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Indianapolis, IN 39.725°N, 86.282°W · station INDthr · 156 years of record
69°F
COLDEST JUL 14 SINCE 2023
forecast low · Jul 14
NWS NDFD forecast low temperature for Indianapolis.
69° TUE 7/14 70° WED 7/15 72° THU 7/16 72° FRI 7/17 72° SAT 7/18 71° SUN 7/19 This Day in History · Jul 14
Today ranks #87 / 155
coldest Jul 14 in 155 yrs of record
Coldest Jul 14 ever 48°F
set in 1975
Mildest Jul 14 ever 81°F
set in 1873
Coldest Jul 14 — Year by Year
Every year's low on Jul 14 at Indianapolis. The forecast line shows where today lands; the ringed bar is the coldest on record.
48 64 81 1871: 70°F 1872: 75°F 1873: 81°F 1874: 78°F 1875: 74°F 1876: 73°F 1877: 62°F 1878: 73°F 1879: 71°F 1880: 75°F 1881: 70°F 1882: 55°F 1883: 66°F 1884: 65°F 1885: 58°F 1886: 64°F 1887: 71°F 1888: 58°F 1889: 70°F 1890: 70°F 1891: 72°F 1892: 72°F 1893: 76°F 1894: 66°F 1895: 67°F 1896: 70°F 1897: 55°F 1898: 66°F 1899: 68°F 1900: 63°F 1901: 70°F 1902: 70°F 1903: 57°F 1904: 57°F 1905: 67°F 1906: 69°F 1907: 65°F 1908: 72°F 1909: 68°F 1910: 65°F 1911: 65°F 1912: 73°F 1913: 66°F 1914: 70°F 1915: 72°F 1916: 70°F 1917: 66°F 1918: 64°F 1919: 78°F 1920: 68°F 1921: 75°F 1922: 61°F 1923: 70°F 1924: 67°F 1925: 64°F 1926: 52°F 1927: 69°F 1928: 60°F 1929: 69°F 1930: 55°F 1931: 72°F 1932: 72°F 1933: 68°F 1934: 68°F 1935: 67°F 1936: 81°F 1937: 70°F 1938: 69°F 1939: 66°F 1940: 51°F 1941: 63°F 1942: 71°F 1943: 66°F 1944: 60°F 1945: 62°F 1946: 63°F 1947: 67°F 1948: 69°F 1949: 66°F 1950: 50°F 1951: 66°F 1952: 64°F 1953: 61°F 1954: 70°F 1955: 71°F 1956: 65°F 1957: 71°F 1958: 68°F 1959: 64°F 1960: 62°F 1961: 63°F 1962: 68°F 1963: 66°F 1964: 54°F 1965: 67°F 1966: 73°F 1967: 51°F 1968: 69°F 1969: 64°F 1970: 69°F 1971: 60°F 1972: 66°F 1973: 66°F 1974: 71°F 1975: 48°F 1976: 49°F 1977: 69°F 1978: 72°F 1979: 65°F 1980: 72°F 1981: 73°F 1982: 66°F 1983: 72°F 1984: 63°F 1985: 79°F 1986: 70°F 1987: 62°F 1988: 69°F 1989: 59°F 1990: 59°F 1991: 62°F 1992: 76°F 1993: 70°F 1994: 71°F 1995: 75°F 1996: 69°F 1997: 68°F 1998: 71°F 1999: 61°F 2000: 69°F 2001: 54°F 2002: 63°F 2003: 65°F 2004: 67°F 2005: 70°F 2006: 73°F 2007: 58°F 2008: 65°F 2009: 61°F 2010: 70°F 2011: 66°F 2012: 70°F 2013: 71°F 2014: 65°F 2015: 67°F 2016: 69°F 2017: 66°F 2018: 70°F 2019: 69°F 2020: 61°F 2021: 66°F 2022: 64°F 2023: 65°F 2024: 70°F 2025: 71°F 69° forecast 1871 2025 1975 Forecast low · Jul 14 69°F Coldest this date since 2023 This-date record 48°F This-date rank #87 of 155
Coldest at any time since 2026 All-time record -27°F (1994) Odds to tie/break 0.0% (daily) Period of record 1871–2026
The hottest and coldest ever recorded at Indianapolis in each calendar month, and for the whole 1871–2026 record — with the year each was set.
Month Record High Record Low Jan 71°F 1950 -27°F 1994 Feb 77°F 2018 -21°F 1982 Mar 88°F 2026 -7°F 1980 Apr 90°F 1925 18°F 1950 May 96°F 1895 27°F 2020 Jun 104°F 2012 37°F 1992 Jul 106°F 1901 46°F 1944 Aug 103°F 1918 41°F 1965 Sep 100°F 1939 30°F 1899 Oct 92°F 2019 20°F 1962 Nov 81°F 1950 -5°F 1880 Dec 74°F 1982 -23°F 1989 All-time 106°F 1901 -27°F 1994
Records set or tied at Indianapolis so far this year — through Jul 11.
Record Highs in 2026 4 broke
plus 2 tied — daily record highs set this year
Monthly high record this year: Mar (88°F)
Record Lows in 2026 0 broke
plus 0 tied — daily record lows set this year
Current run 0 days
consecutive days with a low ≤ 32°F
Longest ever 69 days
record run, ended Feb 12 1961
So far in 2026 57 days
days with a low ≤ 32°F this year
Normal low & low by month, from Indianapolis's own 1991–2020 record. Today's normal low: 67°F · forecast is +2° vs normal .
Jan: 36°F Jan: 21°F Feb: 41°F Feb: 24°F Mar: 52°F Mar: 33°F Apr: 64°F Apr: 43°F May: 74°F May: 54°F Jun: 82°F Jun: 63°F Jul: 85°F Jul: 66°F Aug: 84°F Aug: 65°F Sep: 78°F Sep: 58°F Oct: 66°F Oct: 46°F Nov: 52°F Nov: 35°F Dec: 41°F Dec: 26°F J F M A M J J A S O N D Sun & Daylight Today Sunrise 4:28 AM Sunset 7:13 PM Solar noon 11:51 AM Daylight 14h 45m · losing 8 min/wk
Local standard time (no DST), level horizon.
Location 39.73°N, 86.28°W Indianapolis's observed daily low for the last six weeks — a white ring marks any day that broke or tied its daily record for that date.
Every day this year against Indianapolis's own record — the record low, the normal, and the full span ever seen. A shareable look at where the year stands.
Each cell is one day's low at Indianapolis, coloured by temperature — 156 years of record, so heat waves read as warm streaks and cold snaps as blue.
How many days a year hit a given low at Indianapolis — counted through Jul 14 each year, so you can see whether 2026 is running cold. Pick a threshold:
40° 32° 20° 10° 0° -10° -20°
57 days ≤32°F so far in 2026 — tied for the 140th most in 156 years. Normal for this point: 70 . Record: 90 in 1943.
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