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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
401 AM EDT MON APR 1 2013

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...THE FORT WAYNE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH 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              87   03/21/2012
 LOW              -10   03/01/1967
HIGHEST            60   03/31        MM      MM       87  03/21
LOWEST             11   03/21        MM      MM       21  03/10
AVG. MAXIMUM     40.2              48.0    -7.8     64.1
AVG. MINIMUM     25.9              28.7    -2.8     41.1
MEAN             33.1              38.4    -5.3
DAYS MAX >= 90      0               0.0     0.0        0
DAYS MAX <= 32      4               2.7     1.3        0
DAYS MIN <= 32     28              20.0     8.0       11
DAYS MIN <= 0       0               0.0     0.0        0

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM         7.10   1913
 MINIMUM         0.48   2001
TOTALS           2.34              2.71   -0.37     2.90
DAILY AVG.       0.08              0.09   -0.01     0.09
DAYS >= .01        13              12.2     0.8        7
DAYS >= .10         6               6.3    -0.3        5
DAYS >= .50         1               1.7    -0.7        2
DAYS >= 1.00        0               0.4    -0.4        1
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL    0.88   03/05 TO 03/05

SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
 TOTAL           19.5   1964
                        0
                        -26215
TOTALS           18.1               4.1    14.0      0.3
SINCE 7/1        38.5              32.5     6.0     32.2
SNOWDEPTH AVG.      1                MM      MM        0
DAYS >= 1.0         4               1.3     2.7        0
GREATEST
 SNOW DEPTH        10   03/06                         -1
 24 HR TOTAL      9.0   03/05 TO 03/05

DEGREE_DAYS
HEATING TOTAL     982               826     156      404
 SINCE 7/1       5373              5424     -51     4389
COOLING TOTAL       0                 0       0       27
 SINCE 1/1          0                 0       0       27
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              10.2
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    36/070    DATE  03/24
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    45/270    DATE  03/19

SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT)   MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER           0.70
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR            3
NUMBER OF DAYS PC             11
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY         17

AVERAGE RH (PERCENT)     73

WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM              0     MIXED PRECIP               1
HEAVY RAIN                0     RAIN                       1
LIGHT RAIN                6     FREEZING RAIN              0
LT FREEZING RAIN          2     HAIL                       0
HEAVY SNOW                1     SNOW                       6
LIGHT SNOW               16     SLEET                      2
FOG                      21     FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE      4
HAZE                      1

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

&&

...WHAT A DIFFERENCE A YEAR MAKES...

MARCH 2013 WAS A COLD MONTH WITH ABOVE NORMAL SNOWFALL AND BELOW
NORMAL PRECIPITATION. THIS WAS A DRASTIC DIFFERENCE FROM MARCH 2012
WHICH SAW NUMEROUS RECORDS FOR WARMTH BROKEN...INCLUDING RECORD HIGH
TEMPERATURES ON NINE CONSECUTIVE DAYS AND TEN CONSECUTIVE DAYS WITH
HIGH TEMPERATURES AT OR ABOVE 70. MARCH 2013 HAD JUST A SINGLE DAY
WITH A HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 60 DEGREES...AND THAT WAS ON THE LAST DAY
OF THE MONTH. THERE WERE ONLY 3 DAYS WITH AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE
ABOVE NORMAL AND A STREAK OF 15 STRAIGHT DAYS WITH AN AVERAGE
TEMPERATURE BELOW NORMAL.

THE AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE THIS MARCH WAS 33.1...5.3 DEGREES
BELOW NORMAL. THIS RANKED AS THE 18TH COLDEST MARCH ON RECORD. IN
CONTRAST...MARCH 2012 WAS THE WARMEST MARCH ON RECORD WITH A MONTHLY
AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 52.6 DEGREES. THIS DIFFERENCE OF 19.5 DEGREES
BETWEEN MONTHLY AVERAGE TEMPERATURES IN MARCH 2012 VS 2013 IS THE
GREATEST DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ANY MONTHLY AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE
SAME MONTH IN CONSECUTIVE YEARS.

THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURE THIS MONTH WAS 60 ON THE 31ST AND THE
COLDEST TEMPERATURE WAS 11 ON THE 21ST. IN MARCH 2012...THE HIGHEST
TEMPERATURE WAS A RECORD 87 DEGREES.

PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH WAS 2.34 INCHES...0.37 INCHES BELOW
NORMAL. THIS RANKED AS THE 36TH DRIEST MARCH SINCE 1912.
IRONICALLY...MORE PRECIPITATION FELL IN MARCH 2012...2.90 INCHES...
WHEN IT WAS WARMER AND CONSIDERED BY MANY TO BE MORE PLEASANT
COMPARED TO THIS MARCH. MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION THIS MONTH WAS
RECORDED ON 13 DAYS WHILE A TRACE OR MORE WAS RECORDED ON 20 DAYS.
DESPITE NEARLY 70 PERCENT OF THE DAYS HAVING SOME FORM OF
PRECIPITATION...ONLY 6 DAYS HAD A TENTH OR MORE. THE HIGHEST DAILY
PRECIPITATION TOTAL WAS 0.88 INCHES ON THE 5TH.

EVEN THOUGH PRECIPITATION WAS BELOW NORMAL...SNOWFALL WAS WELL ABOVE
NORMAL THIS MONTH. A TOTAL OF 18.1 INCHES WAS RECORDED...14.0 INCHES
ABOVE NORMAL. THIS RANKED AS THE 3RD SNOWIEST MARCH SINCE 1912. UP
UNTIL THIS MONTH...THE TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR THE SEASON WAS 20.4
INCHES...8 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. SO WHILE THE OFFICIAL SNOWFALL FOR
THE 3 WINTER MONTHS WAS BELOW NORMAL...SNOWFALL FOR THE ENTIRE
WINTER SEASON WILL BE ABOVE NORMAL.

$$

LASHLEY/NG