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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1001 AM EDT MON MAY 01 2023

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...THE FORT WAYNE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL 2023...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1897 TO 2023

WEATHER         OBSERVED          NORMAL  DEPART   LAST YEAR`S
                VALUE   DATE(S)   VALUE   FROM     VALUE DATE(S)
                                          NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
 HIGH             90   04/11/1930
                       04/29/1899
 LOW               7   04/07/1982
HIGHEST           84   04/20         MM      MM       84  04/23
LOWEST            28   04/26         MM      MM       25  04/02
AVG. MAXIMUM    63.3               60.9     2.4     57.7
AVG. MINIMUM    38.6               39.4    -0.8     38.0
MEAN            50.9               50.2     0.7
DAYS MAX >= 90     0                0.0     0.0        0
DAYS MAX <= 32     0                0.0     0.0        0
DAYS MIN <= 32     7                6.9     0.1        7
DAYS MIN <= 0      0                0.0     0.0        0

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM        7.19   1944
 MINIMUM        0.72   1946
TOTALS          1.96               3.74   -1.78     2.54
DAILY AVG.      0.07               0.12   -0.05     0.08
DAYS >= .01       13               13.2    -0.2       16
DAYS >= .10        8                7.7     0.3        6
DAYS >= .50        1                2.4    -1.4        2
DAYS >= 1.00       0                0.8    -0.8        0
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL   0.54   04/28 TO 04/28

SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
 TOTAL          11.7   1961
TOTALS             T                0.8    -0.8      1.3
SINCE 7/1       21.7               33.6   -11.9     23.2
SNOWDEPTH AVG.     0                                  -1
DAYS >= 1.0        0                0.3    -0.3        0
GREATEST
 SNOW DEPTH        0                                   T
 24 HR TOTAL       T   04/17 TO 04/17
                       04/24 TO 04/24

DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL    419                452     -33      514
 SINCE 7/1      5176               5767    -591     5472
COOLING TOTAL      5                  7      -2        8
 SINCE 1/1         5                  8      -3        8
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              10.0
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    41/270    DATE  04/01
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    53/270    DATE  04/01

SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT)   MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER           0.65
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR            5
NUMBER OF DAYS PC             11
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY         14

AVERAGE RH (PERCENT)     60

WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM              3     MIXED PRECIP               0
HEAVY RAIN                2     RAIN                       4
LIGHT RAIN               16     FREEZING RAIN              0
LT FREEZING RAIN          0     HAIL                       0
HEAVY SNOW                0     SNOW                       0
LIGHT SNOW                2     SLEET                      0
FOG                       9     FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE      0
HAZE                      1

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

&&

APRIL FEATURED AN ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL STRETCH OF WEATHER FROM THE
8TH THROUGH 16TH, WITH DRY CONDITIONS, AND HIGH TEMPERATURES
EVENTUALLY SOARING INTO THE 80S. A NEW RECORD HIGH WAS RECORDED ON
THE 14TH. THE HIGH OF 83 BROKE THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 81 SET IN
1910. A SECOND RECORD WAS TIED, WITH 1985, WHEN THE TEMEPRATURE
REACHED 84 ON THE 20TH. TEMPERATURES MET OR EXCEEDED 80 DEGREES FOUR
TIMES THIS MONTH. THIS IS THE GREATEST NUMBER OF 80-DEGREE DAYS
SINCE APRIL 2010 WHEN FIVE 80-DEGREE DAYS WERE RECORDED.

ON THE FLIPSIDE, A RECORD LOW WAS SET ON THE 26TH WHEN THE
TEMPERATURE WAS 28. THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 29 IN 2006.

SUCH PLEASANT SPRING WEATHER IS AN ANOMALY HERE IN THE MIDWEST, SO
OF COURSE COOLER AND WETTER WEATHER EVENTUALLY SETTLED IN. THE
DREARY WEATHER THAT TOOK SHAPE AFTER THAT MILD STRETCH, AND AGAIN IN
THE FINAL DAYS OF APRIL, WAS THE RESULT OF A LINGERING UPPER-LEVEL
LOW OVER THE GREAT LAKES. OVERALL, THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE
MONTH WAS 50.9 DEGREES, WHICH IS 0.7 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. APRIL
2023 RANKS AS THE 35TH COOLEST ON RECORD. THIS IS THE WARMEST APRIL
SINCE 2017, WHICH HAD AN AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE OF 55.2 DEGREES.

FOLLOWING A WET START TO SPRING, APRIL DRIED OUT, ESPECIALLY MID-
MONTH. PRECIPIATION TOTALED 1.96 INCHES WHICH IS 1.78 INCHES BELOW
NORMAL. THIS IS THE 14TH DRIEST APRIL ON RECORD AND THE DRIEST APRIL
SINCE 2012, WHICH HAD 1.29 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION. THERE WAS A
TRACE OF SNOW THIS MONTH.

BROWN/JOHNSON

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