The average spring (March–May) temperature in Indiana was 55.9°F, which was 4°F above the 1991–2020 normal.
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Indiana has seen several rounds of severe weather, and many are likely ready for a break.
Since last Friday, many parts of Indiana have seen a significant amount of rain (Figure 1).
The term “flash drought” has become popularized in recent years to describe a rapidly intensifying drought situation.
Temperatures across Indiana averaged 2°F below normal during the past 30 days (April 28–May 27) (Figure 1).
Recent rounds of thunderstorms have brought highly variable rainfall totals across Indiana, continuing a familiar spring pattern of “haves and have-nots” when it comes to precipitation.
The first week of May certainly didn’t feel like May as temperatures ended up 5-10 deg F below normal across the state (Figure 1).
After another rainy start to the week, some of you may be ready for a few dry days to get out in the garden or field to start planting.
Indiana saw a lot of precipitation the early part of this past week with rainfall totals ranging from 0.5” or greater in the northern and far southwestern counties to over 5” in south-central Indiana. In fact, an observer just south of Bedford, IN reported a combined total of 5.80”! Figure 1 shows the 2-day total amounts from volunteer CoCoRaHS observers – illustrating how valuable their contributions are to precipitation monitoring. CoCoRaHS – which stands for Community Collaborative Rain, Hail, and Snow network – is a volunteer, citizen science program where anyone with interest in the weather and providing data to a larger community can sign up to take daily precipitation observations and report findings online or through a mobile map. Data is then collected nationally and made publicly available for the public to see and use. Programs such as the National Weather Service, state climatologists, emergency managers, and local communities[Read More…]
For at least 100 straight weeks (since mid-July 2024!) counties in north-central Indiana (from about Newton and Benton counties in the west to Allen, Adams, and Jay counties in the east) have been in some level of dryness.
