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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
234 PM EDT SUN JUN 2 2013

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...THE FORT WAYNE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF MAY 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
................................................................
TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
 HIGH              99   05/27/1911
 LOW               27   05/04/2005
                        05/10/1966
                        05/09/1947
HIGHEST            88   05/30        MM      MM       96  05/27
                        05/21
                        05/20
LOWEST             36   05/12        MM      MM       37  05/11
AVG. MAXIMUM     75.8              71.7     4.1     80.3
AVG. MINIMUM     53.3              49.2     4.1     53.6
MEAN             64.5              60.4     4.1
DAYS MAX >= 90      0               0.6    -0.6        5
DAYS MAX <= 32      0               0.0     0.0        0
DAYS MIN <= 32      0               0.2    -0.2        0
DAYS MIN <= 0       0               0.0     0.0        0

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM        10.17   2011
 MINIMUM         0.48   1925
TOTALS           2.94              4.27   -1.33     1.06
DAILY AVG.       0.09              0.14   -0.05     0.03
DAYS >= .01         9              13.0    -4.0        5
DAYS >= .10         5               8.1    -3.1        3
DAYS >= .50         2               2.7    -0.7        0
DAYS >= 1.00        1               1.0     0.0        0
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL    1.73   05/27 TO 05/28

SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
 TOTAL            0.5   1940
TOTALS            0.0               0.0     0.0      0.0
SINCE 7/1        38.5              33.5     5.0     32.2
SNOWDEPTH AVG.      0                MM      MM        0
DAYS >= 1.0         0               0.0     0.0        0
GREATEST
 SNOW DEPTH         0   MM                             0
 24 HR TOTAL      0.0   05/31 TO 05/31

DEGREE_DAYS
HEATING TOTAL     111               190     -79       53
 SINCE 7/1       5981              6072     -91     4854
COOLING TOTAL     105                49      56      121
 SINCE 1/1        105                57      48      153
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              9.4
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    30/220    DATE  05/22
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    43/320    DATE  05/11

SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT)   MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER           0.70
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR            3
NUMBER OF DAYS PC             15
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY         13

AVERAGE RH (PERCENT)     64

WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM              0     MIXED PRECIP               0
HEAVY RAIN                2     RAIN                       4
LIGHT RAIN               15     FREEZING RAIN              0
LT FREEZING RAIN          0     HAIL                       0
HEAVY SNOW                0     SNOW                       0
LIGHT SNOW                0     SLEET                      0
FOG                       9     FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE      0
HAZE                      4

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

&&

MAY

...A DRY BEGINNING BUT A WET ENDING TO MAY...

MAY BEGAN WARM AND VERY DRY AFTER A COOL AND WET APRIL. JUST A
LITTLE OVER A QUARTER OF AN INCH OF RAIN FELL BETWEEN THE FIRST AND
THE 21ST OF MAY...BUT OVER TWO AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN FELL
BETWEEN THE 22ND AND 31ST. A DAILY RECORD RAINFALL OCCURRED ON THE
27TH WHEN 1.72 INCHES OF RAIN FELL AT THE AIRPORT. THIS BROKE THE
OLD RECORD OF 1.16 INCHES FROM 1985.

A SERIES OF THUNDERSTORMS COMPLEXES BROUGHT MAJOR FLASH FLOODING TO
THE REGION ON THE NIGHT OF THE 31ST INTO THE MORNING OF THE FIRST.
ALTHOUGH THE AIRPORT ONLY RECEIVED JUST OVER A HALF INCH BEFORE
MIDNIGHT AND AGAIN AFTER MIDNIGHT ON JUNE 1ST...MANY AREAS OF FORT
WAYNE FROM POINTS DOWNTOWN AND NORTH RECEIVED OVER FIVE INCHES OF
RAINFALL IN A FEW HOURS.

HIGH TEMPERATURES WERE ABOVE 70 DEGREES DURING THE FIRST TEN DAYS OF
THE MONTH AND HIGHS WERE AT OR ABOVE 70 ON 24 DAYS DURING THE MONTH.
DESPITE BEING A RELATIVELY WARM MONTH...THERE WAS A LARGE CONTRAST
IN TEMPERATURES. THE WARMEST HIGH TEMPERATURE WAS 88 ON THE
20TH...21ST AND 30TH...WHILE THE COOLEST HIGH TEMPERATURE WAS JUST
52 DEGREES ON THE 12TH. THE COOLEST TEMPERATURE WAS A LOW OF 36 ON
THE 12TH.

THE AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE FOR MAY WAS 64.5 DEGREES...4.1
DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THIS RANKS AS THE T-14TH WARMEST MAY ON
RECORD. PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH WAS 2.94 INCHES...1.33 INCHES
BELOW NORMAL. THIS RANKS AS THE 41ST DRIEST MAY ON RECORD.

$$

NG/LASHLEY