INDIANAPOLIS – It has been two years since an area of low pressure brought heavy rain and gusty winds to central Indiana from January 9-11. The heavy rain set a new record in Indianapolis and brought flooding across the state as well. A widespread 2″-4″ fell across the state during that timeframe.

January 11 Almanac

• Record high temperature: 70° (1890)
• Record low temperature: -16° (1977)
• Record rainfall: 1.52″ (2020)
• Record snowfall: 7.2″ (1918)

It was also on this date, back in 1975, strong winds behind a cold front downed hundreds of trees across Indiana and rolled several mobile homes.