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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
247 PM EDT THU SEP 01 2022

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...THE FORT WAYNE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE SEASON, FROM
6/1/2022 TO 8/31/2022...

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              36   06/02/1910
HIGHEST           96   06/14         82      14       92
                       06/21
LOWEST            47   06/28         61     -14       49
AVG. MAXIMUM    83.3               82.4     0.9     83.1
AVG. MINIMUM    61.7               61.7    -0.0     63.8
MEAN            72.5               72.0     0.5
DAYS MAX >= 90    12               13.1    -1.1        5
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       21.52   2015
 MINIMUM        5.00   2012
TOTALS         12.86              12.33    0.53    13.96
DAILY AVG.      0.14               0.13    0.01     0.15
DAYS >= .01       27               30.8    -3.8       33
DAYS >= .10       17               20.3    -3.3       20
DAYS >= .50        8                8.0     0.0       10
DAYS >= 1.00       3                3.6    -0.6        6
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL   2.83   07/05 TO 07/05

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

DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL      6                 35     -29        7
 SINCE 7/1         2                  5      -3        4
COOLING TOTAL    711                681      30      810
 SINCE 1/1       830                751      79      887
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              6.7
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           0.54
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR           26
NUMBER OF DAYS PC             41
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY         25

AVERAGE RH (PERCENT)     69

WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM             20     MIXED PRECIP               0
HEAVY RAIN               13     RAIN                      13
LIGHT RAIN               33     FREEZING RAIN              0
LT FREEZING RAIN          0     HAIL                       0
HEAVY SNOW                0     SNOW                       0
LIGHT SNOW                0     SLEET                      0
FOG                      48     FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE      2
HAZE                      8

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

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SUMMER 2022

THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 72.5 DEGREES WAS 0.5 ABOVE THE NORMAL
OF 72.0 DEGREES. THIS TIES AS THE 44TH WARMEST SUMMER ON RECORD.
PRECIPITATION TOTALED 12.86 INCHES WHICH IS 0.53 ABOVE THE NORMAL
OF 12.33 INCHES. THIS RANKS AS THE 31ST WETTEST SUMMER ON RECORD.

THE DROUGHT MONITOR ADDED A D0 DESIGNATION TO ALLEN COUNTY INDIANA
IN JUNE, BUT THAT WAS TAKEN AWAY IN LATE JULY AS FORT WAYNE SAW ITS
8TH WETTEST JULY ON RECORD.


A MONTH BY MONTH SUMMARY IS BELOW.

JUNE 2022

A WARM BUT DRY MONTH

JUNE BEGAN WITH AROUND NORMAL TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE 10TH BEFORE 2
PERIODS OF ABOVE NORMAL HIGH TEMPERATURES TOOK OVER FROM THE 13TH TO
16TH AND FROM THE 20TH TO THE 22ND. THE MONTH FINISHED OUT WITH
AVERAGE TO BELOW AVERAGE TEMPERATURES. A RECORD WARM LOW TEMPERATURE
WAS ON THE 15TH (75, TYING 75 IN 1981). 8 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
FT. WAYNE TO FINISH OUT THE MONTH AS THE 20TH WARMEST JUNE WHEN
COMPARED TO THE PERIOD OF RECORD.

FT. WAYNE SAW ONLY 4 DAYS OF PRECIPITATION ABOVE 0.1 INCH (6TH-0.28,
8TH-0.59, 13TH-2.03, 26TH-0.28). THIS WAS THE 7TH LEAST WITHIN ITS
PERIOD OF RECORD. THE 0.23 PRECIP OBSERVED SINCE JUNE 14TH IS THE
3TH DRIEST FOR THAT MID TO LATE PERIOD WHEN COMPARED TO THE PERIOD
OF 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 ONSET
OF THE DROUGHT MIGHT END UP BEING IN THE WEEKS TO COME. THE DRYNESS
THAT THE AREA HAS SUSTAINED ALSO HELPED FORT WAYNE COME WITHIN 1
DEGREE (47) OF THE RECORD LOW ON 6/28 (46 SET ON 1992).

A DERECHO MOVED ACROSS THE AREA ON THE EVENING OF THE 13TH LEAVING
A TRAIL OF THUNDERSTORM WIND DAMAGE BEHIND IT.

JULY 2022

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 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE, 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 SINCE 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 4 DAYS OF PRECIPITATION GREATER THAN OR EQUAL TO
0.50 INCH, WHICH IS ABOVE THE NORMAL JULY AVERAGE OF 3 DAYS. AS
SUCH, FORT WAYNE SAW RECORD RAINFALL ON THE 5TH (2.83 INCH), WHICH
ALSO TIED 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.

AUGUST 2022

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 6 DAYS THIS MONTH, WHICH IS
GREATER THAN THE MONTHLY AVERAGE OF 5 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.

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NORTHERN INDIANA CLIMATE TEAM