Indiana: April 15-17, 1961 Snowstorm

A late season winter storm hit the state of Indiana on April 15-17, 1961. Here is a recap of the storm.

Storm Report from NCDC

Hourly observations from the Indianapolis International Airport:
April 15 observations
April 16 observations
April 17 observations

Hourly observations from the Fort Wayne International Airport:
April 15 observations
April 16 observations
April 17 observations

Hourly observations from the South Bend Michiana Regional Airport:
April 15 observations
April 16 observations
April 17 observations


Snowfall reports from across the state of Indiana (sorted by county):

Fort Wayne Disposal Plant (Allen): 5.0"
Fort Wayne International Airport (Allen): 4.9"
Hartford City 4 ESE (Blackford): 6.5"
Whitestown (Boone): 4.9"
Delphi (Carroll): 6.6"
Logansport Radio WSA (Cass): 6.0"
Bowling Green 3 NE (Clay): 2.0"
Frankfort Disposal Plant (Clinton): 4.5"
Muncie 4 SE (Delaware): 1.0"
Elkhart (Elkhart): 7.8"
Goshen (Elkhart): 8.8"
Goshen Municipal Airport (Elkhart): 7.0"
Rochester (Fulton): 7.0"
Johnson Exp Farm (Gibson): 1.5"
Marion 2 N (Grant): 7.0"
Greenfield (Hancock): 2.0"
New Castle 4 SSE (Henry): 1.5"
Huntington (Huntington): 7.2"
Rensselaer (Jasper): 8.3"
Portland 1 SW (Jay): 2.5"
Salamonia (Jay): 6.4"
Franklin 2 NNE (Johnson): 2.0"
Warsaw (Kosciusko): 7.0"
Gary (Lake): 6.8"
Hobart 2 WNW (Lake): 5.7"
Whiting (Lake): 6.6"
La Porte (La Porte): 11.4"
Michigan City (La Porte): 10.5"
Wanatah 2 WNW (La Porte): 6.2"
Bedford (Lawrence): 1.0"
Anderson Sewage Plant (Madison): 3.0"
Anderson Water Works (Madison): 4.0"
Elwood (Madison): 4.0"
Indianapolis International Airport (Marion): 2.7"
Plymouth Power Substation (Marshall): 8.5"
Peru Grissom AFB (Miami): 3.9"
Bloomington Indiana University (Monroe): 4.3"
Crawfordsville Power Plant (Montgomery): 1.8"
Kentland (Newton): 7.0"
Albion 5 E (Noble): 4.0"
Kendallville (Noble): 5.0"
Rockville (Parke): 5.8"
Ogden Dunes (Porter): 7.8"
Valparaiso Waterworks (Porter): 9.3"
Winamac 2 SSE (Pulaski): 8.0"
Greencastle 1 E (Putnam): 5.0"
Winchester AAP 3 (Randolph): 6.0"
Rushville (Rush): 0.5"
South Bend Michiana Regional Airport (St. Joseph): 10.4"
Angola (Steuben): 7.4"
Lafayette 8 S (Tippecanoe): 5.4"
Lafayette Purdue University Airport (Tippecanoe): 3.0"
West Lafayette 6 NW (Tippecanoe): 5.0"
Liberty 3 SSE (Union): 1.6"
Evansville Regional Airport (Vanderburgh): 1.3"
Wabash (Wabash): 4.0"
Salem (Washington): 1.0"
Cambridge City 3 N (Wayne): 1.0"
Richmond Airport (Wayne): 1.2"
Richmond Waterworks (Wayne): 3.5"
Bluffton (Wells): 6.2"
Columbia City (Whitley): 4.0"

Track and evolution of the storm in six hour increments, from 12z April 15 to 12z April 17.