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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
508 AM EDT WED SEP 01 2021

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...THE FORT WAYNE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE SEASON, FROM
6/1/2021 TO 8/31/2021...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1897 TO 2021

WEATHER         OBSERVED          NORMAL  DEPART   LAST YEAR`S
                VALUE   DATE(S)   VALUE   FROM     VALUE
                                          NORMAL
..............................................................
TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
 HIGH            106   06/28/2012
                       06/25/1988
                       07/14/1936
 LOW              36   06/02/1910
HIGHEST           92   06/12         82      10       95
                       08/24
LOWEST            49   06/22         61     -12       42
AVG. MAXIMUM    83.1               82.4     0.7     85.1
AVG. MINIMUM    63.8               61.7     2.1     61.8
MEAN            73.4               72.0     1.4
DAYS MAX >= 90     5               13.1    -8.1       24
DAYS MAX <= 32     0                0.0     0.0        0
DAYS MIN <= 32     0                0.0     0.0        0
DAYS MIN <= 0      0                0.0     0.0        0

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM       21.52   2015
 MINIMUM        5.00   2012
TOTALS         13.96              12.33    1.63     9.89
DAILY AVG.      0.15               0.13    0.02     0.11
DAYS >= .01       33               30.8     2.2       27
DAYS >= .10       20               20.3    -0.3       18
DAYS >= .50       10                8.0     2.0        6
DAYS >= 1.00       6                3.6     2.4        2
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL   2.88

SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
 TOTAL            MM   MM
 24 HR TOTAL      MM
TOTALS           0.0                0.0     0.0      0.0
SINCE 7/1        0.0                0.0     0.0       MM
SNOWDEPTH AVG.     0                                   0
DAYS >= TRACE      0                0.0     0.0        0
DAYS >= 1.0        0                0.0     0.0        0
GREATEST
 SNOW DEPTH        0                                   0
 24 HR TOTAL      MM

DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL      7                 35     -28       15
 SINCE 7/1         0                  5      -5        4
COOLING TOTAL    810                681     129      821
 SINCE 1/1       887                751     136      877
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              6.8
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    39/280    DATE  08/10
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    57/280    DATE  08/10

SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT)   MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER           0.58
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR           19
NUMBER OF DAYS PC             44
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY         29

AVERAGE RH (PERCENT)     75

WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM             29     MIXED PRECIP               0
HEAVY RAIN               12     RAIN                      15
LIGHT RAIN               39     FREEZING RAIN              0
LT FREEZING RAIN          0     HAIL                       0
HEAVY SNOW                0     SNOW                       0
LIGHT SNOW                0     SLEET                      0
FOG                      57     FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE      2
HAZE                      4

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

&&

FOR THE SUMMER SEASON, FORT WAYNE AVERAGED 73.4 TEMPERATURE-WISE,
WHICH WAS 1.4 ABOVE ITS NORMAL SUMMER-TIME AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF
72.0. THIS RANKS AS THE 22ND WARMEST SUMMER WHEN COMPARED TO THE
PERIOD OF RECORD. IT ALSO TOTALLED 13.96 INCHES OF RAINFALL, WHICH
IS 1.63 ABOVE NORMAL. THIS RANKS AS THE 22ND WETTEST SPRING WHEN
COMPARED TO THE PERIOD OF RECORD.

SEE THE MONTH BY MONTH SUMMARY BELOW.

JUNE

ON JUNE 1, THE TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE YEAR WAS 2.14 INCHES
BELOW NORMAL. BY THE END OF THIS MONTH, THE YEAR`S PRECIPITATION
TOTAL WAS ONLY 0.55 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. THIS IS THE RESULT OF AN
ACTIVE MONTH, ESPECIALLY TOWARD THE END OF THE MONTH WHERE SOAKING
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCED LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL.

THE RAIN TOTAL FOR THE MONTH WAS 5.91 INCHES WHICH IS 1.43 INCHES
ABOVE NORMAL. THIS RANKS AS TIED FOR THE 15TH WETTEST JUNE ON
RECORD. THIS IS THE WETTEST JUNE SINCE 2018 WHEN 6.02 INCHES FELL.

TEMPERATURES WERE GENERALLY ABOVE NORMAL FOR THE MONTH WITH THE
EXCEPTION OF A COOL SPELL FROM THE 21ST TO 24TH. THE MORNING LOW OF
49 ON THE 22ND WAS 13 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL AND NINE DEGREES AWAY
FROM THE RECORD LOW. ON THE OTHER HAND, FORT WAYNE OBSERVED ITS
FIRST 90-DEGREE DAY OF THE YEAR (92 ON THE 12TH). THIS IS ABOUT TWO
DAYS EARLIER THAN AVERAGE. BY THE END OF JUNE LAST YEAR, FORT WAYNE
HAD ALREADY OBSERVED NINE 90-DEGREE DAYS.

THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 72.9 DEGREES WHICH IS 2.2
DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THIS RANKS AS THE 17TH WARMEST JUNE ON RECORD.

NO RECORDS WERE SET THIS MONTH.

JULY 2021
...SLIGHTLY COOL, BUT HUMID AND WET...

THIS MONTH`S AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FINISHED AT 73.3 DEGREES, WHICH IS
0.5 DEGREE BELOW NORMAL AND RANKED AS THE 54TH COOLEST JULY ALL
TIME. FORT WAYNE HAD 0 DAYS REACHING 90 DEGREES OR HIGHER, WHICH IS
THE LOWEST TOTAL SINCE 2014 WHEN IT HAD 0 90+ DEGREE DAYS AND IS 6.5
DAYS BELOW THE NORMAL NUMBER OF 90+ DEGREE DAYS. IT ALSO HAD 16 DAYS
ONLY FALLING TO 65 DEGREES OR GREATER AS A LOW TEMPERATURE, WHICH IS
ABOVE THE NORMAL TOTAL OF 13.7 DAYS DURING THE MONTH OF JULY OWING
TO THE HIGH RESIDENCE TIME OF HIGH HUMIDITY IN THE AREA. PUTTING
THAT ALL TOGETHER, THE COOLER HIGH TEMPERATURES, BUT HIGHER HUMIDITY
ALLOWS THE MONTH TO FINISH OFF SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL IN THE AVERAGE
TEMPERATURE CATEGORY.

THIS MONTH`S PRECIPITATION TOTALED 5.59, WHICH IS 1.54 ABOVE NORMAL
AND RANKED AS THE 16TH WETTEST JULY ALL TIME. FORT WAYNE`S TOTAL
PRECIPITATION WAS POSITIVELY AFFECTED BY 2 DAILY TOTALS ABOVE 1 INCH
(2.72 ON 7/16, WHICH WAS A DAILY PRECIP RECORD, AND 1.23 ON 7/12)
AND ANOTHER TOTAL OF 0.74 INCH ON 7/11 AS SUMMER TIME THUNDERSTORMS
AFFECTED THE AREA. THE 2.72 INCHES THAT FELL ON 7/16 WAS A DAILY
PRECIPITATION RECORD AS WELL.

AUGUST
...HOT AND ON THE DRIER SIDE...

THIS MONTH`S AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FINISHED AT 74.2 DEGREES, WHICH IS
2.6 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL AND RANKED AS THE XX WARMEST AUGUST WHEN
COMPARED TO THE PERIOD OF RECORD. FORT WAYNE HAD 3 DAYS REACHING 90
DEGREES OR HIGHER, WHICH IS 1.1 DAY HIGHER THAN THE AVERAGE OF 4.1
DAYS 90 DEGREE DAYS DURING THE MONTH OF AUGUST. IT ALSO HAD 18 DAYS
ONLY FALLING TO 65 DEGREES OR GREATER AS A LOW TEMPERATURE, WHICH IS
8.0 DAYS ABOVE THE NORMAL TOTAL OF 10.0 DAYS DURING THE MONTH OF
AUGUST. THIS IS AS A RESULT OF THE HIGH RESIDENCE TIME OF HIGH
HUMIDITY IN THE AREA. PUTTING THAT ALL TOGETHER, THE WARMER HIGH
TEMPERATURES, AND HIGHER HUMIDITY ALLOWS THE MONTH TO FINISH OFF
ABOVE NORMAL IN THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE CATEGORY.

FORT WAYNE ONLY HAD 2 SEVERE WEATHER-AIDED RAINFALL TOTALS EXCEEDING
0.5 INCH ON THE 10TH (0.59) AND 11TH (1.12). THE TOTAL ON THE 11TH
WAS ALMOST HALF THE TOTAL FOR THE MONTH WHICH TOTALLED 2.46 INCHES
OF PRECIPITATION. THAT IS 1.34 INCH BELOW THE NORMAL AUGUST TOTAL OF
3.80 INCHES AND RANKED AS THE XX DRIEST AUGUST WHEN COMPARED TO THE
PERIOD OF RECORD.

$$
ROLLER/BROWN