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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
356 AM EDT TUE AUG 01 2023

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...THE SOUTH BEND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF JULY 2023...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1893 TO 2023

WEATHER         OBSERVED          NORMAL  DEPART   LAST YEAR`S
                VALUE   DATE(S)   VALUE   FROM     VALUE DATE(S)
                                          NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
 HIGH            109   07/24/1934
 LOW              42   07/02/2001
                       07/15/1930
HIGHEST           92   07/27         MM      MM       93  07/05
LOWEST            54   07/09         MM      MM       55  07/10
AVG. MAXIMUM    83.2               82.7     0.5     84.2
AVG. MINIMUM    62.1               62.1     0.0     64.4
MEAN            72.7               72.4     0.3
DAYS MAX >= 90     4                5.2    -1.2        4
DAYS MAX <= 32     0                0.0     0.0        0
DAYS MIN <= 32     0                0.0     0.0        0
DAYS MIN <= 0      0                0.0     0.0        0

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM        8.66   2006
 MINIMUM        0.02   1946
TOTALS          7.81               3.78    4.03     5.63
DAILY AVG.      0.25               0.12    0.13     0.18
DAYS >= .01       12                9.5     2.5       10
DAYS >= .10       11                6.5     4.5        7
DAYS >= .50        5                2.6     2.4        5
DAYS >= 1.00       3                0.8     2.2        2
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL   3.47   07/28 TO 07/29

SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
 TOTAL           0.0   MM
TOTALS           0.0                0.0     0.0      0.0
SINCE 7/1        0.0                0.0     0.0       MM
SNOWDEPTH AVG.     0                                   0
DAYS >= 1.0        0                0.0     0.0        0
GREATEST
 SNOW DEPTH        0
 24 HR TOTAL      MM

DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL      0                  7      -7        0
 SINCE 7/1         0                  0       0       MM
COOLING TOTAL    246                236      10      296
 SINCE 1/1       464                448      16       MM
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              6.0
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    51/200    DATE  07/05
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    80/220    DATE  07/05

SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT)   MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER           0.26
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR           21
NUMBER OF DAYS PC              9
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY          1

AVERAGE RH (PERCENT)     70

WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM             11     MIXED PRECIP               0
HEAVY RAIN                9     RAIN                       8
LIGHT RAIN               14     FREEZING RAIN              0
LT FREEZING RAIN          0     HAIL                       0
HEAVY SNOW                0     SNOW                       0
LIGHT SNOW                0     SLEET                      0
FOG                      22     FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE      5
HAZE                     14

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

&&

SECOND WETTEST JULY ON RECORD.

WHILE THE SOUTHWEST US ROASTED BENEATH A PERSISTENT RIDGE OF HIGH
PRESSURE, THIS SAME PATTERN BROUGHT SOMEWHAT COOL NORTHWEST FLOW AND
FREQUENT THUNDERSTORMS TO THE AREA. DROUGHT CONDITIONS IMPROVED AS A
RESULT. ON JUNE 27TH, THE US DROUGHT MONITOR INDICATED ABOUT 87% OF
THE FORECAST AREA WAS EXPERIENCING MODERATE DROUGHT OR SEVERE
DROUGHT. BY JULY 25TH, THIS WAS DOWN TO ONLY 28%.

PRECIPITATION TOTALED A WHOPPING 7.81 INCHES WHICH IS THE SECOND
MOST ON RECORD (BEHIND 2006 WITH 8.66 INCHES). THIS IS 4.03 INCHES
ABOVE NORMAL. FROM THE 26TH THROUGH 30TH, 4.53 INCHES OF RAIN WAS
RECORDED AS SOAKING THUNDERSTORMS THANKS TO "RIDGE RUNNING"
THUNDERSTORMS. ONE RECORD WAS TIED THIS MONTH: 1.78 INCHES OF RAIN
ON 28TH TIED THE DAILY RECORD FROM 1971.

THERE WERE FOUR DAYS THIS MONTH WITH A HIGH OF 90 DEGREES OR MORE,
WHICH IS TIED WITH JULY 2022 AND IS ON PACE WITH THE NORMAL JULY
TOTAL OF ABOUT 4. SO FAR THIS SUMMER THERE HAVE BEEN EIGHT 90-DEGREE
DAYS WHICH IS JUST SHY OF THE NORMAL OF 11 DAYS. THE AVERAGE
TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 72.7 DEGREES WHICH IS RIGHT NEAR
NORMAL. THIS IS THE COOLEST JULY SINCE 72.6 DEGREES IN 2018.

LASTLY, ON JULY 5TH THE ASOS RECORDED AN 80 MPH WIND GUST AS A
THUNDERSTORM COLLAPSED NEARBY. THIS APPEARS TO BE THE GREATEST
WIND GUST RECORDED AT THIS STATION THROUGH AT LEAST 1993,
ACCORDING TO MIDWESTERN REGIONAL CLIMATE CENTER.

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BROWN


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