Early spring flowers have already cycled through, I’m on record pace for mowing my yard, and field activity has been delayed due to a wet April.
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Have you ever heard of the song by Glenn Frey, “The Heat Is On”? No pun intended, but the heat is certainly on!
For the past seven weeks, abnormally dry conditions gradually spread and intensified across Indiana to eventually cover over 98% of the state.
While drought has been on many people’s minds lately, Indiana has had several rain events pass through that brought much needed moisture.
The weather has been absolutely beautiful over the past few days. Temperatures have finally rebounded, vegetation is green again, and agricultural crops are beginning to emerge from the freshly planted fields. Despite the warming temperatures, we still have not dug ourselves out of the below-normal start to May. Through the first ten days of the month, Indiana averaged 0.7◦F below normal (Figure 1). The largest departures occurred in climate divisions 6 and 9, which were 1.6◦F and 1.9◦F below normal, respectively. Angola, located in Steuben County, was the coldest location with an average temperature of 50.9◦F (4.0◦F below normal). Evansville was the warmest with an average temperature of 63.4◦F, which was 2.0◦F below normal. Accumulated Modified Growing Degree Days (April 1 – May 10) continued to run within 60 MGDDs of normal throughout the state (Figure 2). Statewide, MGDDs have accumulated between 160 and 420 units since April 1. Four-inch[Read More…]
It is May, the sun is shining, of course the wind is blowing, and the weather forecast is calling for warmer temperatures.
This past weekend brought some much-needed rain to the Hoosier state.
The June 2022 state average precipitation was 2.42 inches below the 1991-2020 normal, which ended up being the 14th driest on record.
Over the last 30 days (April 3 – May 2), average temperatures ran below normal for most of the state (Figure 1).
It seems to be a big challenge these days to find two or more consecutive days without precipitation.
