Valparaiso, IN Weather Forecast | Local Weather Updates for Indiana by FOX Weather (2024)

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What is the winter forecast for Indiana this year? ›

For central Indiana, there are equal chances for below normal, normal, and above normal temperatures for the winter season. For central Indiana, odds favor above normal precipitation for the winter season. However, above normal precipitation does not necessarily mean above normal snowfall!

This humid air collides with continental polar air brought southward by the jet stream from Canada. Weather changes occur typically every few days or dramatic changes within hours as surges of polar air move southward and tropical air northward. Air temperatures in Indiana have a wide range.

Indiana frequently experiences severe weather, which is defined as a storm having wind gusts of at least 58 m.p.h. or producing hail at least 1 inch in diameter.

Wind direction is West, wind speed varies between 4.5 and 8.9 mph with gusts up to 15.6 mph. The sky is cloudy with a chance of rain 12%.

Farmers' Almanac winter weather forecast calls for a season of rapid-fire storms that will bring both rain and snow, with little downtime in between.” Take a look at the map below for details. For us here in northeast Indiana and northwest Ohio, the winter is expected to be “Cold, Wet & White.”

Precipitation and snowfall will average above normal, with the snowiest periods occurring from late December through most of Jan-uary and in mid-February.

Winter is central Indiana is typically known as a relatively gloomy season. The tilt of the Earth's axis and the angle of the sun as it hits the surface helps explain why the winter months are typically more cloudy than the summer months. During winter in the Northern Hemisphere, the sun angle is much lower.

February is the driest month of the year statewide, then precipitation increases in March and April as the spring soil moisture recharge season begins. On average precipitation occurs every third day in Indiana.

It's a weather fact backed by data that during most El Nino winters, Indiana sees higher than normal temperatures and lower than normal precipitation. That typically results in fewer snow events, and lower snowfall totals. Typically the snowfall totals are less than normal for any one part of the state.

Extreme Data for Indiana

Maximum temperature ever recorded: 116F at Collegeville in 1936. Most days ever recorded when temperature was over 90F: 105 times in 1953 at Evansville.

Is Indiana considered tornado alley? ›

As a colloquial term there are no definitively set boundaries of Tornado Alley, but the area common to most definitions extends from Texas, through Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota, Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Missouri, Arkansas, North Dakota, Montana, Ohio, and eastern portions of Colorado, ...

Highest wind gust on record: 111 mph from the northwest on June 29, 1929.

Even well-documented extreme wind gust measurements should be viewed with some skepticism. This is even true of the official world record-holder: a 253 mph (113.2 m/s) gust recorded in Cyclone Olivia on April 4, 1996, on Barrow Island, Australia.

INDIANA, USA — The Old Farmer's Almanac has released their 2024-2025 winter weather outlook for the U.S. They are calling for a "cold, wet and snowy" winter for the Great Lakes, including Indiana. That will probably be pretty accurate.

According to the National Weather Service, it's the fourth warmest February on record for Indianapolis. The average high was 41.2°, which is 8.7° above normal. The warmest days were close to 30 degrees above average and the coldest were about 10 to 15 degrees below.

One of the main factors for this winter will be the emergence of La Niña. Last winter, El Niño was firmly in place, which typically means a mort northward polar jet. La Niña years tend to have that polar jet further south which increases the chance of precipitation.

Increasing temperatures

The warming will increase the number of extreme heat stress days, putting Hoosier health at risk. IU's ERI projects southern Indiana will face 38-51 days at or exceeding 95 degrees each year by 2050.