2024 Total Solar Eclipse Central Indiana Climatology and Information

Overview

A total solar eclipse will occur on April 8, 2024 for much of central Indiana. Information for this area can be found in the tabs below. For information for all of Indiana, please visit the Indiana Eclipse Info page.

Forecasts
Current Weather
Maps and Timing
Links and Infographics
Temp/Precip Climo
Cloud Cover Climo

Forecasts

Graphical cloud cover forecast (use slider bar to adjust time)
Hourly graphs of temperature, sky cover, and precipitation chances for selected cities in the path of totality
Indiana Overview, which includes forecast images of best and worst case scenarios for sky cover for Indiana

Hourly Forecast for Indianapolis Area

Current Weather

Regional Radar	Regional Satellite (USA View)

Maps and Timing

*Click Any Image for a Larger Version*
Map and Timing of Total Eclipse. An accessible table of the timing is also available if unable to view the image. Timing for any location is available from the US Naval Observatory

Total Eclipse Path (Orange)	Zoomed in Total Eclipse Path (Orange)

Map of Duration of Totality for Indiana	Zoomed in Map of Totality Duration

Links

State of Indiana
Indiana Department of Natural Resources, includes info about state parks and viewing
US Naval Observatory
NASA
- Eclipse Viewing Safety Info from NASA (English and Spanish Versions)
Indiana Travel Conditions (traffic map and cameras from Indiana Department of Transportation)
Federal Highway Administration info on the eclipse and travel
Additional cloud cover climatology from NESDIS

Infographics

Temp/Precip Climo

April 8 Temperature/Precipitation Climatology for Indianapolis

City	Record High Temperature	Normal High Temperature	Record Cold High Temperature	Record Warm Low Temperature	Normal Low Temperature	Record Low Temperature
Indianapolis	83 in 2001	61	33 in 1916	64 in 2001	41	18 in 1972

City	Record Precipitation	Record Snowfall	Normal Precipitation
Indianapolis	2.15" in 1873	2.7" in 1957	0.13"

Indianapolis Temperature, Precipitation, and Snowfall Distributions

April 8 Temperature/Precipitation Climatology for Selected Cities

Click the link in a city name to see Temperature, Precipitation, and Snowfall Distributions

City	Record High Temp	Normal High Temp	Normal Low Temp	Record Low Temp	Record Max Rainfall
Lafayette (1964-2023)	83 in 2001	59	38	16 in 1996	1.48" in 1965
Muncie (1963-2023)	86 in 2001	61	40	17 in 1982	2.30" in 2000
Terre Haute (1897-1954, 1998-2023)	84 in 2001	62	40	23 in 2018	1.13" in 1938
Bloomington (1998-2023)	82 in 2001	63	40	21 in 2018	0.59" in 2020
Lawrenceville IL/Vincennes (1997-2023)	85 in 2020	65	42	28 in 2018	0.35" in 2020

April 8 Severe Weather Climo (1950-2023)

Central Indiana has observed severe weather on 7 different occasions on April 8 since 1950:

Severe Weather on April 8
Year	Type of Severe Weather	Timing
1965	Tornado, Hail, Damaging Winds	During and After Time of 2024 Eclipse
1980	Tornado, Hail, Damaging Winds	During Time of 2024 Eclipse
1995	Hail, Damaging Winds	During and After Time of 2024 Eclipse
1998	Hail, Damaging Winds, Funnel Cloud	After Time of 2024 Eclipse
2000	Flooding/Flash Flooding	Before Time of 2024 Eclipse
2015	Hail, Damaging Winds, Flash Flooding	Before and During Time of 2024 Eclipse
2020	Tornado, Hail, Damaging Winds	After Time of 2024 Eclipse

Cloud Cover Climo

(Satellite Images from April 8 for 2000-2023 follow below the Climatology Maps)

Climatological Cloud Cover Maps (1979-2022)


Cloud Cover Climo for 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM EDT Apr 8	Minimal Cloud Cover Climo for 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM EDT Apr 8 (Date on Image is Incorrect)

Zoomed in Version of Cloud Cover Climatology	Cloud Cover Climatology, but Only for El Niño Years

Historic Cloud Cover for April 8 (2000-2023)

CIMSS / UW-Madison has a loop of sky cover at around 3 PM EDT (2PM EST) for the years 1979-2023: .gif format .mp4 format

Below are satellite images from about 2 or 3 PM EDT (1 or 2 PM EST) for April 8 for the years 2000-2023. Click on the image for a larger version. (Due to limitations in the archive, some images are taken from a hemispheric satellite image view. Hemispheric satellite archive images are found the NCEI website. Some images courtesy of Iowa State.)