Even with chills in the TEENS at midday it still feels FIFTY degrees warmer than last Friday! The actual air temperature in Indy barely budged above zero Friday. To show how rare this is, since 1880, there have only been 16 days where the high did not reach 0 degrees! Look at these Friday morning wind chills.
But hey! It was White!
The National Weather Service in Indianapolis would like to declare that it is officially a White Christmas for central Indiana.
For Indianapolis, this is the first Christmas Day since 2017 that has had at least one inch of snow on the ground.
❄️🎄❄️ #INwx
— NWS Indianapolis (@NWSIndianapolis) December 25, 2022
Here’s a chart showing Christmas Morning snow cover regionally:
And here are some central Indiana totals from that morning:
Of course, the thing that made this system so spectacular was the wind. (And, I guess, how quickly temps fell.) Here are the peak wind speeds:
Click here for the complete National Weather Service summary of the event.
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INDY SEVEN DAY FORECAST
Today: Mostly cloudy. High 31.
Tonight: Mostly to partly cloudy. Wind gusting to 30 mph after midnight. Low 25.
Wednesday: Mostly sunny. Wind gusts to 30 mph. High 45.
Wednesday Night: Partly cloudy. Wind gusting to 30 mph. Fog possible. Low 38.
Thursday: Mostly cloudy. High 54.
Thursday Night: Showers after midnight. Low 47.
Friday: Periods of showers. High 52.
Friday Night: Rainy. Low 42.
Saturday: Rainy. High 52.
New Years Eve: Scattered showers. Low 43.
New Years Day: Morning showers, then mostly cloudy. High 52.
Sunday Night: Mostly cloudy. Low 39.
Monday: Mostly cloudy. Showers return in the afternoon. High 56.
