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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1113 AM EST WED DEC 01 2021

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...THE FORT WAYNE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE SEASON, FROM
9/1/2021 TO 11/30/2021...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1897 TO 2021

WEATHER         OBSERVED          NORMAL  DEPART   LAST YEAR`S
                VALUE   DATE(S)   VALUE   FROM     VALUE
                                          NORMAL
..............................................................
TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
 HIGH            100   09/02/1953
                       09/01/1953
 LOW                   11/30/1958
                       11/25/1950
                       11/24/1950
HIGHEST           91   09/14         MM      MM       84
LOWEST            20   11/23         MM      MM       21
AVG. MAXIMUM    65.2               63.1     2.1     64.1
AVG. MINIMUM    45.6               43.0     2.6     42.4
MEAN            55.4               53.0     2.4
DAYS MAX >= 90     2                1.5     0.5        0
DAYS MAX <= 32     0                1.6    -1.6        0
DAYS MIN <= 32    19               19.1    -0.1       19
DAYS MIN <= 0      0                0.0     0.0        0

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM       16.47   1992
 MINIMUM        2.89   1964
TOTALS         12.16               8.95    3.21    10.78
DAILY AVG.      0.14               0.10    0.04     0.12
DAYS >= .01       36               29.7     6.3       26
DAYS >= .10       22               17.8     4.2       20
DAYS >= .50        8                5.8     2.2        9
DAYS >= 1.00       3                2.1     0.9        4
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL   2.17

SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
 TOTAL          14.1   1950
 24 HR TOTAL     0.6   11/30/2020 TO 11/30/2020
TOTALS           1.6                2.0    -0.4      1.0
SINCE 7/1        1.6                2.0    -0.4       MM
SNOWDEPTH AVG.     T                                   0
DAYS >= TRACE      9                3.0     6.0        3
DAYS >= 1.0        1                0.5     0.5        0
GREATEST
 SNOW DEPTH        0                                   0
 24 HR TOTAL     0.0

DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL   1021               1187    -166     1105
 SINCE 7/1      1021               1197    -176       MM
COOLING TOTAL    175                 98      77       61
 SINCE 1/1      1062                849     213       MM
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              8.6
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    37/290    DATE  10/24
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    56/290    DATE  10/24

SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT)   MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER           0.63
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR           21
NUMBER OF DAYS PC             29
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY         41

AVERAGE RH (PERCENT)     73

WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM              8     MIXED PRECIP               0
HEAVY RAIN                9     RAIN                      11
LIGHT RAIN               41     FREEZING RAIN              0
LT FREEZING RAIN          0     HAIL                       0
HEAVY SNOW                0     SNOW                       1
LIGHT SNOW               10     SLEET                      0
FOG                      48     FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE      3
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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AFTER A DRY START IN SEPTEMBER, FALL 2021 FEATURED SOAKING RAIN
LATE IN THE MONTH, AND THE WATER FAUCET REMAINED IN THE ON
POSITION THROUGH OCTOBER, BEFORE DRYING OUT IN NOVEMBER. ALL THREE
MONTHS WERE WARMER THAN NORMAL. DESPITE THIS, SEASONABLE CHILLS
WERE EPISODIC AND THE FIRST ONE-INCH SNOWFALL OCCURRED NEAR ITS
NORMAL OF MID-NOVEMBER.

THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 55.4 DEGREES IS 2.4 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL
AND RANKS AS THE 11TH WARMEST FALL ON RECORD. THIS IS THE WARMEST
FALL SINCE 2016 (57.5 DEGREES). PRECIPITATION TOTALED 12.16 INCHES,
3.21 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL. THIS RANKS AS THE 12TH WETTEST FALL ON
RECORD. THIS IS THE WETTEST FALL SINCE 2011 (14.66 INCHES). TOTAL
SNOW THIS FALL WAS 1.6 INCHES, 0.4 INCHES BELOW THE NORMAL OF 2
INCHES. THIS RANKS AS THE 58TH LEAST ON RECORD.

A MONTH BY MONTH SUMMARY IS BELOW.

SEPTEMBER 2021
...A STRETCH OF WARMTH AND SOAKING STORM SYSTEM...

THE MONTH BEGAN WITH TEMPERATURES GENERALLY NEAR NORMAL THROUGH THE
FIRST 10 DAYS. THEN, THERE WAS A STRETCH OF ANOMALOUS WARMTH WHERE
HIGH TEMPERATURES REACHED WELL INTO THE 80S, AND REACHED 90 OR
GREATER TWO TIMES. THIS BRINGS OUR TOTAL NUMBER OF 90-DEGREE DAYS
THIS YEAR TO SEVEN. THIS WAS FOLLOWED BY A COOL AND RAINY STRETCH.
ALL TOLD, THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 67.5 DEGREES
WHICH IS 2.7 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THIS TIES 2002 AS THE 24TH
WARMEST SEPTEMBER ON RECORD.

AFTER A DRY START TO THE MONTH, AS LESS THAN A HALF-INCH WAS
OBSERVED THROUGH THE 19TH, A SLOW-MOVING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM
DRENCHED NORTHEAST INDIANA AND NORTHWEST OHIO WITH RAIN TOTALS IN
EXCESS OF 5 INCHES FOR SOME. AT THE AIRPORT, 2.90 INCHES WAS
OBSERVED FROM THE 20TH THROUGH 23RD. THE 2.11 INCHES OF RAIN THAT
FELL ON THE 22ND SET A NEW RECORD, BREAKING THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF
1.24 INCHES IN 2003. PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH TOTALED 3.78 INCHES
WHICH IS 0.74 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL AND RANKS AS THE 31ST WETTEST ON
RECORD. THIS IS THE WETTEST SEPTEMBER SINCE 2016 WHEN 5.44 INCHES OF
PRECIPITATION OCCURRED.

OCTOBER 2021
...TOP TEN WARMEST AND WETTEST...

THIS WAS A REMARKABLE MONTH WITH RECORD-WARMTH THROUGH THE 21ST AND
RELENTLESS RAIN. FORT WAYNE EXPERIENCED ITS WARMEST OCTOBER ON
RECORD THROUGH OCTOBER 20TH WITH AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 64.3
(AHEAD OF 2007, 63.9 DEGREES. BY THE 21ST, WE WERE TIED WITH 2007
WITH AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 63.9 DEGREES. THEN ON THE 22ND,
OCTOBER 2007 SURPASSED THIS YEAR`S WARMTH WITH AN AVERAGE
TEMPERATURE OF 63.8 (VS 63.2 OCTOBER 2021). WITHIN THIS STRETCH OF
WARMTH, TWO RECORDS WERE TIED OR BROKEN:

ON 10/10: THE RECORD WARMEST LOW WAS TIED (66 IN 1904)
ON THE 10/11: A NEW RECORD WARMEST LOW OF 64 (PREVIOUS 62 IN 1954)

A SEASONABLE CHILL FINALLY ARRIVED TO THE AREA ON THE 22ND WHEN THE
AVERAGE DAILY TEMPERATURE WAS THREE DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. THE FINAL
TEN DAYS OF THE MONTH ALSO FEATURED THE FIRST 32-DEGREE FROST WITH A
MORNING LOW OF 32 ON THE 27TH. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH
WAS 59.3 DEGREES WHICH IS 6.1 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THIS RANKS AS
THE 7TH WARMEST OCTOBER ON RECORD.

A PROGRESSIVE WEATHER PATTERN BROUGHT SEVERAL ROUNDS OF RAIN TO THE
AREA TO START THE MONTH, INCLUDING A TWO-DAY TOTAL OF 2.54 INCHES
ENDING ON THE 15TH. THERE WAS A BRIEF DRY PERIOD FROM THE 17TH TO
20TH BEFORE ANOTHER ROUND OF SOAKING RAIN ARRIVED; 2.00 INCHES TOTAL
ON THE 24TH AND 25TH. THESE RAIN EVENTS WERE UNWELCOME FOR FALL
HARVEST. NINETEEN DAYS THIS MONTH FEATURED MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION;
A RECORD FOR OCTOBER (18 DAYS IN 1911 IS #2).

ALL TOLD, PRECIPITATION TOTALED 7.31 INCHES AND RANKS AS THE 5TH
WETTEST ON RECORD. THIS IS 4.36 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL. THIS IS THE
WETTEST OCTOBER SINCE 7.40 INCHES IN 2001. ONE DAILY PRECIPITATION
RECORD WAS SET THIS MONTH: 1.83 INCHES ON THE 14TH BROKE THE
PREVIOUS RECORD OF 0.88 IN 2008.

NO SNOW WAS REPORTED THIS MONTH WHICH IS BELOW THE NORMAL OF 0.1
INCH.

NOVEMBER 2021
...TEMPERATURE SWINGS AND MUCH BELOW NORMAL PRECIPITATION...

THIS MONTH FEATURED A NUMBER OF TEMPERATURE SWINGS, BUT ULTIMATELY
THE COOLER-THAN-NORMAL DAYS ENSURED AN AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE
BELOW NORMAL BY 1.6 DEGREES. THIS RANKS AS TIED FOR THE 40TH COLDEST
ON RECORD. THERE WERE FOUR DAYS WITH A HIGH TEMPERATURE IN THE 60S
THIS MONTH (NOVEMBER 2020 FEATURED 10 DAYS), AND TWO DAYS THAT HAD A
HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 59.

THIS FIRST SNOW OF THIS UPCOMING WINTER SEASON WAS REPORTED ON THE
12TH (TRACE) AND THE FIRST MEASURABLE SNOW OCCURRED ON THE 14TH WHEN
1.0 INCHES OF SNOW WAS OBSERVED. THIS DATE IS NEAR-NORMAL FOR THE
FIRST 1-INCH SNOWFALL. THE MONTH`S TOTAL SNOW WAS 1.6 INCHES WHICH
IS 0.3 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. THIS RANKS AS THE 62ND LEAST SNOWIEST ON
RECORD.

PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH TOTALED ONLY 1.07 INCHES WHICH IS 1.89
INCHES BELOW NORMAL. THIS RANKS AS THE 12TH DRIEST ON RECORD. THIS
IS THE DRIEST NOVEMBER SINCE 2012, WHEN ONLY 0.60 INCHES WAS
OBSERVED.

NO RECORDS WERE SET THIS MONTH.

BROWN

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