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CXUS53 KIWX 011116
CLSFWA

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
616 AM EST TUE MAR 01 2022

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...THE FORT WAYNE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE SEASON, FROM
12/1/2021 TO 2/28/2022...

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             73   02/25/2000
 LOW             -24   01/12/1918
HIGHEST           62   12/11         MM      MM       63
LOWEST            -9   01/26         MM      MM       -6
AVG. MAXIMUM    37.3               35.5     1.8     35.0
AVG. MINIMUM    20.4               21.2    -0.8     21.6
MEAN            28.9               28.4     0.5
DAYS MAX >= 90     0                0.0     0.0        0
DAYS MAX <= 32    37               35.5     1.5       31
DAYS MIN <= 32    76               76.7    -0.7       80
DAYS MIN <= 0      5                6.1    -1.1        3

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM       17.85   1950
 MINIMUM        1.58   1920
TOTALS          8.04               7.07    0.97     4.71
DAILY AVG.      0.09               0.08    0.01     0.05
DAYS >= .01       29               36.3    -7.3       32
DAYS >= .10       17               17.1    -0.1        9
DAYS >= .50        8                4.3     3.7        4
DAYS >= 1.00       0                0.9    -0.9        0
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL   0.86

SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
 TOTAL          61.1   1982
 24 HR TOTAL      MM
TOTALS          19.3               26.2    -6.9     29.9
SINCE 7/1       20.9               28.2    -7.3       MM
SNOWDEPTH AVG.     1                                   2
DAYS >= TRACE     40               25.3    14.7       44
DAYS >= 1.0        6                8.4    -2.4        6
GREATEST
 SNOW DEPTH        9   02/04                          15
                       02/05
 24 HR TOTAL     6.7   02/02 TO 02/03

DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL   3224               3298     -74     3260
 SINCE 7/1      4245               4497    -252       MM
COOLING TOTAL      0                  0       0        0
 SINCE 1/1         0                  0       0       MM
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              10.8
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    46/260    DATE  12/11
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    61/250    DATE  12/11

SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT)   MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER           0.71
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR           10
NUMBER OF DAYS PC             32
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY         48

AVERAGE RH (PERCENT)     75

WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM              2     MIXED PRECIP               2
HEAVY RAIN                3     RAIN                       7
LIGHT RAIN               25     FREEZING RAIN              0
LT FREEZING RAIN          9     HAIL                       0
HEAVY SNOW                0     SNOW                       7
LIGHT SNOW               39     SLEET                      2
FOG                      49     FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE      7
HAZE                     14

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

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THIS WINTER OPENED WET AND WARM AND CLOSED WET AND COLD; FINISHING
WETTER AND SLIGHTLY WARMER THAN NORMAL.

TEMPERATURE-WISE, ALMOST ALL OF DECEMBER FEATURED TEMPERATURES THAT
WERE NORMAL TO ABOVE NORMAL. THE LONE EXCEPTION WOULD BE DECEMBER
7TH, WHICH HAD A MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 24 DEGREES AND WAS 2 DEGREES
BELOW THE NORMAL LOW TEMPERATURE FOR THAT DAY. JANUARY FEATURED
TEMPERATURES THAT WERE CLOSER TO NORMAL FOR THE BULK OF THE MONTH.
HOWEVER, AFTER JANUARY 20TH, BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES CLOSED OUT
THE MONTH; HELPING IT TO FINISH BELOW NORMAL. FEBRUARY HAD STRONG
TEMPERATURE SWINGS, BUT STILL FINISHED OUT SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL.
OVERALL, THIS WINTER AVERAGED 28.9 DEGREES AND TIED AS THE 41ST
WARMEST WHEN COMPARED TO THE PERIOD OF RECORD.

PRECIPITATION-WISE, DECEMBER STARTED OUT WETTER THAN NORMAL WITH 6
DAYS OF PRECIPITATION TOTALS HIGHER THAN 0.5 INCH. A DRIER THAN
NORMAL JANUARY ENSUED WITH ONLY 2 DAYS OF PRECIPITATION HIGHER THAN
0.2 INCH. FEBRUARY ALSO ENDED WETTER THAN NORMAL WITH 2 DAYS OF
PRECIPITATION TOTALS HIGHER THAN 0.5 INCH. OVERALL, THIS WINTER
TOTALED 8.04 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION AND TIED AS THE 32ND WETTEST
WHEN COMPARED TO THE PERIOD OF RECORD.

SNOWFALL-WISE, DECEMBER AND JANUARY FINISHED BELOW NORMAL, BUT
FEBRUARY FINISHED ABOVE NORMAL. WE WERE GOING TO BE HARD-PRESSED TO
MILK OUT ANY SNOW IN DECEMBER AS ONLY A FEW DAYS OF THE MONTH WERE
COLD ENOUGH TO PRODUCE SNOW. MORE COLD DAYS WERE OBSERVED IN
JANUARY, BUT WE LACKED PRECIPITATION TO GET MORE THAN A COUPLE
INCHES OF SNOW. FEBRUARY FINALLY HAD ENOUGH PRECIPITATION DAYS AND
ENOUGH COLD AIR AROUND TO BE ABLE TO PRODUCE SNOW. OVERALL, THIS
WINTER TOTALLED 19.3 INCHES OF SNOWFALL AND FINISHED AS THE 51ST
LEAST SNOWIEST WHEN COMPARED TO THE PERIOD OF RECORD.

A MONTH BY MONTH SUMMARY IS BELOW.

DECEMBER 2021

TOP TEN WARMEST AND LEAST SNOWIEST

SNOW LOVERS WERE DISAPPOINTED THIS MONTH WHILE THOSE WHO DETEST
WINTER CELEBRATED THE MILD AIR AND LACK OF SNOW. COLD AIR WAS LOCKED
OUT OF OUR AREA, INSTEAD RESIDING OFF TO OUR NORTHWEST.

ONLY THREE DAYS THIS MONTH REPORTED BELOW NORMAL AVERAGE DAILY
TEMPERATURE DEPARTURES. DECEMBER 7TH AND 8TH (-12.7 AND -5.4
RESPECTIVELY) AND DECEMBER 22ND (-2.2 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL.) THESE
THREE COLD DAYS WERE OFFSET BY SEVERAL DAYS WITH WELL ABOVE NORMAL
TEMPERATURES.

THE HIGHEST MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE OCCURRED ON DECEMBER 11TH AT 62
DEGREES. THIS WAS 1 DEGREE SHORT OF TYING THE RECORD OF 63 DEGREES
SET IN 1949. ALTHOUGH THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURE OCCURRED ON THE 11TH,
THE WARMEST DAY OF THE MONTH OCCURRED ON THE 15TH. THE AVERAGE
TEMPERATURE WAS 21.6 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL FOR THE DAY. WHILE THE
RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE WAS MISSED ON THE 15TH (THE RECORD IS 64
DEGREES SET IN 1933), THE LOW TEMPERATURE OF 45 BROKE THE PREVIOUS
(WARM) LOW TEMPERATURE RECORD OF 42 IN 1971.

WITH THE ABOVE IN MIND, IT IS NO SURPRISE THAT THIS RANKS AS THE 5TH
WARMEST DECEMBER ON RECORD. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES THIS MONTH WAS
38.1 DEGREES WHICH IS 7.2 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THIS IS THE WARMEST
DECEMBER SINCE 2015 (41.5 DEGREES; WARMEST ON RECORD).

PRECIPITATION THIS MONTH, MAINLY RAIN, WAS COMMON WITH 4.27 INCHES
OF PRECIPITATION REPORTED. THIS IS 1.80 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL AND
RANKS AS THE 14TH WETTEST DECEMBER ON RECORD. RECORD RAINFALL FELL
ON DECEMBER 6TH WITH AN OBSERVED 0.86 INCHES. THIS BROKE THE
PREVIOUS RECORD OF 0.69 INCHES SET IN 1924.

THE LACK OF SNOWFALL THIS MONTH WAS NOTABLE UNTIL THE VERY END WHEN
0.9 INCHES WAS OBSERVED ON 12/28. UNTIL THEN, THE ONLY MEASURABLE
SNOWFALL OCCURRED ON 12/8 WITH A TENTH OF AN INCH REPORTED. SNOW
THIS MONTH TOTALED 1.0 INCH WHICH IS 6.6 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. THIS
RANKS AS THE 10TH LEAST AMOUNT OF SNOW ON RECORD FOR FORT WAYNE. THE
LEAST SNOWIEST DECEMBER ON RECORD WAS IN 1931 WHEN ONLY A TRACE OF
SNOW WAS REPORTED FOR THE MONTH. THE SNOWIEST DECEMBER OCCURRED IN
1914 WHEN 23.0 INCHES OF SNOW WAS RECORDED.

DECEMBER 2021 WAS NOTABLE FROM A NATIONAL WEATHER PERSPECTIVE AS
THERE WERE TWO DEVASTATING SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAKS. THE FIRST
OCCURRED ON THE NIGHT OF DECEMBER 10TH RESULTING IN NEARLY 400
SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS. THERE WERE 66 CONFIRMED TORNADOES INCLUDING
TWO SUPERCELLS WHICH TRAVELED WELL OVER 100 MILES. THIS INCLUDES THE
TORNADO THE IMPACTED MAYFIELD, KY. NEXT, AN ANOMALOUSLY DEEP LOW
PRESSURE SYSTEM PRODUCED A SERIAL DERECHO AS IT MOVED FROM THE
ROCKIES TO THE PLAINS AND INTO THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY
BEGINNING ON DECEMBER 15TH. THUNDERSTORMS ASSOCIATED WITH THE
DERECHO PRODUCED HUNDREDS OF WIND DAMAGE REPORTS AND OVER 90
CONFIRMED TORNADOES. DUE TO THE DEEP NATURE OF THE LOW, THERE WERE
WIDESPREAD SYNOPTIC WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 70 MPH, WITH SEVERAL SITES
RECORDING WIND GUSTS AS GREAT AS 90 TO 100 MPH. (SOURCE: CENTRAL
REGION HEADQUARTERS)

BROWN/LEWIS

JANUARY 2022:

...MUCH BELOW NORMAL PRECIPITATION WITH A VERY COLD END TO THE
MONTH...

THE MONTH FINISHED VERY COLD WITH THE LAST 10 DAYS OF THE MONTH
EXPERIENCING MINIMUM TEMPERATURES OF COLDER THAN 10 DEGREES. FOUR OF
THESE DAYS HAD MINIMUM TEMPERATURES BELOW ZERO WITH THE COLDEST
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF -9 DEGREES ON JANUARY 26TH. THE AVERAGE
TEMPERATURE OF THE MONTH 20.9 DEGREES WHICH WAS 4.6 DEGREES BELOW
NORMAL. THIS RANKS AS THE 27TH COLDEST ON RECORD.

THE MONTH WAS VERY DRY WITH ONLY 0.83 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION, MORE
THAN HALF OF WHICH FELL ON THE 1ST AND 23RD OF THE MONTH. THIS RANKS
AS THE 17TH DRIEST ON RECORD.  SNOWFALL FOR THE MONTH TOTALED ONLY
4.6 INCHES WITH MOST OF THIS SNOW FALLING ON THE 23RD AND 24TH OF
THE MONTH. THIS RANKS AS THE 37TH LEAST SNOWIEST AT FORT WAYNE.

THERE WERE 2 RECORDS SET FOR THE MONTH. A DAILY RECORD SNOWFALL OF
2.7 INCHES WAS SET AT FORT WAYNE FOR THE DATE OF JANUARY 23RD. THIS
BROKE THE OLD RECORD OF 2.0 INCHES SET BACK IN 2004. A RECORD DAILY
LOW TEMPERATURE OF -9 DEGREES WAS SET ON JANUARY 26TH WHICH BROKE
THE OLD RECORD OF -8 DEGREES SET BACK IN 1936.

FEBRUARY 2022

ABOVE NORMAL SNOWFALL AND ABOVE NORMAL PRECIPITATION

THIS MONTH WAS CHARACTERIZED BY THE ABOVE NORMAL PRECIPITATION THAT
FELL DURING THE MONTH. OVERALL THE MONTH FINISHED WITH 2.94 INCHES
OF PRECIPITATION, WHICH IS 0.88 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL. THIS RANKED AS
THE 20TH WETTEST MONTH PRECIPITATION-WISE AND FINISHED WITH RECORD
DAILY MAXIMUM PRECIPITATION TOTALS ON THE 17TH AND 2ND OF THE MONTH.

WHILE THE TEMPERATURE FINISHED OUT NORMAL FOR THE MONTH, WITH AN
AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 27.7 DEGREES WHEN COMPARED WITH THE NORMAL OF
28.1 DEGREES, FEBRUARY WILL BE MORE NOTED FOR ITS TEMPERATURE SWINGS
THAN THAT IT FINISHED OUT AROUND AVERAGE TEMPERATURE-WISE. FOR
INSTANCE, 6 OF THE MONTH`S MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES WERE HIGHER THAN
FEBRUARY`S AVERAGE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE BY 7 DEGREES. IN ADDITION, 7
OF THE MONTH`S MINIMUM TEMPERATURES WERE LOWER THAN FEBRUARY`S
AVERAGE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE BY 7 DEGREES. THE LOWER TEMPERATURES AT
THE BEGINNING OF THE MONTH LEAD TO THE CREATION OF ICE ON AREA
RIVERS THAT BROKE UP LATER IN THE MONTH WITH THE WARM UP AND THE
OBSERVED RAINFALL.

FEBRUARY ALSO BROUGHT THE HIGHEST MONTHLY SNOWFALL TOTALS OF THIS
WINTER. AS SUCH, THE 13.7 INCHES OF SNOW THAT WAS OBSERVED THIS
MONTH SURPASSED THE 6.8 INCHES OF NORMAL SNOWFALL FOR THE MONTH.
THIS RANKED AS THE 20TH SNOWIEST FEBRUARY ON RECORD. A DAILY MAXIMUM
SNOWFALL RECORD OF 4.4 INCHES OCCURRED ON THE 2ND THIS YEAR, WHICH
BROKE THE OLD RECORD OF 3.3 INCHES SET IN 1973.

WITH SNOWPACK MELT, ICE JAMS, A FROZEN GROUND SURFACE, AND RAINFALL
OCCURRING AT OPTIMAL TIMES, STANDING WATER AND RIVER FLOODING
OCCURRED BETWEEN THE 17TH AND 23RD OF THE MONTH.

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