
The 2023-2024 meteorological winter (December, January, and February) has concluded, but it seems as if we only experienced a couple weeks of winter-like weather this season.
The 2023-2024 meteorological winter (December, January, and February) has concluded, but it seems as if we only experienced a couple weeks of winter-like weather this season.
Certainly, this incredible inconsistency that our atmosphere has been exposing us to is not unusual for the Midwest. That does not make it any less jarring, though, to go from needing to wear sweaters and a coat to then forgetting that coat at the office because the weather got warmer.
Recent weather maps
To say the last few months have been dry is a bit of an understatement. Since August 1st, only a sliver of Newton and Benton counties (northwest Indiana) and the tiniest speck of Warrick County (southwest Indiana) have had above-normal precipitation.
Our dry spell continues. Sure, there’s been a few passing showers, but Indiana is quickly seeing impacts magnify from the lack of rain.
The fall crisp was in the air this morning (9/13), so cool that I had to grab that sweatshirt I bought in mid-August while getting my kiddo on the bus.
Wednesday, September 6th was the first day in what seemed like a long, long time, that rain fell across most of Indiana.
We were on a good stretch where consistent and sometimes too much rainfall eliminated drought throughout Indiana.
Have you ever heard of the song by Glenn Frey, “The Heat Is On”? No pun intended, but the heat is certainly on!
Over the last 30 days (July 18-August 15), the state average temperature was 73.5◦F, which was essentially normal.
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