Central Indiana Drought Information

For the latest Drought Information Statement from Indianapolis, please click here.

Fire weather information is available on the Fire Weather Page

Click on any image below for a larger version. Images courtesy of NOAA, Midwest Climate Center, Indiana State Climatologist Office, and the USGS.

 

Current Conditions:

Outlooks

  

Current Conditions

 

 

US Drought Monitor Information for Indiana: 

Drought Monitor

 

Drought Indicies

 

Long Term Palmer Index Precipitation Needed to Bring Palmer to -.5 (Near Normal)
Drought Severity Index (Long Term Palmer) Additional Precipitation Needed to Bring Palmer Index to Near Normal

 
Drought Portal Link

 

30 Day, 90 Day, 180 Day, and 365 Day Precipitation Percent of Normal:

30 Day Precipitation Percent of Mean

90 Day Percent of Mean Precipitation
Precipitation Percent of Mean for 180 days

 

Plot of Year-to-Date Temperatures and Precipitation for Indianapolis (Other cities are available), and Plot of Snow Year (July-June) for Indianapolis.  (2011-2012 Indianapolis Snow Year Plot)

 

Indianapolis Climate Plot Indiana Snow Year plot

 

 

Soil Moisture (20 inch depth):

 

Soil Moisture (20")

Soil Moisture (20") Percent of Average

 

Streamflow for Rivers Across Indiana (all streamflow images from USGS)

Percentile of StreamFlow for Indiana Rivers
KEY:
black dot High
blue dot >90th Percentile
aqua dot 76th-90th Percentile (Above)
green dot 25th-75th Percentile (Normal)
orange dot 10th-24th Percentile (Below)
burnt dot <10th Percentile
red dot Low
hollow dot Not Ranked

 

 

  

 

Outlooks

 

 

Latest 5-Day Total Precipitation Forecast (updated daily at 7 p.m. EDT) from HPC:

 

 

8-14 day precipitation outlook:

8-14 day precipitation outlook

Climate Prediction Center 8 to 14 day outlooks

Latest One Month Precipitation Outlook from the Climate Prediction Center:

 

Latest Three-Month Precipitation Outlook from the Climate Prediction Center:

Three MonthPrecip Outlook from CPC

 

Drought Outlook:

Drought Outlook

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