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Survey of Recent Weather Events & 2019 Spring Outlook

Hans Schmitz

County Extension Director/Ag & Natural Resources Extension Educator Purdue Extension-Posey County

purdue.edu/extension

Austin Pearson

County Extension Director/Ag & Natural Resources Extension Educator Purdue Extension-Tipton County

EA/EO

Outline

Precip Temps Extreme Events Knowing Your Climate US Drought Monitor, Monthly Outlook, Seasonal Outlook El Nino Southern Oscillation Short Lesson on Weather Forecasts Short Term Forecast NOAA Forecasted Weather Hazards Climate Prediction Center Outlooks

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Precipitation

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Lack Thereof

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No Drought in 2018

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Temperatures

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2018 in Temperature

Indiana Stats Rank: 83/125 Avg. Temperature 24.5 Normal Temperature 27.2 Departure from Normal -2.7

2006 is hottest year on record (1977 is coolest)

Extremes

? Temperatures

? KEVV: Sept. 4, July 5 - 96? ? KIND: May 28 - 95? ? KSBN: May 28, June 18 - 94?

? Precipitation (One-day>1.25")

? KEVV: Feb. 24 ? 3.45" ? KIND: April 3 ? 3.9" ? KSBN: Feb. 20 ? 3.73"

? Tornadoes did exist. ? Hail did fall. ? Lives were changed.

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Knowing your Climate

2019 Weather Outlook

Climate

? Prevailing weather patterns in an area over long periods of time.

? "Normals" = 30 year average of weather variables: ? Temperature ? Precipitation ? Growing Degree Days ? Etc....

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Indiana Temperature Normals

Normals Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual

1981- 2010

27.2 31.1 40.8 51.9 61.7 70.9 74.2 72.6 65.5 53.9 42.8 30.9 52.1

Midwestern Regional Climate Center cli-MATE: MRCC Application Tools Environment

Generated at: 2/8/2019 7:35:39 AM CST

Indiana Precipitation Normals

Normals Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual

1981-2010 2.59 2.36 3.24 3.93 4.9 4.24 4.37 3.57 3.17 3.27 3.62 3.13 42.37

Midwestern Regional Climate Center cli-MATE: MRCC Application Tools Environment Generated at: 2/8/2019 7:27:08 AM CST

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Plant Hardiness Zones

? We can only grow select crops due to our climate "Plant Hardiness Zones" ? Help gardeners and growers decide which plants are most likely to thrive at a particular location ? Based on the average annual extreme minimum temperature during a 30 year period in the past

Indiana Frost Dates

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Average Growing Season Length

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US Drought Monitor, Monthly Outlook, & Seasonal Outlook

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