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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
814 AM EST MON JAN 01 2024

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...THE FORT WAYNE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF DECEMBER 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
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
 HIGH             71   12/02/1982
 LOW             -18   12/22/1989
HIGHEST           62   12/09         MM      MM       55  12/30
LOWEST            21   12/13         MM      MM       -8  12/23
AVG. MAXIMUM    46.2               37.5     8.7     37.0
AVG. MINIMUM    33.4               24.2     9.2     23.9
MEAN            39.8               30.9     8.9
DAYS MAX >= 90     0                0.0     0.0        0
DAYS MAX <= 32     0                9.9    -9.9        8
DAYS MIN <= 32    13               24.9   -11.9       22
DAYS MIN <= 0      0                1.0    -1.0        2

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM        7.56   1990
 MINIMUM        0.34   1943
TOTALS          1.69               2.47   -0.78     2.57
DAILY AVG.      0.05               0.08   -0.03     0.08
DAYS >= .01       13               12.4     0.6       10
DAYS >= .10        6                5.7     0.3        6
DAYS >= .50        0                1.6    -1.6        1
DAYS >= 1.00       0                0.3    -0.3        1
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL   0.28   12/22 TO 12/22

SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
 TOTAL          23.0   1914
TOTALS           0.5                7.6    -7.1      2.8
SINCE 7/1        0.9                9.6    -8.7      7.0
SNOWDEPTH AVG.     T                                   0
DAYS >= 1.0        0                2.1    -2.1        2
GREATEST
 SNOW DEPTH        T                                   2
 24 HR TOTAL     0.5   12/18 TO 12/18

DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL    775               1059    -284     1063
 SINCE 7/1      1868               2257    -389     2200
COOLING TOTAL      0                  0       0        0
 SINCE 1/1       766                849     -83      925
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              8.8
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    28/270    DATE  12/03
                                28/220          12/09
                                28/320          12/18
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    44/290    DATE  12/18

SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT)   MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER           0.80
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR            3
NUMBER OF DAYS PC              6
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY         22

AVERAGE RH (PERCENT)     77

WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM              0     MIXED PRECIP               0
HEAVY RAIN                0     RAIN                       6
LIGHT RAIN               18     FREEZING RAIN              0
LT FREEZING RAIN          0     HAIL                       0
HEAVY SNOW                0     SNOW                       1
LIGHT SNOW                5     SLEET                      0
FOG                      17     FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE      3
HAZE                      2

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

&&

2ND WARMEST DECEMBER, 6TH LEAST SNOWIEST ON RECORD

TEMPERATURES THROUGHOUT DECEMBER 2023 WERE WELL ABOVE AVERAGE. THE
MOST NOTABLE TEMPERATURE DEPARTURES OCCURRED AROUND CHRISTMAS; THERE
WAS A 4 DAY STRETCH OF HIGHS IN THE 50S WITH THE DAILY AVERAGE
TEMPERATURE EACH DAY EXCEEDING 15-20 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. OVERALL,
29 OF 31 DAYS THIS MONTH WERE ABOVE AVERAGE! THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE
FOR THE MONTH WAS 39.8 DEGREES, WHICH IS AN ASTOUNDING 8.9 DEGREES
ABOVE NORMAL! DECEMBER 2023 WAS THE 2ND WARMEST DECEMBER ON RECORD
AND THE WARMEST SINCE 2015. RECORDS BEGAN IN 1897.

PRECIPITATION WAS ONCE AGAIN LACKING THIS MONTH. THERE WERE NO DAILY
RAINFALL TOTALS OVER HALF AN INCH. THERE WERE SEVERAL DAYS WHERE
RAINFALL ONLY TOTALED A QUARTER INCH OR LESS; THE HIGHEST DAILY
RAINFALL TOTAL WAS 0.28" ON DECEMBER 22ND. PRECIPITATION TOTALED
1.69" FOR THE MONTH. THIS IS 0.78" BELOW NORMAL AND WAS THE 36TH
DRIEST DECEMBER ON RECORD FOR FORT WAYNE.

ONLY ONE DAY IN DECEMBER RECORDED MEASURABLE SNOW; 0.5" OF SNOW FELL
ON DECEMBER 18TH. THE TOTAL OF 0.5" OF SNOW FOR THE MONTH WAS 7.1"
BELOW NORMAL. DECEMBER 2023 TIES FOR THE 6TH LEAST SNOWIEST ON
RECORD.

NO RECORDS WERE SET THIS MONTH.

JOHNSON

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