The remnants of Hurricane Beryl brought much-needed rain to the state, although some areas experienced excessive totals.
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After several weeks of little-to-no rain, Indiana welcomed some much-needed precipitation over the last several days. While amounts ranged from 1-to-3 inches (except for a few counties in west-northwest Indiana (see Figure 1)), the state is still several inches from recovering from the deficit and relieving most impacts. The U.S. Drought Monitor this week (based upon data through the morning of Tuesday, June 13th) now has all of Indiana in some category of abnormal dryness or drought (Figure 2). The driest location is northwestern Indiana where severe drought (D2) is impacting several counties. Most of northern and some central Indiana counties are in moderate drought (D1) with southern Indiana Abnormally Dry (D0). After the additional precipitation that fell on June 13th along with what is forecasted (Figure 3) through next Thursday, Jun 22nd, there is a strong probability that drought will not worsen for much of the southern half of[Read More…]
July temperatures averaged 1◦F above normal but had a couple of periods of extreme heat.
This past weekend brought some much-needed rain to the Hoosier state.
Delayed planting seasons create a lot of frustrations for everyone involved with planting crops.
Indiana adds one more week to its months-long streak of having no drought across the state. In fact, from March 1st through April 14th (45 days), 35 of those days (78%) had precipitation in South Bend (31 days), Indianapolis (26 days), and/or Evansville (25 days).
While Hurricane Ida and her remnants have wreaked havoc down south and in the mid-Atlantic states, she was relatively kind and generous when it came to Indiana. Some southern counties received between 4 and 5 inches from Ida (Figure 1).
Last week, the topic around Indiana was the snow event in April. This week started off with above normal temperatures followed by significant rainfall.
Prior to this week, there was growing concern of developing drought across Indiana.
Two weekends ago, Indiana was facing freezing temperatures that broke numerous records across the state.
