Take a snow day with IndyStar (and pups) as we hit the sledding hill
Here’s how IndyStar’s Madyson Crane spent the snow day on Monday, with guest appearances from 4-legged friends Freya and Lucy.
It’s not winter yet, but Indianapolis has already seen nearly 2 inches of snow, according to the National Weather Service.
Snow blew in late on the afternoon of Nov. 9, bringing with it a winter weather advisory, and stopped falling midday on Nov. 10, dropping 1.8 inches on the capital city. Areas north of Indianapolis saw slightly more precipitation, with Frankfort topping out at 3.4 inches.
The cold front isn’t over quite yet. Scattered flurries are possible before 4 p.m. Nov. 11.
But temperatures will warm back up to a sunny 55 degrees by Nov. 12, the National Weather Service predicts.
When does winter actually begin? According to meteorologists, Dec. 1 starts the season, though most people push that back to Dec. 21 and the winter solstice.
Here’s how much snow was reported to the NWS on the morning of Nov. 10. Snow continued to fall in some parts of Indiana into the early afternoon, so a finalized report expected tomorrow will likely show slightly higher totals, an agency spokesperson explained.
Indianapolis area snow totals
- Brownsburg: 1.2 inches
- Carmel: 2.3 inches
- Eagle Creek Reservoir, west: 2.3 inches
- Greenfield: 1.2 inches
- Greenwood: 1 inch
- Indianapolis International Airport: 1.8 inches
- Westfield: 2.8 inches
- Zionsville: 1.7 inches
Northern and Central Indiana snow totals
- Anderson: 2.5 inches
- Ball State University: 3 inches
- Frankfort: 3.4 inches
- Kokomo: 3 inches
Southern Indiana snow totals
- Bloomington: 0.8 inches
- Columbus: 0.2 inches
- Elnora: 0.4 inches
- Nashville: 0.5 inches
Ryan Murphy is the communities reporter for IndyStar. She can be reached at [email protected].
