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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
547 AM EDT WED MAY 1 2013

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...THE FORT WAYNE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL 2013...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1897 TO 2013

WEATHER         OBSERVED          NORMAL  DEPART  LAST YEAR`S
                 VALUE   DATE(S)  VALUE   FROM    VALUE  DATE(S)
                                          NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
 HIGH              90   04/11/1930
                        04/29/1899
 LOW                7   04/07/1982
HIGHEST            81   04/09        MM      MM       81  04/15
LOWEST             20   04/03        MM      MM       28  04/27
                        04/02                             04/12
                                                          04/11
AVG. MAXIMUM     59.1              61.1    -2.0     63.6
AVG. MINIMUM     37.3              38.9    -1.6     38.7
MEAN             48.2              50.0    -1.8
DAYS MAX >= 90      0               0.0     0.0        0
DAYS MAX <= 32      0               0.1    -0.1        0
DAYS MIN <= 32      9               6.9     2.1        7
DAYS MIN <= 0       0               0.0     0.0        0

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM         7.19   1944
 MINIMUM         0.72   1946
TOTALS           7.10              3.52    3.58     1.29
DAILY AVG.       0.24              0.12    0.12     0.04
DAYS >= .01        12              12.9    -0.9       10
DAYS >= .10         8               7.5     0.5        6
DAYS >= .50         5               2.4     2.6        0
DAYS >= 1.00        2               0.7     1.3        0
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL    2.97   04/18 TO 04/19

SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
 TOTAL           11.7   1961
TOTALS              T               1.0    -1.0        T
SINCE 7/1        38.5              33.5     5.0     32.2
SNOWDEPTH AVG.      0                MM      MM        0
DAYS >= 1.0         0               0.3    -0.3        0
GREATEST
 SNOW DEPTH         T   04/20                          0
 24 HR TOTAL        T   04/24 TO 04/24

DEGREE_DAYS
HEATING TOTAL     497               458      39      412
 SINCE 7/1       5870              5882     -12     4801
COOLING TOTAL       0                 8      -8        5
 SINCE 1/1          0                 8      -8       32
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              10.6
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    38/270    DATE  04/11
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    48/210    DATE  04/18

SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT)   MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER           0.70
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR            3
NUMBER OF DAYS PC             10
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY         17

AVERAGE RH (PERCENT)     69

WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM              0     MIXED PRECIP               0
HEAVY RAIN                5     RAIN                       8
LIGHT RAIN               15     FREEZING RAIN              0
LT FREEZING RAIN          0     HAIL                       0
HEAVY SNOW                0     SNOW                       2
LIGHT SNOW                3     SLEET                      1
FOG                      15     FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE      1
HAZE                      5

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

&&

...A VERY WET MONTH WITH BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES...

APRIL 2013 WAS A COLD MONTH WITH MUCH ABOVE NORMAL PRECIPITATION AND
BELOW NORMAL SNOWFALL ACROSS THE AREA. AFTER A SNOWY MARCH...APRIL
WAS CHARACTERIZED BY MORE TYPICAL SPRING-LIKE WEATHER SYSTEMS
THAT CAUSED DRASTIC SWINGS IN TEMPERATURES AND SEVERAL ROUNDS OF
HEAVY RAINFALL. THIS HEAVY RAINFALL LED TO WIDESPREAD FLOODING OF
RIVERS AND LOW LYING AREAS DURING THE LAST HALF OF THE MONTH AND
ERADICATED ANY REMAINING ABNORMALLY DRY AREAS ON THE US DROUGHT
MONITOR.

THE AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE FOR APRIL WAS 48.2 DEGREES...1.8
DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. THIS RANKED AS THE 41ST COLDEST APRIL ON
RECORD SINCE 1913. THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURE THIS MONTH WAS 81 ON THE
9TH AND THE COLDEST TEMPERATURE WAS 20 ON THE 2ND AND 3RD.

PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH WAS 7.10 INCHES...3.58 INCHES ABOVE
NORMAL. THIS RANKED AS THE 3RD WETTEST APRIL ON RECORD...JUST 0.09
INCHES SHORT OF THE RECORD SET IN 1944! THIS WAS ALSO THE MOST
PRECIPITATION SEEN IN ANY MONTH AT FORT WAYNE SINCE MAY 2011 WHEN
10.17 INCHES WAS RECORDED. MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION THIS MONTH WAS
RECORDED ON 12 DAYS WHILE A TRACE OR MORE WAS RECORDED ON 19 DAYS.
AN INCH OF PRECIPITATION OR MORE WAS RECORDED ON 2 DAYS THIS MONTH
WITH THE HIGHEST DAILY PRECIPITATION TOTAL OF 2.97 INCHES ON THE
18TH-19TH.

ONLY A TRACE OF SNOWFALL WAS RECORDED AT FORT WAYNE FOR THE MONTH OF
APRIL. THIS WAS 1.0 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. A TRACE OF SNOWFALL WAS
ACTUALLY RECORDED ON 4 DAYS.

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