NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Crawfordsville, 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 Crawfordsville, Indiana since 1851, 0 of them at hurricane strength; the most recent was Ike in 2008. Since 1950, 106 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 8 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 5
- Tornadoes
- 106
- EF3 or stronger
- 8
within 75 mi, since 1851
below hurricane strength
within 25 mi, since 1950
36 deaths in all
What the records show for Crawfordsville
None of the 5 tropical systems was at hurricane strength as it passed Crawfordsville; the strongest was Ike in 2008, a tropical storm with 58 mph winds when its centre passed 24 miles away. The record near Crawfordsville begins with an unnamed storm in 1902; the most recent system was Ike in 2008. Of the 5 systems, one has come since 2000. Crawfordsville has more tropical storms and hurricanes within 75 miles than 63% of the 356 Indiana cities on this site. The highest rating among the 106 tornadoes within 25 miles is F4, reached 2 times; the most recent, on April 11, 1965, came within 21 miles. The deadliest, an F4 on April 11, 1965, killed 28 people. Of the 106, 13 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 45 have come since 2000. May has had the most tornadoes, 24. The most recent tornado was on April 5, 2023. Crawfordsville has more tornadoes within 25 miles than 53% of the 356 Indiana cities. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 64 times since 1965, with stones up to 3 inches (tea cup size). Crawfordsville has more hail reports within 10 miles than 51% of the 356 Indiana cities.
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Tropical storms and hurricanes near Crawfordsville
| Year | Storm | Closest | Strength when closest | Peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | IkeSep 14 | 24 mi | Tropical storm (58 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1941 | Unnamed 1941 stormSep 25 | 39 mi | Tropical storm (43 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1932 | Unnamed 1932 stormSep 3 | 49 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1915 | Unnamed 1915 stormAug 21 | 59 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1902 | Unnamed 1902 stormJun 29 | 3 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 Crawfordsville: 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 Crawfordsville
By decade
- 2020s4
- 2010s25(1 EF3+)
- 2000s16
- 1990s16(1 EF3+)
- 1980s10(1 EF3+)
- 1970s9(1 EF3+)
- 1960s20(3 EF3+)
- 1950s6(1 EF3+)
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 11, 1965 | F4 | 2 mi | 45.7 mi | 28 / 123 |
| Apr 11, 1965 | F4 | 21 mi | 21.8 mi | 0 / 44 |
| Apr 9, 1953 | F3 | 14 mi | 156.7 mi | 3 / 22 |
| Jun 2, 1980 | F3 | 3 mi | 18.1 mi | 1 / 16 |
| Nov 17, 2013 | EF3 | 22 mi | 37.91 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Nov 22, 1992 | F3 | 8 mi | 12 mi | 0 / 1 |
| Jun 25, 1978 | F3 | 19 mi | 27.4 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Mar 11, 1962 | F3 | 22 mi | 3 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 13, 1995 | F2 | 4 mi | 14 mi | 3 / 10 |
| Jun 2, 1990 | F2 | 19 mi | 3.5 mi | 1 / 6 |
| Mar 31, 2023 | EF2 | 12 mi | 10.55 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Aug 24, 2016 | EF2 | 3 mi | 5.37 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 12 of 106, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Crawfordsville
The Storm Prediction Center has 64 hail reports within 10 miles of Crawfordsville since 1965, made on 47 separate days. Of these, 42 were 1 inch across or larger, and 2 reached 2 inches. The largest, 3 inches (tea cup size), fell on February 21, 1980. The most recent report is from March 14, 2024. March and May have the most reports, 15 each.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Crawfordsville
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Crawfordsville 6 SE, IN, 5 miles southeast of Crawfordsville at 836 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 83°F and low of 62°F; January is the coolest, at 33°F and 17°F. June is the wettest at 5.3 inches of precipitation on average and February the driest at 2.5 inches; the year adds up to 44.2 inches over 77 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 12 days a year, almost all from June to September. Lows fall below freezing on about 140 nights a year. Snowfall averages 21.7 inches a year, most of it in January. That 44.2 inches is more than at 63 of the 115 Indiana stations used on this site (55%). Jamestown, 15 miles east, has its own station (Jamestown 2 E, IN): 43.3 inches a year, 0.9 less than here, and the same July average high, 83°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" | Snow in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 33 | 17 | 2.9 | 5 | 7.4 |
| Feb | 38 | 20 | 2.5 | 5 | 5.7 |
| Mar | 49 | 29 | 3.2 | 7 | 3.1 |
| Apr | 61 | 39 | 4.4 | 8 | 0.3 |
| May | 72 | 50 | 4.5 | 9 | 0.0 |
| Jun | 80 | 60 | 5.3 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Jul | 83 | 62 | 4.4 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Aug | 82 | 59 | 3.9 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Sep | 77 | 52 | 3.2 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Oct | 65 | 41 | 3.4 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Nov | 50 | 31 | 3.6 | 6 | 1.0 |
| Dec | 38 | 23 | 2.9 | 6 | 4.2 |
| Year | 61 | 40 | 44.2 | 77 | 21.7 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Crawfordsville 6 SE, IN (836 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 Crawfordsville
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 93 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Crawfordsville: 86 thunderstorm wind reports, 4 floods and 3 flash floods. They killed 1 person and injured 4, and the NWS estimated $396,000 in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 86 mph, on May 18, 2000.
August 24, 1998: thunderstorm wind 2 miles from the centre of Crawfordsville — 1 killed, $15,000 damage.
NWS: “Tree fell on car killing occupant. Occurred on US 136.”
May 9, 2000: thunderstorm wind 10 miles from the centre of Crawfordsville — 3 injured.
June 6, 2008: thunderstorm wind in Crawfordsville — 1 injured.
NWS: “A 32-year-old male was struck in the head by a falling tree limb as a result of thunderstorm winds. He was attempting to get to his vehicle from Weliever Field in Milligan Park.”
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 Crawfordsville's ZIP code 47933 have filed 19 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1998, and were paid $294,000 for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The year with the most claims was 2013, with 10. Of the 155 Indiana cities on this site with 10 or more claims, 34 have fewer than Crawfordsville.
Montgomery County, which includes Crawfordsville, has been named in 21 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1965, 16 of them major disasters (by incident: 10 severe storms, 3 floods, 2 biological emergencies, 2 snowstorms). The latest major disaster declaration was Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding, on July 22, 2025. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Montgomery County a Very Low rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively Moderate for strong wind; Relatively Low for tornadoes, hail, inland flooding, lightning and heat waves; Very Low for hurricanes. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $13.2 million a year, the 48th highest of 92 Indiana counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $5.5 million (42%), 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).
What counts as a pass, the distances and the sources: how this storm history is built.
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