Sub-freezing temperatures in Bloomington on the second day of 2022 signaled a contrast between the last month of 2021 and the start to the new year.
The National Weather Service office for Indianapolis led off its Jan. 2 forecast like this: “The recent warm weather pattern has come to an end. Colder temperatures will persist through the upcoming week.”
What did the “recent warm weather pattern” mean for Bloomington?
December 2021 ranked fourth warmest as defined by the mean of the average daily temperature among all Decembers—since records started being kept by the Indiana University weather station in 1895.
It was a 42.2 F degree average for December 2021 that put it in fourth place. Continue reading “Temperature notebook: December 2021 one of Bloomington’s warmest on record”
The mean average temperature for September this year was 73.7 degrees Fahrenheit. That’s 2 degrees warmer than the next-warmest September on record, which came in 2007. It’s about 7 degrees warmer than the mean of all September averages since 1943, which is 66.9 degrees.