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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
631 AM EDT THU NOV 1 2012

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...THE FORT WAYNE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 2012...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1897 TO 2012

WEATHER         OBSERVED          NORMAL  DEPART  LAST YEAR`S
                 VALUE   DATE(S)  VALUE   FROM    VALUE  DATE(S)
                                          NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
 HIGH              91   10/03/1898
 LOW               19   10/31/1988
HIGHEST            79   10/04        MM      MM       83  10/08
LOWEST             28   10/08        MM      MM       27  10/30
AVG. MAXIMUM     60.6              63.4    -2.8     65.2
AVG. MINIMUM     41.5              41.8    -0.3     41.5
MEAN             51.0              52.6    -1.6
DAYS MAX >= 90      0               0.0     0.0        0
DAYS MAX <= 32      0               0.0     0.0        0
DAYS MIN <= 32      4               4.2    -0.2        4
DAYS MIN <= 0       0               0.0     0.0        0

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM         9.26   1954
 MINIMUM         0.14   1964
TOTALS           3.31              2.84    0.47     3.81
DAILY AVG.       0.11              0.09    0.02     0.12
DAYS >= .01        16               9.7     6.3        9
DAYS >= .10        10               5.8     4.2        7
DAYS >= .50         1               1.8    -0.8        2
DAYS >= 1.00        0               0.7    -0.7        1
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL    0.86   10/17 TO 10/18

SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
 TOTAL            8.0   1989
TOTALS            0.1               0.3    -0.2      0.0
SINCE 7/1         0.1               0.3    -0.2      0.0
SNOWDEPTH AVG.      0                MM      MM        0
DAYS >= 1.0         0               0.1    -0.1        0
GREATEST
 SNOW DEPTH         0   MM                             0
 24 HR TOTAL      0.1   10/30 TO 10/30

DEGREE_DAYS
HEATING TOTAL     427               393      34      353
 SINCE 7/1        567               509      58      494
COOLING TOTAL       3                 9      -6        2
 SINCE 1/1       1108               809     299     1124
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              10.5
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    36/210    DATE  10/14
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    47/230    DATE  10/18

SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT)   MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER           0.70
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR            3
NUMBER OF DAYS PC             11
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY         17

AVERAGE RH (PERCENT)     72

WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM              0     MIXED PRECIP               0
HEAVY RAIN                5     RAIN                       7
LIGHT RAIN               18     FREEZING RAIN              0
LT FREEZING RAIN          0     HAIL                       0
HEAVY SNOW                0     SNOW                       0
LIGHT SNOW                1     SLEET                      1
FOG                      18     FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE      1
HAZE                      0

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

&&

...ABOVE NORMAL PRECIPITATION AND BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES IN
OCTOBER...

OCTOBER WAS A RELATIVELY WET MONTH WITH MANY DAYS OF MEASURABLE
RAINFALL AND TEMPERATURES WERE BELOW NORMAL. A STRONG BLAST OF COLD
CANADIAN AIR MOVED INTO THE REGION AT THE END OF THE
MONTH...COMBINING WITH THE REMNANTS OF HURRICANE SANDY TO PRODUCE
COLD...WINDY AND WET CONDITIONS ACROSS THE AREA.

MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION FELL ON 16 OF THE 31 DAYS OF OCTOBER AT
FORT WAYNE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. THERE WAS JUST 1 DAY WITH A HALF
INCH OR MORE. TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH WAS 3.31
INCHES...0.47 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL. THIS TIES FOR THE 30TH WETTEST
OCTOBER ON RECORD AT FORT WAYNE SINCE 1912.

THE AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE OF 51.0 WAS 1.6 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL.
THE MONTH SEEMED COOLER TO MANY DUE TO THE MANY DAYS WITH
PRECIPITATION. HOWEVER...A VERY WARM PERIOD FROM OCTOBER 22ND
THROUGH THE 25TH HELPED INCREASE THE MONTHLY AVERAGE TEMPERATURE.
FORT WAYNE OFFICIALLY HIT 77 AND 76 DEGREES RESPECTIVELY ON THE 24TH
AND 25TH. A FEW LOCATIONS REACHED 80 DEGREES. THE WARMEST
TEMPERATURE OF THE MONTH WAS ACTUALLY ON THE 4TH WHEN THE HIGH WAS
79. THIS DAY WAS SANDWICHED BETWEEN A HIGH OF 65 ON THE 3RD AND 60
ON THE 5TH. THE LOWEST TEMPERATURE OF THE MONTH WAS ON THE 8TH WITH
A LOW OF 28.

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LASHLEY/CEO