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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
748 AM EST FRI MAR 1 2013

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...THE SOUTH BEND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY 2013...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1893 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              74   02/25/2000
 LOW              -20   02/10/1899
                        02/09/1899
HIGHEST            52   02/18        MM      MM       66  02/29
LOWEST              3   02/01        MM      MM       13  02/11
AVG. MAXIMUM     34.1              35.1    -1.0     39.8
AVG. MINIMUM     20.4              20.5    -0.1     24.6
MEAN             27.3              27.8    -0.5
DAYS MAX >= 90      0               0.0     0.0        0
DAYS MAX <= 32     11              11.2    -0.2        4
DAYS MIN <= 32     27              24.3     2.7       26
DAYS MIN <= 0       0               1.3    -1.3        0

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM         5.23   1976
 MINIMUM         0.54   1969
TOTALS           2.49              1.95    0.54     2.30
DAILY AVG.       0.09              0.07    0.02     0.08
DAYS >= .01        17              11.8     5.2       12
DAYS >= .10        11               5.4     5.6        9
DAYS >= .50         1               0.9     0.1        1
DAYS >= 1.00        0               0.2    -0.2        0
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL    0.55   02/26 TO 02/27

SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
 TOTAL           35.5   1908
TOTALS           26.7              15.0    11.7      9.0
SINCE 7/1        47.7              58.1   -10.4     49.7
SNOWDEPTH AVG.      4                 3       1        0
DAYS >= 1.0        13               4.7     8.3        4
GREATEST
 SNOW DEPTH        11   02/06                          1
 24 HR TOTAL      4.3   MM

DEGREE_DAYS
HEATING TOTAL    1049              1041       8      946
 SINCE 7/1       4397              4689    -292     4083
COOLING TOTAL       0                 0       0        0
 SINCE 1/1          0                 0       0        0
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              10.4
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    33/250    DATE  02/11
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    44/260    DATE  02/11

SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT)   MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER           0.70
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR            3
NUMBER OF DAYS PC              9
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY         16

AVERAGE RH (PERCENT)     75

WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM              0     MIXED PRECIP               0
HEAVY RAIN                1     RAIN                       5
LIGHT RAIN                7     FREEZING RAIN              1
LT FREEZING RAIN          1     HAIL                       1
HEAVY SNOW                1     SNOW                       6
LIGHT SNOW               17     SLEET                      0
FOG                      23     FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE      1
HAZE                     11

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

&&

...A WET AND SNOWY FEBRUARY WITH NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURES...

FEBRUARY ENDED A STRING OF MONTHS WITH BELOW NORMAL SNOWFALL THIS
WINTER AT SOUTH BEND. PRECIPITATION WAS ABOVE NORMAL FOR THE THIRD
STRAIGHT MONTH AND TEMPERATURES AVERAGED JUST A LITTLE BELOW NORMAL.

THE WEATHER PATTERN DURING THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY WAS MORE TYPICAL OF
WINTER ACROSS MUCH OF THE UNITED STATES. SEVERAL STRONG WINTER
STORMS IMPACTED THE COUNTRY STARTING WITH A CRIPPLING BLIZZARD AND
HEAVY SNOW OVER THE ATLANTIC SEABOARD AND ENDING WITH TWO POTENT
HEAVY SNOW PRODUCING BLIZZARDS OVER THE CENTRAL UNITED STATES. OUR
LOCAL AREA WAS LEFT IN THE MIDDLE WITH A COMBINATION OF RESIDUAL
SNOWFALL FROM THE MIDWEST STORMS AND MODERATE TO AT TIMES HEAVY LAKE
EFFECT SNOW. SEVERAL WEAKER CLIPPER SYSTEMS ALSO BROUGHT RAIN AND
SNOW TO THE REGION DURING THE MONTH.

WHILE TEMPERATURES OVER THE MONTH AVERAGED NEAR NORMAL...THERE WERE
BRIEF PERIODS OF BITTER COLD AIR AS WELL AS VERY MILD AIR. ON ONE
OCCASION...THE EXCHANGE BETWEEN A COLDER REGIME AND WARMER REGIME
HAPPENED IN JUST ONE DAY. THE HIGH TEMPERATURE ON FEBRUARY 17TH WAS
28 DEGREES AFTER A MORNING LOW OF 11 AND ONE INCH OF SNOWFALL. THE
VERY NEXT DAY SAW A MILD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 52 DEGREES WITH LIGHT
WINDS AND AMPLE SUNSHINE WHICH MADE IT FELL MUCH WARMER.

THE AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE WAS 27.3 DEGREES...0.5 DEGREES BELOW
NORMAL. THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURE WAS 52 ON THE 18TH WHILE THE COLDEST
TEMPERATURE WAS 3 DEGREES ON THE FIRST.

PRECIPITATION FOR FEBRUARY WAS 2.49 INCHES...0.54 INCHES ABOVE
NORMAL. THIS RANKS AS THE 19TH WETTEST FEBRUARY ON RECORD. THE
GREATEST 24 HOUR PRECIPITATION WAS ON THE 26TH TO 27TH WITH 0.55
INCHES RECORDED. THERE WERE 17 DAYS WITH MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION.

SNOWFALL FOR THE MONTH WAS 26.7 INCHES...11.7 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL.
THIS RANKS AS THE TIED-6TH SNOWIEST FEBRUARY ON RECORD AND THE SECOND
YEAR IN A ROW WHERE FEBRUARY SNOWFALL EXCEEDED 24 INCHES.

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LASHLEY/NG