Cold Temperatures and Snow Showers to Kick Off December

He says forecasters are monitoring a system that might bring rain to the area next week.

Source: X / @NWS

INDIANAPOLIS — A cold week kicks off with highs stuck in the 30s today and a chance of flurries, but a weekend warm-up is on the way, according to the National Weather Service.

“Winter came here in full force for the first week of December,” said Cody Moore, a forecaster at the National Weather Service in Indianapolis. “We have a very brief warm-up on Wednesday with a high of 40, and then temperatures will return to the 20s.”

Moore says Hoosiers should get ready for a wetter winter. We’re already on track to see more snow than all of last year.

“The average snowfall that we see around Indianapolis is, and we haven’t reached that the past couple of years,” Moore says. “Last year we only had 8.2 inches of snow. “We already have 3.3 this season, so we’re almost halfway there.”

Moore says we’re not expecting big snowstorms, but snow showers could pop up this afternoon.

“There’s another chance for some flurries on Wednesday and Wednesday night, but major on the horizon,” added Moore.

He says forecasters are monitoring a system that might bring rain to the area next week.