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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
631 AM EDT THU NOV 1 2012

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...THE SOUTH BEND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 2012...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1893 TO 2012

WEATHER         OBSERVED          NORMAL  DEPART  LAST YEAR`S
                 VALUE   DATE(S)  VALUE   FROM    VALUE  DATE(S)
                                          NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
 HIGH              92   10/06/1963
 LOW               12   10/11/1906
HIGHEST            80   10/04        MM      MM       84  10/07
LOWEST             31   10/08        MM      MM       28  10/30
AVG. MAXIMUM     59.5              61.7    -2.2     64.1
AVG. MINIMUM     42.1              42.6    -0.5     42.4
MEAN             50.8              52.1    -1.3
DAYS MAX >= 90      0               0.0     0.0        0
DAYS MAX <= 32      0               0.0     0.0        0
DAYS MIN <= 32      1               3.0    -2.0        3
DAYS MIN <= 0       0               0.0     0.0        0

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM         9.75   1954
 MINIMUM         0.42   1950
TOTALS           4.39              3.32    1.07     4.57
DAILY AVG.       0.14              0.11    0.03     0.15
DAYS >= .01        20              10.9     9.1       13
DAYS >= .10        13               6.5     6.5        8
DAYS >= .50         4               2.0     2.0        3
DAYS >= 1.00        0               0.8    -0.8        2
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL    0.98   10/13 TO 10/14

SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
 TOTAL           15.0   1910
TOTALS            0.0               0.4    -0.4        T
SINCE 7/1         0.0               0.4    -0.4        T
SNOWDEPTH AVG.      0                MM      MM        0
DAYS >= 1.0         0               0.1    -0.1        0
GREATEST
 SNOW DEPTH         0   MM                             0
 24 HR TOTAL      0.0   10/31 TO 10/31

DEGREE_DAYS
HEATING TOTAL     440               407      33      372
 SINCE 7/1        583               541      42      529
COOLING TOTAL       7                 9      -2       11
 SINCE 1/1       1115               773     342      969
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              10.7
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    41/350    DATE  10/30
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    53/350    DATE  10/30

SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT)   MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER           0.50
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR           12
NUMBER OF DAYS PC             10
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY          9

AVERAGE RH (PERCENT)     69

WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM              0     MIXED PRECIP               0
HEAVY RAIN                8     RAIN                      10
LIGHT RAIN               22     FREEZING RAIN              0
LT FREEZING RAIN          0     HAIL                       0
HEAVY SNOW                0     SNOW                       0
LIGHT SNOW                0     SLEET                      0
FOG                      18     FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE      0
HAZE                      3

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

&&

...ABOVE NORMAL PRECIPITATION AND BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES IN
OCTOBER...

OCTOBER WAS A RELATIVELY WET MONTH AND TEMPERATURES WERE JUST
SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL DESPITE MANY DAYS OF MEASURABLE RAINFALL. A
STRONG BLAST OF COLD CANADIAN AIR MOVED INTO THE REGION AT THE END
OF THE MONTH...COMBINING WITH THE REMNANTS OF HURRICANE SANDY TO
PRODUCE COLD...WINDY AND WET CONDITIONS ACROSS THE AREA.

MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION FELL ON 20 OF THE 31 DAYS OF OCTOBER AT
SOUTH BEND REGIONAL AIRPORT. THERE WERE 4 DAYS WITH A HALF INCH OR
MORE. TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH WAS 4.39 INCHES...1.07
INCHES ABOVE NORMAL. DESPITE ALL THE DAYS OF RAIN...THE MONTHLY
TOTAL ONLY TIES FOR THE 25TH WETTEST OCTOBER ON RECORD.

THE AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE OF 50.8 WAS 1.3 DEGREES BELOW
NORMAL. THE MONTH SEEMED COOLER TO MANY DUE TO THE MANY DAYS WITH
PRECIPITATION. HOWEVER...A VERY WARM PERIOD FROM OCTOBER 22ND
THROUGH THE 25TH HELPED INCREASE THE MONTHLY AVERAGE TEMPERATURE.
SOUTH BEND OFFICIALLY HIT 78 DEGREES ON THE 24TH AND 25TH AND SOME
LOCATIONS REACHED 80 DEGREES. THE WARMEST TEMPERATURE OF THE MONTH
WAS ACTUALLY ON THE 4TH WHEN THE HIGH WAS 80. THIS DAY WAS
SANDWICHED BETWEEN A HIGH OF 62 ON THE 3RD AND 56 ON THE 5TH. THE
LOWEST TEMPERATURE OF THE MONTH WAS ON THE 8TH WITH A LOW OF 31.

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LASHLEY/CEO