Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Northern Indiana
Issued by NWS Northern Indiana
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CLMFWA
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
538 AM EDT WED MAY 01 2024
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...THE FORT WAYNE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL 2024...
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1897 TO 2024
WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S
VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S)
NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
HIGH 90 04/11/1930
04/29/1899
LOW 7 04/07/1982
HIGHEST 82 04/16 MM MM 84 04/20
LOWEST 30 04/06 MM MM 28 04/26
AVG. MAXIMUM 63.1 60.9 2.2 63.3
AVG. MINIMUM 43.9 39.4 4.5 38.6
MEAN 53.5 50.2 3.3
DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0
DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0
DAYS MIN <= 32 3 6.9 -3.9 7
DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0
PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
MAXIMUM 7.19 1944
MINIMUM 0.72 1946
TOTALS 7.39 3.74 3.65 1.96
DAILY AVG. 0.25 0.12 0.13 0.07
DAYS >= .01 17 13.2 3.8 13
DAYS >= .10 14 7.7 6.3 8
DAYS >= .50 5 2.4 2.6 1
DAYS >= 1.00 2 0.8 1.2 0
GREATEST
24 HR. TOTAL 1.81 03/31 TO 04/01
SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
TOTAL 11.7 1961
TOTALS T 0.8 -0.8 T
SINCE 7/1 11.6 33.6 -22.0 21.7
SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 0
DAYS >= 1.0 0 0.3 -0.3 0
GREATEST
SNOW DEPTH 0 0
24 HR TOTAL TR 04/03 TO 04/03
04/04 TO 04/04
DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL 355 452 -97 419
SINCE 7/1 4787 5767 -980 5176
COOLING TOTAL 14 7 7 5
SINCE 1/1 14 8 6 5
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 11.3
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 39/230 DATE 04/27
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 53/240 DATE 04/27
SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.68
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 4
NUMBER OF DAYS PC 10
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 16
AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 67
WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM 7 MIXED PRECIP 0
HEAVY RAIN 4 RAIN 10
LIGHT RAIN 18 FREEZING RAIN 0
LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0
HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0
LIGHT SNOW 2 SLEET 1
FOG 14 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 0
HAZE 2
- INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.
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....WETTEST APRIL ON RECORD, 12TH WARMEST....
IN TYPICAL SPRING FASHION, APRIL FEATURED LOTS OF TEMPERATURE SWINGS
AND FLUCTUATIONS. THERE WERE 10 DAYS WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES 70+
DEGREES THIS MONTH AND THERE WERE ALSO 4 DAYS WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES
IN THE 40S THIS MONTH. MILD NIGHTS CONTRIBUTED TO APRIL 2024 BEING
WARMER THAN NORMAL, WITH SEVERAL NIGHTS WITH LOWS IN THE 50S AND
60S. A NEW RECORD WARM LOW TEMPERATURE OF 62 DEGREES WAS SET ON
APRIL 29TH, BREAKING THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 61 DEGREES SET IN 1991.
OVERALL, THE MONTH FINISHED WITH AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 53.5
DEGREES, WHICH IS 3.3 DEGREES WARMER THAN NORMAL. THIS WAS THE 12TH
WARMEST APRIL AND THE WARMEST APRIL SINCE 2017.
A SERIES OF LOW PRESSURE SYSTEMS PASSING THROUGH THE MIDWEST LED TO
A VERY WET AND SOGGY APRIL. IN FACT, FORT WAYNE HAD THE WETTEST
APRIL ON RECORD! OVER 7 INCHES OF RAIN FELL, WHICH HAS ONLY HAPPENED
4 TIMES IN APRIL SINCE RECORDS BEGAN IN 1897. OTHER APRILS WITH OVER
7 INCHES OF RAINFALL INCLUDE 1944, 1957, AND 2013. TWO DAYS THIS
MONTH HAD OVER AN INCH OF RAINFALL; APRIL 1ST AND APRIL 11TH. A NEW
DAILY RECORD RAINFALL OF 1.81 INCHES WAS SET ON APRIL 1ST, WHICH
BROKE THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 1.69 INCHES SET IN 1959. IN TOTAL, 7.39
INCHES OF RAIN FELL THIS MONTH, WHICH IS 3.65 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL
AND NEARLY DOUBLE THE AVERAGE MONTHLY TOTAL! APRIL WAS THE WETTEST
MONTH SINCE AUGUST 2018 WHEN 7.77 INCHES OF RAIN FELL. IN ADDITION,
THIS WAS THE WETTEST APRIL SINCE 2013 WHEN 7.10 INCHES OF RAIN FELL.
THE PREVIOUS APRIL MONTHLY RECORD RAINFALL WAS 7.19 INCHES IN 1944.
THERE WAS ONLY A TRACE OF SNOW THIS MONTH, WHICH IS UNSURPRISING
GIVEN THE WARM TEMPERATURES. THIS IS 0.8 INCHES BELOW AVERAGE. APRIL
2024 IS TIED FOR THE 10TH LEAST SNOWIEST APRIL ON RECORD. THE LAST
TIME MEASURABLE SNOW OCCURRED IN APRIL WAS IN 2022.
JOHNSON
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