Climatological Report (Seasonal) Issued by NWS Northern Indiana
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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
535 PM EST SUN MAR 1 2020
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...THE FORT WAYNE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE 2019-2020 WINTER SEASON...
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1897 TO 2020
WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S
VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE
NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
HIGH 73 02/25/2000
LOW -24 01/12/1918
HIGHEST 63 12/26 MM MM 59
LOWEST 0 02/15 MM MM -13
AVG. MAXIMUM 39.4 34.9 4.5 37.7
AVG. MINIMUM 25.0 19.9 5.1 23.5
MEAN 32.2 27.4 4.8
DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0
DAYS MAX <= 32 15 35.2 -20.2 29
DAYS MIN <= 32 77 77.4 -0.4 71
DAYS MIN <= 0 1 6.5 -5.5 4
PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
MAXIMUM 17.85 1950
MINIMUM 1.58 1920
TOTALS 8.95 7.07 1.88 7.49
DAILY AVG. 0.10 0.08 0.02 0.08
DAYS >= .01 36 35.7 0.3 37
DAYS >= .10 17 17.0 0.0 19
DAYS >= .50 7 4.1 2.9 5
DAYS >= 1.00 1 0.8 0.2 1
GREATEST
24 HR. TOTAL 1.60 MM
SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
TOTAL 61.1 1982
24 HR TOTAL MM
TOTALS 16.2 26.3 -10.1 19.8
SINCE 7/1 23.1 28.4 -5.3 21.9
SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 3 -3 0
DAYS >= TRACE 42 24.6 17.4 39
DAYS >= 1.0 8 7.8 0.2 5
GREATEST
SNOW DEPTH 3 02/27 4
02/13
24 HR TOTAL 3.5 MM
DEGREE_DAYS
HEATING TOTAL 2962 3381 -419 3079
SINCE 7/1 MM 4631 MM MM
COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0 0
SINCE 1/1 0 0 0 0
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.8
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 37/270 DATE 01/18
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 53/270 DATE 01/18
SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.80
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 6
NUMBER OF DAYS PC 27
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 58
AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 78
- INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.
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...9TH WARMEST WINTER ON RECORD...
FORT WAYNE OBSERVED ITS 9TH WARMEST WINTER ON RECORD, WITH AN
AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 32.2 DEGREES. THIS IS 4.8 DEGREES ABOVE
NORMAL. THIS WAS THE WARMEST WINTER SINCE THE WINTER OF 2016-2017.
THERE WERE 15 DAYS WITH A HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 50 DEGREES OR WARMER.
WINTER 2016-2017 FEATURED 25 DAYS. THERE WERE 0 DAYS WITH A MINIMUM
TEMPERATURE BELOW ZERO; WINTER 2018-2019 OBSERVED 3 DAYS. THIS GIVES
FORT WAYNE 394 CONSECUTIVE DAYS AT OR ABOVE ZERO, WHICH RANKS AS THE
15TH LONGEST STREAK ALL TIME. THERE WERE ONLY 6 DAYS THIS WINTER
WITH A LOW TEMPERATURE OF 10 DEGREES OR LESS; THE 10TH LEAST ON
RECORD.
8.95 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION WAS OBSERVED; 1.88 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL.
THIS RANKS AS THE 19TH WETTEST ON RECORD. PRECIPITATION FOR DECEMBER
WAS NEAR NORMAL, BUT JANUARY PRECIPITATION WAS 1.81 INCHES ABOVE
NORMAL. THE GREATEST SINGLE-DAY PRECIPITATION TOTAL THIS WINTER WAS
1.61 INCHES ON JANUARY 11TH; 0.79 INCHES FELL ON THE 10TH. FEBRUARY
PRECIPITATION ENDED AT NORMAL.
SNOWFALL FOR THE WINTER WAS 10.1 INCHES BELOW NORMAL, TOTALING 16.2
INCHES. THIS RANKS AS THE 34TH LEAST SNOWIEST ON RECORD. THIS WAS
THE LEAST SNOWIEST WINTER SINCE 2016-2017 WHEN 14.7 INCHES WERE
OBSERVED. FEBRUARY WAS THE ONLY MONTH THIS WINTER WHERE SNOWFALL WAS
ABOVE NORMAL.
BROWN
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