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Annual precipitation in Indianapolis
1948 – 2025 · 78 data points
Updated Oct 22, 2026
Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information — GHCN-Daily, 1948 – 2025
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Latest value · 2025
36.7 in
−6.8 in
since 2024
First value · 1948
39.2 in
since 2015
−11.5 in
Annual precipitation, 1948 – 2025 inches · Indianapolis
36.7 in
2025
Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information — GHCN-Daily, 1948 – 2025
Compared with Annual precipitation · inches
Indianapolis
36.7 in
United States 29.3 in
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information — GHCN-Daily · NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Climate at a Glance
The series at a glance Indianapolis · 1948 – 2025
Latest value
36.7 in · 2025
First value
39.2 in · 1948
Highest
56.9 in · 1996
Lowest
28.0 in · 1954
Data points
78
| Year | Indianapolis | Change | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 36.7 in | −6.8 in | 29.3 in |
| 2024 | 43.6 in | +9.1 in | 31.6 in |
| 2023 | 34.4 in | −0.5 in | 29.5 in |
| 2022 | 34.9 in | −14.9 in | 28.5 in |
| 2021 | 49.8 in | +4.8 in | 30.4 in |
| 2020 | 45.0 in | −2.2 in | 30.4 in |
| 2019 | 47.2 in | +3.1 in | 34.8 in |
| 2018 | 44.1 in | −3.4 in | 34.6 in |
| 2017 | 47.5 in | +1.5 in | 32.3 in |
| 2016 | 46.0 in | −2.2 in | 31.4 in |
| 2015 | 48.2 in | +6.6 in | 34.6 in |
| 2014 | 41.6 in | −4.3 in | 30.8 in |
| 2013 | 45.9 in | +7.9 in | 31.0 in |
| 2012 | 38.0 in | −11.6 in | 27.5 in |
| 2011 | 49.6 in | +15.8 in | 30.1 in |
| 2010 | 33.9 in | −14.8 in | 31.4 in |
| 2009 | 48.7 in | −0.4 in | 32.3 in |
| 2008 | 49.0 in | +12.3 in | 31.2 in |
| 2007 | 36.8 in | −14.3 in | 29.2 in |
| 2006 | 51.1 in | +7.3 in | 29.8 in |
| 2005 | 43.7 in | −5.1 in | 30.1 in |
| 2004 | 48.9 in | −3.7 in | 33.2 in |
| 2003 | 52.6 in | +12.8 in | 30.5 in |
| 2002 | 39.7 in | −2.2 in | 29.0 in |
| 2001 | 41.9 in | +1.4 in | 29.0 in |
| 2000 | 40.5 in | +8.1 in | 28.2 in |
| 1999 | 32.4 in | −14.6 in | 28.5 in |
| 1998 | 47.0 in | +14.1 in | 33.8 in |
| 1997 | 32.9 in | −23.9 in | 31.8 in |
| 1996 | 56.9 in | +21.4 in | 33.7 in |
| 1995 | 35.5 in | +3.9 in | 32.7 in |
| 1994 | 31.6 in | −19.1 in | 30.6 in |
| 1993 | 50.8 in | +6.6 in | 32.6 in |
| 1992 | 44.2 in | +6.7 in | 31.2 in |
| 1991 | 37.6 in | −12.9 in | 32.4 in |
| 1990 | 50.4 in | −0.2 in | 32.2 in |
| 1989 | 50.6 in | +19.2 in | 29.0 in |
| 1988 | 31.4 in | −2.1 in | 25.9 in |
| 1987 | 33.5 in | −12.9 in | 29.0 in |
| 1986 | 46.4 in | −0.6 in | 31.4 in |
| 1985 | 47.0 in | +4.8 in | 30.0 in |
| 1984 | 42.2 in | +5.9 in | 31.4 in |
| 1983 | 36.2 in | −5.8 in | 34.7 in |
| 1982 | 42.0 in | +4.5 in | 33.8 in |
| 1981 | 37.5 in | +2.7 in | 29.9 in |
| 1980 | 34.9 in | −9.8 in | 28.2 in |
| 1979 | 44.6 in | +1.6 in | 32.7 in |
| 1978 | 43.0 in | +4.9 in | 30.1 in |
| 1977 | 38.1 in | +4.2 in | 30.4 in |
| 1976 | 33.8 in | −12.9 in | 26.3 in |
| 1975 | 46.7 in | +5.4 in | 33.0 in |
| 1974 | 41.3 in | −1.0 in | 30.6 in |
| 1973 | 42.3 in | +2.0 in | 34.9 in |
| 1972 | 40.3 in | +2.8 in | 31.7 in |
| 1971 | 37.5 in | +4.5 in | 30.3 in |
| 1970 | 33.0 in | −9.8 in | 29.7 in |
| 1969 | 42.8 in | +1.7 in | 30.6 in |
| 1968 | 41.1 in | +6.3 in | 30.4 in |
| 1967 | 34.8 in | +2.0 in | 29.6 in |
| 1966 | 32.7 in | −5.4 in | 27.4 in |
| 1965 | 38.1 in | +1.7 in | 29.8 in |
| 1964 | 36.4 in | +3.6 in | 30.2 in |
| 1963 | 32.8 in | −8.5 in | 25.7 in |
| 1962 | 41.3 in | −5.4 in | 28.6 in |
| 1961 | 46.6 in | +13.3 in | 31.2 in |
| 1960 | 33.4 in | −6.2 in | 28.7 in |
| 1959 | 39.6 in | +1.5 in | 30.6 in |
| 1958 | 38.1 in | −17.6 in | 30.2 in |
| 1957 | 55.8 in | +21.1 in | 33.8 in |
| 1956 | 34.7 in | −3.3 in | 25.4 in |
| 1955 | 37.9 in | +10.0 in | 27.7 in |
| 1954 | 28.0 in | −10.3 in | 26.2 in |
| 1953 | 38.2 in | −5.1 in | 28.3 in |
| 1952 | 43.3 in | +0.5 in | 26.3 in |
| 1951 | 42.8 in | −12.5 in | 31.2 in |
| 1950 | 55.3 in | +12.2 in | 30.9 in |
| 1949 | 43.1 in | +3.9 in | 30.3 in |
| 1948 | 39.2 in | 30.7 in |
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information — GHCN-Daily · NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Climate at a Glance, 1948 – 2025
What it means
Rain and snow (as water) that fell during the year.
How it is calculated
Sum of daily precipitation at the nearest weather station; months with a few missing days are scaled up, years with incomplete months are left out.