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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
855 AM EDT MON APR 01 2024

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...THE FORT WAYNE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH 2024...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1897 TO 2024

WEATHER         OBSERVED          NORMAL  DEPART   LAST YEAR`S
                VALUE   DATE(S)   VALUE   FROM     VALUE DATE(S)
                                          NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
 HIGH             87   03/21/2012
 LOW             -10   03/01/1967
HIGHEST           73   03/13         MM      MM       63  03/31
LOWEST            21   03/21         MM      MM       18  03/15
                                                          03/19
AVG. MAXIMUM    54.9               47.8     7.1     47.8
AVG. MINIMUM    34.6               29.4     5.2     29.9
MEAN            44.8               38.6     6.2
DAYS MAX >= 90     0                0.0     0.0        0
DAYS MAX <= 32     0                2.7    -2.7        1
DAYS MIN <= 32    13               20.5    -7.5       21
DAYS MIN <= 0      0                0.1    -0.1        0

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM        7.10   1913
 MINIMUM        0.48   2001
TOTALS          4.12               2.81    1.31     4.86
DAILY AVG.      0.13               0.09    0.04     0.16
DAYS >= .01       10               11.7    -1.7       14
DAYS >= .10        6                6.3    -0.3        7
DAYS >= .50        2                1.9     0.1        4
DAYS >= 1.00       1                0.4     0.6        2
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL   2.12   03/14 TO 03/14

SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
 TOTAL          19.5   1964
TOTALS           0.7                4.6    -3.9      4.1
SINCE 7/1       11.6               32.8   -21.2     21.7
SNOWDEPTH AVG.     T                                   0
DAYS >= 1.0        0                1.5    -1.5        2
GREATEST
 SNOW DEPTH        T                                   1
 24 HR TOTAL     0.4   03/22 TO 03/22

DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL    619                819    -200      799
 SINCE 7/1      4432               5315    -883     4757
COOLING TOTAL      0                  1      -1        0
 SINCE 1/1         0                  1      -1        0
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              11.4
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    37/260    DATE  03/16
                                37/250          03/19
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    53/250    DATE  03/19

SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT)   MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER           0.69
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR            2
NUMBER OF DAYS PC             17
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY         12

AVERAGE RH (PERCENT)     67

WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM              4     MIXED PRECIP               0
HEAVY RAIN                3     RAIN                       5
LIGHT RAIN               12     FREEZING RAIN              0
LT FREEZING RAIN          0     HAIL                       1
HEAVY SNOW                0     SNOW                       0
LIGHT SNOW                4     SLEET                      0
FOG                      12     FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE      2
HAZE                      2

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

&&

...A WET AND TOP 10 WARMEST MARCH...

MUCH LIKE FEBRUARY, ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES CONTINUED THROUGH
MARCH, ESPECIALLY DURING THE FIRST HALF OF THE MONTH. 14 OF THE
FIRST 15 DAYS OF MARCH HAD AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE ABOVE NORMAL.
TYPICALLY, THERE ARE 6 DAYS WITH A HIGH TEMPERATURE AT OR ABOVE 60
DEGREES IN MARCH; THIS YEAR, THERE WERE 11 60+ DEGREE DAYS IN FORT
WAYNE (THIS INCLUDES TWO DAYS WITH HIGHS IN THE 70S). ONE NEW HIGH
TEMPERATURE RECORD WAS SET THIS MONTH; THE HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 73
DEGREES ON MARCH 13 TIED THE RECORD DAILY HIGH SET IN 2007. OVERALL,
THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR MARCH WAS 44.8 DEGREES, WHICH IS 6.2
DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THIS WAS THE WARMEST MARCH SINCE 2012. MARCH
2024 RANKS AS THE 7TH WARMEST MARCH ON RECORD. RECORDS DATE BACK TO
1897.

ALTHOUGH MANY DAYS THIS MONTH DID NOT HAVE MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION,
THE MONTH OVERALL WAS STILL ABOVE AVERAGE. THIS IS BECAUSE MUCH OF
THE MONTH`S RAINFALL FELL IN ONE DAY! MARCH 14TH MEASURED 2.12"!
THIS WAS THE MOST RAIN IN 24 HOURS IN FORT WAYNE SINCE JULY 5, 2022,
WHICH HAD 2.83". MARCH 14TH ALSO SET A NEW DAILY RAINFALL RECORD,
BREAKING THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 0.94" SET IN 1997. MARCH 14, 2024
WAS THE 5TH WETTEST MARCH DAY ON RECORD! OVERALL, THE MONTH TOTALED
4.12 INCHES OF RAIN, WHICH IS 1.31 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL. THIS WAS THE
25TH WETTEST MARCH ON RECORD.

DUE TO THE WARM TEMPERATURES, SNOWFALL WAS NOTABLY LACKING IN MARCH.
ONLY 0.7" OF SNOW WAS MEASURED THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE MONTH, WHICH IS
3.9" BELOW AVERAGE. THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL OCCASIONS WHERE ONLY A
TRACE OF SNOW HAS BEEN RECORDED IN MARCH, SO THIS IS NOT A RECORD.
MARCH 2024 TIES FOR THE 22ND LEAST SNOWIEST ON RECORD AND IS THE
LEAST SNOWIEST MARCH SINCE 2021.

JOHNSON

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