OVWA Region 2 - Information from the National Weather Service: TEMPERATURES... THE MAJORITY OF NOVEMBER WAS COLD FOR CENTRAL INDIANA WITH MANY LOCATIONS EXCEEDING 60 DEGREES ON ONLY FOUR OR FIVE DAYS DURING THE MONTH. THE MONTH BEGAN ON A COLD NOTE AFTER ONE OF THE COLDER HALLOWEENS IN RECENT MEMORY. THE ENTIRE AREA FINALLY RECEIVED THE INITIAL HARD FREEZE FOR THE FALL WITH LOWS INTO THE MIDDLE AND UPPER 20S ON THE 1ST AND 2ND. HOWEVER...TEMPERATURES WARMED QUICKLY AFTER THE COOL START ON THE 1ST WITH MANY AREAS EXPERIENCING THEIR WARMEST HIGHS OF THE MONTH ON THE 3RD WITH READINGS IN THE MIDDLE AND UPPER 60S. TEMPERATURES TURNED COOLER AGAIN AFTER THE PASSAGE OF A COLD FRONT ON THE 4TH WITH HIGHS LARGELY REMAINING IN THE 40S FROM THE 6TH THROUGH THE 8TH. THE RETURN OF HIGH PRESSURE AND SOUTHERLY WINDS BROUGHT A BRIEF STRETCH OF MILDER WEATHER WITH HIGHS PEAKING IN THE 60S ON THE 10TH AND 11TH. THE PASSAGE OF A STRONG COLD FRONT DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON OF THE 11TH BROUGHT AN ABRUPT END TO THE MILDER TEMPERATURES AND BEGAN AN EXTENDED STRETCH OF MUCH COLDER WEATHER WITH TEMPERATURES THAT GENERALLY REMAINED BELOW 40 DEGREES. SUBFREEZING HIGHS OCCURRED ON MULTIPLE DAYS DURING THIS PERIOD. THIS PERIOD WAS HIGHLIGHTED BY THE COLDEST DAY IN NOVEMBER FOR MANY IN NEARLY 40 YEARS ON THE 18TH WHEN SOME LOCATIONS COULD NOT EVEN MAKE IT TO 20 DEGREES. LOWS FELL INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA ON THE MORNING OF THE 18TH AS WELL. THIS WAS THE FIRST OCCURRENCE OF SUCH A COLD MORNING IN THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER SINCE 1986. FOR INDIANAPOLIS...THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 14 DEGREES EXPERIENCED ON THE 18TH WAS THE COLDEST DAILY AVERAGE TEMPERATURE IN NOVEMBER SINCE NOVEMBER 29 1976. EVEN MORE IMPRESSIVE...INDIANAPOLIS EXPERIENCED SIX DAYS IN NOVEMBER WITH HIGHS AT OR BELOW 32 DEGREES...THE MOST IN NOVEMBER SINCE 1950. SOUTHERLY WINDS AND THE PASSAGE OF A WARM FRONT FINALLY BROUGHT MILDER WEATHER TO CENTRAL INDIANA BEGINNING ON THE 22ND AND PERSISTING INTO THE MORNING HOURS OF THE 24TH BEFORE TEMPERATURES PLUMMETED AGAIN WITH THE PASSAGE OF A STRONG COLD FRONT. HIGHS REMAINED IN THE 30S THROUGH THE 28TH BEFORE FINISHING THE MONTH ON A WARMER NOTE AS HIGHS MADE IT INTO THE MIDDLE 60S ON THE 30TH. DESPITE THE BRIEF STRETCHES OF WARMER TEMPERATURES...THE REGION GENERALLY SAW TEMPERATURES AVERAGE 6 TO 9 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL FOR THE MONTH. FOR INDIANAPOLIS...THIS WAS THE COLDEST NOVEMBER SINCE 1976 AND THE FOURTH COLDEST NOVEMBER SINCE 1950. AT INDIANAPOLIS...THERE WERE NINE DAYS WITH ABOVE NORMAL AVERAGE TEMPERATURES AND 22 DAYS WITH BELOW NORMAL AVERAGE TEMPERATURES. NOVEMBER 2014 WAS THE 6TH COOLEST IN THE INDIANAPOLIS AREA SINCE WEATHER RECORDS BEGAN IN 1871. PRECIPITATION... NOVEMBER LIQUID PRECIPITATION RANGED FROM BELOW NORMAL IN WESTERN AND SOUTHERN INDIANA TO ABOVE NORMAL IN PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST INDIANA. MONTHLY TOTALS MEASURED FROM 1.5 INCHES IN SOUTHEAST INDIANA TO 4.5 INCHES IN EXTREME NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA. MUCH OF THE STATE RECEIVED BETWEEN TWO AND FOUR INCHES OF LIQUID PRECIPITATION. SNOWFALL DURING NOVEMBER WAS ABOVE NORMAL FOR ALMOST ALL OF INDIANA. MONTHLY SNOWFALL TOTALS RANGED FROM LESS THAN ONE INCH TO NEAR 19 INCHES IN THE SOUTH BEND AREA. AWAY FROM LAKE MICHIGAN...SNOWFALL RANGED FROM A TRACE TO FIVE INCHES IN SOUTHERN INDIANA. THE HEAVIEST LAKE EFFECT SNOW FELL ON THE 13TH WHILE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN INDIANA RECEIVED MUCH OF THEIR SNOWFALL LATE ON THE 16TH AND EARLY ON THE 17TH. BARRING SNOWFALL...INDIANA WAS ON THE DRY SIDE THROUGH THE 21ST. MUCH OF THE RAINFALL DURING NOVEMBER FELL ON THE 23RD AND EARLY ON THE 24TH. RAINFALL OF ONE TO THREE INCHES CAUSED LOWLAND FLOODING ALONG PORTIONS OF THE WABASH RIVER IN WESTERN INDIANA...BANKFULL CONDITIONS TO THE TIPPECANOE RIVER DOWNSTREAM OF OAKDALE DAM IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND ELEVATED TO NEAR FLOOD STAGE LEVELS ON THE WHITE AND EAST FORK WHITE RIVERS IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN INDIANA. NOVEMBER 2014 WAS THE 66TH DRIEST IN THE INDIANAPOLIS AREA SINCE WEATHER RECORDS BEGAN IN 1871. SEVERE WEATHER... THE ONLY INSTANCE OF SEVERE WEATHER ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA IN NOVEMBER TOOK PLACE ON THE MORNING OF THE 24TH AS A STRONG COLD FRONT PASSED THROUGH THE REGION. A 69 MPH WIND GUST WAS RECORDED IN COLUMBUS AND TREES WERE DOWNED IN JENNINGS AND LAWRENCE COUNTIES AS A LINE OF STORMS PASSED THROUGH. FOR INFORMATION ON SEVERE WEATHER IN OTHER AREAS DURING NOVEMBER...VISIT THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER SEVERE WEATHER EVENT SUMMARIES WEBSITE AT HTTP://WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/CLIMO/ONLINE/. MISCELLANEOUS... THE MAXIMUM WIND GUST AT INDIANAPOLIS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WAS 47 MPH OUT OF THE WEST SOUTHWEST ON THE AFTERNOON OF THE 24TH AS STRONG WINDS IMPACTED THE REGION IN THE WAKE OF THE PASSAGE OF A STRONG COLD FRONT. FOG OR HAZE WAS REPORTED AT INDIANAPOLIS ON 15 DAYS DURING THE MONTH. DENSE FOG WAS REPORTED ON THE 5TH. DECEMBER 2014 OUTLOOK... THE OFFICIAL OUTLOOK FOR DECEMBER 2014 FROM THE CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER INDICATES A GREATER CHANCE OF ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. AT INDIANAPOLIS...THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE IS 31.6 DEGREES. THE OUTLOOK INDICATES EQUAL CHANCES OF NEAR...ABOVE OR BELOW NORMAL PRECIPITATION FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. THE AVERAGE PRECIPITATION FOR DECEMBER AT INDIANAPOLIS IS 3.17 INCHES WITH 6.9 INCHES OF SNOWFALL. $$ LEE Stay tuned for updates from the Ohio Valley Weather Authority.
Posted on: Wed, 03 Dec 2014 13:52:22 +0000
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