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INDIANA · CARROLL COUNTY

Deer Creek

115 people, 710 ft above sea level in Carroll County.

710 ftElevation, city center
115People, 2024 estimate
0 sq miLand area
Clear 43°
Clear now Dew point 36° · NNW 7 mph · high 39°
City of Deer Creek River Interstate 2 miles
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The Deer Creek plate. Relief from Copernicus GLO-30; rivers and lakes from USGS NHD; watersheds from the USGS Watershed Boundary Dataset; roads and city limits from Census TIGER 2024.

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TODAY

Today in Deer Creek

NWS forecast and National Blend of Models · updated 7:00 PM EST
RIGHT NOW Grissom Air Force Base / Peru (KGUS) · 8:10 PM
Clear
43° Clear Feels like 39° · high of 39° near 8 PM
WindNNW 7 mphno gusts
Humidity76%rising to 100% by morning
Pressure30.24 in →steady
Visibility10 mihaze-free
CloudsClear
UV index—no forecast
Dew point 36° · Dryabout the same for three days
DryComfortableStickyMuggyOppressive
NEXT RAIN
Clear
Not this weeknone in the forecast for a week
LIKELY AMOUNT—nothing expected
LAST RAINNov. 130.06 in · 1 dry day
ALERTS & OUTLOOKS
No watches or warnings for Carroll County
NWS Indianapolis and the Storm Prediction Center · checked 8:45 PM
SUN & MOON
↑ 7:30 AM5:29 PM ↓
9 h 58 m of daylight, 2 minutes less than yesterday
Waxing crescent, 27% lit. Next full moon: Nov. 24.
AIR & POLLEN
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GOODAir quality index · ozone
No pollen source yet.

The next three days, hour by hour

Sky: clear, cloudy, night Rain likely National Blend of Models
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HOW IT FEELS · DEW POINT
Dry: dew points 30 to 41° ↑ Humid air returns More humid: 39° by Tuesday

The next seven days, and how sure we are

Forecast, with the range 8 in 10 ensemble members agree on Normal, about 50° / 32°
SAT Nov. 14 Partly cloudy Partly cloudy
39° 34°
0% rain — NW 4 A
SUN Nov. 15 Mostly cloudy; warmer Mostly cloudy; warmer
51° 30°
0% rain — WNW 3 B
MON Nov. 16 Mostly sunny Mostly sunny
53° 31°
0% rain — SW 2 A
TUE Nov. 17 Sunny Sunny
56° 34°
0% rain — S 3 A
WED Nov. 18 Mostly sunny Mostly sunny
59° 41°
0% rain — S 7 A
THU Nov. 19 Mostly sunny Mostly sunny
63° 45°
10% rain — SW 7 B
FRI Nov. 20 Mostly sunny Mostly sunny
64° 47°
10% rain — SSE 5 B
How sure are we? AModels agree: highs within 4° BSome spread: within 8° CWide spread: check back
Range from the National Blend of Models percentiles · graded on Forecast Scores
AIR MAIL

Where today’s air came from

The air arriving over Deer Creek about 5,000 feet above the ground was over British Columbia three days ago, and over the northern Plains a day ago, about 1,910 miles back along its path. It rose from near the ground on the way. Near the ground the air came from British Columbia; at 10,000 feet, from the Pacific Northwest. It has stayed over land, which is why it feels dry. Traced back 72 hours through NOAA’s hourly RAP analyses and the GFS beyond them, nine paths at each of three heights.

THIS WEEK, SEVEN YEARS AGO Nov. 13, 2019

The coldest this week has been

2° on Nov. 13, 2019, the coldest reading for this week of the year since 1948. Next is 13° in 2014.

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Source: NOAA RCC-ACIS, the Young America record since 1948.
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THE GROUND

What Deer Creek stands on

Deer Creek’s center stands about 710 ft above sea level. Within three miles the land runs from 680 ft to 750 ft, a difference of 70 ft: gently rolling country.

Under the town center the state geologic map shows Wabash Formation (limestone, dolostone), from the Silurian, 422 to 445 million years old.

Deer Creek, cut in half from northwest to southeast

A section northwest to southeast, 24 miles through the town center
600 ft700 ft800 ft DEER CREEK710 ftWabash Riverabout 540 ftDeer Creekabout 710 ftHigh point of the line820 ft ← NWGalveston · SE →

Heights every 0.1 mile from the Copernicus GLO-90 surface model; vertical exaggeration about 64×. The colored band under the surface is the rock the state geologic map shows at the surface, not a picture of what lies beneath.

Rock at the surface along the line

Wabash Formation

Limestone, dolostone. Age: Silurian, 422 to 445 million years old. About 24 mi of the line.

From the USGS State Geologic Map Compilation (Horton and others, 2017), the states’ geologic maps joined at a common scale.

Heights from Copernicus GLO-90 (a surface model: it includes buildings and tree canopy); summits from USGS GNIS; rivers from USGS NHDPlus HR; rock from the USGS State Geologic Map Compilation.
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THE WATER

Where Deer Creek’s rain goes

A raindrop that lands in Deer Creek reaches the Gulf of America by way of Deer Creek, the Wabash, Big Bayou, the Wabash River Old Channel, the Old Channel Wabash, the Ohio and the Mississippi: about 1,440 river miles.

THE WAY DOWN, TO SCALE
Deer Creek≈ 1,440 mi · the Gulf of America
FROM THE CENTER OF DEER CREEK ≈ 1,440 mi to the Gulf of America Deer Creek → Wabash → … → Old Channel Wabash → Ohio → Mississippi

970 miles of the trip are on the Mississippi.

Traced down the USGS NHDPlus V2.1 river network from the Census center point of Deer Creek; river miles along the main stem, rounded.

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THE ALMANAC

Deer Creek’s year

1991–2020 normals · records since 1948 · Young America, 5 mi southeast

Deer Creek has a hot-summer humid continental climate. Summer afternoons average 83° in July; winter nights fall to about 17° in January. A normal year brings about 25 inches of snow; with the rain, that comes to about 41 inches of water.

32°17°36°20°47°29°60°38°72°50°80°60°83°62°81°60°77°52°64°42°49°32°37°23° JANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEPOCTNOVDEC 1234 TODAY DEER CREEK 41.1 in rain and snowmelt
Normal high to low, by month Rain by month Freezing
July, average83° / 62°high / low, the warmest month
January, average32° / 17°high / low, the coldest month
Rain and melted snow41.1 inwettest months: June and July
Snow a year24.6 insnowiest: January
Hottest on record101°FJune 29, 2012
Coldest on record−27°FJanuary 19, 1994
Wettest day on record7.91 inJuly 5, 2003
90° days a year12very few reach 100°
Nights at or below 32°129and 42 days that stay below freezing
Climate typeHot-summer humid continentalKöppen Dfa

AROUND THE RING

1Freeze seasonfrom the first fall freeze, about Oct. 14, to the last in spring, about April 24 (median dates)
2Highs below freezingJan. 5 to Feb. 2; normal highs stay below 32°
3Lows below freezingNov. 13 to March 30; normal lows fall below 32°
4Wettest stretchJune through August: 14.3 of the year’s 41.1 inches
MONTH BY MONTH
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Normal high32°36°47°60°72°80°83°81°77°64°49°37°
Normal low17°20°29°38°50°60°62°60°52°42°32°23°
Rain and melt, in2.522.252.633.643.945.195.143.993.373.083.082.29
Snow, inches8.27.32.70.60.00.00.00.00.00.00.75.1

Normals 1991–2020 and records since 1948 at Young America, 4 miles southeast. NOAA, through RCC-ACIS.
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ON THE NETWORK

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Deer Creek

115 people, 710 ft above sea level in Carroll County.

710 ftElevation
115People
0 sq miLand
Clear 43°
ClearDew point 36°
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Today in Deer Creek

NEXT 15 HOURS
Now partly cloudy night 39° 0%
11p mostly cloudy night 36° 0%
2a mostly cloudy night 36° 1%
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NEXT RAINNone this week
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THIS WEEK, SEVEN YEARS AGO · NOV. 13, 2019

2°, the coldest this week of the year has been since 1948.

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What Deer Creek stands on

Deer Creek’s center stands about 710 ft above sea level. Within three miles the land runs from 680 ft to 750 ft, a difference of 70 ft: gently rolling country.

Deer Creek, northwest to southeast Deer Creek710 ftWabash Riverabout 540 ftDeer Creekabout 710 ftHigh point820 ft ← NWSE → 24 miles through the town center; vertical exaggeration about 122×. Colors: rock at the surface.
Elevation, center710 ft
Within 3 miles680 to 750 ft
Lie of the landGently rolling (70 ft of relief)
Rock at the surfaceWabash Formation
Its ageSilurian, 422 to 445 million years old
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Deer Creek’s year

Deer Creek has a hot-summer humid continental climate. Summer afternoons average 83° in July; winter nights fall to about 17° in January. A normal year brings about 25 inches of snow; with the rain, that comes to about 41 inches of water.

JANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEPOCTNOVDEC 1234 41.1 in
July, average83° / 62° · high / low, the warmest month
January, average32° / 17° · high / low, the coldest month
Rain and melted snow41.1 in · wettest months: June and July
Snow a year24.6 in · snowiest: January
Hottest on record101°F · June 29, 2012
Coldest on record−27°F · January 19, 1994
Wettest day on record7.91 in · July 5, 2003
90° days a year12 · very few reach 100°
Nights at or below 32°129 · and 42 days that stay below freezing
Climate typeHot-summer humid continental · Köppen Dfa
1Freeze season · from the first fall freeze, about Oct. 14, to the last in spring, about April 24 (median dates)
2Highs below freezing · Jan. 5 to Feb. 2; normal highs stay below 32°
3Lows below freezing · Nov. 13 to March 30; normal lows fall below 32°
4Wettest stretch · June through August: 14.3 of the year’s 41.1 inches
Normals 1991–2020 and records since 1948 at Young America, 4 miles southeast. NOAA, through RCC-ACIS.
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Where the rain goes

≈ 1,440 mito the Gulf of AmericaDeer Creek → Wabash → … → Old Channel Wabash → Ohio → Mississippi

A raindrop that lands in Deer Creek reaches the Gulf of America by way of Deer Creek, the Wabash, Big Bayou, the Wabash River Old Channel, the Old Channel Wabash, the Ohio and the Mississippi: about 1,440 river miles.

970 miles of the trip are on the Mississippi.