National Weather Service:

The average temperatures for the first three days of 2010 are among the coldest of record for Indianapolis. The last time the New Year began on a colder note was in 1940 or 70 years ago...

Indianapolis, Indiana
Lowest Average Temperatures
for January 1 - January 3
(records begin in 1871)

“Coldness” Rank	Average Temperature Degrees F	Year(s)
1 (tie)	1°	1928, 1887
3 (tie)	8.7°	1879, 1877
5	8.8°	1940
6	11.2°	1920
7	11.7°	2010
8	12.2°	1974
9	13.7°	1968
10	13.8°	1979
11	14.0°	1918
12	14.5°	2008
13	14.7°	1969
14 (tie)	15.2°	2001, 1977
16	15.3°	1958
17	15.5°	1901
18 (tie)	15.7°	1919, 1885
20	16.0°	1945

The latest forecast indicates that the first 10 days of the New Year will continue to remain near the top ten coldest starts to a new year. The average temperature for the first ten days of January is expected to be around 14 degrees. The last time the first ten days of a new year were colder was in 1999, and the last time Indianapolis experienced a cold spell of this duration or colder was in February 2007. The record cold for a ten day period is 0.5 degrees which occurred from December 15-24, 1989.

Indianapolis, Indiana
Predicted Lowest Average Temperatures
for January 1 - January 10
(records begin in 1871)

“Coldness” Rank	Average Temperature Degrees F	Year(s)
1 (tie)	8.2°	1970, 1887
3	8.3°	1879
4	9.0°	1884
5	9.4°	1912
6	10.6°	1979
7	12.3°	1999
8	12.5°	1968
9	13.2°	1942
10	13.4°	1875
-	13.5° projected	2010
11	14.1°	1988
12	14.2°	1940
13	15.1°	1969
14	15.3°	1977
15	15.6°	1893
16 (tie)	15.9°	1981, 1877
18	17.9°	1974
19	18.8°	1996
20	18.9°	1920

Posted by: Old Grouch in Dear Diary... at 18:09:43 GMT | No Comments | Add Comment
Post contains 209 words, total size 11 kb.