It is May, the sun is shining, of course the wind is blowing, and the weather forecast is calling for warmer temperatures.
Austin Pearson
Despite the cooler weather we’ve experienced the last couple of weeks, temperatures from April 1st through 26th averaged 2.3°F above normal for the entire state (Figure 1).
Through the first 18 days of April, temperatures ran 5.5◦F above normal statewide (Figure 1).
Much like March, April has gotten off to a warm start.
Indiana experienced near-normal temperatures for March as the state averaged 40.9◦F, despite the record warmth at the beginning of the month (Figure 1).
As meteorological winter officially ended on Feb 28, we still have a few more official days of winter left.
Fall has brought cooler weather through the first twelve days of October.
September has gotten off to a warmer-than-normal start through September 7, averaging 2.1◦F above normal across the state (Figure 1).
For the second week in a row, the much-appreciated cooler temperatures remained from August 17-23. The preliminary state average temperature was 71.2◦F, which was 1.2◦F below the 1991-2020 normal.
Cooler weather has arrived as all of the Indiana climate divisions average temperatures were 1-1.8◦F above normal, compared to the 4-6◦F above normal temperature departures from a week ago.
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