Overview
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A large storm system brought heavy snow and ice to a large portion of the country around January 25. In central Indiana, snowfall amounts over 12 inches were recorded in parts of the area. Indianapolis' 1 day total of 9.1" was the largest 1-day snowfall since 2018. That 1-day total set a new snowfall record for January 25 at Indy. The snow caused many counties in the southern half of Indiana to go into a Travel Warning status. Very cold wind chills accompanied the system. |
 Storm Snowfall Map for USA |
Snow/Ice
The heaviest snow was across the southern half of central Indiana, with amounts over 12 inches. Snowfall began the evening of the 24th and continued into the late afternoon of the 25th. Below are maps of snow and ice reports across the country, followed by the storm total map for Indiana. A text listing of reports received for central Indiana follows below.
Storm Total Snow for Indiana. Click for a larger version.
(Note that amounts may not match your location exactly)
Text Listing of Snowfall Reports
Public Information Statement National Weather Service Indianapolis IN 557 PM EST Mon Jan 26 2026 ...JANAURY 25-26TH CENTRAL INDIANA STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL REPORTS... COUNTY Location Snowfall Time/Date Provider -------------------------------------------------------------------- BARTHOLOMEW 1 NNW Columbus 14.8 in 0633 PM 01/25 EMA GREENE Owensburg 14.8 in 0900 AM 01/26 EMA DAVIESS Washington 1.5 NW 14.7 in 0700 AM 01/26 CoCoRaHS JACKSON 4 W Hayden 14.7 in 0530 PM 01/25 Public GREENE 5 SSE Solsberry 14.5 in 0900 AM 01/26 EMA MONROE Ellettsville 14.5 in 0636 PM 01/25 CoCoRaHS MONROE Bloomington 2.7 E 14.5 in 0800 AM 01/26 CoCoRaHS BARTHOLOMEW 6 SW Columbus 14.2 in 0522 PM 01/25 Public BARTHOLOMEW Columbus 1.9 NNE 14.0 in 0700 AM 01/26 CoCoRaHS DAVIESS Plainville 1.3 S 14.0 in 0800 AM 01/26 CoCoRaHS GREENE Bloomfield 14.0 in 0900 AM 01/26 EMA GREENE Solsberry 14.0 in 0900 AM 01/26 EMA JACKSON Seymour 14.0 in 0507 PM 01/25 Public MONROE 3 SSE Bloomington 14.0 in 0519 PM 01/25 Public SULLIVAN Paxton 14.0 in 0510 PM 01/25 Public ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Central Indiana Location... Snowfall Time / Date Provider ...Bartholomew County... 1 NNW Columbus 14.8 in 0633 PM 01/25 EMA 6 SW Columbus 14.2 in 0522 PM 01/25 Public Columbus 1.9 NNE 14.0 in 0700 AM 01/26 COCORAHS ...Boone County... Lebanon 6 W 10.6 in 0700 AM 01/26 COOP Lebanon 9.1 SSE 10.6 in 0700 AM 01/26 COCORAHS Zionsville 0.5 NNW 8.9 in 0600 AM 01/26 COCORAHS Jamestown 0.2 NNE 8.0 in 0700 AM 01/26 COCORAHS ...Brown County... 1 WNW Spurgeons Corner 13.9 in 0529 PM 01/25 Public Nashville 3.0 WNW 13.2 in 0900 AM 01/26 COCORAHS (W9DBA)Morgantown 6.7 SSE 13.0 in 0600 AM 01/26 COCORAHS Nashville 7.8 SE 12.1 in 0729 AM 01/26 COCORAHS Princes Lakes 2.2 SSW 11.5 in 0800 AM 01/26 COCORAHS ...Carroll County... Burlington 8.5 in 0800 AM 01/26 COOP ...Clay County... Howesville 12.0 in 0701 AM 01/26 COCORAHS Bowling Green 1 W 10.5 in 0700 AM 01/26 COOP Brazil 1.2 SSW 9.7 in 0800 AM 01/26 COCORAHS ...Clinton County... Frankfort 4.9 NNE 8.5 in 0700 AM 01/26 COCORAHS 1 NE Frankfort 8.0 in 1100 AM 01/26 Trained Spotter Frankfort 0.9 SSE 7.6 in 0700 AM 01/26 COCORAHS Mulberry 0.6 SSE 7.0 in 0800 AM 01/26 COCORAHS ...Daviess County... Washington 1.5 NW 14.7 in 0700 AM 01/26 COCORAHS Plainville 1.3 S 14.0 in 0800 AM 01/26 COCORAHS Washington 3.3 SE 13.5 in 0700 AM 01/26 COCORAHS ...Decatur County... 1 SE Clarksburg 13.5 in 0526 PM 01/25 Public (KB9CIY)Greensburg 6.0 SW 12.5 in 0700 AM 01/26 COCORAHS ...Delaware County... Muncie 2.2 SSE 11.5 in 0700 AM 01/26 COCORAHS Muncie 11.5 in 0700 AM 01/26 COOP 2 N Ball State University 10.6 in 1040 AM 01/26 Public (K9CJC) Springport 3.5 NE 9.5 in 0700 AM 01/26 COCORAHS Yorktown 1.1 NNW 9.1 in 0700 AM 01/26 COCORAHS ...Fountain County... Covington 0.4 WNW 6.8 in 0700 AM 01/26 COCORAHS ...Greene County... Owensburg 14.8 in 0900 AM 01/26 EMA 5 SSE Solsberry 14.5 in 0900 AM 01/26 EMA Bloomfield 14.0 in 0900 AM 01/26 EMA Solsberry 14.0 in 0900 AM 01/26 EMA Springville 6.0 W 13.5 in 0630 AM 01/26 COCORAHS Bloomfield 12.5 in 0657 AM 01/26 COOP Linton 12.0 in 0900 AM 01/26 EMA Switz City 12.0 in 0900 AM 01/26 EMA ...Hamilton County... Westfield 11.8 in 0545 PM 01/25 Public Fishers 6.1 E 11.8 in 0700 AM 01/26 COCORAHS Mccordsville 2.6 NE 11.1 in 0700 AM 01/26 COCORAHS Carmel 1.5 W 10.5 in 0800 AM 01/26 COCORAHS Sheridan 0.3 ENE 10.0 in 0700 AM 01/26 COCORAHS Noblesville 4.4 ESE 9.5 in 0700 AM 01/26 COCORAHS 3 SE Cicero 7.5 in 0836 PM 01/25 Public ...Hancock County... 1 S Greenfield 12.5 in 0630 PM 01/25 Park/Forest Srvc 1 NE Cumberland 11.9 in 1031 PM 01/25 Public Greenfield 10.0 in 0800 AM 01/26 COOP ...Hendricks County... Clayton 0.4 WNW 11.4 in 0700 AM 01/26 COCORAHS 5 NNE Brownsburg 10.3 in 0700 PM 01/25 Trained Spotter Avon 1.5 SSE 10.2 in 0800 AM 01/26 COCORAHS ...Henry County... Lewisville 2 ENE 12.0 in 0900 PM 01/25 COOP New Castle 3 SW 11.0 in 0700 AM 01/26 COOP New Castle 3.2 W 9.3 in 0700 AM 01/26 COCORAHS ...Howard County... Kokomo 3 WSW 8.0 in 0800 AM 01/26 COOP Kokomo 4.6 ESE 7.0 in 0700 AM 01/26 COCORAHS Young America 1 SSE 6.4 in 0800 AM 01/26 COOP ...Jackson County... 4 W Hayden 14.7 in 0530 PM 01/25 Public Seymour 14.0 in 0507 PM 01/25 Public ...Jennings County... Scipio 2.2 NNW 13.0 in 0700 AM 01/26 COCORAHS ...Johnson County... Edinburgh 0.8 ENE 13.7 in 0800 AM 01/26 COCORAHS Bargersville 13.0 in 0510 PM 01/25 Trained Spotter Greenwood 4.6 SW 12.1 in 0700 AM 01/26 COCORAHS Greenwood 3.8 W 12.0 in 0700 AM 01/26 COCORAHS Franklin 1 W 11.5 in 0700 AM 01/26 COOP ...Knox County... Bicknell 0.5 W 12.1 in 0800 AM 01/26 COCORAHS Vincennes 4 E 11.0 in 0630 PM 01/25 COOP ...Lawrence County... Mitchell 4.1 E 13.2 in 0730 AM 01/26 COCORAHS ...Madison County... 3 ENE Anderson 11.5 in 0600 PM 01/25 Public Pendleton 5.9 WSW 11.5 in 0700 AM 01/26 COCORAHS 2 WNW Edgewood 10.2 in 0613 PM 01/25 Public Anderson 4.0 N 10.2 in 0700 AM 01/26 COCORAHS Anderson 1.9 ESE 9.5 in 0600 AM 01/26 COCORAHS ...Marion County... 1 E Lawrence 12.0 in 0530 PM 01/25 Public 1 WSW Warren Park 11.9 in 0612 PM 01/25 Public Beech Grove 4.0 SE 11.2 in 0700 AM 01/26 COCORAHS Indianapolis Intl AP 1 S 11.1 in 0700 AM 01/26 NWS WFO Castleton 2 S 10.3 in 1159 PM 01/25 COOP McCordsville 1.7 SW 10.1 in 0840 AM 01/26 COCORAHS Speedway 9.8 in 0500 PM 01/25 Trained Spotter Indianapolis 3.2 S 9.7 in 0700 AM 01/26 COCORAHS ...Martin County... Shoals 8 S 12.0 in 0800 AM 01/26 COOP ...Monroe County... Ellettsville 14.5 in 0636 PM 01/25 Cocorahs Bloomington 2.7 E 14.5 in 0800 AM 01/26 COCORAHS 3 SSE Bloomington 14.0 in 0519 PM 01/25 Public Indiana University 13.5 in 0530 PM 01/25 Amateur Radio Bloomington 1.7 NNW 13.4 in 0700 AM 01/26 COCORAHS Bloomington 7.1 E 13.0 in 0800 AM 01/26 COCORAHS Unionville 11.0 in 0712 AM 01/26 Public ...Montgomery County... Crawfordsville 6 SE 8.7 in 0600 AM 01/26 COOP ...Morgan County... 4 NNW Morgantown 13.5 in 0615 PM 01/25 Trained Spotter Mooresville 3.8 NE 10.5 in 0700 AM 01/26 COCORAHS (N9JPX)Paragon 3.2 ENE 10.5 in 0700 AM 01/26 COCORAHS Martinsville 3.9 ESE 10.5 in 0800 AM 01/26 COCORAHS Brooklyn 0.5 ENE 10.2 in 0820 AM 01/26 COCORAHS ...Owen County... Spencer 5.7 SE 12.9 in 0800 AM 01/26 COCORAHS (KD9LES) Gosport 1.2 WNW 11.5 in 0700 AM 01/26 COCORAHS Spencer 7.0 S 11.4 in 0700 AM 01/26 COCORAHS 5 ESE Freedom 11.0 in 0743 PM 01/25 Public ...Parke County... 1 NNE Rockville 7.8 in 0539 PM 01/25 Public Rockville 1 ENE 7.8 in 0630 AM 01/26 COCORAHS Rockville 6.8 in 0530 PM 01/25 COOP ...Putnam County... Cloverdale 3.5 W 11.4 in 0830 AM 01/26 COCORAHS 1 W Greencastle 8.1 in 1000 PM 01/25 Trained Spotter ...Randolph County... 3 S Parker City 11.0 in 0733 PM 01/25 Public Farmland 0.3 S 9.0 in 0700 AM 01/26 COCORAHS Farmland 5 NNW 7.6 in 0700 AM 01/26 COOP ...Rush County... Homer 0.4 NE 12.0 in 0700 AM 01/26 COCORAHS Morristown 3.8 ENE 11.5 in 0800 AM 01/26 COCORAHS Rushville 0.7 ENE 12.0 in 0600 AM 01/26 COCORAHS ...Shelby County... (KB9RBB)Fairland 0.9 SSW 13.0 in 0700 AM 01/26 COCORAHS 2 SSW Shelbyville 12.5 in 0756 PM 01/25 Public ...Sullivan County... Paxton 14.0 in 0510 PM 01/25 Public Hymera 12.0 in 0515 PM 01/25 Amateur Radio Sullivan 11.5 in 0630 PM 01/25 Public Graysville 5 WNW 11.2 in 0800 AM 01/26 COOP Farmersburg TV-2 10.5 in 1159 PM 01/25 COOP ...Tippecanoe County... Lafayette 2.2 S 7.4 in 0700 AM 01/26 COCORAHS 1 N West Lafayette 7.4 in 0800 AM 01/26 COCORAHS West Lafayette 5.9 N 6.7 in 0700 AM 01/26 COCORAHS West Lafayette 5 NW 6.4 in 0800 AM 01/26 COOP Lafayette 2.2 NE 6.3 in 0700 AM 01/26 COCORAHS Lafayette 8 S 6.2 in 0800 AM 01/26 COOP ...Tipton County... 4 W Atlanta 10.0 in 0700 AM 01/26 CO-OP Observer Kempton 0.2 SSW 9.0 in 0700 AM 01/26 COCORAHS ...Vermillion County... 1 WSW Gessie 6.5 in 0700 AM 01/26 CO-OP Observer ...Vigo County... 1 NNE North Terre Haute 10.5 in 0500 PM 01/25 Trained Spotter West Terre Haute 5.0 SW 9.0 in 0700 AM 01/26 COCORAHS 1 E Terre Haute 8.5 in 0613 PM 01/25 Public Terre Haute 6.5 N 8.5 in 0830 AM 01/26 COCORAHS Universal 3.1 SSW 8.0 in 0500 AM 01/26 COCORAHS Observations are collected from a variety of sources with varying equipment and exposures. We thank all volunteer weather observers for their dedication. Not all data listed are considered official.
Environment
Surface low pressure stayed well to the south of central Indiana. Moisture overran cold air at the surface and resulted in the snowfall across the area.
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| Figure 1: Zoomed-in Surface Map at 7:00 AM Jan 25 | Figure 2: 500mb Plot at 7:00 AM Jan 25 | Figure 3: 850-700mb Frontogenesis at 7:00 AM Jan 25 |
Additional Information
Indiana Department of Homeland Security Travel Status Map
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| IDHS Travel Status Map at 11:30 PM January 25 (courtesy of IDHS) |
Cold Wind Chills After the Snow
Cold air, fresh snow cover, and winds from the exiting system brought dangerous wind chills to central Indiana in the morning hours of January 26.
Public Information Statement National Weather Service Indianapolis IN 1143 AM EST Mon Jan 26 2026 ...MINIMUM WIND CHILL REPORTS IN CENTRAL INDIANA THIS MORNING... COUNTY Location WC Temp. Time/Date Provider ------------------------------------------------------------------ CLINTON Frankfort -26 F 0925 AM 01/26 DAVIS HAMILTON Sheridan -26 F 0925 AM 01/26 DAVIS MONTGOMERY Crawfordsville -25 F 0935 AM 01/26 AWOS MONTGOMERY Romney -25 F 0925 AM 01/26 DAVIS MONTGOMERY Colfax -24 F 0945 AM 01/26 DAVIS MONTGOMERY Darlington -24 F 1005 AM 01/26 DAVIS PUTNAM 1 S Carpentersville -24 F 0818 AM 01/26 Mesonet PARKE Roachdale -23 F 0955 AM 01/26 DAVIS TIPPECANOE Purdue Univ. Airport -23 F 0754 AM 01/26 ASOS FOUNTAIN Wingate -22 F 0735 AM 01/26 DAVIS HENDRICKS 2 ESE Danville -22 F 0935 AM 01/26 AWOS MONTGOMERY 1 ESE New Market -22 F 0859 AM 01/26 Meosnet PARKE Rockville -22 F 0930 AM 01/26 DAVIS PUTNAM Fillmore -22 F 0925 AM 01/26 DAVIS GREENE Lizton -21 F 0755 AM 01/26 DAVIS HAMILTON 3 ENE Fishers -20 F 1000 AM 01/26 Mesonet MARION Indianapolis -20 F 0854 AM 01/26 ASOS MARION Eagle Creek Airpark -20 F 0953 AM 01/26 ASOS PUTNAM Greencastle -20 F 0915 AM 01/26 AWOS TIPTON Kirklin -20 F 0925 AM 01/26 DAVIS Observations are collected from a variety of sources with varying equipment and exposures. We thank all volunteer weather observers for their dedication. Not all data listed are considered official.
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