January 2013 appears to be return to normal weather patterns
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On the heels of a year that featured an extended drought and other weather extremes, January 2013 appears to be a return to normal patterns, a meteorologist said.
The month featured less snow than what’s typical, said Jason Puma, who works for the National Weather Service in Indianapolis, but the overall average for December and January combines to produce almost the exact average for the two months together.
At an inch and a half, snowfall for January was 7.1 inches less than the norm. But December featured 14.8 inches of snow — 7.9 inches above average.
The average temperature through Jan. 30 was 30.2 degrees, he said — two degrees above normal.
“We’ve seen a lot of normal things we see in Janaury,” Puma said. “We’ve had several days with single-digit lows and highs in the teens and low 20s. We’ve had a couple January thaws, all the way up into the 60s, and then cold fronts that brought us back down.”
On Wednesday, the Indianapolis Northeastside and other parts of Central Indiana got a dose of rough weather, however, when strong storms downed power lines, flooded roads and damaged homes. In Castleton, more than 1,000 Indianapolis Power & Light Co. customers were left without power for much of the day because of six 95-foot-tall wooden utility poles snapped by high winds.
Call Star reporter Bill McCleery at (317) 444-6083.
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