Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Northern Indiana
Issued by NWS Northern Indiana
000 CXUS53 KIWX 011201 CLMFWA CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 801 AM EDT THU JUN 01 2023 ................................... ...THE FORT WAYNE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF MAY 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 ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 97 05/28/2018 LOW 23 05/09/2020 HIGHEST 90 05/30 MM MM 92 05/31 LOWEST 35 05/01 MM MM 40 05/08 05/04 AVG. MAXIMUM 73.4 72.2 1.2 74.9 AVG. MINIMUM 48.5 50.4 -1.9 54.2 MEAN 60.9 61.3 -0.4 DAYS MAX >= 90 1 1.1 -0.1 1 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 0 0.4 -0.4 0 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 10.17 2011 MINIMUM 0.48 1925 TOTALS 4.06 4.58 -0.52 3.07 DAILY AVG. 0.13 0.15 -0.02 0.10 DAYS >= .01 8 13.7 -5.7 12 DAYS >= .10 5 8.1 -3.1 9 DAYS >= .50 2 2.8 -0.8 3 DAYS >= 1.00 2 1.1 0.9 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 1.55 05/12 TO 05/12 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 0.5 1940 TOTALS T 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 T 05/01 TO 05/01 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 171 177 -6 117 SINCE 7/1 5347 5943 -596 5589 COOLING TOTAL 52 62 -10 111 SINCE 1/1 57 70 -13 119 ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.3 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 31/220 DATE 05/12 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 39/320 DATE 05/01 39/220 05/12 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.56 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 8 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 13 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 10 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 59 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 3 MIXED PRECIP 1 HEAVY RAIN 2 RAIN 3 LIGHT RAIN 11 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 1 SLEET 0 FOG 9 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 0 HAZE 5 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && ...FLASH DROUGHT TO CONCLUDE THE MONTH... THE MONTH STARTED NOTABLY COLD WITH A TRACE OF SNOWFALL AND AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE DEPARTURE THROUGH THE 4TH OF ABOUT 12 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. CHEERFUL SPRING WEATHER ARRIVED SOON AFTER WITH HIGHS IN THE 70S AND 80S. A COUPLE OF SOAKING THUNDERSTORMS (7TH AND 12TH) ACCOUNTED FOR 3.08 INCHES OF THIS MONTH`S 4.06 INCH PRECIPITATION TOTAL. THESE TWO SOAKING RAIN EVENTS PROVIDED A BUFFER AHEAD OF THE VERY DRY CONDITIONS THAT DEVELOPED LATE IN THE MONTH. THE QUICK ONSET OF DRY CONDITIONS IS KNOWN AS A FLASH DROUGHT. THIS FLASH DROUGHT WAS A RESULT OF AN OMEGA BLOCK (AS WELL AS A REX BLOCK LATER ON) OVER THE REGION WHICH CUT-OFF THE FLOW OF MOISTURE TO OUR LOCAL AREA, WHILE HIGH PRESSURE STEERED ANY SHOWER AND STORM CHANCES ELSEWHERE. DRY WEATHER PERSISTED FOR 11 STRAIGHT DAYS WHICH HAS OCCURRED NUMEROUS TIMES (RANKS AS AS 215TH OVERALL, TIED AS 19TH LONGEST BASED ON NUMBER OF DAYS, WHERE 41 DAYS IS THE LONGEST ENDING SEPTEMBER 27, 1908) IN THE PERIOD OF RECORD. THE RECORD BOOKS ALSO SHOW THAT, IN INSTANCES OF 11 CONSECUTIVE DRY DAYS OR MORE, THE ENDING DATE WAS IN MAY 15 TIMES. EIGHT OF THOSE 15-TIMES HAVE AN END DATE IN THE FINAL 10-DAYS OF THE MONTH. RECENT STRETCHES OF DRY WEATHER INCLUDE JUNE 25, 2022, WHEN A 12-DAY DRY STRETCH ENDED. THE YEAR 2021 FEATURED FOUR DIFFERENT DRY PERIODS, RANGING FROM 16 DAYS (ENDING MAY 25) TO 11 DAYS. ALL THAT TO SAY, THESE PROLONGED STRETCHES OF DRY WEATHER DO OCCUR SOMEWHAT OFTEN IN THE AREA. ON ONE HAND, THIS DRY WEATHER WAS BENEFICIAL FOR THOSE CUTTING HAY AND PLANTING. ON THE OTHER HAND, SUCH A LONG STRETCH OF DRY WEATHER CAUSED CONCERN FOR NEWLY-PLANTED CROPS. PRECIPITATION TOTALED 4.06 INCHES WHICH RANKS AS THE 75TH DRIEST ON RECORD. THE PRECIPITATION TOTAL IS 0.52 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. A TRACE OF SNOW WAS RECORDED ON MAY 1, WHICH IS ABOVE-NORMAL FOR THE MONTH AND IS THE 4TH SNOWIEST ON RECORD FOR THE MONTH. MAY 2020 ALSO FEATURED A TRACE OF SNOW. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 73.4 DEGREES WHICH IS 1.2 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. ONE 90-DEGREE DAY WAS RECORDED; ON THE 30TH. THIS IS 15 DAYS AHEAD OF THE NORMAL START DATE OF 90-DEGREE TEMPERATURES, JUNE 13TH. TWO PRECIPITATION RECORDS WERE BROKEN THIS MONTH. ON THE 7TH, 1.53 INCHES BROKE THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 1.08 INCHES IN 2004. ON THE 12TH, 1.55 INCHES BROKE THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 1.05 INCHES SET IN 1914. BROWN $$