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Indianapolis, IN 39.725°N, 86.282°W · station INDthr · 156 years of record
93°F
HOTTEST JUL 15 SINCE 2010
forecast high · Jul 15
NWS NDFD forecast high temperature for Indianapolis.
88° MON 7/13 91° TUE 7/14 93° WED 7/15 92° THU 7/16 90° FRI 7/17 90° SAT 7/18 87° SUN 7/19 This Day in History · Jul 15
Today ranks #17 / 155
warmest Jul 15 in 155 yrs of record
Hottest Jul 15 ever 106°F
set in 1936
Coolest Jul 15 ever 70°F
set in 1987
Hottest Jul 15 — Year by Year
Every year's high on Jul 15 at Indianapolis. The forecast line shows where today lands; the ringed bar is the hottest on record.
70 88 106 1871: 89°F 1872: 92°F 1873: 91°F 1874: 88°F 1875: 83°F 1876: 85°F 1877: 89°F 1878: 92°F 1879: 96°F 1880: 93°F 1881: 90°F 1882: 80°F 1883: 85°F 1884: 80°F 1885: 89°F 1886: 80°F 1887: 96°F 1888: 73°F 1889: 75°F 1890: 89°F 1891: 75°F 1892: 92°F 1893: 93°F 1894: 90°F 1895: 89°F 1896: 92°F 1897: 84°F 1898: 88°F 1899: 84°F 1900: 89°F 1901: 95°F 1902: 87°F 1903: 77°F 1904: 84°F 1905: 90°F 1906: 88°F 1907: 83°F 1908: 87°F 1909: 85°F 1910: 89°F 1911: 90°F 1912: 89°F 1913: 91°F 1914: 86°F 1915: 91°F 1916: 92°F 1917: 84°F 1918: 85°F 1919: 84°F 1920: 86°F 1921: 90°F 1922: 86°F 1923: 90°F 1924: 82°F 1925: 89°F 1926: 80°F 1927: 84°F 1928: 78°F 1929: 77°F 1930: 78°F 1931: 95°F 1932: 96°F 1933: 88°F 1934: 96°F 1935: 83°F 1936: 106°F 1937: 91°F 1938: 82°F 1939: 82°F 1940: 82°F 1941: 91°F 1942: 83°F 1943: 88°F 1944: 88°F 1945: 76°F 1946: 77°F 1947: 81°F 1948: 80°F 1949: 87°F 1950: 86°F 1951: 89°F 1952: 84°F 1953: 90°F 1954: 83°F 1955: 85°F 1956: 81°F 1957: 88°F 1958: 83°F 1959: 89°F 1960: 75°F 1961: 78°F 1962: 81°F 1963: 84°F 1964: 76°F 1965: 82°F 1966: 86°F 1967: 75°F 1968: 91°F 1969: 87°F 1970: 88°F 1971: 82°F 1972: 90°F 1973: 85°F 1974: 90°F 1975: 84°F 1976: 94°F 1977: 95°F 1978: 81°F 1979: 87°F 1980: 93°F 1981: 77°F 1982: 87°F 1983: 93°F 1984: 89°F 1985: 86°F 1986: 87°F 1987: 70°F 1988: 97°F 1989: 80°F 1990: 75°F 1991: 86°F 1992: 88°F 1993: 76°F 1994: 83°F 1995: 95°F 1996: 90°F 1997: 86°F 1998: 80°F 1999: 88°F 2000: 87°F 2001: 84°F 2002: 88°F 2003: 80°F 2004: 80°F 2005: 86°F 2006: 92°F 2007: 86°F 2008: 83°F 2009: 82°F 2010: 93°F 2011: 89°F 2012: 89°F 2013: 88°F 2014: 71°F 2015: 82°F 2016: 88°F 2017: 82°F 2018: 91°F 2019: 90°F 2020: 86°F 2021: 89°F 2022: 82°F 2023: 84°F 2024: 89°F 2025: 87°F 93° forecast 1871 1936 2025 Forecast high · Jul 15 93°F Hottest this date since 2010 This-date record 106°F This-date rank #17 of 155
Hottest at any time since 2026 All-time record 106°F (1901) Odds to tie/break 0.0% (daily) Period of record 1871–2026
The hottest and coldest ever recorded at Indianapolis in each calendar month, and for the whole 1871–2026 record — with the year each was set.
Month Record High Record Low Jan 71°F 1950 -27°F 1994 Feb 77°F 2018 -21°F 1982 Mar 88°F 2026 -7°F 1980 Apr 90°F 1925 18°F 1950 May 96°F 1895 27°F 2020 Jun 104°F 2012 37°F 1992 Jul 106°F 1901 46°F 1944 Aug 103°F 1918 41°F 1965 Sep 100°F 1939 30°F 1899 Oct 92°F 2019 20°F 1962 Nov 81°F 1950 -5°F 1880 Dec 74°F 1982 -23°F 1989 All-time 106°F 1901 -27°F 1994
Records set or tied at Indianapolis so far this year — through Jul 11.
Record Highs in 2026 4 broke
plus 2 tied — daily record highs set this year
Monthly high record this year: Mar (88°F)
Record Lows in 2026 0 broke
plus 0 tied — daily record lows set this year
Current run 0 days
consecutive days with a high ≥ 90°F
Longest ever 23 days
record run, ended Aug 8 2011
So far in 2026 7 days
days with a high ≥ 90°F this year
Normal high & low by month, from Indianapolis's own 1991–2020 record. Today's normal high: 86°F · forecast is +7° vs normal .
Jan: 36°F Jan: 21°F Feb: 41°F Feb: 24°F Mar: 52°F Mar: 33°F Apr: 64°F Apr: 43°F May: 74°F May: 54°F Jun: 82°F Jun: 63°F Jul: 85°F Jul: 66°F Aug: 84°F Aug: 65°F Sep: 78°F Sep: 58°F Oct: 66°F Oct: 46°F Nov: 52°F Nov: 35°F Dec: 41°F Dec: 26°F J F M A M J J A S O N D Sun & Daylight Today Sunrise 4:28 AM Sunset 7:13 PM Solar noon 11:51 AM Daylight 14h 45m · losing 8 min/wk
Local standard time (no DST), level horizon.
Location 39.73°N, 86.28°W Indianapolis's observed daily high for the last six weeks — a white ring marks any day that broke or tied its daily record for that date.
Every day this year against Indianapolis's own record — the record high, the normal, and the full span ever seen. A shareable look at where the year stands.
Each cell is one day's high at Indianapolis, coloured by temperature — 156 years of record, so heat waves read as warm streaks and cold snaps as blue.
How many days a year hit a given high at Indianapolis — counted through Jul 15 each year, so you can see whether 2026 is running hot. Pick a threshold:
70° 75° 80° 85° 90° 95° 100° 105° 110°
7 days ≥90°F so far in 2026 — tied for the 68th most in 156 years. Normal for this point: 8 . Record: 27 in 2012.
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