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CLSFWA

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1124 AM EDT FRI SEP 01 2023

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...THE FORT WAYNE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE SEASON, FROM
6/1/2023 TO 8/31/2023...

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
                                          NORMAL
..............................................................
TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
 HIGH            106   06/28/2012
                       06/25/1988
                       07/14/1936
 LOW              36   06/02/1910
HIGHEST           92   06/03         82      10       96
                       07/27
LOWEST            46   06/08         61     -15       47
                       06/09
AVG. MAXIMUM    81.9               82.4    -0.5     83.3
AVG. MINIMUM    59.8               61.7    -1.9     61.7
MEAN            70.9               72.0    -1.1
DAYS MAX >= 90    10               13.1    -3.1       12
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          9.15              12.33   -3.18    12.86
DAILY AVG.      0.10               0.13   -0.03     0.14
DAYS >= .01       26               30.8    -4.8       27
DAYS >= .10       18               20.3    -2.3       17
DAYS >= .50        7                8.0    -1.0        8
DAYS >= 1.00       1                3.6    -2.6        3
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL   1.66   07/20 TO 07/20

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                                   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     0.0

DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL     32                 35      -3        6
 SINCE 7/1         6                  5       1        0
COOLING TOTAL    599                681     -82      711
 SINCE 1/1       656                751     -95      870
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              6.9
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    37/340    DATE  07/20
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    56/340    DATE  07/20

SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT)   MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER           0.52
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR           30
NUMBER OF DAYS PC             39
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY         23

AVERAGE RH (PERCENT)     70

WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM             21     MIXED PRECIP               0
HEAVY RAIN               12     RAIN                      16
LIGHT RAIN               33     FREEZING RAIN              0
LT FREEZING RAIN          0     HAIL                       0
HEAVY SNOW                0     SNOW                       0
LIGHT SNOW                0     SLEET                      0
FOG                      55     FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE      5
HAZE                     27

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

&&

FLASH-DROUGHT CONDITIONS TO THE START OF THE SUMMER EASED DURING THE
MONTH OF AUGUST IN THE WAKE OF A RATHER WET JULY. HOWEVER, DRY
CONDITIONS IN THE FINAL DAYS OF AUGUST RENEWED DROUGHT CONCERNS.
WHILE MUCH OF THE SOUTHERN PLAINS, AND CENTRAL PLAINS AT TIMES,
ROASTED BENEATH A STRONG RIDGE THIS SUMMER, OUR SUMMER AVERAGE
TEMPERATURE ENDED UP NEAR NORMAL. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 70.9
DEGREES WAS 1.1 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. THIS SUMMER RECORDED TEN 90-
DEGREE DAYS THIS SUMMER. THIS IS BELOW THE NORMAL OF 13 DAYS.
PRECIPITATION TOTALED 9.15 INCHES WHICH IS 3.18 INCHES BELOW NORMAL.

A MONTH-BY-MONTH SUMMARY IS BELOW.

JUNE
...CONTINUED DROUGHT STRESSES CROPS...

FLASH DROUGHT CONDITIONS DEVELOPED LAST MONTH AND DRY WEATHER
PERSISTED THROUGH JUNE WITH ONLY A COUPLE EXCEPTIONS. ACCORDING TO
THE US DROUGHT MONITOR, "ABNORMALLY DRY" CONDITIONS WERE PRESENT ON
MAY 30TH. BY LATE-JUNE, A "MODERATE DROUGHT" AND "SEVERE DROUGHT"
WERE UNDERWAY IN NORTHERN INDIANA AND NORTHWEST OHIO. IRRIGATION
BECAME MORE COMMON TO COMBAT CROP STRESS. DRY SOIL, LARGE
EVAPOTRANSPIRATION RATES, AND LOW WATER LEVELS OF CREEKS, STREAMS,
AND PONDS WERE REPORTED.

FORT WAYNE RECORDED 1.39 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION THIS MONTH, WHICH
IS 3.09 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. THIS RANKS AS THE 11TH DRIEST ON RECORD
AND IS THE DRIEST SINCE 0.65 INCHES IN JUNE OF 2012 (THIRD DRIEST ON
RECORD). RAIN TOTALS FROM THE 25TH AND 26TH (0.33 AND 0.15 OBSERVED
AT FORT WAYNE INT`L AIRPORT , RESPECTIVELY) WERE HIGHLY VARIABLE IN
THE REGION, WITH SOME LOCATIONS NORTH AND WEST OF FORT WAYNE
REPORTING MORE THAN TWO INCHES. THE FORT WAYNE AIRPORT ONLY RECORDED
MEASURABLE RAINFALL 4 DAYS THIS MONTH. THE LARGEST 24 HOUR RAINFALL
TOTAL OF 0.63 INCHES FELL ON JUNE 13TH.

THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH OF 69.0 DEGREES WAS 1.7
DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. WHILE THE FIRST FEW DAYS OF JUNE STARTED VERY
WARM, A PERIOD OF COOL WEATHER EMERGED FROM THE 7TH THROUGH 18TH AS
A RESULT OF COOL NORTHERLY FLOW.

NO RECORDS WERE SET THIS MONTH.

BROWN/JOHNSON

...JULY...
WHILE THE SOUTHWEST US ROASTED BENEATH A PERSISTENT RIDGE OF HIGH
PRESSURE, THIS SAME PATTERN BROUGHT SOMEWHAT COOL NORTHWEST FLOW AND
FREQUENT THUNDERSTORMS TO THE AREA. DROUGHT CONDITIONS IMPROVED AS A
RESULT. ON JUNE 27TH, THE US DROUGHT MONITOR INDICATED ABOUT 87% OF
THE FORECAST AREA WAS EXPERIENCING MODERATE DROUGHT OR SEVERE
DROUGHT. BY JULY 25TH, THIS WAS DOWN TO  ONLY 28%.

PRECIPITATION TOTALED 5.28 INCHES WHICH IS 1.23 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL
AND RANKS AS THE 22ND MOST ON RECORD. ONE RECORD WAS SET THIS MONTH:
1.66 INCHES OF RAIN ON THE 20TH BROKE THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 1.46 IN
1946.

THERE WERE FOUR DAYS THIS MONTH WITH A HIGH OF 90 DEGREES OR MORE,
WHICH IS ONE MORE THAN JULY 2022 AND IS TWO DAYS SHY OF NORMAL. SO
FAR THIS SUMMER THERE HAVE BEEN EIGHT 90-DEGREE DAYS WHICH IS JUST
SHY OF THE NORMAL OF 11 DAYS. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH
WAS 73.6 DEGREES WHICH IS RIGHT NEAR NORMAL.

BROWN

...AUGUST...
UNCOMFORTABLY HOT AND HUMID FOR A FEW DAYS THIS MONTH, OTHERWISE
COOL THANKS TO RATHER PERSISTENT NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT. THIS PATTERN
IS GENERALLY NOT CONDUCIVE FOR RAINFALL, WHICH IS REFLECTED BY BELOW-
NORMAL PRECIPITATION.

FOLLOWING A RATHER WET JULY, THE SO-CALLED FAUCET TURNED OFF AND THE
MONTH ENDED WITH PRECIPITATION 1.32 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. THIS RANKS
AS THE 48TH DRIEST ON RECORD. THE STATE OF INDIANA HAS GENERALLY
BEEN WORKING ITS WAY OUT OF ABNORMALLY DRY OR DROUGHT CONDITIONS
THIS SUMMER. HOWEVER, ABNORMALLY DRY CONDITIONS LOOM AGAIN AS FORT
WAYNE HAS ONLY RECORDED A TRACE OF RAIN SINCE AUGUST 18.

AN UPPER-LEVEL RIDGE THAT HAS DOMINATED THE SOUTHERN PLAINS THIS
SUMMER WAS NUDGED EASTWARD INTO THE GREAT LAKES FOR A FEW DAYS LATE
THIS MONTH. THIS RESULTED IN ABOVE NORMAL DAILY TEMPERATURES FROM
THE 20TH THROUGH 26TH. THE PEAK OF THE HEAT OCCURRED ON THE 23RD AND
24TH WHEN FORT WAYNE RECORDED AIR TEMPERATURES OF 90 DEGREES AND A
HEAT INDEX OF 105 AND 106, RESPECTIVELY. ACCORDING TO THE MIDWESTERN
REGIONAL CLIMATE CENTER, FROM 1973 TO 2018, FORT WAYNE SEES ABOUT
ONE HOUR PER YEAR IN AUGUST WITH A HEAT INDEX NEAR 105.

THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 70.0 DEGREES WHICH IS
1.6 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL.

BROWN

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