'Either too much rain, not enough, the wind, frost,' Fallis said. In the farming business, fighting with the weather is the 'same as always,' he said. 'The plants are growing, you gotta take care of 'em,' Fallis said. This tape runs along the flower beds and gardens and, once water is pumped through it, expands and drips water onto the plants. to switch valves for his T-Tape irrigation system, which he said he's glad he added this year to make up for the lack of rain. Over the past two weeks, he's been getting up at 5 a.m. When he faces a dry spell, he needs to adjust his morning schedule. He mainly produces herbs, flowers and vegetables. His Central Indiana greenhouse and farm called Bloomers is west of Lafayette. Farmer: 'You're trying to outguess the weather'ĭean Fallis, 75, of West Point, Indiana, is facing a similar issue. When you factor in filling tanks of water during a dry period, it adds up. While the Southern Indiana farm has a pond and is hooked up to city water, it also has 11 greenhouses of tomato plants with automatic watering systems. What you need to know to stay safe.īut for farmers like Goecker, these two-plus weeks with no rain mean more work and higher bills. More on the heat: 'Dome' over Indianapolis brings days of heat. In this case, high pressure staying in the area for a long time is causing the dryness - which is the same reason it's so hot. White said it's not unusual to see a two-week period without rain.

The driest parts of the state, he said, are near Lafayette and southeast of Indianapolis, which is where Goecker's farm is located. In May, the Indianapolis area saw rain levels at 2 inches below normal, meteorologist Andrew White said. If we don't have the rain to water them in, we have to go do it ourselves out in the field.' 'When we're planting new stuff, they need to be watered in every day. 'It kind of gets us behind because we have other stuff that we need to be doing,' Goecker said. Meteorologists say a few weeks without precipitation can be typical, but a trend in dry conditions requires farmers to work overtime. Indiana has been abnormally dry this month. And neither have many parts of the state, including Central Indiana.Ĭentral Indiana climate: Knozone Action Day declared for June 2, 2023 But their Seymour-based family farm, called VanAntwerp's, hasn't seen rain in a while. In fact, if rain comes regularly, they don't have to do it at all. It's hard labor that takes the farm workers a whole day. This isn't how they normally water their crops.

As the brothers work their way up and down fields of tomatoes, broccoli, strawberries and melons, Goecker hoses down each and every one of the plants. Thank you for listening to the weather report from LocalConditions.Hose in hand, 19-year-old Thaddeus Goecker trails behind a Kubota Ranger, a small off-road utility vehicle driven by his older brother Lance - who he calls 'the boss man.' Lugging behind the vehicle are large tanks of water. Cloudy through mid morning, then gradual clearing, with a high near 79. Wednesday has an expected forecast of Isolated showers before 10am. The forecast for Tonight is Scattered showers, mainly between 11pm and 2am. Sunrise is at 6:15 AM and Sunset is at 9:09 PM. Wind direction is NorthWest at 5 miles per hour, gusting at 6 mph. The humidity is 56.7 percent with a dew point of 55.4 degrees fahrenheit that is rising since the last report. The barometric pressure is 29.85 - measured by inch of mercury units - and is rising since its last observation. It is 72 degrees fahrenheit, or 22 degrees celsius and feels like 76 degrees fahrenheit. The current weather report for Indianapolis IN, as of 10:10 PM EDT, has a sky condition of Overcast with the visibility of 10.00 miles.

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