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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
801 AM EDT THU JUN 01 2023

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...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
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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
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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
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