Yes, it snows in April in Indiana

This is the second year in a row though. It's 9am so if you are just waking up, you missed it. There was a brief period of light snow showers between 5am and 7am. Last year it snowed on April 20, 2021. And just for the record, the latest date of measurable snowfall in Indianapolis history is May 9, 1923.

So here's what happened last year.

Very cold air for the second half of April interacted with a low pressure system to bring accumulating snow to central Indiana. Record snowfall for April 20 was recorded at Indianapolis, and record cold temperatures followed the snow for April 21. Snow began falling in central Indiana during the afternoon hours and continued into the evening. The snow was briefly heavy at times, reducing visibility for travelers. Warm ground temperatures melted some of the snow as it fell, and warm road temperatures helped keep most roads clear. Below is a map of snowfall, followed by a listing of snowfall reports received.


Public Information Statement
National Weather Service Indianapolis IN
1051 PM EDT Wed Apr 21 2021

...SNOWFALL SUMMARY OF THE APRIL 20-21, 2021 RECORD EVENT...

GREATEST REPORTS for each COUNTY, where 3.0 or greater...

 Location              County         Snowfall Source

 Kokomo 3 WSW          Howard         5.0 in   COOP
 Strawtown 2.2 E       Hamilton       4.5 in   CoCoRaHS
 Modoc                 Randolph       4.5 in   CoCoRaHS
 Crawfordsville 6 SE   Montgomery     4.4 in   COOP
 Muncie 2 W            Delaware       4.0 in   Public
 Tipton 1.3 NW         Tipton         3.8 in   CoCoRaHS
 Thorntown 1.3 ENE     Boone          3.7 in   CoCoRaHS
 Country Club Hghts 2N Madison        3.7 in   Trained spotter
 New Castle 3 SW       Henry          3.5 in   COOP
 Castleton 2 S         Marion         3.5 in   COOP
 Shelbyville 2 SSW     Shelby         3.3 in   Public
 Brownsburg 5.1 NNE    Hendricks      3.1 in   CoCoRaHS
 Burlington            Carroll        3.0 in   CoCoRaHS
 Frankfort             Clinton        3.0 in   Public
 Greensburg 6.0 SW     Decatur        3.0 in   CoCoRaHS
 Greenfield            Hancock        3.0 in   COOP
 Rushville             Rush           3.0 in   COOP


TOTAL SNOWFALL REPORTS, by county...

Location in Central Indiana Amount    Time/Date      Provider

...Bartholomew County...
Taylorsville 0.8 SSW         2.5 in   0430 AM 04/21  CoCoRaHS
Columbus 3.2 ENE             1.6 in   0830 AM 04/21  CoCoRaHS
Flat Rock 1.2 SSW            1.0 in   0745 AM 04/21  CoCoRaHS
Columbus                     0.9 in   0700 AM 04/21  COOP

...Boone County...
Thorntown 1.3 ENE            3.7 in   0700 AM 04/21  CoCoRaHS
Lebanon 6 W                  3.5 in   0530 AM 04/21  COOP
Pike 1.5 ESE                 3.2 in   0700 AM 04/21  CoCoRaHS
Whitestown 3.1 E             3.0 in   0700 AM 04/21  CoCoRaHS
Thorntown 3.4 SW             1.8 in   0600 AM 04/21  CoCoRaHS

...Brown County...
Beanblossom 1.4 NE           2.6 in   0600 AM 04/21  CoCoRaHS
Needmore 1.7 SSW             1.6 in   1000 AM 04/21  CoCoRaHS
Stone Head 3.2 ENE           1.2 in   0630 AM 04/21  CoCoRaHS

...Carroll County...
Burlington                   3.0 in   0700 AM 04/21  CoCoRaHS
Flora                        2.1 in   0700 AM 04/21  COOP

...Clay County...
Brazil 2.7 WNW               2.5 in   0851 AM 04/21  CoCoRaHS
Clay City                    1.5 in   0900 AM 04/21  CoCoRaHS
Bowling Green 1 W            1.0 in   0700 AM 04/21  COOP
Howesville                   0.8 in   0547 AM 04/21  CoCoRaHS

...Clinton County...
Frankfort                    3.0 in   0902 PM 04/20  Public
Kilmore 1.0 ENE              2.9 in   0700 AM 04/21  CoCoRaHS

...Daviess County...
Plainville 1.3 S             0.7 in   0700 AM 04/21  CoCoRaHS
Washington 1.5 NW            0.6 in   0700 AM 04/21  CoCoRaHS
Washington 3.3 SE              T      0700 AM 04/21  CoCoRaHS

...Decatur County...
Greensburg 6.0 SW            3.0 in   0700 AM 04/21  CoCoRaHS

...Delaware County...
Muncie 2 W                   4.0 in   0730 AM 04/21  Public
Muncie                       3.6 in   0700 AM 04/21  CoCoRaHS
Yorktown 1.1 NNW             3.4 in   0700 AM 04/21  CoCoRaHS
Macedonia                    3.0 in   0700 AM 04/21  CoCoRaHS
Muncie                       3.0 in   0700 AM 04/21  COOP

...Fountain County...
Covington                    1.5 in   0700 AM 04/21  CoCoRaHS

...Greene County...
Owensburg 1.0 N              1.3 in   0630 AM 04/21  CoCoRaHS
Elliston-Bloomfield          0.9 in   0800 AM 04/21  COOP

...Hamilton County...
Strawtown 2.2 E              4.5 in   0800 AM 04/21  CoCoRaHS
Westfield 1.4 ESE            4.0 in   0800 AM 04/21  CoCoRaHS
Noblesville 4.0 SE           3.7 in   0700 AM 04/21  CoCoRaHS
Fishers 3 NE                 3.5 in   1136 PM 04/20  Trained spotter
Fishers 1.0 WNW              3.2 in   0700 AM 04/21  CoCoRaHS
Carmel 1.4 NNE               3.2 in   0700 AM 04/21  CoCoRaHS
Fishers 3 NW                 3.0 in   1035 PM 04/20  Amateur radio
McCordsville 2.5 NE          3.1 in   0700 AM 04/21  CoCoRaHS
Fortville 1.5 NW             2.8 in   0800 AM 04/21  CoCoRaHS
Carmel 1.5 W                 2.0 in   0800 AM 04/21  CoCoRaHS
Carmel 3 E                   2.0 in   0800 AM 04/21  COOP

...Hancock County...
Greenfield                   3.0 in   0700 AM 04/21  COOP
Wilkinson 4.1 W              2.0 in   0700 AM 04/21  CoCoRaHS
New Palestine 1.2 NW         1.8 in   0800 AM 04/21  CoCoRaHS

...Hendricks County...
Brownsburg 5.1 NNE           3.1 in   0700 AM 04/21  CoCoRaHS
Clayton                      2.8 in   0700 AM 04/21  CoCoRaHS
Avon 1.4 WNW                 2.6 in   0600 AM 04/21  CoCoRaHS
Plainfile 1.1 W              1.9 in   0800 AM 04/21  CoCoRaHS

...Henry County...
New Castle 3 SW              3.5 in   0700 AM 04/21  COOP
New Castle 3.2 W             3.4 in   0700 AM 04/21  CoCoRaHS
Lewisville 1.8 ENE           1.6 in   0800 AM 04/21  CoCoRaHS

...Howard County...
Kokomo 3 WSW                 5.0 in   0700 AM 04/21  COOP
Kokomo 4.0 WNW               2.6 in   0700 AM 04/21  CoCoRaHS
Kokomo 4.4 E                 2.0 in   0700 AM 04/21  CoCoRaHS

...Johnson County...
Franklin 1 W                 2.4 in   0700 AM 04/21  COOP
Greenwood 3.8 W              2.0 in   0658 AM 04/21  CoCoRaHS
Franklin 2.0 NW              1.2 in   0800 AM 04/21  CoCoRaHS
Amity 1.8 W                  1.0 in   0800 AM 04/21  CoCoRaHS
Franklin WWTPlant            0.8 in   0700 AM 04/21  COOP
Greenwood 4.9 SW             0.5 in   0700 AM 04/21  CoCoRaHS

...Knox County...
Vincennes 4 E                1.1 in   0700 AM 04/21  COOP

...Lawrence County...
Oolitic Purdue Exp Farm      1.6 in   0700 AM 04/21  COOP
Buddha                       1.5 in   0730 AM 04/21  CoCoRaHS
Harrodsburg 2.9 SSW          1.3 in   0830 AM 04/21  CoCoRaHS

...Madison County...
Country Club Heights 2 N     3.7 in   1120 PM 04/20  Trained spotter
Anderson 2.0 S               3.6 in   0700 AM 04/21  CoCoRaHS
Ingalls 3.0 WNW              3.5 in   0700 AM 04/21  CoCoRaHS

...Marion County...
Castleton 2 S                3.5 in   0700 AM 04/21  COOP
McCordsville 1.3 W           2.6 in   0700 AM 04/21  CoCoRaHS
Clermont 0.9 N               2.5 in   0700 AM 04/21  CoCoRaHS
Southport 0.9 SE             2.5 in   0800 AM 04/21  CoCoRaHS
Indianapolis Intl AP 1 SE    2.0 in   1035 PM 04/20  NWS WFO
Indianapolis 5.8 NNE         2.0 in   0930 AM 04/21  CoCoRaHS
Ravenswood                   2.0 in   0700 AM 04/21  CoCoRaHS
Meridian Hills               1.7 in   0615 AM 04/21  CoCoRaHS
Indianapolis 3.2 S           1.5 in   0800 AM 04/21  CoCoRaHS
Meridian-Kessler             1.1 in   0900 AM 04/21  CoCoRaHS

...Martin County...
Shoals 4.0 E                 2.2 in   0700 AM 04/21  CoCoRaHS
Shoals 8 S                   0.5 in   0700 AM 04/21  COOP

...Monroe County...
Ellettsville 1.8 SSW         2.5 in   0800 AM 04/21  CoCoRaHS
Ellettsville 2.7 NE          2.0 in   0700 AM 04/21  CoCoRaHS
Ellettsville                 1.0 in   0700 AM 04/21  CoCoRaHS

...Montgomery County...
Crawfordsville 6 SE          4.4 in   0600 AM 04/21  COOP

...Morgan County...
Mooresville 1.8 NE           2.1 in   0700 AM 04/21  CoCoRaHS
Brooklyn                     2.0 in   0700 AM 04/21  NWS Employee
Martinsville 2.3 SE          1.4 in   0700 AM 04/21  CoCoRaHS
Paragon 3.2 ENE                T      0700 AM 04/21  CoCoRaHS

...Owen County...
Freeman 2.4 WSW              1.8 in   0700 AM 04/21  CoCoRaHS
Spencer                      1.0 in   0700 AM 04/21  COOP
Spencer 2.8 ENE              1.0 in   0700 AM 04/21  CoCoRaHS

...Parke County...
Bloomingdale                 2.0 in   1135 AM 04/21  Trained spotter
Rockville 3.6 ENE            1.2 in   0700 AM 04/21  CoCoRaHS

...Putnam County...
Cloverdale 3.5 W             2.6 in   0700 AM 04/21  CoCoRaHS
Greencastle 3.6 ESE          1.5 in   0800 AM 04/21  CoCoRaHS

...Randolph County...
Modoc                        4.5 in   0700 AM 04/21  CoCoRaHS
Lynn                         4.0 in   1017 AM 04/21  Public
Farmland 5 NNW               3.0 in   0700 AM 04/21  COOP
Parker City                  3.0 in   0700 AM 04/21  CoCoRaHS
Winchester 2.2 WSW           3.0 in   0700 AM 04/21  CoCoRaHS

...Rush County...
Rushville                    3.0 in   0700 AM 04/21  COOP
Homer                        2.0 in   0700 AM 04/21  CoCoRaHS

...Shelby County...
Shelbyville 2 SSW            3.3 in   0705 AM 04/21  Public
Morristown 2 SE              2.0 in   0700 AM 04/21  COOP
Shelbyville 2.5 N            1.8 in   0700 AM 04/21  CoCoRaHS
Fairland 0.9 SSW             1.5 in   0700 AM 04/21  CoCoRaHS

...Sullivan County...
Graysville 5 WNW             0.9 in   0800 AM 04/21  COOP
Farmersburg TV-2             0.7 in   1158 PM 04/20  COOP
Hymera                       0.2 in   0800 AM 04/21  CoCoRaHS

...Tippecanoe County...
West Lafayette 1.0 NNW       2.9 in   0700 AM 04/21  CoCoRaHS
Lafayette 2.2 NE             2.7 in   0700 AM 04/21  CoCoRaHS
Lafayette 2.2 S              2.5 in   0700 AM 04/21  CoCoRaHS
West Lafayette               1.4 in   0915 PM 04/20  Media
West Lafayette 3 WNW         1.1 in   0730 PM 04/20  Public
West Lafayette 6 NW          1.0 in   0800 AM 04/21  COOP

...Tipton County...
Tipton 1.3 NW                3.8 in   0700 AM 04/21  CoCoRaHS
Tipton 5 SW                  3.1 in   0530 AM 04/21  COOP
Windfall 2.2 WNW             2.5 in   0700 AM 04/21  CoCoRaHS

...Vermillion County...
Perrysville 4 WNW            2.5 in   0610 AM 04/21  COOP

...Vigo County...
Riley                        0.9 in   0700 AM 04/21  CoCoRaHS

...Warren...
Pence 1 SW                   1.3 in   0700 AM 04/21  COOP


Observations are collected from a variety of sources with varying
equipment and exposures. We thank all volunteer weather observers
for their dedication. Not all data listed are considered official.


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