Heavy Rains of July 2015

The wet weather pattern of June continued into July across central Indiana. Waves of thunderstorms moved across the state at times during the month, some bringing more than 5" in one day to some locations.

The heavy rain resulted not only in flash flooding, but also prolonged flooding of area streams and rivers. The flooding damaged homes and property.

Haw Creek July 14
Haw Creek near Columbus on July 14

Indianapolis Statistics through July 27:

Wettest July on Record and Wettest Month on Record (13.14"). July stats
For June 1-July 27: 2nd Wettest Period on Record with 21.50". 1875 had the highest total for that period with 22.23".
Second wettest Climatological Summer (June 1 - August 31) on record with 21.50". Summer stats

Graph of Rainfall at Indianapolis from June 1-July 27. Click for a full size version.

Other cities' rainfall maps for June 1 - July 27:

Lafayette (Purdue University Airport)
Terre Haute (Hulman Regional Airport)
Bloomington (Monroe County Airport)

Rainfall Maps

30 Day Map: The map below shows rainfall for July 2 through July 31.

30 Day Rainfall Map

Below are some maps of days which had significant rainfall. The period is for the 24 hours ending approximately at 8:00 AM on the date of the map. Click any map for a larger version.