National Weather Service United States Department of Commerce
 
Please Note: The following sites were used due to their extensive snowfall recording period of record: 
 
Averages are based on the 30-year normals (1990-2020)
Indianapolis Area (1884)
 
 

Official Normals (1991-2020)
 
  Indianapolis
September 0.0"
October 0.1"
November 0.8"
December 6.4"
January 8.8"
February 6.0"
March 3.2"
April 0.2"
May 0.0"
Annual 25.5"
 

First Trace of Snowfall of the Season (Calendar Day)
 
  Indianapolis
Avg. Date 11/02
Earliest 10/09/1925
Latest 12/18/1998
 

First 0.1"+ Snowfall of the Season (Calendar Day)
 
  Indianapolis
Avg. Date 11/24
Earliest 10/18/1989 (0.2")
Latest 01/04/1941 (0.5")
 

First 1.0"+ Snowfall of the Season (Calendar Day)
 
  Indianapolis
Avg. Date 12/08
Earliest 10/19/1989 (7.5")
Latest 03/17/1973 (2.0")
 

Latest Trace of Snowfall of the Season (Calendar Day)
 
  Indianapolis
Avg. Date 4-21
Earliest 03/21/2017
Latest 05/31/1889
 

Last 0.1"+ Snowfall of the Season (Calendar Day)
 
  Indianapolis
Avg. Date 03/16
Earliest 01/28/1918 (0.9")
Latest 05/09/1923 (0.9")
 

Last 1.0"+ Snowfall of the Season (Calendar Day)
 
  Indianapolis
Avg. Date 03/01
Earliest 11/15/1997 (1.6")
Latest 05/02/1897 (2.4")