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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
903 AM EDT SAT JUL 01 2023

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...THE FORT WAYNE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE 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            106   06/28/2012
                       06/25/1988
 LOW              36   06/02/1910
HIGHEST           92   06/03         MM      MM       96  06/14
                                                          06/21
LOWEST            46   06/08         MM      MM       47  06/28
                       06/09
AVG. MAXIMUM    81.5               81.0     0.5     84.6
AVG. MINIMUM    56.5               60.3    -3.8     60.0
MEAN            69.0               70.7    -1.7
DAYS MAX >= 90     4                4.2    -0.2        8
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       11.98   2015
 MINIMUM        0.50   1933
TOTALS          1.39               4.48   -3.09     3.26
DAILY AVG.      0.05               0.15   -0.10     0.11
DAYS >= .01        5               11.9    -6.9        7
DAYS >= .10        4                7.9    -3.9        4
DAYS >= .50        1                3.0    -2.0        2
DAYS >= 1.00       0                1.2    -1.2        1
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL   0.63   06/13 TO 06/13

SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
 TOTAL             T   2016
TOTALS           0.0                0.0     0.0      0.0
SINCE 7/1       21.7               33.6   -11.9     23.2
SNOWDEPTH AVG.     0                                   0
DAYS >= 1.0        0                0.0     0.0        0
GREATEST
 SNOW DEPTH        0                                   0
 24 HR TOTAL       0

DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL     26                 24       2        4
 SINCE 7/1      5373               5965    -592     5593
COOLING TOTAL    154                194     -40      228
 SINCE 1/1       211                264     -53      347
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              8.0
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    36/220    DATE  06/25
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    50/220    DATE  06/25

SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT)   MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER           0.56
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR           10
NUMBER OF DAYS PC              9
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY         11

AVERAGE RH (PERCENT)     62

WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM              5     MIXED PRECIP               0
HEAVY RAIN                1     RAIN                       4
LIGHT RAIN                8     FREEZING RAIN              0
LT FREEZING RAIN          0     HAIL                       0
HEAVY SNOW                0     SNOW                       0
LIGHT SNOW                0     SLEET                      0
FOG                      12     FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE      0
HAZE                     13

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

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CONTINUED DROUGHT STRESSES CROPS

FLASH DROUGHT CONDITIONS DEVELOPED LAST MONTH AND DRY WEATHER
PERSISTED THROUGH JUNE WITH ONLY A COUPLE EXCEPTIONS. ACCORDING TO
THE US DROUGHT MONITOR, "ABNORMALLY DRY" CONDITIONS WERE PRESENT ON
MAY 30TH. BY LATE-JUNE, A "MODERATE DROUGHT" AND "SEVERE DROUGHT"
WERE UNDERWAY IN NORTHERN INDIANA AND NORTHWEST OHIO. IRRIGATION
BECAME MORE COMMON TO COMBAT CROP STRESS. DRY SOIL, LARGE
EVAPOTRANSPIRATION RATES, AND LOW WATER LEVELS OF CREEKS, STREAMS,
AND PONDS WERE REPORTED.

FORT WAYNE RECORDED 1.39 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION THIS MONTH, WHICH
IS 3.09 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. THIS RANKS AS THE 11TH DRIEST ON RECORD
AND IS THE DRIEST SINCE 0.65 INCHES IN JUNE OF 2012 (THIRD DRIEST ON
RECORD). RAIN TOTALS FROM THE 25TH AND 26TH (0.33 AND 0.15 OBSERVED
AT FORT WAYNE INT`L AIRPORT , RESPECTIVELY) WERE HIGHLY VARIABLE IN
THE REGION, WITH SOME LOCATIONS NORTH AND WEST OF FORT WAYNE
REPORTING MORE THAN TWO INCHES. THE FORT WAYNE AIRPORT ONLY RECORDED
MEASURABLE RAINFALL 4 DAYS THIS MONTH. THE LARGEST 24 HOUR RAINFALL
TOTAL OF 0.63 INCHES FELL ON JUNE 13TH.

THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH OF 69.0 DEGREES WAS 1.7
DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. WHILE THE FIRST FEW DAYS OF JUNE STARTED VERY
WARM, A PERIOD OF COOL WEATHER EMERGED FROM THE 7TH THROUGH 18TH AS
A RESULT OF COOL NORTHERLY FLOW.

NO RECORDS WERE SET THIS MONTH.

BROWN/JOHNSON

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