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Two weekends ago, Indiana was facing freezing temperatures that broke numerous records across the state.
Two weekends ago, Indiana was facing freezing temperatures that broke numerous records across the state.
This week brought freezing temperatures across much of Indiana – an unpleasant change from the previous weeks that were encouraging us to think about short sleeves and flip-flops!
Sporadic rain events are barely bringing relief to sections of Indiana .
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.
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.
April is indicative of vegetation rapidly greening up, accumulating growing degree-days, and those infamous April showers.
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