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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1001 AM EDT MON MAY 01 2023

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...THE SOUTH BEND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL 2023...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1893 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             91   04/30/1942
 LOW              11   04/08/1972
HIGHEST           84   04/14         MM      MM       84  04/23
LOWEST            23   04/02         MM      MM       24  04/17
AVG. MAXIMUM    62.4               59.0     3.4     55.6
AVG. MINIMUM    39.0               37.1     1.9     36.5
MEAN            50.7               48.1     2.6
DAYS MAX >= 90     0                0.0     0.0        0
DAYS MAX <= 32     0                0.1    -0.1        0
DAYS MIN <= 32     7                8.9    -1.9       12
DAYS MIN <= 0      0                0.0     0.0        0

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM        9.20   1947
 MINIMUM        0.50   1971
TOTALS          2.30               3.49   -1.19     3.63
DAILY AVG.      0.08               0.12   -0.04     0.12
DAYS >= .01       14               13.4     0.6       16
DAYS >= .10       10                7.4     2.6       10
DAYS >= .50        1                2.4    -1.4        3
DAYS >= 1.00       0                0.6    -0.6        0
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL   0.73   04/05 TO 04/05

SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
 TOTAL          20.0   1920
TOTALS             T                1.0    -1.0      1.2
SINCE 7/1       58.4               64.5    -6.1     56.0
SNOWDEPTH AVG.     0                                   0
DAYS >= 1.0        0                0.3    -0.3        1
GREATEST
 SNOW DEPTH        0
 24 HR TOTAL       T   04/30 TO 04/30
                       04/24 TO 04/24
                       04/23 TO 04/23

DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL    436                514     -78      567
 SINCE 7/1      5277               6127    -850     5615
COOLING TOTAL     16                  6      10        6
 SINCE 1/1        16                  8       8        6
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              9.6
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    33/260    DATE  04/05
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    52/200    DATE  04/05

SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT)   MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER           0.40
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR           14
NUMBER OF DAYS PC              8
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY          8

AVERAGE RH (PERCENT)     60

WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM              5     MIXED PRECIP               0
HEAVY RAIN                5     RAIN                       8
LIGHT RAIN               16     FREEZING RAIN              0
LT FREEZING RAIN          0     HAIL                       0
HEAVY SNOW                0     SNOW                       0
LIGHT SNOW                3     SLEET                      0
FOG                      12     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.

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APRIL FEATURED AN ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL STRETCH OF WEATHER FROM THE
8TH THROUGH 16TH, WITH DRY CONDITIONS, AND HIGH TEMPERATURES
EVENTUALLY SOARING INTO THE 80S. A NEW RECORD HIGH WAS RECORDED ON
THE 14TH. THE HIGH OF 84 BROKE THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 81 SET IN
1941. TEMPERATURES MET OR EXCEEDED 80 DEGREES FIVE TIMES THIS MONTH.
THIS IS THE GREATEST NUMBER OF 80-DEGREE DAYS SINCE APRIL 1985 WHEN
SIX 80-DEGREE DAYS WERE RECORDED.

SUCH PLEASANT SPRING WEATHER IS AN ANOMALY HERE IN THE MIDWEST, SO OF
COURSE COOLER AND WETTER WEATHER EVENTUALLY SETTLED IN. THE DREARY
WEATHER THAT TOOK SHAPE AFTER THAT MILD STRETCH, AND AGAIN IN THE
FINAL DAYS OF APRIL, WAS THE RESULT OF A LINGERING UPPER-LEVEL LOW
OVER THE GREAT LAKES. OVERALL, THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH
WAS 50.7 DEGREES WHICH RANKS AS THE 29TH WARMEST ON RECORD. THIS IS
THE WARMEST APRIL SINCE 2017, WHICH HAD AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF
52.2 DEGREES FOR THE MONTH.

FOLLOWING A WET START TO SPRING, APRIL DRIED OUT SOME, ESPECIALLY
MID-MONTH. THUNDERSTORMS PROVIDED NEARLY 1 INCH OF RAIN OVER TWO
DIFFERENT DAYS IN THE FIRST FIVE DAYS OF APRIL, WHILE SLOW-MOVING
CUTOFF LOWS PROVIDED SMALLER RAIN AMOUNTS OVER SEVERAL DAYS LATE IN
THE MONTH. PRECIPIATION TOTALED 2.30 INCHES WHICH IS 1.19 INCHES
BELOW NORMAL. THIS IS THE 34TH DRIEST APRIL ON RECORD. ALSO, THIS IS
THE DRIEST APRIL SINCE 2021. THERE WAS A TRACE OF SNOW THIS MONTH.

BROWN/JOHNSON



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