The coldest air of the season was pushing into the state for the weekend and brought our 2nd MEASURABLE snow event on Halloween. Something that has only been previously achieved once for the date. It was 122 years when 0.1" of snow also fell on the date in 1890. There have been a handful of Halloweens where trace amounts of snow were recorded last in 1993. The last time measurable snow was recorded (this year) previous to this event was on April 15th. The average date for the 1st measurable snow is actually on November 19th.
SEASONS 1st (HARD) FREEZE
The low temperature on November 1st was 29 which was the coolest low since April 16th and the coolest low for the date since 2012. It was 11° below the normal low of 40°. The high temperature on November 1st was 43. It was the coolest afternoon for the date in 12 years (2002: 42°) and the coolest afternoon since 38° on April 15th. It was 16° above the normal high of 59°.
On November 2nd, the thermometer dropped to 24° Sunday morning. This marked the season's 1st hard freeze. It was the coldest since March 30th when the the low was also 24°. In the map to the right, are other low temperatures across the state for Sunday morning. Some areas to the North dropped into the teens.
OCTOBER FINISHES NEAR SEASONAL BUT SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL
The avg high for the month was below normal while the avg low was above normal. Overall, the month only saw 13 days above normal and caused the month to finish only a half of degree cooler than normal. The warmest temperature was 81° on the 2nd followed by 80° on the 27th. As for precipitation, there were 16 days where measurable rain was recorded totaling 3.17". This is only 0.05" above normal. For more information the climate in October you make click HERE to be redirected to the write up from the US NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.
Below I have updated the table to show where the year stands in terms of its monthly temperature and precipitation averages and rankings.
| MONTLY/SEASONAL AVERAGES AND RANKINGS FOR 2014 (THRU THE END OF OCTOBER) | |||||||||
| MONTH | AVG MONTHLY TEMP |
TEMP DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL |
MONTHLY TEMP RANKING |
TOTAL MONTHLY PRECIP |
PRECIP DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL |
MONTHLY PRECIP RANKING |
TOTAL MONTHLY SNOWFALL |
SNOWFALL DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL |
MONTHLY SNOWFALL RANKING |
| DECEMBER | 30° | -1.8° | 46th Warmest |
4.44" | +1.27" | 26th Wettest |
8.8" | +1.9" | 24th snowiest |
| JANUARY | 20.1° | -8° | 11th Coldest |
2.34" | -0.32" | 68th Driest |
26.9" | +18.3" | 2nd Snowiest |
| FEBRUARY | 22.3° | -9.8° | 12th Coolest |
2.45" | +0.13" | 66th Wettest |
16.5" | +10" | 9th snowiest |
| WINTER '13-'14 (DEC-FEB) |
24.2° | -6.3° | 8th Coldest |
9.24" | +1.09" | 50th Wettest |
52.2" | +30.2" | 1st Snowiest |
| MARCH | 35.7° | -6.5° | 20th Coolest |
2.38" | -1.18" | 40th Driest |
3.1" | +0.6" | 46th Snowiest |
| APRIL | 53° | 0.0° | 59th Warmest |
5.39" | +1.58" | 40th Driest |
0.3" | +0.1" | 34th Snowiest |
| MAY | 63.1° | +0.4° | 71st Warmest |
4.87" | -0.18" | 45th Wettest |
0.00" | 0.00" | N/A |
| SPRING (MAR-MAY) |
50.6° | -2° | 41st Coolest |
12.64" | +0.22" | 53rd Wettest |
3.4" | +0.06" | 53rd Snowiest |
| JUNE | 72.7° | +0.7° | 63rd Warmest |
7.04" | +2.79" | 13th Wettest |
0.00" | 0.00" | N/A |
| JULY | 70.1° | -5.3° | 1st Coolest |
3.10" | -1.45" | 66th Driest |
0.00" | 0.00" | N/A |
| AUGUST | 73.8° | -0.4° | 68th Coolest |
2.95" | -1.45" | 75th Driest |
0.00" | 0.00" | N/A |
| SUMMER (JUN-AUG) |
72.2° | -1.7° | 25th Coolest |
13.09" | +1.16" | 44th Wettest |
0.00 | 0.00" | N/A |
| SEPTEMBER | 65.4° | -1.5° | 46th Coolest |
2.53" | -0.59" | 67th Driest |
0.00" | 0.00" | N/A |
| OCTOBER | 54.2° | -0.8° | 51st Coolest |
3.17" | +0.05" | 49th Wettest |
0.1" | -0.3" | N/A |
| JAN-OCT 2014 ANNUAL AVERAGES |
53.0° | -3.1° | N/A | 36.22" | +0.65" | N/A | 46.9" | +28.6" | N/A |
| NOTE: December 2013 is shown in this table as a breakdown for the Meteorological Winter 2013-2014 seasonal summary. The information displayed for December 2013 is not included in the Year-To-Date Avg Temp for the year 2014. Also, the seasonal values were not calculated in the Year-To-Date Avg Temp. The annual average temperature (so far) was calculated averaging January-October actual month's average temperature. November has not yet been included in this table. This and the rest of the year's months will be added when each month is complete. The next update to this table will be the 1st week of December and be finalized when the year ends. | |||||||||
We are into our last month of meteorological fall and so far 56% of the days this season have been below normal. The avg temp from September 1st to November 3rd is 58.9°. This is 1.4° below normal. As for the precipitation this fall, we've seen 5.70", which is 0.89" below normal.
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Monday afternoon temperatures soared into the middle 60s, officially recording 66 for the high after a morning low of 42. This was a result from shift in winds as high pressure progressed its journey East. Now, after a sunny weekend, and warm start to the week, rain has begun to fill the radar across the state. It will be cooler today and a little breezy. We dry out on Wednesday but more cold air returns to end the week. Thursday will be cloudy with temperatures possibly falling, could even see some snow mixing in with some light rain or drizzle. We'll likely only reach highs in the mid 40s for both Friday and Saturday. Another disturbance Saturday night into Sunday morning will offer up some wet precipitation. Again, some snow may be added to the mix as well. It will be cool and breezy on Sunday with a high only in the upper 30s under some afternoon sun. This may mark the coolest afternoon high since April 15th (HIGH 38°).
Temperatures are on a roller coast ride as modeling data suggest we return back to 50s for Monday only for another substantially cold air mass to invade mid next week. We could see are lowest temperature readings we haven't seen since late March. There are several opportunities for us to see some snow or flurries over the next 2 weeks however, very little to no accumulations should be expected from these events.
| NOV 4 TUE |
NOV 5 WED |
NOV 6 THU |
NOV 7 FRI |
NOV 8 SAT |
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Mostly Cloudy with Showers Breezy/Cooler 57° | 42° Normals 59°/40° Sunrise 7:16am Sunset 5:40pm |
Partly Sunny 55° | 43° Normals 58°/39° Sunrise 7:16am Sunset 5:40pm |
Cloudy/Rain Snow Showers? Turns Cooler 48° | 35° Normals 58°/39° Sunrise 7:17am Sunset 5:39pm |
Partly Sunny Slightly Cooler 44° | 32° Normals 57°/39° Sunrise 7:18am Sunset 5:38pm |
Partly Sunny Rain Late? 45° | 30° Normals 57°/38° Sunrise 7:19am Sunset 5:37pm |
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NOV 10 MON |
NOV 11 VETERAN'S DAY |
NOV 12 WED |
NOV 13 THU |
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Partly Sunny AM Snow? Cold/Breezy 38° | 30° Normals 56°/38° Sunrise 7:20am Sunset 5:36pm |
Partly Sunny Dry/Warmer 50° | 39° Normals 56°/38° Sunrise 7:21am Sunset 5:35pm |
Mostly Cloudy Rain/Snow? 47° | 33° Normals 56°/38° Sunrise 7:21am Sunset 5:35pm |
Sunny Skies Cold Day 35° | 23° Normals 56°/38° Sunrise 7:21am Sunset 5:35pm |
Sunny Skies Cold Day 37° | 23° Normals 56°/38° Sunrise 7:21am Sunset 5:35pm |
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