Two different questions in the inbox this morning. First: “How normal is early March snow in Indy?”
Pretty normal. The average date of the last measurable snowfall is March 30. (The latest is May 9, 1923.) There is a 12.1 snowfall in Indy recorded March 19 of 1906. Heck…just last year there was a 7.9 inch snowfall over the last day of February and the first day of March.
We have two snow chances in the hopper this week. One is an inch-or-less event Tuesday evening. Another could bring a 1-3 inch snowfall Thursday.
BTW, question number two was about how wind gusts are measured. The American Meteorological Society defines a wind gust as a sudden brief increase in the speed of the wind. It’s not actually a maximum instantaneous wind speed, but a speed measured over some period of time, typically 3 seconds with modern instruments. (It used to be 5 seconds.)
PEAK SATURDAY GUSTS
51 mph Indy & Kokomo
49 mph Terre Haute
47 mph Lafayette
45 mph Muncie
PEAK TEMPS
Indy missed a tie with the record high by one little degree yesterday. Even with that two records were set in the month of February:
72 on February 20
61 on February 2
There were also two record highs in December (one was a tie) and one record in November.
PAUL’S PREVIOUS PREDICTION
Yesterday’s high was 67. My forecast was 65.
INDY ALMANAC
The average high today is 45 and the average low is 28. Records are 74 and -2. The sun rises at 7:19am and sets at 6:37pm.
INDY SEVEN DAY FORECAST
Today: Decreasing cloudiness. High 54.
Tonight: Partly cloudy. Low 38.
Tuesday: Rainy. Rain mixed with snow by late afternoon. High 48.
Tuesday Night: Rain completely changes to snow, with little accumulation. Low 25.
Wednesday: Partly cloudy. Chance of flurries north and northeast of Indy. High 35.
Wednesday Night: Partly cloudy. Low 26.
Thursday: Snow likely. It may be mixed with rain, especially from Indy southward. High 37.
Thursday Night: Snow chances. Final totals: 1-3 inches. Low 25.
Friday: Becoming mostly sunny. High 39.
Friday Night: Partly cloudy. Low 27.
Saturday: Partly sunny. Chance of showers. High 50.
Saturday Night: Partly cloudy. Low 28.
Sunday: Partly sunny. High 52.
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