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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
547 AM EDT WED MAY 1 2013

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...THE SOUTH BEND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL 2013...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1893 TO 2013

WEATHER         OBSERVED          NORMAL  DEPART  LAST YEAR`S
                 VALUE   DATE(S)  VALUE   FROM    VALUE  DATE(S)
                                          NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
 HIGH              91   04/30/1942
 LOW               11   04/08/1972
HIGHEST            81   04/30        MM      MM       79  04/03
LOWEST             18   04/03        MM      MM       27  04/12
AVG. MAXIMUM     57.0              59.5    -2.5     60.9
AVG. MINIMUM     36.6              38.6    -2.0     38.1
MEAN             46.8              49.0    -2.2
DAYS MAX >= 90      0               0.0     0.0        0
DAYS MAX <= 32      0               0.2    -0.2        0
DAYS MIN <= 32      8               7.9     0.1        8
DAYS MIN <= 0       0               0.0     0.0        0

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM         9.20   1947
 MINIMUM         0.50   1971
TOTALS           5.30              3.23    2.07     2.22
DAILY AVG.       0.18              0.11    0.07     0.07
DAYS >= .01        15              13.2     1.8       12
DAYS >= .10        10               7.1     2.9        7
DAYS >= .50         5               2.1     2.9        1
DAYS >= 1.00        1               0.5     0.5        0
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL    1.39   04/10 TO 04/11

SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
 TOTAL           20.0   1920
TOTALS              T               1.4    -1.4        T
SINCE 7/1        59.9              66.6    -6.7     51.2
SNOWDEPTH AVG.      0                MM      MM        0
DAYS >= 1.0         0               0.4    -0.4        0
GREATEST
 SNOW DEPTH         T   04/20                          0
 24 HR TOTAL        T   04/24 TO 04/24

DEGREE_DAYS
HEATING TOTAL     544               487      57      459
 SINCE 7/1       5955              6031     -76     4959
COOLING TOTAL       5                 9      -4        2
 SINCE 1/1          5                10      -5       46
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              10.6
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    36/200    DATE  04/18
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    46/200    DATE  04/18

SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT)   MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER           0.50
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR           10
NUMBER OF DAYS PC             10
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY         10

AVERAGE RH (PERCENT)     65

WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM              0     MIXED PRECIP               0
HEAVY RAIN                6     RAIN                       9
LIGHT RAIN               18     FREEZING RAIN              0
LT FREEZING RAIN          0     HAIL                       0
HEAVY SNOW                0     SNOW                       0
LIGHT SNOW                5     SLEET                      0
FOG                      14     FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE      1
HAZE                      5

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

&&

...A VERY WET MONTH WITH BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES...

APRIL 2013 WAS A COLD MONTH WITH MUCH ABOVE NORMAL PRECIPITATION AND
BELOW NORMAL SNOWFALL ACROSS THE AREA. AFTER A SNOWY MARCH...APRIL
WAS CHARACTERIZED BY MORE TYPICAL SPRING-LIKE WEATHER SYSTEMS
THAT CAUSED DRASTIC SWINGS IN TEMPERATURES AND SEVERAL ROUNDS OF
HEAVY RAINFALL. THIS HEAVY RAINFALL LED TO WIDESPREAD FLOODING OF
RIVERS AND LOW LYING AREAS DURING THE LAST HALF OF THE MONTH AND
ERADICATED ANY REMAINING ABNORMALLY DRY AREAS ON THE US DROUGHT
MONITOR.

THE AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE AT SOUTH BEND FOR APRIL WAS 46.8
DEGREES...2.2 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. THIS RANKED AS THE 31ST COLDEST
APRIL ON RECORD. THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURE THIS MONTH WAS 81 ON THE
30TH AND THE COLDEST TEMPERATURE WAS 18 ON THE 3RD.

PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH WAS 5.30 INCHES...2.07 INCHES ABOVE
NORMAL. THIS RANKED AS THE 17TH WETTEST APRIL ON RECORD. MEASURABLE
PRECIPITATION THIS MONTH WAS RECORDED ON 15 DAYS WHILE A TRACE OR
MORE WAS RECORDED ON 20 DAYS. THE HIGHEST DAILY PRECIPITATION TOTAL
WAS 1.39 INCHES ON THE 10TH-11TH.

ONLY A TRACE OF SNOWFALL WAS RECORDED AT SOUTH BEND FOR THE MONTH OF
APRIL. THIS WAS 1.4 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. A TRACE OF SNOWFALL WAS
ACTUALLY RECORDED ON 5 DAYS.

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