- Record Rainfall of 1.28" on January 12th beats the previous day's record of 1.19" set back in 1930 (83 years ago)
- Record High of 65° set on January 30th. This beats the previous record of 64° set in 1947 (66 years ago)
- National record set for most consecutive days without a tornado related fatality. The U.S. went 219 days without a U.S. tornado related fatality. The string began June 25, 2012 immediately after a person was killed by a tornado associated with Tropical Storm Debby on June 24, 2012 in Venus, Florida. The string ended on January 29th, 2013 when a powerful tornado ripped through Adairsville, Georgia killing two people on January 30th. The previous record was 197 days (August 16, 1986-February 28, 1987).
- 1.8" of Snow on March 6th ties the previous record set in 2003.
- 6.2" was recorded on Sunday, March 24th. This beat the 1912 record of 5.8" set 101 years ago. This also marks the most snowfall ever to fall so late into the spring season.
- New Snow Depth Record of 7" on March 25th beats previous 2" snow depth record set in 1974.
- Record Rainfall of 2.08" on April 16th beats the previous day's record of 1.53" set back in 1953 (60 years ago)
- Record Rainfall of 2.29" on April 18th beats the previous day's record of 1.27" set back in 1887 (126 years ago)
- The 1st 80° day of the year occurred on April 9th. 207 Consecutive Days with Temps below 80 (September 14th-April 8th) was the longest stretch in 17 years. From October 14th, 1995 to May 8th, 1996, Indianapolis DID NOT record a high temperature 80 or above. This was a 208 day stretch with sub 80 temps.
- April's Total Precipitation Amount of 8.59" was the 2nd wettest April on record. This was also 0.01" shy from tying the 8.60" record for #1 Wettest April set 120 years ago in 1893.
- Record Rainfall of 1.08" on May 9th beats the previous day's record of 0.87" in 2000.
- On May 15th, the low failed to go 66 or below. A highest minimum temperature of 67° was set for the date which beats a 142 years old record set back in 1871 of 66°.
- COOLEST MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND IN MANY YEARS:
Carb Day Friday, the official high went down as 66°. Coolest Carb Day since 60° in 2009.
On Saturday (Indy 500 parade), the official high went down as 64°. Coolest May 25th since 2001 (High-57)
On Race Day Sunday, the official high went down as 68°, coolest in 10 years (2003-65°) and 1st time the high temperatures was below 70° for Indy 500 day since 2003 (High-65°).
On Memorial Day Monday, the official high went down as 81°.
The 4 day (May 24-27) weekend average high temperature was 69.8°. This was the coolest Memorial Day weekend in 9 years since 66.8° in 2003. - COOLEST BRICKYARD DAY WEEKEND SINCE IT BEGAN STIRS UP A RECORD:
Sunday, July 28th was the day of the Brickyard 400 and Ryan Newman won his 1st Brickyard race. It was a sunny and nice but cool day outside. The low temperatures fell to a record 51° besting the previous record of 54° set in 1971 and later tied in 2004. The afternoon high temperature reached 73°. This was 1° too warm from tying the lowest high temperature record for the date set back in 1925 and later tied in 1928 (72°). This did however tie for the coolest Brickyard since it first began on August 6, 1994. This was the coolest Brickyard in 19 years.
On Tuesday, July 30th stubborn cloud cover and light rain prevented temps from getting beyond the mid 70s. The official high was 74. More rain Wednesday kept temps in the 70s yet again. In fact, July 31st (77°) marked the coolest last day of July in 21 years (1992-69°). It was also one of the coolest stretches of weather to end July in 42 years (1971).
We also tied a temperature record that goes back 142 years. From July 24-31st, we didn't go 80 & above. This 8 day stretch ties the record 1st set back in 1871 when the 8 day period of July 16th-23rd also failed to go 80 & above.
Cool Air this week has Indiana meteorologists flipping through past observations for the month of August. Check out the weather blog from WXIN-FOX 59 Meteorologist Ron Smiley in Indianapolis, IN titled COOL WEATHER ARRIVES, BREAKS RECORDS...
Here's a look back at the year so far in terms of weather averages and rankings.
| MONTH | AVG TEMP |
TEMP DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL |
TEMP RANKING |
TOTAL PRECIP |
PRECIP DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL |
PRECIP RANKING |
TOTAL SNOWFALL |
SNOWFALL DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL |
SNOWFALL RANKING |
| JANUARY | 29.9° | +1.8° | 58th Warmest | 5.51" | +2.85" | 16th Wettest | 2.4" | -6.2" | 35th least snowiest |
| FEBRUARY | 30.9° | -1.2° | 66th Coolest | 2.27" | -0.05" | 71st Driest | 2.6" | -3.9" | 46th least snowiest |
| MARCH | 35.5° | -6.7° | 14th Coolest | 1.96" | -1.60" | 30th Driest | 14.5" | +11.9" | 4th Snowiest |
| APRIL | 52.5° | -0.5° | 74th Coolest | 8.59" | +4.78" | 2nd Wettest | TRACE | -0.2" | N/A |
| MAY | 65.4° | +2.7° | 34th Warmest | 3.50" | -1.55" | 60th Driest | NONE | 0.00" | N/A |
| JUNE | 72° | 0.0° | 71st Warmest | 3.66" | -0.59" | 69th Driest | NONE | 0.00" | N/A |
| JULY | 73.9° | -1.5° | 30th Coolest | 3.29" | -1.26" | 71st Driest | NONE | 0.00" | N/A |
| JAN-JULY | 51.4° | -0.8° | N/A | 28.78 | +2.58" | N/A | 19.5" | +1.6" | N/A |
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