Only in Indiana: 7 Weather Struggles Every Hoosier Understands

If you've lived in Indiana for more than five minutes, you know there's one thing you can always count on: the weather being completely unpredictable.

I've lived here long enough to know that checking the forecast is more of a suggestion than an actual plan.

Here are seven things every Hoosier understands about our wonderfully ridiculous weather.

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1. All Four Seasons Can Happen in One Day

Sunshine at breakfast, thunderstorms at lunch, and temperatures cold enough for a winter coat by dinner. Welcome to Indiana.

2. Your Car is Basically a Mobile Closet

Sunglasses, an umbrella, a hoodie, and probably an emergency jacket. You never know what you'll need.

3. The Humidity Is a Personal Attack

There's hot, and then there's Indiana-in-July (or October) hot. The kind where stepping outside feels somewhere between being wrapped in a warm, wet towel and walking into a wall of soup.

4. The First Warm Day is a Trap

One beautiful 70-degree afternoon in February and we're all ready to put away our winter clothes. Rookie mistake.

5. We Take Tornado Warnings Seriously

We know severe weather is no joke, even if some of us have been known to step onto the porch to look at the sky, but when Chief Meteorologist Wayne Hart takes off his jacket, you better be on your way to safe shelter.

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6. Fall is Beautiful, All Even Minutes of It

One day we're admiring the colorful leaves in our favorite sweater. The next we're scraping frost off the windshield.

7. We Complain About the Weather, but We'd Miss It

Okay, maybe not the humidity. Definitely not the ice storms. But there's something about experiencing all four seasons that makes Indiana feel like home.

Love it or hate it, the weather keeps life interesting.