Thursday, October 31, 2013

Saturday, October 26, 2013

Indianapolis: October 2013 Temperatures

This October has taken quite the tumble in temperatures, from where it started in the first half of the month. Through the 25th, the average temperature for Indianapolis is now at exactly normal for the month. A fairly impressive cold stretch weather of late.





Friday, October 25, 2013

Indianapolis: Daily Record Broken

The record low maximum temperature for Indianapolis for October 24 was broken with a maximum temperature of 40º.

Low maximum temperatures for October 24:
40º in 2013
41º in 1937
42º in 1929
43º in 1909

For reference, 40º is the normal maximum temperature for December 10. Also, yesterday's 40º was 22º below the normal maximum temperature for October 24.

This morning, the airport had a minimum temperature of 26º, which missed tying the record by one degree.

Low minimum temperatures for October 25:
25º in 1887
26º in 2013
27º in 2006
27º in 1962*

Thursday, October 24, 2013

Indianapolis: October Snowfall

Snowiest Octobers on record for Indianapolis (1884 to present).

9.3" in 1989
2.4" in 1993
1.4" in 1925
1.2" in 1962
0.4" in 1916, 1917, 1929
0.1" in 1890, 1992
Trace in 1886, 1887, 1896, 1898, 1906, 1909, 1910, 1913, 1914, 1920, 1926, 1930, 1937, 1951, 1954, 1955, 1957, 1967, 1972, 1980, 1981, 1988, 2001, 2006, 2008, 2013

So, what does October snowfall mean for the snow season? Taking all of the above years and looking at the eventual season snowfall totals (listed below)...not much. Pretty mixed bag of results.

Longterm average season snowfall: 23.1" (1884-85 to 2012-13)

1989-90: 26.0"
1993-94: 31.5"
1925-26: 22.7"
1962-63: 29.4"
1916-17: 23.7"
1917-18: 32.8"
1929-30: 19.8"
1890-91: 32.1"
1992-93: 28.5"
1886-87: 24.9"
1887-88: 11.8"
1896-97: 29.6"
1898-99: 23.2"
1906-07: 10.4"
1909-10: 32.6"
1910-11: 14.3"
1913-14: 33.3"
1914-15: 29.2"
1920-21: 17.3"
1926-27: 26.6"
1930-31: 14.4"
1937-38: 14.1"
1951-52: 15.7"
1954-55: 20.0"
1955-56: 32.4"
1957-58: 9.3"
1967-68: 36.7"
1972-73: 7.9"
1980-81: 17.3"
1981-82: 58.2" (snowiest season on record)
1988-89: 13.5"
2001-02: 10.9"
2006-07: 25.8"
2008-09: 24.3"
2013-14: ???