How does a Northern Indiana summer compare to a Southern Indiana one?

[ischyros]

Originally Posted by Ivory Lee Spurlock

65 to 70 inches of snow per year is a heck of alot of snow. They must have to shovel snow all winter long up there. That would be a chore

Yeah, that's the lake effect snow belt for ya. But it also means that one location can get 1-2 feet of snow while 20 miles away is dry with sunshine the whole time. They average more than Indy has ever gotten in one year.

[Ivory Lee Spurlock]

Originally Posted by ischyros

Yeah, that's the lake effect snow belt for ya. But it also means that one location can get 1-2 feet of snow while 20 miles away is dry with sunshine the whole time. They average more than Indy has ever gotten in one year.

I wonder if they have to shovel snow out of their driveway in order to get their car out more times during the winter than the number of times they have to cut the grass during the spring, summer and fall.

[GraniteStater]

Originally Posted by Ivory Lee Spurlock

65 to 70 inches of snow per year is a heck of alot of snow. They must have to shovel snow all winter long up there. That would be a chore

Many people use snow blowers there, not shovels.

[dodeca]

There are very moderate differences between NE and NW, SE and SW Indiana too.

For Indiana,
Westerly winds are often dry and extreme, coming off the Great Plains; can be very hot in summer, cold in winter;
Northerly winds are tempered by the Great Lakes, so cooler in summer, warmer in winter,
Southerly winds are humid and warm to hot, and
Easterly winds, very rare, are humid and usually with rain.

NW Indiana, near Gary, can experience the three dominant weather patterns. The northern winds come off the lake and will warm the area in winter, with lake effect snows, and cool it in summer. This effects tends to dissipate before it reaches the Wabash River. NW Indiana can also get western storms and very cold air from Canada, and southern monsoon heat; it is probably the most varied weather in the state.

NE Indiana is more impacted by northern, lake effect weather than any other part of the state. NE Indiana can also get strong storms from the west, and southern warmth, but its summer are the most temperate in the state; winter also not as cold.

SW Indiana gets more of the southerly weather, heavier rains, humidity in summer, less snow, nothing from the lake. It is the lowest part of the state. It can also get very cold here, because the Great Lakes' warmth doesn't extend this far south, so very cold air from Canada will pour into the SW from the Illinois Plains.

SE Indiana is a bit upland, influenced by weather of the Appalachian foothills, nearly all southern influenced, with some winter depths coming from the Plains. Not really influenced by the Great Lakes either, and doesn't seem as extreme as the SW.

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[censusdata]

Right at the Ohio River there is quite a drop in elevation, from 800 to 1000 feet on the plateau above it to 400- 500 feet in the flood plain. You add a significant urban heat island across from Louisville KY. A lot of gardening maps puts this local area in the same zone as TN or NC. It is often sultry in the summer though it also moderates temps in winter. Far S IN average maybe 15 to 18 inches of snow and that counts times when it falls as snow but doesn't stick on surface for long. N IN gets a lot more snow and from Valop to MI City you're in the heavy lake effect snow belt.