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Indiana: The Race For NOT The Hottest Summer(s) On Record


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Although NCDC hasn't released the official numbers, the ranks have been updated for July in the previous years. It looks like 2012 will go down as the third warmest on record in Indiana, behind 1936 (80.9F) & 1901 (80.6F). This would correspond to a statewide average temperature between 80.1F (1934) and 80.6F (1901), which would only be the fourth July with a statewide temperature at or above 80F.

If the national rankings have already been updated as well, this will be the warmest on record since there were no changes in the rankings (which would only happen if 2012 is to be ranked 118, or warmest on record).

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And the beat goes on at IND...

RECORD EVENT REPORT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN

446 PM EDT WED AUG 08 2012

...RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE TIED AT INDIANAPOLIS...

THE RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 98 DEGREES WAS TIED AT INDIANAPOLIS

INDIANA TODAY. THIS TIES THE OLD RECORD OF 98 DEGREES THAT OCCURRED

IN 1941 AND 1896.

WEATHER RECORDS BEGAN AT INDIANAPOLIS IN 1871.

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Updated: averages through August 10.

Hottest Summers On Record

Evansville: 81.2º in 1936

Fort Wayne: 76.4º in 1983

South Bend: 76.3º in 1983

Indianapolis: 78.6º in 1874 (78.5 in 1936)

State of Indiana

June 2012: 71.4º

June 1936: 71.1º

July 2012: 80.2º

July 1936: 80.9º

August 2012: ?

August 1936: 78.6º

Bottom line for Indiana: August will have to average 79.3º or better for this to become the warmest summer on record.

Below for each site: average max temperature/average min temperature/average temperature to date.

Evansville

2012: 93.6º/67.3º/80.4º

1936: 92.4º/69.7º/81.0º

Fort Wayne

2012: 88.3º/62.5º/75.4º

1983: 87.0º/64.6º/75.8º

South Bend

2012: 86.6º/63.7º/75.2º

1983: 85.8º/65.7º/75.8º

Indianapolis

2012: 91.1º/67.5º/79.3º

1936: 88.8º/66.1º/77.5º

June 2012: 86.5º/62.7º/74.6º

June 1874: 86.5º/71.9º/79.2º

July 2012: 95.6º/72.3º/84.0º

July 1874: 84.3º/69.5º/79.8º

June-July 2012: 91.0º/67.5º/79.3º

June-July 1874: 85.4º/70.7º/79.5º

Total number of 90º+ and 100º+ days for each Summer to date (June 1-August 10).

Evansville

2012: 50/14

1936: 51/15

Fort Wayne

2012: 35/6

1983: 30/1

South Bend

2012: 27/4

1983: 25/2

Indianapolis

2012: 46/9

1936: 30/9

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Statewide averages for July 2012

Temperature: 80.2º (3rd warmest on record, since 1895)

Precipitation: 2.65" (21st driest on record, since 1895)

July Top 5 Warmest

80.9º in 1936

80.6º in 1901

80.2º in 2012

80.1º in 1934

79.7º in 1921

July Top 5 Driest

1.29" in 1901 and 1974

1.42" in 1940

1.53" in 1936

1.71" in 1944

1.77" in 1930

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With August taking a turn for the better, depending on your perspective of course, I'm starting to question if this summer will be statistically cooler than either or both of the two previous at Indianapolis. FWIW, the latest CPC 6-10 and 8-14 day outlooks, which take us through the end of the month, have "normal" temps for Indiana. If we plugged in normal temps for August 18-31 for IND, this summer would finish at 77.9º. Of course it's not going to happen exactly like that, but just to give an idea. We'll see.

2012 JJA: 78.6º (through August 17)

2010 JJA: 78.1º

2011 JJA: 77.6º

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Here is 80. So.......

I'm not sure what you're getting at to be honest. You said 85 was solidly "above normal" at the end of August...and I replied with IND's average high at the end of August is 83, which is not solidly "above average" to me. We'll agree to disagree on that I guess. But all in a thread talking about Indianapolis specifically, not anywhere else...and with my prior post talking about meteorological summer temps for Indianapolis.

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2012 total 90º+ days to date (through August 19).

Evansville: 59 days

Fort Wayne: 40 days

Indianapolis: 49 days

South Bend: 30 days

Most 90º+ days on record.

Evansville

84 days in 1936

78 days in 1953, 1954, 1983

77 days in 2010

74 days in 1935

70 days in 1921, 1980

Fort Wayne

50 days in 1983

49 days in 1988

45 days in 1955

43 days in 1953

42 days in 1899, 1934

Indianapolis

58 days in 1983

55 days in 1936

50 days in 1954

49 days in 1988

46 days in 1934

South Bend

53 days in 1934

44 days in 1988

42 days in 1901

41 days in 1895, 1983

40 days in 1933, 1936

Most 100º+ days on record (2012 through August 19).

Evansville

23 days in 1936

17 days in 1930

14 days in 2012

9 days in 1952, 1988

8 days in 1954, 1983

6 days in 1913, 1918, 1925, 2007

Fort Wayne

8 days in 1934

6 days in 1936, 1988, 2012

3 days in 1953

2 days in 1918, 1930, 1955

Indianapolis

12 days in 1936

10 days in 1934

9 days in 2012

5 days in 1988

4 days in 1954

South Bend

12 days in 1934 and 1936

5 days in 1901

4 days in 1916, 1933, 1988, 2012

3 days in 1918, 1930, 1940

2 days in 1911, 1947, 1983

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Updated: averages through August 20.

Hottest Summers On Record

Evansville: 81.2º in 1936

Fort Wayne: 76.4º in 1983

South Bend: 76.3º in 1983

Indianapolis: 78.6º in 1874 (78.5 in 1936)

State of Indiana

June 2012: 71.4º

June 1936: 71.1º

July 2012: 80.2º

July 1936: 80.9º

August 2012: ?

August 1936: 78.6º

Bottom line for Indiana: August will have to average 79.3º or better for this to become the warmest summer on record.

Below for each site: average max temperature/average min temperature/average temperature to date.

Evansville

2012: 92.4º/66.3º/79.3º

1936: 93.1º/70.5º/81.8º

Fort Wayne

2012: 86.9º/61.7º/74.3º

1983: 87.1º/64.7º/75.9º

South Bend

2012: 85.2º/62.9º/74.0º

1983: 86.0º/65.9º/75.9º

Indianapolis

2012: 89.8º/66.7º/78.2º

1936: 89.6º/67.0º/78.3º

June 2012: 86.5º/62.7º/74.6º

June 1874: 86.5º/71.9º/79.2º

July 2012: 95.6º/72.3º/84.0º

July 1874: 84.3º/69.5º/79.8º

June-July 2012: 91.0º/67.5º/79.3º

June-July 1874: 85.4º/70.7º/79.5º

Total number of 90º+ and 100º+ days for each Summer to date (June 1-August 20).

Evansville

2012: 51/14

1936: 61/19

Fort Wayne

2012: 35/6

1983: 34/1

South Bend

2012: 27/4

1983: 29/2

Indianapolis

2012: 46/9

1936: 40/10

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Well, this isn't going to happen. But here's the meteorological summer average temperatures through yesterday for all four sites. I'll do a final update/recap, hopefully sometime this weekend.

EVV

2012: 79.1º

1936: 82.3º

FWA

2012: 74.0º

1983: 76.4º

SBN

2012: 73.8º

1983: 76.3º

IND

2012: 77.9º

1936: 78.8º

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Last day of meteorological summer tomorrow. 2012 edition for Indianapolis sitting at 48 days with 90º+ temps, tied with 1988 (since 1897). Point and click for IND for tomorrow is 90º. Gonna be close.

Most 90º+ days for Indianapolis for June-August, 1897 to present.

49 days in 1983

48 days in 1988, 2012

47 days in 1936

45 days in 1934

44 days in 1954

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Last day of meteorological summer tomorrow. 2012 edition for Indianapolis sitting at 48 days with 90º+ temps, tied with 1988 (since 1897). Point and click for IND for tomorrow is 90º. Gonna be close.

Most 90º+ days for Indianapolis for June-August, 1897 to present.

49 days in 1983

48 days in 1988, 2012

47 days in 1936

45 days in 1934

44 days in 1954

87 for the high at IND today. So summer 2012 will finish tied with 1988 for the second most number of 90º+ days, since 1897.

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2012 was the fifth warmest summer on record for Indianapolis (since 1871). Full recap of all four longterm Indiana sites to follow in the near future.

78.6º in 1874

78.5º in 1936

78.2º in 1934

78.1º in 2010

77.8º in 2012

77.6º in 2011

77.3º in 1872, 1983

77.2º in 1873

76.9º in 1901

76.8º in 1921

Also, 7.43" of rainfall for summer 2012. The 24th driest on record (since 1871).

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A comparison of the past three summers at IND. Kind of interesting looking at the numbers. The "cooler" min temps of this summer really helped keep things in check, no doubt with the drought lending a helping hand. Though I guess you could say the same, in reverse, about max temps.

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Update time...47 right now. Somewhat surprising, only one 90º+ day since August 9 at LAF.

I thought it was 48 or 49 (there's an M day that I count as 90 per Wunderground obs). Anyhow, I suspect my prediction will end up being too high. I wonder what the highest number of 90s is after this date.

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I thought it was 48 or 49 (there's an M day that I count as 90 per Wunderground obs). Anyhow, I suspect my prediction will end up being too high. I wonder what the highest number of 90s is after this date.

Yeah my bad, 48 counting the one M day. And no idea on the second part.

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NCDC updated the August and Summer temps/precip for Indiana.

August 2012 was the 37th coldest on record (71.8º -1.0º) and the 33rd wettest on record (4.07" +0.58").

Summer 2012 was the 22nd warmest on record (and 12th driest on record). And was technically cooler than both summers of 2010 and 2011. Who would've thunk it entering this past August?

JJA 2010: 75.5º

JJA 2011: 74.7º

JJA 2012: 74.5º

Anyways, nice whiff of a thread by me. :arrowhead:

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NCDC updated the August and Summer temps/precip for Indiana.

August 2012 was the 37th coldest on record (71.8º -1.0º) and the 33rd wettest on record (4.07" +0.58").

Summer 2012 was the 22nd warmest on record (and 12th driest on record). And was technically cooler than both summers of 2010 and 2011. Who would've thunk it entering this past August?

JJA 2010: 75.5º

JJA 2011: 74.7º

JJA 2012: 74.5º

Anyways, nice whiff of a thread by me. :arrowhead:

Don't be too hard on yourself. The way this summer was rolling along through July, a top 3 looked to be a lock. At least August was bearable.

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Getting close to wrapping this up for good. 100's obviously done, and potential for more 90's on life support.

2012 total 90º+ days to date (through September 23).

Evansville: 70 days

Fort Wayne: 42 days

Indianapolis: 51 days

South Bend: 33 days

Most 90º+ days on record.

Evansville

84 days in 1936

78 days in 1953, 1954, 1983

77 days in 2010

74 days in 1935

70 days in 1921, 1980, 2012

Fort Wayne

50 days in 1983

49 days in 1988

45 days in 1955

43 days in 1953

42 days in 1899, 1934, 2012

Indianapolis

58 days in 1983

55 days in 1936

51 days in 2012

50 days in 1954

49 days in 1988

South Bend

53 days in 1934

44 days in 1988

42 days in 1901

41 days in 1895, 1983

40 days in 1933, 1936

Most 100º+ days on record (2012 through September 23).

Evansville

23 days in 1936

17 days in 1930

14 days in 2012

9 days in 1952, 1988

8 days in 1954, 1983

6 days in 1913, 1918, 1925, 2007

Fort Wayne

8 days in 1934

6 days in 1936, 1988, 2012

3 days in 1953

2 days in 1918, 1930, 1955

Indianapolis

12 days in 1936

10 days in 1934

9 days in 2012

5 days in 1988

4 days in 1954

South Bend

12 days in 1934 and 1936

5 days in 1901

4 days in 1916, 1933, 1988, 2012

3 days in 1918, 1930, 1940

2 days in 1911, 1947, 1983

Looking ahead, most 90º+ days in October.

Evansville

4 days in 1897, 1963

3 days in 1954, 2007

2 days in 1919, 1922, 1939, 1951, 1953

1 day in 1899, 1900, 1910, 1916, 1928, 1941, 1952, 1967, 1971, 1981, 1989, 2010

Fort Wayne

1 day in 1898, 1903, 1910, 1951

Indianapolis

2 days in 2007

1 day in 1951, 1954

South Bend

1 day in 1897, 1963

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