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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
454 AM EST THU FEB 01 2024

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...THE FORT WAYNE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY 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             69   01/25/1950
 LOW             -24   01/12/1918
HIGHEST           44   01/09         MM      MM       62  01/03
                       01/24
                       01/25
LOWEST            -6   01/15         MM      MM        8  01/27
AVG. MAXIMUM    32.0               32.6    -0.6     39.9
AVG. MINIMUM    22.9               18.4     4.5     28.5
MEAN            27.4               25.5     1.9
DAYS MAX >= 90     0                0.0     0.0        0
DAYS MAX <= 32     9               15.3    -6.3        4
DAYS MIN <= 32    23               27.5    -4.5       23
DAYS MIN <= 0      3                3.3    -0.3        0

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM        9.72   1950
 MINIMUM        0.39   1966
TOTALS          3.95               2.54    1.41     2.75
DAILY AVG.      0.13               0.08    0.05     0.09
DAYS >= .01       16               13.2     2.8       15
DAYS >= .10       10                6.2     3.8        7
DAYS >= .50        1                1.5    -0.5        1
DAYS >= 1.00       1                0.4     0.6        0
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL   1.28   01/09 TO 01/09

SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
 TOTAL          30.3   2014
TOTALS           7.3               10.8    -3.5     10.4
SINCE 7/1        8.2               20.4   -12.2     17.4
SNOWDEPTH AVG.     0                                   1
DAYS >= 1.0        3                3.5    -0.5        2
GREATEST
 SNOW DEPTH        3   01/20                           7
 24 HR TOTAL     2.0   01/09 TO 01/09

DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL   1157               1224     -67      947
 SINCE 7/1      3025               3482    -457     3147
COOLING TOTAL      0                  0       0        0
 SINCE 1/1         0                  0       0        0
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              10.7
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    39/230    DATE  01/13
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    54/220    DATE  01/13

SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT)   MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER           0.89
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR            0
NUMBER OF DAYS PC              5
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY         26

AVERAGE RH (PERCENT)     80

WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM              0     MIXED PRECIP               1
HEAVY RAIN                2     RAIN                       4
LIGHT RAIN               13     FREEZING RAIN              1
LT FREEZING RAIN          4     HAIL                       0
HEAVY SNOW                1     SNOW                       0
LIGHT SNOW               20     SLEET                      3
FOG                      23     FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE      5
HAZE                      6

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

&&

JANUARY 2024

THE FIRST 12 DAYS OF JANUARY WERE MILD, WITH AN AVERAGE DAILY
TEMPERATURE AS GREAT AS 13 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL (JANUARY 9TH). BY
THE END OF THAT PERIOD, THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH (32.3
DEGREES) WAS 6.0 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL WHICH RANKS AS THE 29TH
WARMEST ON RECORD. AS THE POLAR VORTEX WEAKENED, COLD AIR BLASTED
INTO THE REGION. FROM THE 13TH THROUGH 22ND, THE AVERAGE DAILY
TEMPERATURE WAS AS MUCH AS 24 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL (JANUARY 15TH).
HIGH TEMPERATURES WERE IN THE SINGLE DIGITS AT TIMES AND OVERNIGHT
LOWS WERE BELOW ZERO. THE COLDEST TEMPERATURE OF THE MONTH, -6 ON
THE 15TH, WAS THE COLDEST TEMPERATURE RECORDED AT FORT WAYNE SINCE
-9 DEGREES ON JANUARY 26, 2022. THIS CHILL WAS SHORT LIVED AS ABOVE-
NORMAL TEMPERATURES RETURNED TO END THE MONTH. THE MONTH ENDED WITH
AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 27.4 DEGREES WHICH IS 1.9 DEGREES ABOVE
NORMAL. THIS TIES AS THE 48TH WARMEST JANUARY ON RECORD. RECORDS
BEGAN IN 1897.

AS THE ARCTIC AIR ARRIVED AND SUBSEQUENTLY DEPARTED, A COUPLE
EPISODES OF SNOW OCCURRED TOTALING 7.3 INCHES FOR THE MONTH. THIS IS
3.5 INCHES BELOW NORMAL AND RANKS AS THE 58TH LEAST ON RECORD. THIS
IS A FEW INCHES SHY OF THE 10.4 INCHES RECORDED IN JANUARY 2023.

SNOW ON THE 9TH WAS NOTABLE BECAUSE A PRECIPITATION RECORD OF 1.28"
OCCURRED THAT DAY PAIRED WITH 2.0 INCHES OF HEAVY WET SNOW (PREVIOUS
RECORD OF 0.75 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION IN 1930). THIS WAS A RESULT
OF RAIN CHANGING TO SNOW. STANDING WATER WAS TRAPPED BENEATH THIS
"CONCRETE SNOW" MAKING FOR SOUPY, SLOPPY CONDITIONS THROUGHOUT THE
REGION.

PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH TOTALED AN IMPRESSIVE 3.95 INCHES. THIS
IS 1.41 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL AND RANKS AS THE 20TH WETTEST ON RECORD.
THE HIGHEST DAILY PRECIPITATION TOTAL WAS 1.28". BEFORE JANAURY 9TH,
IT HAD BEEN 173 DAYS WITHOUT A DAILY PRECIPITATION TOTAL OVER AN
INCH! THIS WAS THE WETTEST JANUARY SINCE 4.07 INCHES IN JANUARY
2020. FOR PERSPECTIVE, THIS MONTHLY TOTAL IS COMPARABLE TO THE
NORMAL PRECIPITATION AMOUNT FOR AUGUST; 3.80 INCHES.

BROWN/JOHNSON

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