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

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...THE FORT WAYNE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF JULY 2023...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1897 TO 2023

WEATHER         OBSERVED          NORMAL  DEPART   LAST YEAR`S
                VALUE   DATE(S)   VALUE   FROM     VALUE DATE(S)
                                          NORMAL
................................................................
TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
 HIGH            106   07/14/1936
                       07/22/1934
 LOW              38   07/02/1904
HIGHEST           92   07/27         MM      MM       92  07/04
                                                          07/05
LOWEST            57   07/19         MM      MM       56  07/30
                       07/31
AVG. MAXIMUM    84.1               84.1     0.0     83.3
AVG. MINIMUM    63.1               63.5    -0.4     63.8
MEAN            73.6               73.8    -0.2
DAYS MAX >= 90     4                6.0    -2.0        3
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       11.00   1986
 MINIMUM        0.41   1974
TOTALS          5.28               4.05    1.23     6.34
DAILY AVG.      0.17               0.13    0.04     0.20
DAYS >= .01       12                9.7     2.3       10
DAYS >= .10        8                6.6     1.4        7
DAYS >= .50        4                2.6     1.4        4
DAYS >= 1.00       1                1.3    -0.3        2
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL   1.66   07/20 TO 07/20

SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
 TOTAL             T   2014
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                                   0
 24 HR TOTAL      MM

DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL      0                  3      -3        0
 SINCE 7/1         0                  0       0       MM
COOLING TOTAL    276                275       1      269
 SINCE 1/1       487                539     -52       MM
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              6.0
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    37/340    DATE  07/20
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    56/340    DATE  07/20

SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT)   MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER           0.50
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR           11
NUMBER OF DAYS PC             16
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY          4

AVERAGE RH (PERCENT)     73

WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM             11     MIXED PRECIP               0
HEAVY RAIN                7     RAIN                       7
LIGHT RAIN               14     FREEZING RAIN              0
LT FREEZING RAIN          0     HAIL                       0
HEAVY SNOW                0     SNOW                       0
LIGHT SNOW                0     SLEET                      0
FOG                      21     FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE      3
HAZE                      9

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

&&

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 5.28 INCHES WHICH IS 1.23 INCHES
ABOVE NORMAL AND RANKS AS THE 22ND MOST ON RECORD. ONE RECORD WAS
SET THIS MONTH: 1.66 INCHES OF RAIN ON THE 20TH BROKE THE
PREVIOUS RECORD OF 1.46 IN 1946.

THERE WERE FOUR DAYS THIS MONTH WITH A HIGH OF 90 DEGREES OR MORE,
WHICH IS ONE MORE THAN 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 73.6 DEGREES WHICH IS RIGHT NEAR
NORMAL.

$$
BROWN/MURPHY