The past 30 days have been met with warmer than normal temperatures in the northern counties and drier than normal conditions throughout most of the state. This warm and dry environment is conducive to developing drought – particularly with the increased evapotranspiration rates. While climate outlooks are calling for increased confidence of above-normal precipitation throughout the rest of July, these events are likely to remain spotty with inconsistent coverage across the state.
The forecasts and climate outlooks are still calling for hot and dry (though humid) conditions for the rest of July.
The roller coaster ride of Indiana weather continues.
Prior to this week, there was growing concern of developing drought across Indiana.
Indiana has been very dry the last several weeks (Figure 1) and conditions are starting to show in lawns and fields.
The forecasts and climate outlooks over the next several weeks is calling for below-normal precipitation and above-normal temperatures (Figure 1).
The month of May was sprinkled with a record-breaking freeze over Mother’s Day weekend, followed by heavy rainfall the following weekend, with a roller coaster of cool periods and extremely warm periods.
On May 21st, the national Climate Prediction Center released the June-July-August summer outlook for temperature and precipitation (Figure 1).
Two weekends ago, Indiana was facing freezing temperatures that broke numerous records across the state.
Growing degree day (GDD) accumulations (Figures 1 and 2) have been off to a slow start this season due to unseasonably cool temperatures.
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