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CXUS53 KIWX 021247 CCA
CLSFWA

CLIMATE REPORT...CORRECTED PRECIPITATION TOTALS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1021 AM EST SUN MAR 1 2009

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...THE FORT WAYNE IN CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE WINTER SEASON FROM
12/1/2008 TO 2/28/2009...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1897 TO 2009

WEATHER         OBSERVED          NORMAL  DEPART  LAST YEAR`S
                 VALUE   DATE(S)  VALUE   FROM    VALUE  DATE(S)
                                          NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
 HIGH              73   02/25/2000
 LOW              -24   01/12/1918
HIGHEST            65   12/27        MM      MM       MM  MM
LOWEST            -19   01/16        MM      MM       MM  MM
AVG. MAXIMUM     33.4              33.3     0.1       MM
AVG. MINIMUM     16.2              18.0    -1.8       MM
MEAN             24.8              25.8    -1.0       MM
DAYS MAX >= 90      0               0.0     0.0       MM
DAYS MAX <= 32     45              30.0    15.0       MM
DAYS MIN <= 32     82              70.0    12.0       MM
DAYS MIN <= 0      12               8.0     4.0       MM

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM        17.85   1950
 MINIMUM         1.58   1920
TOTALS           9.11              6.76    2.35       MM
DAILY AVG.       0.10              2.22   -2.12       MM
DAYS >= .01        36              36.0     0.0       MM
DAYS >= .10        17              16.3     0.7       MM
DAYS >= .50         5               3.9     1.1       MM
DAYS >= 1.00        2               1.0     1.0       MM
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL    2.38   MM                            MM
 STORM TOTAL       MM                                 MM
 (MM/DD(HH))            MM                                MM

SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
 TOTAL           61.1   1982
 24 HR TOTAL       MM
 SNOW DEPTH        MM   MM
TOTALS           23.8              25.8    -2.0       MM
 LIQUID EQUIV    2.38              2.60   -0.22       MM
SINCE 7/1        26.1              29.3    -3.2       MM
 LIQUID 7/1      2.61              2.90   -0.29       MM
SNOWDEPTH AVG.      1                MM      MM       MM
DAYS >= TRACE      62              23.5    38.5       MM
DAYS >= 1.0         9               7.7     1.3       MM
GREATEST
 SNOW DEPTH         7   01/28                         MM  MM
 24 HR TOTAL      5.3   MM                            MM
 STORM TOTAL       MM                                 MM
 (MM/DD(HH))            MM                                MM

DEGREE_DAYS
HEATING TOTAL    3613              3528      85       MM
 SINCE 7/1       4801              4674     127       MM

FREEZE DATES
RECORD
 EARLIEST     09/23/1995
 LATEST       05/27/1961
EARLIEST                        05/08
LATEST                          10/08
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              11.1
RESULTANT WIND SPEED/DIRECTION   6/241
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    46/270    DATE  02/11
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    63/280    DATE  02/11

AVERAGE RH (PERCENT)     75

WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM              4     MIXED PRECIP               1
HEAVY RAIN                5     RAIN                      12
LIGHT RAIN               22     FREEZING RAIN              2
LT FREEZING RAIN         15     HAIL                       1
HEAVY SNOW                1     SNOW                      13
LIGHT SNOW               53     SLEET                      7
FOG                      59     FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE      8
HAZE                     42

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

&&

...AN INTERESTING METEOROLOGICAL WINTER SEASON AT FORT WAYNE...

THE METEOROLOGICAL WINTER SEASON AT FORT WAYNE...DECEMBER 2008 THROUGH
FEBRUARY 2009...ENDED WITH BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES...ABOVE NORMAL
PRECIPITATION...AND BELOW NORMAL SNOWFALL.

DECEMBER WAS A RATHER COLD MONTH WITH AN ACTIVE STORM PATTERN THAT
BROUGHT NUMEROUS WEATHER SYSTEMS AND A VARIETY OF WEATHER TO THE
REGION. THE AREA EXPERIENCED SEVERAL LIGHT SNOW EVENTS...HEAVY
RAIN...SLEET...FREEZING RAIN...ICE ACCUMULATIONS...LOW TEMPERATURES
BELOW ZERO AND EVEN RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE MIDDLE 60S.

ONE OF THE MANY WEATHER HIGHLIGHTS FROM DECEMBER INCLUDED A SLEET
AND ICE STORM THAT OCCURRED ON THE 19TH. A MIX OF SLEET AND BETWEEN
ONE QUARTER AND ONE HALF INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION FROM FREEZING RAIN
CREATED TREACHEROUS CONDITIONS AROUND THE FORT WAYNE AREA.
WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES AND ACCIDENTS WERE REPORTED FROM THIS
WINTER STORM.

DESPITE A RELATIVELY QUIET AND MILD START TO THE NEW YEAR AT FORT
WAYNE...THE WEATHER CHANGED QUICKLY AND IT BECAME VERY COLD. THE
SECOND WEEK OF THE MONTH SAW A RETURN TO TEMPERATURES BELOW NORMAL
AND A STORM SYSTEM THAT BROUGHT LIGHT SNOW BACK TO THE AREA. IT WAS
ALSO THE BEGINNING OF A PERIOD OF VERY COLD TEMPERATURES AND BRUTAL
WIND CHILLS.

AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT BROUGHT THE COLDEST TEMPERATURES IN OVER 30
YEARS BETWEEN JANUARY 13TH AND JANUARY 20TH. DURING THIS PERIOD...6
OUT OF 8 DAYS HAD LOW TEMPERATURES OF ZERO DEGREES OR COLDER. THE
15TH AND 16TH WERE THE COLDEST DAYS WITH THE LOW TEMPERATURE ON THE
15TH BEING NEGATIVE 14...WHICH OCCURRED RIGHT AT MIDNIGHT...AND THE
MORNING LOW ON THE 16TH WAS NEGATIVE 19. THE HIGH TEMPERATURE ON THE
16TH WAS ONLY 1 ABOVE ZERO. THE FOLLOWING NIGHT TEMPERATURES ONCE
AGAIN PLUMMETED WITH THE LOW IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OF THE 17TH
AT 13 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. THESE WERE THE COLDEST TEMPERATURES AT
FORT WAYNE SINCE 1972 WHEN A LOW TEMPERATURE OF NEGATIVE 19 OCCURRED
ON JANUARY 16TH. THIS WAS ALSO THE 4TH COLDEST TEMPERATURE EVER
RECORDED AT FORT WAYNE. THE COLDEST TEMPERATURE EVER RECORDED WAS
NEGATIVE 24...OCCURRING ON JANUARY 12TH 1918.

FEBRUARY TURNED OUT TO BE THE ONLY MONTH OF THE METEOROLOGICAL
WINTER SEASON...DECEMBER THROUGH FEBRUARY...WITH ABOVE NORMAL
TEMPERATURES AT FORT WAYNE. FEBRUARY WAS ALSO MUCH WETTER THAN
NORMAL BUT SNOWFALL WAS BELOW NORMAL FOR THE MONTH. THERE WERE
SEVERAL DAYS WITH MINOR SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BUT NO SIGNIFICANT SNOW
EVENTS OCCURRED. THERE WERE TWO RATHER SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL EVENTS
WITH ONE SETTING A RECORD WITH OVER 2 INCHES OF RAIN.

THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE SEASON WAS 24.8 DEGREES...WHICH WAS
1.0 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. THE MONTH OF DECEMBER WAS 1.4 DEGREES
BELOW NORMAL AND JANUARY WAS VERY COLD AT 7.0 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL.
FEBRUARY WAS THE ONLY MONTH ABOVE NORMAL WITH A DEPARTURE OF 3.0
DEGREES.

PRECIPITATION FOR THE SEASON WAS 9.11 INCHES...2.35 INCHES ABOVE
NORMAL. DECEMBER PRECIPITATION WAS 1.57 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL WHILE
JANUARY WAS 0.98 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. FEBRUARY WAS 1.76 INCHES ABOVE
NORMAL.

SNOWFALL FOR THE WINTER SEASON WAS 23.8 INCHES...2.0 INCHES BELOW
THE NORMAL OF 25.8 INCHES. DECEMBER SNOWFALL WAS 4.1 INCHES BELOW
NORMAL WHILE JANUARY WAS 5.6 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL. FEBRUARY ENDED THE
SEASON AT 3.5 INCHES BELOW NORMAL.

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LASHLEY