April 1, 1912 – Weather reports from ships at sea began to be received by the Weather Bureau (today, the National Weather Service) on a regular basis. April 1, 1960 – The first weather satellite (TIROS 1) starts sending pictures back to earth. Nearly 20,000 satellite images would be transmitted back to earth during its […]
Today In Weather History
February 24, 2004 – It was a big day for big snow in parts of New Mexico. Around 20 inches fell in the mountains east of Santa Fe. There was 8 inches at Los Alamos. (And it wasn’t a conspiracy.) February 24, 2000 – Indianapolis set a record high of 71. If you’re into numbers: […]
Indiana’s Weather For Thursday
There’s some precipitation procrastination today, with the best chances of showers kicking in just about the time you tackle the construction zones this afternoon. Rain still looks likely and steady into the evening and early overnight hours. Good news for your thirsty yard: rain projections are still coming in around an inch through early Friday […]
Solar Eclipse Pictures
Here are a couple of shots I saw in my Twitter feed this morning of the annual solar eclipse this past weekend. The first picture is from J.R. Hehnly, taken in West Texas. J.R.’s Twitter name is @stormchasing and his site is http://okstorms.com. The second pic was taken in Melrose, New Mexico by George Kourounis, […]
Christmas Travel Weather
Here is the National Map for Friday. Light snow will fall in parts of the northeast and Great Lakes, but heavy snow will be confined to New Mexico. Snow will also spread into West Texas. To get the National Weather Service forecast for any place in the country just look for “City, ST or zip” […]
Hottest Month In 75 Years
Friday goes into the book as the 13th consecutive day of consecutive 90 degree weather. The record is 19 days. July 2011 goes down in history at Indianapolis as the hottest month since July 1936 and among the four hottest months since weather records began in 1871. During the summer of 1936, the Midwest and […]
Thursday News On The Run
On the plains of New Mexico, a band of elite marathoners is testing a controversial theory of evolution: our ancestors evolved into endurance athletes in order to hunt quadrupeds by running them to exhaustion. Now we just run to McD’s for quadrupounders. Check out the article here, and scroll down for more in the running […]
A Warmer Wednesday
Ta-da! The Indianapolis high temperature Wednesday (38 at 3:59pm) went above freezing, and above normal for the first time this year. We’re shooting for 40 Thursday, and that would be the first time at that level since Christmas. More clouds in the afternoon may slow down the thermometer. The map shows Wednesday afternoon temperatures. The […]
