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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1052 AM EST MON JAN 02 2023

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...THE FORT WAYNE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE YEAR OF 2022...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1897 TO 2022

WEATHER         OBSERVED          NORMAL  DEPART   LAST YEAR`S
                VALUE   DATE(S)   VALUE   FROM     VALUE
                                          NORMAL
..............................................................
TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
 HIGH            106   06/28/2012
                       06/25/1988
                       07/14/1936
 LOW             -24   01/12/1918
HIGHEST           96   06/14         MM      MM       92
                       06/21
LOWEST            -9   01/26         MM      MM       -6
AVG. MAXIMUM    60.9               60.3     0.6     61.9
AVG. MINIMUM    40.8               41.4    -0.6     42.9
MEAN            50.9               50.9    -0.0
DAYS MAX >= 90    13               15.7    -2.7        7
DAYS MAX <= 32    47               39.7     7.3       29
DAYS MIN <= 32   121              123.6    -2.6      119
DAYS MIN <= 0      7                6.2     0.8        3

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM       54.58   1990
 MINIMUM       24.40   1962
TOTALS         33.59              39.48   -5.89    44.14
DAILY AVG.      0.09               0.11   -0.02     0.12
DAYS >= .01      125              135.4   -10.4      133
DAYS >= .10       67               77.3   -10.3       75
DAYS >= .50       22               25.2    -3.2       34
DAYS >= 1.00       5                8.9    -3.9       11

SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
 TOTAL          68.6   2014
TOTALS          27.6               33.6    -6.0     35.2
SINCE 7/1        7.0                9.6    -2.6      2.6
SNOWDEPTH AVG.     0                                   0
DAYS >= TRACE     66               34.0    32.0       57
DAYS >= 1.0        9               10.7    -1.7        8
GREATEST
 SNOW DEPTH        9   02/04                          15
                       02/05

DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL   5945               5968     -23     5483
 SINCE 7/1      2200               2257     -57     1848
COOLING TOTAL    925                849      76     1062
 SINCE 1/1       925                849      76     1062
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              9.2
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    74/360    DATE  06/13
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    98/360    DATE  06/13

SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT)   MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER           0.65
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR           57
NUMBER OF DAYS PC            143
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY        165

AVERAGE RH (PERCENT)     70

WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM             35     MIXED PRECIP               0
HEAVY RAIN               25     RAIN                      48
LIGHT RAIN              133     FREEZING RAIN              0
LT FREEZING RAIN         10     HAIL                       0
HEAVY SNOW                0     SNOW                       9
LIGHT SNOW               64     SLEET                      2
FOG                     183     FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE     12
HAZE                     40

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

&&

...DRIEST YEAR SINCE 2012...

THE TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE YEAR WAS 33.59 INCHES. THIS IS 5.89
INCHES BELOW THE NORMAL OF 39.48 INCHES. THIS RANKS AS THE 45TH
DRIEST YEAR ON RECORD. THIS WAS THE DRIEST YEAR SINCE 28.58 INCHES
IN 2012.

DUE TO THE DRY CONDITIONS, ALLEN COUNTY (IN) AND SURROUNDING AREAS
EXPERIENCED "MODERATE DROUGHT" CONDITIONS THIS SUMMER AND FALL
ACCORDING TO THE US DROUGHT MONITOR. IN MID-NOVEMBER, 55% OF THE NWS
NORTHERN INDIANA FORECAST AREA WAS EXPERIENCING "MODERATE DROUGHT".
THIS VALUE GREW TO 64% IN THE FINAL WEEK OF DECEMBER. DESPITE THIS,
THERE WERE VERY FEW IMPACTS TO CROPS; LIKELY DUE TO THE LATE
DEVELOPMENT OF DROUGHT CONDITIONS. ALTERNATIVELY, CONDITIONS WERE
DRIEST DURING FALL HARVEST WHICH RESULTED IN SOME FIELD FIRES.

TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR THE YEAR WAS 27.6 INCHES, WHICH IS 6.0 INCHES
BELOW THE NORMAL OF 33.6. THIS IS THE 45TH LEAST SNOW ON RECORD.

THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE YEAR WAS 50.9 DEGREES WHICH MATCHES
THE NORMAL AVERAGE TEMPERATURE. THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURE FOR THE YEAR
WAS 96 DEGREES ON JUNE 14TH AND 21ST (GREATEST SINCE 97 DEGREES IN
2018). THE LOWEST TEMPERATURE FOR THE YEAR WAS -9 DEGREES ON JANUARY
26TH.

NOTABLE WEATHER EVENTS THIS YEAR INCLUDE:

--FEBRUARY BEGAN WITH 9.2" OF SNOW OVER TWO DAYS. BY MID-MONTH,
TEMPERATURES SOARED INTO THE 50S AND RAIN ARRIVED. AROUND 1 INCH OF
PRECIPITATION OCCURRED, BUT DUE TO THE SNOWPACK AND FROZEN GROUND,
FLOODING OCCURRED. AS THIS SYSTEM DEPARTED, 1 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW
FELL.
--MAY FEATURED ANOMALOUS WARMTH IN THE FIRST HALF. TWO TEMPERATURE
RECORDS WERE SET.
--A DERECHO MOVED THROUGH ON JUNE 13TH. FORT WAYNE INT`L AIRPORT
REPORTED ITS HIGHEST WIND GUST EVER ON RECORD; 98MPH (PREVIOUS
RECORD WAS 91MPH ON JUNE 30, 2012). THIS DERECHO PRODUCED
SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE IN ALLEN COUNTY AND SURROUNDING AREAS.
--JULY RANKED AS THE 8TH WETTEST.
--OCTOBER FEATURED THE SECOND EARLIEST MEASUREABLE SNOW ON RECORD.
THE MONTH BEGAN WITHIN THE TOP-15 COLDEST, BUT ENDED WITHIN THE TOP-
20 WARMEST.
--A DECEMBER STORM BROUGHT BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO THE REGION. WIND
GUSTS OF 45-55MPH RESULTED IN SIGNIFICANT BLOWING SNOW AND WIND
CHILLS OF 35 TO 40 DEGREES BELOW ZERO.

BROWN

JANUARY
...MUCH BELOW NORMAL PRECIPITATION WITH A VERY COLD END TO THE
MONTH...

THE MONTH FINISHED VERY COLD WITH THE LAST 10 DAYS OF THE MONTH
EXPERIENCING MINIMUM TEMPERATURES COLDER THAN 10 DEGREES. FOUR OF
THESE DAYS HAD MINIMUM TEMPERATURES BELOW ZERO WITH THE COLDEST
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF -9 DEGREES ON JANUARY 26TH. THE AVERAGE
TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 20.9 DEGREES WHICH WAS 4.6 DEGREES
BELOW NORMAL. THIS RANKS AS THE 27TH COLDEST ON RECORD.

THE MONTH WAS VERY DRY WITH ONLY 0.83 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION, MORE
THAN HALF OF WHICH FELL ON THE 1ST AND 23RD OF THE MONTH. THIS RANKS
AS THE 17TH DRIEST ON RECORD.  SNOWFALL FOR THE MONTH TOTALED ONLY
4.6 INCHES WITH MOST OF THIS SNOW FALLING ON THE 23RD AND 24TH OF
THE MONTH. THIS RANKS AS THE 37TH LEAST SNOWIEST AT FORT WAYNE.

THERE WERE 2 RECORDS SET FOR THE MONTH. A DAILY RECORD SNOWFALL OF
2.7 INCHES WAS SET AT FORT WAYNE FOR THE DATE OF JANUARY 23RD. THIS
BROKE THE OLD RECORD OF 2.0 INCHES SET BACK IN 2004. A RECORD DAILY
LOW TEMPERATURE OF -9 DEGREES WAS SET ON JANUARY 26TH WHICH BROKE
THE OLD RECORD OF -8 DEGREES SET BACK IN 1936.

FEBRUARY 2022
...ABOVE NORMAL SNOWFALL AND ABOVE NORMAL PRECIPITATION...

THIS MONTH WAS CHARACTERIZED BY THE ABOVE NORMAL PRECIPITATION
OCCURRED. THE TOTAL OF 2.94 INCHES IS 0.88 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL. THIS
RANKED AS THE 20TH WETTEST MONTH AND FINISHED WITH RECORD DAILY
MAXIMUM PRECIPITATION TOTALS ON THE 17TH AND 2ND OF THE MONTH.

WHILE THE TEMPERATURE FINISHED OUT NORMAL FOR THE MONTH, WITH AN
AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 27.7 DEGREES WHEN COMPARED WITH THE NORMAL OF
28.7 DEGREES, FEBRUARY WILL BE MORE NOTABLE FOR ITS TEMPERATURE
SWINGS. FOR INSTANCE, SIX OF THE MONTH`S MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES WERE
HIGHER THAN FEBRUARY`S AVERAGE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE BY 7 DEGREES. IN
ADDITION, SEVEN OF THE MONTH`S MINIMUM TEMPERATURES WERE LOWER THAN
FEBRUARY`S AVERAGE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE BY 7 DEGREES. THE LOWER
TEMPERATURES AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MONTH LEAD TO THE CREATION OF
ICE ON AREA RIVERS THAT BROKE UP LATER IN THE MONTH WITH THE WARM
TEMPERATURES AND RAIN.

FEBRUARY ALSO BROUGHT THE HIGHEST MONTHLY SNOWFALL TOTALS OF THIS
WINTER. THE 13.7 INCHES OF SNOW THAT WAS OBSERVED THIS MONTH
SURPASSED THE 7.8 INCHES OF NORMAL SNOWFALL FOR THE MONTH. THIS
RANKED AS THE 20TH SNOWIEST FEBRUARY ON RECORD. A DAILY MAXIMUM
SNOWFALL RECORD OF 4.4 INCHES OCCURRED ON THE 2ND THIS YEAR, WHICH
BROKE THE OLD RECORD OF 3.3 INCHES SET IN 1973.

WITH SNOWPACK MELT, ICE JAMS, A FROZEN GROUND SURFACE, AND RAINFALL,
STANDING WATER AND RIVER FLOODING OCCURRED BETWEEN THE 17TH AND 23RD
OF THE MONTH.

ROLLER

MARCH 2022
...WARM WITH ABOVE AVERAGE PRECIPITATION...

AS IS USUALLY THE CASE FOR SPRING, TEMPERATURES WERE TOPSY-TURVY.
FORT WAYNE HAD A FEW TASTES OF SPRING DURING THIS MONTH AS
TEMPERATURES ROSE INTO THE 70S ON THREE SEPARATE DAYS. WITH REALLY
ONLY TWO COLD BLASTS THIS MONTH, THE MEAN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE
FINISHED ABOVE NORMAL BY 3.1 DEGREES. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF
50.4 DEGREES RECORDED FROM MARCH 14TH TO MARCH 23RD WAS THE 6TH
WARMEST ON RECORD. IF YOU GUESSED 2012 HAD A WARMER PERIOD OF
AVERAGE TEMPERATURES, YOU`D BE RIGHT; AT 16 DEGREES WARMER THAN 50.4
DEGREES.

THIS MONTH`S ABOVE AVERAGE PRECIPITATION TOTAL OF 3.18 INCHES WAS
ATTAINED THROUGH A COUPLE MODERATE RAINFALL DAYS. THREE DAYS THIS
MONTH HAD RAIN TOTALING GREATER THAN 0.5 INCH INCLUDING THE 7TH, THE
18TH, AND THE 22ND. OVER HALF OF THE DAYS THIS MONTH OBSERVED
PRECIPITATION OF A TRACE OR HIGHER.

THE AVERAGE SNOWFALL FOR THE MONTH IS 4 INCHES. HOWEVER, THE STORM
TRACK KEPT THE SNOW FARTHER WEST OF FORT WAYNE AND THIS RESULTED IN
BELOW NORMAL SNOWFALL; ONLY TOTALING 1.0 INCH OF SNOW.

ROLLER

APRIL 2022
...DRIER AND COOLER WITH SLIGHTLY MORE SNOW THAN NORMAL...

THIS MONTH CONTAINED UPS AND DOWNS AS FAR AS TEMPERATURE GOES.
DESPITE A PLEASANT WARM UP BETWEEN THE 21ST AND THE 24TH, THE MONTH
STILL FINISHED BELOW NORMAL FOR MEAN AVERAGE TEMPERATURES. DUE TO
THE AFOREMENTIONED LATE MONTH WARM UP, THE GROWING SEASON STARTED
AND A FREEZE WARNING WAS ISSUED FOR THE MORNING OF THE 27TH WITH A
LOW TEMPERATURE OF 31 DEGREES RECORDED. A RECORD WARM LOW
TEMPERATURE WAS ACHIEVED ON THE 13TH AT 61 DEGREES, WHICH BROKE THE
OLD RECORD SET BACK IN 1955. THIS IS ALSO THE 10TH EARLIEST INSTANCE
OF AN OBSERVED MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 60 DEGREES OR WARMER.

OVER HALF, 16 DAYS, OF THE MONTH OBSERVED MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION.
HOWEVER, THE MONTH STILL FINISHED BELOW NORMAL FOR PRECIPITATION.
ONLY TWO DAYS, THE 13TH AND 30TH, RECORDED 0.50 INCHES OR MORE.

FORT WAYNE ACTUALLY HAD AN ABOVE NORMAL APRIL WHEN IT COMES TO
SNOWFALL. BUT THAT ISN`T SAYING MUCH SINCE THE NORMAL IS 0.8 INCHES
OF SNOW. THERE WERE THREE DAYS OF MEASUREABLE SNOW THIS MONTH WITH
THE HIGHEST SNOWFALL OCCURRING ON THE 18TH AT 0.6 INCHES, WHICH
BROKE THE OLD DAILY SNOWFALL RECORD FOR THAT DAY THAT WAS SET BACK
IN 1956.

ROLLER/MURPHY

MAY 2022
...A WARM AND DRY MONTH...

MAY BEGAN WITH NEAR AVERAGE TEMPERATURES UNTIL THE 9TH. MUCH ABOVE
NORMAL TEMPERATURES FOLLOWED FROM THE 10TH TO THE 15TH WITH AVERAGE
TEMPERATURES AS MUCH AS 10 TO 20 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. RECORD HIGH
TEMPERATURES WERE SET ON THE 11TH AND 12TH FOR FORT WAYNE. THESE
WERE THE WARMEST AVERAGE TEMPERATURES THIS STRETCH OF SIX DAYS HAS
SEEN IN THE PERIOD OF RECORD. A VARIABLE PATTERN FOLLOWED WITH A MIX
OF ABOVE AND BELOW AVERAGE TEMPERATURES INTO THE LATTER HALF OF THE
MONTH. OVERALL THE MONTH FINISHED OUT WARMER THAN NORMAL.

A WET START TO MAY BROUGHT 1.80 INCHES OF RAIN FROM THE 1ST TO 6TH
OF THE MONTH. THIS IS THE 6TH WETTEST 6-DAY STRETCH TO BEGIN THE
MONTH OF MAY. 2003 (3.01 INCHES) AND 2017 (2.80 INCHES) ARE THE TOP
2 WETTEST OF THIS STRETCH. FOLLOWING THIS STRETCH, A PERIOD OF
MOSTLY DRY WEATHER TOOK OVER THROUGH THE END OF THE MONTH. THIS
MOSTLY DRY PERIOD HELPED THE MONTH FINISH OUT BELOW NORMAL
PRECIPITATION-WISE.

ROLLER/MURPHY
...JUNE A WARM AND DRY MONTH...

JUNE BEGAN WITH AROUND NORMAL TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE 10TH BEFORE
TWO PERIODS OF ABOVE NORMAL HIGH TEMPERATURES TOOK OVER FROM THE
13TH TO THE 16TH AND FROM THE 20TH TO THE 22ND. THE MONTH FINISHED
OUT WITH AVERAGE TO BELOW AVERAGE TEMPERATURES. A RECORD WARM LOW
TEMPERATURE WAS SET ON THE 15TH (75, TYING 75 IN 1981). EIGHT DAYS
THIS MONTH HAD MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES GREATER THAN OR EQUAL TO 90
DEGREES ALLOWING THIS MONTH TO FINISH WITHIN THE TOP 15 MONTHS WITH
THE GREATEST AMOUNT OF 90 DEGREE DAYS. THESE WARM WEATHER
CHARACTERISTICS HELPED FORT WAYNE TO FINISH OUT THE MONTH AS THE
20TH WARMEST JUNE WHEN COMPARED TO THE PERIOD OF RECORD.

FORT WAYNE SAW ONLY THREE DAYS OF PRECIPITATION ABOVE 0.1 INCH (6TH-
0.28, 8TH--.59, 13-2.03, 26TH-0.28). THIS WAS THE 8TH LEAST WITHIN
ITS PERIOD OF RECORD. THE 0.23 PRECIPITATION OBSERVED FROM JUNE 14TH
THROUGH THE 30TH IS THE 3RD DRIEST ON RECORD. THE 2.03 INCHES OF
RAIN THAT FORT WAYNE SAW ON THE 13TH HELPED IT FINISH WITH THE 55TH
DRIEST JUNE WHEN COMPARED TO THE PERIOD OF RECORD.

WITH THE WARM TEMPERATURES, MANY DAYS WITH PLENTY OF SUNSHINE, AND
MINIMAL PRECIPITATION, THE DROUGHT MONITOR BEGAN TO PICK UP SIGNS OF
DROUGHT WITH OVER 60 PERCENT OF THE AREA NOW EXPERIENCING SOME SORT
OF DROUGHT. A FLASH DROUGHT WAS ALSO MENTIONED WITH HOW QUICK THE
DRY CONDITIONS DEVELOPED. THE DRYNESS THAT THE AREA HAS SUSTAINED
ALSO HELPED FT WAYNE COME WITHIN 1 DEGREE (47) OF THE RECORD LOW
6/28 (46 SET ON 1992).

STORMS, LATER CALLED A DERECHO MOVED ACROSS THE AREA ON THE OF THE
13TH LEAVING A TRAIL OF THUNDERSTORM WIND DAMAGE BEHIND IT.

ROLLER

JULY

JULY BROUGHT TWO PERIODS OF ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES: FROM THE 4TH
TO THE 6TH AND FROM THE 20TH TO THE 22ND. THERE WERE ALSO THREE
PERIODS OF BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES: FROM THE 8TH TO THE 10TH, THE
14TH AND 15TH, AS WELL AS THE 25TH AND 26TH. JULY ONLY FEATURED
THREE DAYS WITH 90 DEGREES OR GREATER, WHICH IS BELOW THE AVERAGE OF
6 DAYS. FORT WAYNE ALSO SAW 19 DAYS WITH DEW POINT GREATER THAN OR
EQUAL TO 68 DEGREES, WHICH IS HIGHER THAN THE MONTHLY AVERAGE AMOUNT
OF 15 DAYS (DEW POINT DATA THROUGH 1941). THIS COMBINATION OF
SLIGHTLY ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES AND ABOVE AVERAGE HUMIDITY
RESULTED IN A MEAN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 73.5 DEGREES, WHICH IS
NEAR THE NORMAL OF 73.8 DEGREES.

JULY BROUGHT THREE DAYS OF PRECIPITATION GREAT THAN OR EQUAL TO 0.50
INCH, WHICH IS ABOVE THE NORMAL JULY AVERAGE OF THREE DAYS. AS SUCH,
FORT WAYNE SAW RECORD RAINFALL ON THE 5TH (2.83 INCH), WHICH IS ALSO
TIED FOR THE HIGHEST DAILY TOTAL EVER IN THE MONTH OF JULY (JULY 18,
1996). THIS HELPED FORT WAYNE SURPASS ITS NORMAL JULY PRECIPITATION
TOTAL (4.05 INCHES) AND ATTAIN A RANK AS 8TH WETTEST ON RECORD WITH
6.34 INCHES OBSERVED. AS A RESULT OF THIS ABOVE NORMAL RAINFALL, THE
DROUGHT MONITOR`S D0 THAT STARTED JULY WAS REMOVED BY THE END OF
JULY.

ROLLER/BROWN

AUGUST

AUGUST STARTED OUT WITH A SLIGHT ABOVE NORMAL LEAN THROUGH THE 8TH
BEFORE A SLIGHT BELOW NORMAL LEAN TOOK OVER THROUGH THE MIDDLE TO
LATTER PORTION OF THE MONTH. THESE TWO LEANS AVERAGED OUT AND THE
MONTH FINISHED OUT RIGHT AROUND NORMAL FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST,
WHICH RESULTS IN THE 61ST WARMEST AUGUST WHEN COMPARED TO THE PERIOD
OF RECORD. THERE WERE NO DAILY TEMPERATURE RECORDS SET THIS MONTH.

PRECIPITATION FINISHED OUT JUST OVER A HALF INCH BELOW NORMAL.
DESPITE SEEING 0.1 INCH OR GREATER SIX DAYS THIS MONTH, WHICH IS
GREATER THAN THE MONTHLY AVERAGE OF FIVE DAYS, THE RAINFALL TOTALS
THOSE DAYS WERE STILL NOT ENOUGH TO PUSH THE MONTHLY TOTAL ABOVE THE
MONTHLY NORMAL. AS SUCH, THE MONTH FINISHED OUT AS THE 71ST DRIEST
AUGUST WHEN COMPARED TO THE PERIOD OF RECORD. THERE WERE NO DAILY
PRECIPITATION RECORDS SET THIS MONTH.

ROLLER/FISHER

SEPTEMBER 2022.

SEPTEMBER FEATURED TIMES OF BOTH WARM AND COOL TEMPERATURES. THERE
WERE PLENTY OF DAYS WITH HIGHS IN THE 80S TO BEGIN THE MONTH. FALL-
LIKE TEMPERATURES SETTLED IN FOR THE LAST WEEK OF THE MONTH WHERE
HIGHS IN THE 60S WERE COMMON WITH LOWS IN THE 40S. THE COLDEST LOW
OF THE MONTH WAS 37 DEGREES ON THE 29TH. THERE WAS SOME PATCHY FROST
IN OUTLYING AREAS. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 64.8
DEGREES WHICH IS ONLY 0.1 DEGREE BELOW NORMAL.

ABNORMALLY DRY CONDITIONS WERE VARIABLE THIS MONTH IN NORTHEAST
INDIANA, ACCORDING TO THE US DROUGHT MONITOR. THESE DRY CONDITIONS
WERE MOST PREVALENT SOUTHWEST OF FORT WAYNE TO START THE MONTH.
THERE WAS IMPROVEMENT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE MONTH WHEN THERE WAS A
FOUR-DAY STRETCH OF RAIN. BY THE END OF THE MONTH, ABNORMALLY DRY
CONDITIONS RESUMED. SEPTEMBER PRECIPITATION ENDED 1.08 INCHES BELOW
NORMAL. THIS RANKS AS THE 42ND DRIEST ON RECORD.

NO RECORDS WERE SET THIS MONTH.

BROWN

OCTOBER 2022
...SECOND EARLIEST MEASURABLE SNOW ON RECORD...

OCTOBER FEATURED SEVERAL BEAUTIFUL AFTERNOONS PRECEDED BY CHILLY AND
SOMETIMES FROSTY MORNINGS. THE FIRST 20 DAYS OF THE MONTH FREQUENTLY
RECORDED A DAILY TEMPERATURE ANOMALY BELOW NORMAL. THE AVERAGE
TEMPERATURE FOR OCTOBER 1-20 WAS 50.8 DEGREES; THE 14TH COLDEST
(TIE) ON RECORD AND THE COLDEST FOR THIS STRETCH SINCE 2009 (47.9
DEGREES). NOTE THAT OCT 1-20, 2012 HAD AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF
50.9 DEGREES.

THE FINAL 10 DAYS OF THE MONTH WERE A DIFFERENT STORY, WITH AN
AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 55.0 DEGREES RANKING AS THE 18TH WARMEST ON
RECORD. IT WAS THE WARMEST AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THAT PERIOD SINCE
56.7 DEGREES IN 2004. OVERALL, THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH
WAS 52.3 DEGREES WHICH IS 0.9 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL.

OCTOBER 17TH WAS WHEN THE FIRST SNOWFLAKES WERE OBSERVED THIS FALL.
THIS OCCURRED AS A STRONG LAKE EFFECT SNOW BAND MOVED INLAND,
DUMPING 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW OVER ALLEN (IN), ELKHART, KOSCIUSKO,
NOBLE, AND WHITLEY COUNTIES. FORT WAYNE RECORDED 0.7 INCHES OF SNOW,
A NEW RECORD FOR THAT DATE (PREVIOUS RECORD WAS A TRACE IN 1943).
THIS RANKS AS THE 2ND EARLIEST MEASURABLE SNOW ON RECORD, BEHIND 0.3
INCHES ON OCTOBER 14, 1937. THE DATE OF THE AVERAGE FIRST MEASURABLE
SNOWFALL AT FORT WAYNE IS NOVEMBER 14TH. THE EARLIEST DATE FOR A
TRACE OF SNOW ON RECORD IS SEPTEMBER 25TH. OCTOBER`S TOTAL SNOW OF
0.7 INCHES TIES 1952 AS THE 9TH MOST AMOUNT OF SNOW ON RECORD.

THE FIRST 15 DAYS OF THE MONTH (0.22") WAS THE DRIEST START TO
OCTOBER SINCE 2019 (0.21"). IN THE LAST HALF OF THE MONTH, THERE
WERE A FEW MORE DAYS WITH MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION, BRINGING THE
MONTH`S TOTAL TO 1.74 INCHES. THIS IS 1.21 INCHES BELOW NORMAL AND
RANKS AS THE 35TH DRIEST ON RECORD. LOCATIONS SOUTH OF FORT WAYNE
RECEIVED LESS PRECIPITATION, RESULTING IN A WORSENING OF THE DROUGHT
CONDITIONS THERE ACCORDING TO THE U.S. DROUGHT MONITOR WHICH DEEMED
"MODERATE DROUGHT" CONDITIONS WERE PRESENT.

BROWN

NOVEMBER 2022
...A WILD, MEMORABLE MONTH...

AFTER A RECORD-WARM START TO THE MONTH (NOVEMBER 1-10 WAS THE 3RD
WARMEST ON RECORD, BEHIND 1977 AND 1975, WITH AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE
OF 54.7 DEGREES), A WINTER CHILL QUICKLY DESCENDED OVER THE REGION.
SHORTS AND T-SHIRTS WERE REPLACED WITH WINTER HATS AND GLOVES AS
MORNING LOWS DIPPED AS LOW AS 13 DEGREES ON THE 20TH. THE GREATEST
SINGLE-DAY TEMPERATURE DEPARTURE BELOW NORMAL WAS 18 DEGREES ON THE
20TH. MEANWHILE, NOVEMBER 4TH HAD A DAILY TEMPERATURE DEPARTURE 18
DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL.

THE COLD AIR RUSHING OVER MILD LAKE MICHIGAN WATER TEMPERATURES
RESULTED IN INTENSE BOUTS OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW THAT DRIFTED INTO THE
FORT WAYNE AREA AT TIMES. AHEAD OF THE LAKE EFFECT, HOWEVER, WAS A
ROUND OF SYNOPTIC SNOW THAT BROUGHT 1.9 INCHES TO FORT WAYNE ON THE
12TH. THEN, FROM THE 15TH THROUGH 18TH, FORT WAYNE SLOWLY
ACCUMULATED AN ADDITIONAL 1.6 INCHES OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW. THE TOTAL
SNOW FOR THE MONTH WAS 3.5 INCHES WHICH IS 1.6 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL.
THIS RANKS AS THE 39TH SNOWIEST ON RECORD. THIS IS THE GREATEST
NOVEMBER SNOW TOTAL SINCE 6.4 INCHES IN 2019.

FOLLOWING THE SNOW AND COLD, A MILD, MORE SEASONABLE AIRMASS
RETURNED. AS A RESULT, NOVEMBER ENDED 1.7 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL WITH
AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 42.8 DEGREES. THIS RANKS AS TIED WITH THE
NOVEMBER OF 1915 AND 2006 AS THE 30TH WARMEST ON RECORD.

DROUGHT CONDITIONS OVER NORTHERN INDIANA WERE NEARLY STEADY THIS
MONTH; "ABNORMALLY DRY" TO "MODERATE DROUGHT" ACCORDING TO THE US
DROUGHT MONITOR. A SOAKING RAIN AT THE END OF THE MONTH PROVIDED
SOME RELIEF AND SET A DAILY PRECIPITATION RECORD ON THE 27TH (1.24
INCHES BROKE THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 1.14 SET IN 1983). THE TOTAL
PRECIPITATION THIS MONTH WAS 1.90 INCHES WHICH IS 1.06 INCHES BELOW
NORMAL. THIS RANKS AS THE 36TH DRIEST ON RECORD.

DESPITE THE WARMTH AT THE MONTH`S START, NO TEMPERATURE RECORDS WERE
SET.

BROWN

DECEMBER 2022
...WINTER STORM BRINGS WIND, SNOW, AND ARCTIC AIR...

A WELL-ADVERTISED BLAST OF ARCTIC AIR CHILLED THE REGION, AND MUCH
OF THE UNITED STATES, IN THE DAYS LEADING UP TO CHRISTMAS. WHILE NO
DAILY TEMPERATURE RECORDS WERE BROKEN AT FORT WAYNE, IT WAS THE
FIRST TIME SINCE 2017 THAT DECEMBER RECORDED A TEMPERATURE BELOW
ZERO. THE ARCTIC FRONT FEATURED 45-55 MPH WIND GUSTS AND SNOW. THE
COLDEST WIND CHILL AT FORT WAYNE DURING THIS EVENT WAS -38 ON THE
MORNING OF THE 23RD. THE PEAK WIND GUST WAS 51 MPH THAT SAME
MORNING. WIND CHILLS ANYWHERE CLOSE TO THIS MAGNITUDE WERE LAST
RECORDED IN JANUARY 2019. FORT WAYNE RECORDED A WIND CHILL AS LOW AS
-40 ON THE MORNING OF JANUARY 30, 2019.

PRIOR TO THIS COLD AIR MASS, DECEMBER WAS MILD. THROUGH THE 16TH,
THE TEMPERATURE DEPARTURE WAS 3.0 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. BETWEEN THIS
MILD START AND THIS ARCTIC BLAST, THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE
MONTH, 30.4 DEGREES, ENDED JUST SHY OF THE NORMAL.

FORT WAYNE RECORDED 2.8 INCHES OF SNOW THIS MONTH. THIS IS 4.8
INCHES BELOW NORMAL AND RANKS AS THE 33RD LEAST AMOUNT OF DECEMBER
SNOW ON RECORD.

MUCH-NEEDED PRECIPITATION ARRIVED AT THE END OF THE MONTH. PRIOR TO
DECEMBER 30, THE MONTH WAS OVER 1 INCH BELOW NORMAL. IN THE FINAL
TWO DAYS OF DECEMBER, 1.61 INCHES OF RAIN WAS RECORDED. THE TOTAL OF
1.33 INCHES ON THE 30TH WAS NEARLY A RECORD (1.49 IN 1936). THE
TOTAL FOR THE MONTH WAS 2.57 INCHES. THIS RANKS AS THE 53RD WETTEST
ON RECORD.

THERE WERE TWO RECORDS SET THIS MONTH. ON THE 30TH, A NEW WARM
RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE WAS SET; 44 DEGREES BROKE THE PREVIOUS RECORD
OF 43 SET IN 1897. ON THE 22ND, 1.2 INCHES OF SNOW BROKE THE
PREVIOUS DAILY RECORD OF 0.9 SET IN 1953.

BROWN
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