Here are a few Independence Day weather statistics for the period of record at Indianapolis. There have been 140 Fourth Of July’s since weather records began at Indianapolis.
AVERAGES
High Temperature: 84.8 degrees
Low Temperature: 65.3 degrees
Precipitation: 0.22 inches
EXTREMES
Wettest: 2.40″ in 1957
Warmest: 103 in 1911
Coolest (Record Low Max): 70 degrees in 2009 (71 degrees in 2008 – two consecutive record years)
FREQUENCIES
Dry Fourth: 73 times (52%)
Wet Fourth: 67 times (48%)
One Inch or More Precip: 12 times (9%)
90+ Degrees: 38 times (27%)
High < 80 Degrees: 25 times (18%)
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