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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1102 AM EDT SUN SEP 1 2019

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...THE FORT WAYNE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE SEASON, FROM
6/1/2019 TO 8/31/2019...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1897 TO 2019

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            95   07/10        82      13       95
                        07/02
LOWEST             48   06/03        61     -13       53
AVG. MAXIMUM     82.8              82.5     0.3     83.3
AVG. MINIMUM     63.0              60.9     2.1     64.3
MEAN             72.9              71.7     1.2
DAYS MAX >= 90     15              11.6     3.4       13
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          10.40             12.04   -1.64    16.84
DAILY AVG.       0.11              0.13   -0.02     0.18
DAYS >= .01        30              30.1    -0.1       33
DAYS >= .10        25              19.9     5.1       22
DAYS >= .50         6               8.0    -2.0       13
DAYS >= 1.00        3               3.4    -0.4        5
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL    1.90   MM

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      0.0
SNOWDEPTH AVG.      0                MM      MM        0
DAYS >= TRACE       0               0.0     0.0        0
DAYS >= 1.0         0               0.0     0.0        0
GREATEST
 SNOW DEPTH         0   MM                             0
 24 HR TOTAL      0.0   MM

DEGREE_DAYS
HEATING TOTAL      19                41     -22        1
 SINCE 7/1          1                12     -11        0
COOLING TOTAL     770               660     110      832
 SINCE 1/1        838               717     121      976
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              7.3
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    30/320    DATE  08/18
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    48/340    DATE  08/18

SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT)   MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER           0.60
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR           18
NUMBER OF DAYS PC             44
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY         30

AVERAGE RH (PERCENT)     71

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

&&

THE SUMMER OF 2019 AT FORT WAYNE HAD AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 72.9
DEGREES, WHICH WAS 1.2 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THIS RANKS AS THE 32ND
WARMEST ON RECORD.

PRECIPITATION FOR THE SEASON WAS 10.40 INCHES, 1.64 INCHES
BELOW NORMAL. THIS RANKED AS THE 60TH WETTEST ON RECORD.

SUMMER BEGAN WITH JUNE RAINFALL NEARLY 1.5 INCHES BELOW NORMAL, AND
10 OF THE FIRST 20 DAYS OBSERVED AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE BELOW
NORMAL. SUMMER-LIKE HEAT FINALLY KICKED IN THE LAST FIVE DAYS OF
JULY WITH HIGHS IN THE 90S. THE FIRST 90-DEGREE DAY OF THE SUMMER
OCCURRED ON JUNE 26TH. THIS BEGAN AN 8-DAY STRETCH OF 90-DEGREE
HEAT. FURTHERMORE, THERE WERE A TOTAL OF TEN 90-DEGREE DAYS IN JULY;
15 FOR THE WHOLE SUMMER. JULY REMAINED DRY WITH TOTAL PRECIPITATION
ABOUT 1 INCH BELOW NORMAL. AUGUST FINALLY BUCKED THE DRY TREND, WITH
RAINFALL 0.71 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL. OTHERWISE, THERE WERE ZERO 90
DEGREE DAYS, AND 8 OF THE LAST 9 DAYS IN THE MONTH SAW A HIGH
TEMPERATURE LESS THAN 80 DEGREES.

BELOW IS A MONTH-BY-MONTH SUMMARY OF THE SUMMER.

JUNE

...DRYING OUT; SUMMER HEAT BETTER LATE THEN NEVER...

A NEEDED BREAK FROM ABOVE-NORMAL PRECIPITATION WAS ACHIEVED THIS
MONTH. HOWEVER, NEARLY HALF OF THE MONTH`S TOTAL PRECIPITATION
OCCURRED ON TWO DAYS. JUNE 19TH AND 20TH RECORDED 0.84 AND 0.55
INCHES RESPECTIVELY.

TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR JUNE WAS 2.74 INCHES, 1.42 INCHES BELOW
NORMAL. THIS RANKED AS THE 39TH DRIEST JUNE ON RECORD. THE GREATEST
24 HOUR RAINFALL WAS 0.84 INCHES ON THE 19TH. MEASUREABLE
PRECIPITATION WAS RECORDED ON 11 DAYS THIS MONTH. COMPARE THAT TO 21
DAYS IN MAY!

MID-JUNE FEATURED A SIX-DAY STRETCH OF DAYS WITH AN AVERAGE
TEMPERATURE BELOW NORMAL; JUNE 10TH THROUGH 15TH. THE GREATEST
AVERAGE TEMPERATURE DEPARTURE WAS 12.2 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL ON THE
13TH. ON EIGHT OF THE FINAL TEN DAYS OF JUNE, THE MAXIMUM
TEMPERATURE REACHED 80 DEGREES OR HIGHER. THE FIRST 90 DEGREE
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 2019 WAS RECORDED ON THE 26TH. THIS IS THE
20TH LATEST FIRST 90 DEGREE DAY ON RECORD. THE FINAL 5 DAYS OF THE
MONTH FEATURED MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES AT OR ABOVE 90. THIS WAS THE
LONGEST STRETCH OF CONSECUTIVE 90 DEGREE OR HIGHER MAXIMUM
TEMPERATURES SINCE LATE JUNE AND JULY OF 2012.

JUNE 2019 RANKED AS TIED (1967, 1964) FOR THE 48TH WARMEST ON
RECORD WITH AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 70.6 DEGREES, 0.5 DEGREES
ABOVE NORMAL. THE WARMEST TEMPERATURE WAS 93 REACHED ON THE 28TH
AND 29TH, AND THE COLDEST WAS 48 ON THE 3RD. THERE WERE 19
DAYS DURING THE MONTH WITH AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURES AT OR ABOVE
NORMAL, WHICH INCLUDED THE FINAL 9 DAYS OF THE MONTH.

JULY

...A NOTABLE BREAK IN PRECIPITATION; BOUTS OF HEAT...

THIS JULY WILL BE REMEMBERED FOR A STRETCH OF HOT AND HUMID DAYS MID
MONTH. THERE WERE TEN DAYS WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE 90S, AND
FIVE OF THESE OCCURRED DURING THE VERY WARM PERIOD FROM JULY 13TH TO
THE 21ST. DURING THIS STRETCH, LOW TEMPERATURES DID NOT FALL BELOW
70 DEGREES FOR EIGHT CONSECUTIVE DAYS. THIS WAS THE 2ND LONGEST JULY
STREAK OF CONSECUTIVE DAYS WITH LOWS OF 70 DEGREES OR WARMER. THE
LONGEST WAS TEN DAYS IN A ROW ENDING ON JULY 24TH 1983.
ADDITIONALLY, TO START THE MONTH, THE FIRST SEVEN HAD LOW
TEMPERATURES OF 70 DEGREES OR WARMER. ELSEWHERE IN THE MONTH, THERE
WERE TEN DAYS WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES OF 85 DEGREES OR LESS.

THE AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE FOR JULY 2019 WAS 77.0, 3.4 DEGREES
ABOVE NORMAL. THIS RANKED AS THE 14TH WARMEST JULY ON RECORD. THE
HOTTEST TEMPERATURE WAS 95 DEGREES ON THE 2ND AND 10TH. THE COOLEST
TEMPERATURE WAS 55 DEGREES ON THE 24TH AND 25TH.

PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH WAS 3.31 INCHES, 0.93 INCHES BELOW
NORMAL. THIS RANKED AS THE 59TH DRIEST JULY ON RECORD.

A NEW RECORD WARM MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 77 DEGREES WAS SET ON THE
19TH. THIS BROKE THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 76 DEGREES IN 1930.

AUGUST

...A COOL END...

AUGUST 2019 MAY BE NOTABLE FOR REFRESHING EPISODES OF HIGH PRESSURE
ERASING THE OFTEN MORE MEMORABLE SUMMER HEAT AND HUMIDITY.
OTHERWISE, THE MONTH OFFERED VERY FEW EXCITING ITEMS TO NOTE HERE.
THERE WERE ZERO 90 DEGREE DAYS, WITH A NEARLY EVEN BALANCE OF
EPISODES OF ABOVE AND BELOW NORMAL AVERAGE DAILY TEMPERATURES. A
MAJORITY OF THE MONTH`S PRECIPITAITON FELL ON TWO DAYS; THE 18TH SAW
1.90 INCHES AND 1.13 ON THE 27TH.

EIGHT OF THE LAST TEN DAYS OF AUGUST SAW HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE
70S, WHICH WAS ENOUGH TO SWING THE AUGUST AVERAGE TEMPERATURE TO
71.1 DEGREES, WHICH ENDED UP ONLY 0.4 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. THIS
RANKS AS THE 48TH COLDEST AUGUST ON RECORD. THE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE
FOR THE MONTH WAS 87 DEGREES ON THE 5TH.

PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH WAS 4.35 INCHES, 0.71 INCHES ABOVE
NORMAL. THIS RANKED AS THE 21ST WETTEST AUGUST ON RECORD.

$$

BROWN