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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
535 PM EST SUN MAR 1 2020

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...THE FORT WAYNE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE 2019-2020 WINTER SEASON...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1897 TO 2020

WEATHER         OBSERVED          NORMAL  DEPART  LAST YEAR`S
                 VALUE   DATE(S)  VALUE   FROM    VALUE
                                          NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
 HIGH              73   02/25/2000
 LOW              -24   01/12/1918
HIGHEST            63   12/26        MM      MM       59
LOWEST              0   02/15        MM      MM      -13
AVG. MAXIMUM     39.4              34.9     4.5     37.7
AVG. MINIMUM     25.0              19.9     5.1     23.5
MEAN             32.2              27.4     4.8
DAYS MAX >= 90      0               0.0     0.0        0
DAYS MAX <= 32     15              35.2   -20.2       29
DAYS MIN <= 32     77              77.4    -0.4       71
DAYS MIN <= 0       1               6.5    -5.5        4

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM        17.85   1950
 MINIMUM         1.58   1920
TOTALS           8.95              7.07    1.88     7.49
DAILY AVG.       0.10              0.08    0.02     0.08
DAYS >= .01        36              35.7     0.3       37
DAYS >= .10        17              17.0     0.0       19
DAYS >= .50         7               4.1     2.9        5
DAYS >= 1.00        1               0.8     0.2        1
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL    1.60   MM

SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
 TOTAL           61.1   1982
 24 HR TOTAL       MM
TOTALS           16.2              26.3   -10.1     19.8
SINCE 7/1        23.1              28.4    -5.3     21.9
SNOWDEPTH AVG.      0                 3      -3        0
DAYS >= TRACE      42              24.6    17.4       39
DAYS >= 1.0         8               7.8     0.2        5
GREATEST
 SNOW DEPTH         3   02/27                          4
                        02/13
 24 HR TOTAL      3.5   MM

DEGREE_DAYS
HEATING TOTAL    2962              3381    -419     3079
 SINCE 7/1         MM              4631      MM       MM
COOLING TOTAL       0                 0       0        0
 SINCE 1/1          0                 0       0        0
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              9.8
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    37/270    DATE  01/18
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    53/270    DATE  01/18

SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT)   MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER           0.80
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR            6
NUMBER OF DAYS PC             27
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY         58

AVERAGE RH (PERCENT)     78

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

&&
...9TH WARMEST WINTER ON RECORD...

FORT WAYNE OBSERVED ITS 9TH WARMEST WINTER ON RECORD, WITH AN
AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 32.2 DEGREES. THIS IS 4.8 DEGREES ABOVE
NORMAL. THIS WAS THE WARMEST WINTER SINCE THE WINTER OF 2016-2017.
THERE WERE 15 DAYS WITH A HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 50 DEGREES OR WARMER.
WINTER 2016-2017 FEATURED 25 DAYS. THERE WERE 0 DAYS WITH A MINIMUM
TEMPERATURE BELOW ZERO; WINTER 2018-2019 OBSERVED 3 DAYS. THIS GIVES
FORT WAYNE 394 CONSECUTIVE DAYS AT OR ABOVE ZERO, WHICH RANKS AS THE
15TH LONGEST STREAK ALL TIME. THERE WERE ONLY 6 DAYS THIS WINTER
WITH A LOW TEMPERATURE OF 10 DEGREES OR LESS; THE 10TH LEAST ON
RECORD.

8.95 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION WAS OBSERVED; 1.88 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL.
THIS RANKS AS THE 19TH WETTEST ON RECORD. PRECIPITATION FOR DECEMBER
WAS NEAR NORMAL, BUT JANUARY PRECIPITATION WAS 1.81 INCHES ABOVE
NORMAL. THE GREATEST SINGLE-DAY PRECIPITATION TOTAL THIS WINTER WAS
1.61 INCHES ON JANUARY 11TH; 0.79 INCHES FELL ON THE 10TH. FEBRUARY
PRECIPITATION ENDED AT NORMAL.

SNOWFALL FOR THE WINTER WAS 10.1 INCHES BELOW NORMAL, TOTALING 16.2
INCHES. THIS RANKS AS THE 34TH LEAST SNOWIEST ON RECORD. THIS WAS
THE LEAST SNOWIEST WINTER SINCE 2016-2017 WHEN 14.7 INCHES WERE
OBSERVED. FEBRUARY WAS THE ONLY MONTH THIS WINTER WHERE SNOWFALL WAS
ABOVE NORMAL.

BROWN

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National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office
