike in 2008. Of the 5 systems, one has come since 2000. Angola has more tropical storms and hurricanes within 75 miles than 63% of the 356 Indiana cities on this site. The highest rating among the 70 tornadoes within 25 miles is F4, reached 4 times; the most recent, on April 3, 1974, came within 22 miles. The deadliest, an F4 on April 11, 1965, killed 23 people. Of the 70, 7 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 26 have come since 2000. April has had the most tornadoes, 19. The most recent tornado was on April 2, 2025. Of the 356 Indiana cities, 96% have more tornadoes within 25 miles than Angola. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 81 times since 1965, with stones up to 3.5 inches. Angola has more hail reports within 10 miles than 68% of the 356 Indiana cities.
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Tropical storms and hurricanes near Angola
| Year | Storm | Closest | Strength when closest | Peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | IkeSep 14 | 12 mi | Tropical storm (58 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1941 | Unnamed 1941 stormSep 25 | 65 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1932 | Unnamed 1932 stormSep 3 | 27 mi | Tropical storm (45 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1923 | Unnamed 1923 stormOct 19 | 31 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1902 | Unnamed 1902 stormJun 29 | 62 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Category 1 |
Strength is the sustained wind on the track at the closest point, which is not the wind felt in Angola: a hurricane's worst winds sit within a few dozen miles of its centre, and inland cities are usually past that.
Tornadoes within 25 miles of Angola
By decade
- 2020s10
- 2010s5
- 2000s11
- 1990s5(2 EF3+)
- 1980s6(1 EF3+)
- 1970s11(2 EF3+)
- 1960s17(4 EF3+)
- 1950s5
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 11, 1965 | F4 | 7 mi | 90.3 mi | 23 / 294 |
| Apr 11, 1965 | F4 | 10 mi | 80.5 mi | 21 / 293 |
| Apr 3, 1974 | F4 | 22 mi | 108.7 mi | 18 / 285 |
| Apr 11, 1965 | F4 | 14 mi | 21.6 mi | 5 / 41 |
| Apr 3, 1974 | F3 | in town | 36.2 mi | 5 / 53 |
| Mar 27, 1991 | F3 | 6 mi | 21 mi | 1 / 24 |
| Mar 27, 1991 | F3 | 22 mi | 5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 15, 1986 | F3 | 19 mi | 1.2 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 6, 1961 | F3 | 7 mi | 33.4 mi | 0 / 5 |
| Oct 24, 2001 | F2 | 7 mi | 12.5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jul 14, 1992 | F2 | 16 mi | 8 mi | 0 / 28 |
| Jun 30, 1983 | F2 | 22 mi | 1 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 12 of 70, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Angola
The Storm Prediction Center has 81 hail reports within 10 miles of Angola since 1965, made on 43 separate days. Of these, 41 were 1 inch across or larger, and 4 reached 2 inches. The largest, 3.5 inches, fell on May 7, 2024. The most recent report is from June 25, 2024. May has the most reports, 31.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Angola
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Angola, IN, in Angola at 1,020 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 82°F and low of 61°F; January is the coolest, at 31°F and 16°F. May is the wettest at 4.4 inches of precipitation on average and February the driest at 2.3 inches; the year adds up to 38.9 inches over 79 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 7 days a year, almost all from June to August. Lows fall below freezing on about 145 nights a year. Snowfall averages 38.9 inches a year, most of it in January. That 38.9 inches is more than at 7 of the 115 Indiana stations used on this site (6%). Waterloo, 15 miles south, has its own station (Garrett 1 S, IN): 39.5 inches a year, 0.6 more than here, and a July average high of 81°F against 82°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" | Snow in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 31 | 16 | 2.6 | 6 | 11.8 |
| Feb | 34 | 17 | 2.3 | 6 | 10.3 |
| Mar | 45 | 26 | 2.5 | 6 | 5.3 |
| Apr | 58 | 36 | 3.6 | 8 | 1.0 |
| May | 69 | 48 | 4.4 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Jun | 78 | 58 | 4.1 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Jul | 82 | 61 | 3.8 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Aug | 80 | 59 | 3.9 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Sep | 74 | 51 | 3.2 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Oct | 61 | 40 | 3.0 | 7 | 0.1 |
| Nov | 47 | 30 | 3.0 | 7 | 2.3 |
| Dec | 36 | 22 | 2.5 | 6 | 8.1 |
| Year | 58 | 39 | 38.9 | 79 | 38.9 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Angola, IN (1,020 ft), from NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals. Normals describe the station; the farther a place is from it, and the bigger the difference in height, the more its weather can differ.
Floods, thunderstorm wind and lightning near Angola
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 162 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Angola: 157 thunderstorm wind reports, 3 lightning strikes and 2 floods. They killed 0 people and injured 5, and the NWS estimated $1.2 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 98 mph, on April 2, 2025.
July 21, 1998: thunderstorm wind 2 miles from the centre of Angola — 4 injured, $250,000 damage.
NWS: “WIND DAMAGE TO 4-H BUILDING AND STRUCTURE HIT BY LIGHTNING. SEVERAL PEOPLE WERE INJURED WHEN LIGHTNING STRUCK THE 4-H BUILDING.”
July 2, 2019: thunderstorm wind 4 miles from the centre of Angola — 1 injured.
May 16, 2009: flood 7 miles from the centre of Angola — $250,000 damage.
Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, events whose starting point is on record, 1996 to June 30, 2026. Damage is the NWS estimate in the dollars of the year, not insured losses, and NWS notes that some reports are unverified.
Flood insurance claims, disaster declarations and FEMA risk ratings
Flood insurance policyholders in Angola's ZIP code 46703 have filed 19 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1982, and were paid $72,000 for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. 11% of the claims carry the name of a storm or flood event; the rest have no event name. Of the 155 Indiana cities on this site with 10 or more claims, 34 have fewer than Angola.
Steuben County, which includes Angola, has been named in 12 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1965, 5 of them major disasters (by incident: 4 snowstorms, 2 biological emergencies, 2 tornadoes, 1 flood). The latest major disaster declaration was Covid-19 Pandemic, on April 3, 2020. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Steuben County a Very Low rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively Moderate for strong wind; Relatively Low for tornadoes, hail, inland flooding and lightning; Very Low for hurricanes and heat waves. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $10.0 million a year, the 65th highest of 92 Indiana counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $5.1 million (51%), is from inland flooding.
Claims: FEMA, OpenFEMA Dataset FIMA NFIP Redacted Claims – v3, summed over ZIP codes; payments in the dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation. Declarations: Disaster Declarations Summaries – v2, by county. Retrieved October 25, 2026. This product uses the Federal Emergency Management Agency's OpenFEMA API, but is not endorsed by FEMA. The Federal Government or FEMA cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from the Agency's website(s).
Risk ratings: FEMA, National Risk Index county table, December 2025 (v1.20), retrieved October 26, 2026; ratings compare counties nationwide, are meant for planning and are no substitute for a local risk assessment. This product uses the Federal Emergency Management Agency's National Risk Index dataset API or downloadable datasets but is not endorsed by FEMA. The Federal Government or FEMA cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from the Agency's website(s).
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