Scattered shower and storm chances are with us through the weekend. Chances will be highest in the morning today and tomorrow. A front will meander around central Indiana today, finally moving north of Indiana tomorrow. That’ll mean even warmer numbers Sunday and Monday. The upper atmosphere settles down a little Monday so we may be able to get through an entire day without storm chances, before they return again Monday night and Tuesday.
A Twitter follower asked yesterday: “Is it just me, or has this been the cloudiest/rainiest/stormiest summer in a long time?” Answer: it’s the rainiest in about three years. Here are five years of the June precipitation totals in Indianapolis:
June 2014: 6.23
June 2013: 3.66
June 2012: 0.09
June 2011: 5.76
June 2010: 9.73
Much drier air should follow the front Wednesday, and stay through at least Independence Day. The Fourth is looking awesome at the moment, with high pressure right over the state, yielding a sunny sky, low humidity, and highs slightly below normal.
Normal was nowhere to be found two years ago today. The high in Indy was 104, setting a record. High temperatures made it to 100 or better nine times that long hot summer. Prior to 2012 however, the last time the mercury reached to 101 or better was August 16, 1988. This summer? Indy hasn’t even made it to 90 yet, officially. Highest so far is 88. The highest in Lafayette’s been 89. Muncie, Bloomington, and Terre Haute have all been warmer already. It might be close again Monday.
INDY ALMANAC:
The average high today is 85 and the average low is 65. Records are 104 and 50. That 104 came two years ago today. The sun rises at 6:20 and sets at 9:17.
PAUL’S PREVIOUS PREDICTION:
Yesterday’s high was 86. My forecast was 87.
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