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CXUS53 KIWX 011615
CLSFWA

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1215 PM EDT SAT JUN 01 2024

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...THE FORT WAYNE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE SEASON, FROM
3/1/2024 TO 5/31/2024...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1897 TO 2024

WEATHER         OBSERVED          NORMAL  DEPART   LAST YEAR`S
                VALUE   DATE(S)   VALUE   FROM     VALUE
                                          NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
 HIGH             97   05/28/2018
 LOW             -10   03/01/1967
HIGHEST           90   05/21         MM      MM       90
LOWEST            21   03/21         MM      MM       18
AVG. MAXIMUM    65.1               60.3     4.8     61.5
AVG. MINIMUM    44.6               39.7     4.9     39.0
MEAN            54.8               50.0     4.8
DAYS MAX >= 90     1                1.1    -0.1        1
DAYS MAX <= 32     0                2.7    -2.7        1
DAYS MIN <= 32    16               27.8   -11.8       28
DAYS MIN <= 0      0                0.1    -0.1        0

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM       18.50   2011
 MINIMUM        5.07   1958
TOTALS         15.93              11.13    4.80    10.88
DAILY AVG.      0.17               0.12    0.05     0.12
DAYS >= .01       39               38.6     0.4       35
DAYS >= .10       28               22.1     5.9       20
DAYS >= .50       10                7.1     2.9        7
DAYS >= 1.00       4                2.3     1.7        4
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL   2.12   03/14 TO 03/14

SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
 TOTAL          19.5   1964
 24 HR TOTAL     4.2   04/20/2021 TO 04/20/2021
TOTALS           0.7                5.4    -4.7      4.1
SINCE 7/1       11.6               33.6   -22.0     21.7
SNOWDEPTH AVG.     T                                   0
DAYS >= TRACE      6                5.7     0.3       10
DAYS >= 1.0        0                1.8    -1.8        2
GREATEST
 SNOW DEPTH        T                                   1
 24 HR TOTAL     0.4

DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL   1019               1448    -429     1389
 SINCE 7/1      4832               5943   -1111     5347
COOLING TOTAL    102                 69      33       57
 SINCE 1/1       102                 70      32       57
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              10.2
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    45/230    DATE  05/24
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    59/230    DATE  05/24

SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT)   MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER           0.66
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR           10
NUMBER OF DAYS PC             51
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY         31

AVERAGE RH (PERCENT)     67

WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM             19     MIXED PRECIP               0
HEAVY RAIN               12     RAIN                      22
LIGHT RAIN               42     FREEZING RAIN              0
LT FREEZING RAIN          0     HAIL                       1
HEAVY SNOW                0     SNOW                       0
LIGHT SNOW                6     SLEET                      1
FOG                      41     FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE      3
HAZE                      5

-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.

&&

...TOP 5 WARMEST AND WETTEST SPRING ON RECORD...

SPRING 2024 WILL CERTAINLY BE REMEMBERED AS BEING WARM AND WET,
THANKS TO THE ONGOING TRANSITION FROM EL NINO TO LA NINA. MARCH,
APRIL, AND MAY ALL HAD AVERAGE TEMPERATURES WELL ABOVE NORMAL. IT
WASN`T JUST DAYTIME HIGHS THAT WERE WARM THIS SPRING, BUT ALSO THE
LACK OF COOLING OVERNIGHT AS WELL. NUMEROUS DAYS OF OVERNIGHT LOWS
IN THE 50S AND 60S HELPED CONTRIBUTE TO A WARMER THAN USUAL SPRING.
FORT WAYNE SAW ITS FIRST 90+ DEGREE DAY OF THE YEAR ON MAY 21ST,
WHICH IS ABOUT 3 WEEKS EARLIER THAN AVERAGE (AVERAGE FIRST 90+
DEGREE DAY OCCURS JUNE 13TH). OVERALL, THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR
SPRING 2024 WAS 54.8 DEGREES, WHICH IS 4.8 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL!
THIS WAS THE 4TH WARMEST SPRING SINCE RECORDS BEGAN IN 1897 AND THE
WARMEST SPRING SINCE 2012.

UNLIKE THE FLASH DROUGHT THAT WAS ONGOING THIS TIME LAST YEAR, A
SOGGY, WET SPRING THIS YEAR LED TO SEVERAL INSTANCES OF STANDING
WATER IN FIELDS, LEADING TO A DELAY IN SPRING PLANTING FOR MANY AREA
FARMERS. FORT WAYNE RECIEVED 15.93" OF PRECIPITATION THIS SPRING,
WHICH WAS 4.80" ABOVE NORMAL! THIS WAS THE WETTEST SPRING SINCE
SINCE 16.98" FELL IN 2017. SPRING 2024 IS THE 4TH WETTEST SPRING ON
RECORD.

SPRING SEVERE WEATHER PEAKED ON MAY 7TH WHEN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
PRODUCED 7 TORNADOES, LARGE HAIL, AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. THIS WAS
THE GREATEST SINGLE-DAY TORNADO OUTBREAK IN OUR FORECAST AREA SINCE
13 TORNADOES OCCURRED ON MARCH 31, 2023.

UNSURPRISINGLY, DUE TO THE WARM TEMPERATURES, THERE WAS A LACK OF
SNOWFALL THIS SPRING. A RECORD LACK OF ICE COVER ON THE GREAT LAKES
KEPT FORT WAYNE MAINLY SNOW-FREE THIS SPRING. ONLY 0.7" WAS
RECORDED, WHICH IS 4.7" BELOW NORMAL AND THE 14TH LEAST SNOWIEST
SPRING ON RECORD. THIS WAS THE LEAST SNOWIEST SPRING SINCE 0.3" WAS
MEASURED IN SPRING 2012.

A MONTH-BY-MONTH SUMMARY IS BELOW.

MARCH 2024

...A WET AND TOP 10 WARMEST START TO SPRING...

MUCH LIKE FEBRUARY, ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES CONTINUED THROUGH
MARCH, ESPECIALLY DURING THE FIRST HALF OF THE MONTH. 14 OF THE
FIRST 15 DAYS OF MARCH HAD AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE ABOVE NORMAL.
TYPICALLY, THERE ARE 6 DAYS WITH A HIGH TEMPERATURE AT OR ABOVE 60
DEGREES IN MARCH; THIS YEAR, THERE WERE 11 60+ DEGREE DAYS IN FORT
WAYNE (THIS INCLUDES TWO DAYS WITH HIGHS IN THE 70S). ONE NEW HIGH
TEMPERATURE RECORD WAS SET THIS MONTH; THE HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 73
DEGREES ON MARCH 13 TIED THE RECORD DAILY HIGH SET IN 2007. OVERALL,
THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR MARCH WAS 44.8 DEGREES, WHICH IS 6.2
DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THIS WAS THE WARMEST MARCH SINCE 2012. MARCH
2024 RANKS AS THE 7TH WARMEST MARCH ON RECORD. RECORDS DATE BACK TO
1897.

ALTHOUGH MANY DAYS THIS MONTH DID NOT HAVE MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION,
THE MONTH OVERALL WAS STILL ABOVE AVERAGE. THIS IS BECAUSE MUCH OF
THE MONTH`S RAINFALL FELL IN ONE DAY! MARCH 14TH MEASURED 2.12"!
THIS WAS THE MOST RAIN IN 24 HOURS IN FORT WAYNE SINCE JULY 5, 2022,
WHICH HAD 2.83". MARCH 14TH ALSO SET A NEW DAILY RAINFALL RECORD,
BREAKING THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 0.94" SET IN 1997. MARCH 14, 2024
WAS THE 5TH WETTEST MARCH DAY ON RECORD! OVERALL, THE MONTH TOTALED
4.12 INCHES OF RAIN, WHICH IS 1.31 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL. THIS WAS THE
25TH WETTEST MARCH ON RECORD.

DUE TO THE WARM TEMPERATURES, SNOWFALL WAS NOTABLY LACKING IN MARCH.
ONLY 0.7" OF SNOW WAS MEASURED THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE MONTH, WHICH IS
3.9" BELOW AVERAGE. THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL OCCASIONS WHERE ONLY A
TRACE OF SNOW HAS BEEN RECORDED IN MARCH, SO THIS IS NOT A RECORD.
MARCH 2024 TIES FOR THE 22ND LEAST SNOWIEST ON RECORD AND IS THE
LEAST SNOWIEST MARCH SINCE 2021.

APRIL 2024

....WETTEST APRIL ON RECORD, 12TH WARMEST....

IN TYPICAL SPRING FASHION, APRIL FEATURED LOTS OF TEMPERATURE SWINGS
AND FLUCTUATIONS. THERE WERE 10 DAYS WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES 70+
DEGREES THIS MONTH AND THERE WERE ALSO 4 DAYS WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES
IN THE 40S THIS MONTH. MILD NIGHTS CONTRIBUTED TO APRIL 2024 BEING
WARMER THAN NORMAL, WITH SEVERAL NIGHTS WITH LOWS IN THE 50S AND
60S. A NEW RECORD WARM LOW TEMPERATURE OF 62 DEGREES WAS SET ON
APRIL 29TH, BREAKING THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 61 DEGREES SET IN 1991.
OVERALL, THE MONTH FINISHED WITH AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 53.5
DEGREES, WHICH IS 3.3 DEGREES WARMER THAN NORMAL. THIS WAS THE 12TH
WARMEST APRIL AND THE WARMEST APRIL SINCE 2017.

A SERIES OF LOW PRESSURE SYSTEMS PASSING THROUGH THE MIDWEST LED TO
A VERY WET AND SOGGY APRIL. IN FACT, FORT WAYNE HAD THE WETTEST
APRIL ON RECORD! OVER 7 INCHES OF RAIN FELL, WHICH HAS ONLY HAPPENED
4 TIMES IN APRIL SINCE RECORDS BEGAN IN 1897. OTHER APRILS WITH OVER
7 INCHES OF RAINFALL INCLUDE 1944, 1957, AND 2013. TWO DAYS THIS
MONTH HAD OVER AN INCH OF RAINFALL; APRIL 1ST AND APRIL 11TH. A NEW
DAILY RECORD RAINFALL OF 1.81 INCHES WAS SET ON APRIL 1ST, WHICH
BROKE THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 1.69 INCHES SET IN 1959. IN TOTAL, 7.39
INCHES OF RAIN FELL THIS MONTH, WHICH IS 3.65 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL
AND NEARLY DOUBLE THE AVERAGE MONTHLY TOTAL! APRIL WAS THE WETTEST
MONTH SINCE AUGUST 2018 WHEN 7.77 INCHES OF RAIN FELL. IN ADDITION,
THIS WAS THE WETTEST APRIL SINCE 2013 WHEN 7.10 INCHES OF RAIN FELL.
THE PREVIOUS APRIL MONTHLY RECORD RAINFALL WAS 7.19 INCHES IN 1944.

THERE WAS ONLY A TRACE OF SNOW THIS MONTH, WHICH IS UNSURPRISING
GIVEN THE WARM TEMPERATURES. THIS IS 0.8 INCHES BELOW AVERAGE. APRIL
2024 IS TIED FOR THE 10TH LEAST SNOWIEST APRIL ON RECORD. THE LAST
TIME MEASURABLE SNOW OCCURRED IN APRIL WAS IN 2022.

MAY 2024

...10TH WARMEST MAY ON RECORD...

PICKING UP WHERE APRIL ENDED, MAY BEGAN UNSEASONABLY WARM WITH HIGH
TEMPERATURES CROSS THE 80-DEGREE MARK ON THE 1ST AND 2ND. THE MONTH
WAS MILD OVERALL WITH ONLY SIX DATES RECORDING AN AVERAGE DAILY
TEMPERATURE DEPARTURE BELOW NORMAL. THE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE THIS
MONTH, 90 DEGREES ON THE 21ST, WAS THE 20TH EARLIEST 90-DEGREE DAY
ON RECORD. THIS WAS ALSO TWO DEGREES SHY OF THE RECORD SET IN 1977.
THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS XX.X DEGREES WHICH IS X.X
DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THIS RANKS AS THE XX WARMEST ON RECORD.

RAINFALL TOTALED 4.42 INCHES, JUST 0.16 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. THIS
TIES 1981 AND 1928 AS THE 32TH WETTEST ON RECORD. THE MAXIMUM DAILY
TOTAL WAS 1.38 INCHES ON THE 7TH.

NO RECORD WERE SET THIS MONTH.

BROWN/JOHNSON

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