Midwestern farmers have faced a buildup of pesticide resistance in pigweeds (waterhemp and Palmer amaranth), highlighting the importance of scouting to detect weeds early in their growth stages. Otherwise, weed escapes are a common issue as herbicides lose their efficacy when weeds are allowed to grow long enough into their growth cycle. The Midwestern Regional[Read More…]
Austin Pearson
Wet pattern to return Despite the wet start to the month, the entire state saw less than 50 percent of normal rainfall from April 10 to 16, and in some cases, less than 10 percent of normal rainfall (Figure 1). This was helpful, especially as some locations still deal with river flood warnings and ponded[Read More…]
Happy meteorological summer, everyone! Whether you’re ready or not, summer is here…well, at least meteorologically. While the official start of summer according to the astronomical calendar is the summer solstice on Thursday, June 20, meteorological summer began on June 1. This distinction is important because meteorological seasons are based on annual temperature cycles and divide[Read More…]
The 2023-2024 meteorological winter (December, January, and February) has concluded, but it seems as if we only experienced a couple weeks of winter-like weather this season. Indiana’s average temperature was 35.8°F, which was 5.3°F above normal. This was good for Indiana’s second warmest winter since records began in 1895. The warmest winter on record was[Read More…]
The fall crisp was in the air this morning (9/13), so cool that I had to grab that sweatshirt I bought in mid-August while getting my kiddo on the bus. It was actually refreshing, in a sense. Minimum temperatures in Crawfordsville (Montgomery County) and Rensselaer (Jasper County) dropped to 44F this morning, which were the[Read More…]
Over the last 30 days (July 18-August 15), the state average temperature was 73.5◦F, which was essentially normal. Average temperatures ranged from 0.9◦F below normal in northwestern Indiana to 0.5◦F above normal in southern Indiana (Figure 1). The heat was not missing, though, as July 26 through 28 was rather warm across the Midwest. Minimum[Read More…]
Below-normal temperatures continued through the first 21 days of June as the state average temperature was 68.3°F, which was 1.8°F below the 1991-2020 climatological normal. Temperature departures were 1-5°F below normal across the state, with larger departures in eastern and southern Indiana (Figure 1, Left). Maximum temperatures were near normal for the entire state, and[Read More…]
The weather has been absolutely beautiful over the past few days. Temperatures have finally rebounded, vegetation is green again, and agricultural crops are beginning to emerge from the freshly planted fields. Despite the warming temperatures, we still have not dug ourselves out of the below-normal start to May. Through the first ten days of the[Read More…]
Despite the cooler weather we’ve experienced the last couple of weeks, temperatures from April 1st through 26th averaged 2.3°F above normal for the entire state (Figure 1). Departures have steadily declined as the weather pattern shifted to cold and dry as a result of an upper atmosphere blocking pattern. Since April 21st, temperatures averaged 9-12°F[Read More…]
Much like March, April has gotten off to a warm start. Through the first eleven days, the state average temperature was 5.1◦F above the 1991-2020 climatological normal (Figure 1). High temperatures ranged from 60-70◦F, which was anywhere from 3-7◦F above normal. Low temperatures were not as anomalous, but slightly above normal for most of the[Read More…]