Climatological Report (Monthly) Issued by NWS
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CXUS53 KIWX 011401
CLMSBN
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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