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CLSFWA

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
914 PM EDT WED JUN 01 2022

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...THE FORT WAYNE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE SEASON, FROM
3/1/2022 TO 5/31/2022...

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             97   05/28/2018
 LOW             -10   03/01/1967
HIGHEST           92   05/31         MM      MM       89
LOWEST            16   03/12         MM      MM       19
                       03/13
AVG. MAXIMUM    61.5               60.3     1.2     62.6
AVG. MINIMUM    41.3               39.7     1.6     39.4
MEAN            51.4               50.0     1.4
DAYS MAX >= 90     1                1.1    -0.1        0
DAYS MAX <= 32     1                2.7    -1.7        0
DAYS MIN <= 32    21               27.8    -6.8       27
DAYS MIN <= 0      0                0.1    -0.1        0

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM       18.50   2011
 MINIMUM        5.07   1958
TOTALS          8.79              11.13   -2.34    10.31
DAILY AVG.      0.09               0.12   -0.03     0.11
DAYS >= .01       40               38.6     1.4       29
DAYS >= .10       21               22.1    -1.1       18
DAYS >= .50        8                7.1     0.9        7
DAYS >= 1.00       0                2.3    -2.3        2
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL   1.07

SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
 TOTAL          19.5   1964
 24 HR TOTAL     4.2   04/20/2021 TO 04/20/2021
TOTALS           2.3                5.4    -3.1      4.9
SINCE 7/1       23.2               33.6   -10.4       MM
SNOWDEPTH AVG.     T                                  -1
DAYS >= TRACE     13                5.7     7.3        5
DAYS >= 1.0        0                1.8    -1.8        1
GREATEST
 SNOW DEPTH        0                                   4
 24 HR TOTAL      MM

DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL   1344               1448    -104     1344
 SINCE 7/1      5589               5943    -354       MM
COOLING TOTAL    119                 69      50       77
 SINCE 1/1       119                 70      49       MM
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              11.0
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    48/260    DATE  03/06
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    66/260    DATE  03/06

SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT)   MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER           0.74
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR            2
NUMBER OF DAYS PC             38
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY         52

AVERAGE RH (PERCENT)     69

WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM             10     MIXED PRECIP               0
HEAVY RAIN                5     RAIN                      16
LIGHT RAIN               45     FREEZING RAIN              0
LT FREEZING RAIN          0     HAIL                       0
HEAVY SNOW                0     SNOW                       2
LIGHT SNOW               13     SLEET                      0
FOG                      45     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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SPRING 2022

THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 51.4 DEGREES IS 1.4 DEGREES ABOVE THE
NORMAL OF 50.0 DEGREES. THIS TIES FOR THE 17TH WARMEST SPRING ON
RECORD ALONG WITH 1929 AND 1922. PRECIPITATION TOTALED 8.79 INCHES
WHICH IS 2.34 INCHES BELOW THE NORMAL OF 11.13 INCHES. THIS RANKS AS
THE 35TH DRIEST SPRING ON RECORD. THIS IS THE DRIEST SPRING SINCE
8.40 INCHES IN 2018. SNOW TOTALED 2.3 INCHES WHICH IS 3.1 INCHES
BELOW THE NORMAL OF 5.4 INCHES. THIS IS THE 27TH LEAST SNOWIEST
SPRING ON RECORD. THIS IS OUR LEAST SNOWIEST SPRING SINCE 0.3 INCH
OF SNOW FELL IN THE SPRING OF 2012.

ACCORDING TO THE U.S. DROUGHT MONITOR, NO DROUGHT WAS NOTED
THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRETY OF THE SPRING SEASON.

A MONTH BY MONTH SUMMARY IS BELOW.

MAY 2022

A WARM AND DRY MONTH

MAY BEGAN WITH AROUND AVERAGE TEMPERATURES UNTIL THE 9TH. MUCH ABOVE
NORMAL TEMPERATURES FOLLOWED FROM THE 10TH TO THE 15TH WITH AVERAGE
TEMPERATURES AS MUCH AS 10 TO 20 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. RECORD HIGH
TEMPERATURES WERE SET ON THE 11TH AND 12TH FOR FORT WAYNE. THESE ARE
THE WARMEST AVERAGE TEMPERATURES THIS STRETCH OF 6 DAYS HAS SEEN IN
THE PERIOD OF RECORD. A VARIABLE PATTERN FOLLOWED WITH A MIX OF
ABOVE AND BELOW AVERAGE TEMPERATURES INTO THE LATTER HALF OF THE
MONTH. OVERALL THE MONTH FINISHED OUT WARMER THAN NORMAL.

A WET START TO MAY BROUGHT 1.80 INCHES OF RAIN FROM THE 1ST TO 6TH
OF THE MONTH. THIS IS THE 6TH WETTEST 6-DAY STRETCH TO BEGIN THE
MONTH OF MAY. 2003 (3.01 INCHES) AND 2017 (2.80 INCHES) ARE THE TOP
2 WETTEST OF THIS STRETCH. FOLLOWING THIS STRETCH, A PERIOD OF
MOSTLY DRY WEATHER TOOK OVER THROUGH THE END OF THE MONTH. THIS
MOSTLY DRY PERIOD HELPED THE MONTH FINISH OUT BELOW NORMAL
PRECIPITATION-WISE.

APRIL 2022

DRIER AND COOLER, THOUGH WITH SLIGHTLY MORE SNOW THAN NORMAL

THIS MONTH CONTAINED UPS AND DOWNS AS FAR AS TEMPERATURE GOES, BUT
DESPITE A PLEASANT WARM UP BETWEEN THE 21ST AND THE 24TH, THE MONTH
STILL FINISHED BELOW NORMAL FOR MEAN AVERAGE TEMPERATURES. DUE TO
THE AFOREMENTIONED LATER MONTH WARM UP, THE GROWING SEASON STARTED
IN THE AREA AND A FREEZE WARNING WAS ISSUED FOR THE MORNING OF THE
27TH WITH A LOW TEMPERATURE OF 31 DEGREES RECORDED. A RECORD WARM
LOW TEMPERATURE WAS ACHIEVED ON THE 13TH AT 61 DEGREES, WHICH BROKE
THE OLD RECORD SET BACK IN 1955. THIS IS ALSO THE 10TH EARLIEST
INSTANCE OF AN OBSERVED MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 60 DEGREES OR WARMER.

FORT WAYNE ACTUALLY HAD AN ABOVE NORMAL APRIL WHEN IT COMES TO
SNOWFALL. BUT THAT ISN`T SAYING MUCH SINCE THE NORMAL IS 0.8 INCHES
OF SNOW. THERE WERE THREE DAYS OF MEASUREABLE SNOW THIS MONTH WITH
THE HIGHEST SNOWFALL OCCURRING ON THE 18TH AT 0.6 INCHES, WHICH
BROKE THE OLD DAILY SNOWFALL RECORD FOR THAT DAY THAT WAS SET BACK
IN 1956.

MARCH 2022

WARM WITH ABOVE AVERAGE PRECIPITATION

AS IS USUALLY THE CASE FOR SPRING, TEMPERATURES WERE TOPSY-TURVY.
FORT WAYNE HAD A FEW TASTES OF SPRING DURING THIS MONTH AS
TEMPERATURES ROSE INTO THE 70S ON 3 SEPARATE DAYS. WITH REALLY ONLY
TWO COLD BLASTS THIS MONTH, THE MEAN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FINISHED
ABOVE NORMAL BY 3.1 DEGREES. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 50.4 DEGREES
RECORDED FROM MARCH 14TH TO MARCH 23RD CONTAINED THE 6TH WARMEST
MEAN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WHEN COMPARED TO THE SAME TIME FRAME IN
FORT WAYNE`S 100-YEAR-PLUS PERIOD OF RECORD. IF YOU GUESSED 2012 HAD
A WARMER PERIOD OF AVERAGE TEMPERATURES, YOU`D BE RIGHT; AT 16
DEGREES WARMER THAN 50.4 DEGREES.

THIS MONTH`S ABOVE AVERAGE PRECIPITATION TOTAL OF 3.18 INCHES WAS
ATTAINED THROUGH A COUPLE MODERATE RAINFALL DAYS. 3 DAYS THIS MONTH
HAD RAIN TOTALLING GREATER THAN 0.5 INCH INCLUDING THE 7TH, THE
18TH, AND THE 22ND. IT WAS ALSO HELPED BY HAVING OVER HALF OF THE
DAYS THIS MONTH OBSERVING PRECIPITATION OF A TRACE OR HIGHER.

THE AVERAGE SNOWFALL THAT THE MONTH OF MARCH NORMALLY SEES IS 4
INCHES OF SNOW. HOWEVER, THE STORM TRACK KEPT THE SNOW FARTHER WEST
OF FORT WAYNE AND THIS ALLOWED IT TO SEE BELOW NORMAL SNOWFALL; ONLY
TOTALLING 1.0 INCH OF SNOW.

ROLLER/MURPHY/MORRIS/FISHER/HOLSTEN

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