Sporadic rain events are barely bringing relief to sections of Indiana .
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Even the climate models are confused by this year’s weather. When the August monthly outlook was released (July 31st; national Climate Prediction Center) it showed significant confidence that August would have below-normal temperatures and below-normal precipitation.
Another period of rain passed through the state earlier this week, providing limited rain to the northeast and southern counties.
The brief rain event earlier this week brought some precipitation to the state. However, the drier regions of the north could use more rain soon!
The brutal heat wave has passed, but there are still plenty of warm days ahead. Climate outlooks (over the next few weeks) are suggesting confidence of above-normal precipitation across Indiana.
While the remnants of Hurricane Barry brought some much-needed precipitation to the state, the next few weeks look to be on the dry side.
It seems someone left the oven on, again! Temperatures, so far, for July have been several degrees above normal (Figure 1) and with relatively calm winds and little precipitation, the warm temperatures during the day can feel brutal.
When I was very young, I remember my father talking about “knee high by the Fourth of July”.
Outlook into early next week looks favorable for a dry weekend, but chances for precipitation around the state pop back up around Tuesday.
Some weeks I wonder if I could just re-use the previous week’s weather and climate article! The story seems to be the same: It’s been wet and more rain is expected.
