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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1028 AM EDT SUN JUL 1 2012

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...THE FORT WAYNE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE 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             106   06/28/2012
                        06/25/1988
                        54/01/2206
 LOW               36   06/02/1910
HIGHEST           106R  06/28        MM      MM       97  06/08
                                                          06/07
                                                          06/04
LOWEST             44   06/02        MM      MM       52  06/12
AVG. MAXIMUM     86.3              80.9     5.4     82.2
AVG. MINIMUM     57.9              59.3    -1.4     62.0
MEAN             72.1              70.1     2.0
DAYS MAX >= 90     12               3.2     8.8        3
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         8.29   1958
 MINIMUM         0.50   1933
TOTALS           0.65              4.16   -3.51     3.25
DAILY AVG.       0.02              0.14   -0.12     0.11
DAYS >= .01         7              10.9    -3.9       10
DAYS >= .10         3               7.3    -4.3        4
DAYS >= .50         0               2.9    -2.9        2
DAYS >= 1.00        0               1.0    -1.0        1
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL    0.43   06/29 TO 06/30

SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
 TOTAL            0.0   MM
TOTALS            0.0               0.0     0.0      0.0
SINCE 7/1        32.2              33.5    -1.3     46.5
SNOWDEPTH AVG.      0                MM      MM        0
DAYS >= 1.0         0               0.0     0.0        0
GREATEST
 SNOW DEPTH         0   MM                             0
 24 HR TOTAL      0.0   06/30 TO 06/30

DEGREE_DAYS
HEATING TOTAL      26                29      -3        6
 SINCE 7/1       4880              6101   -1221     6267
COOLING TOTAL     243               182      61      227
 SINCE 1/1        396               239     157      324
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              8.5
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    67/290    DATE  06/29
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    91/270    DATE  06/29

SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT)   MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER           0.40
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR           10
NUMBER OF DAYS PC             17
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY          3

AVERAGE RH (PERCENT)     58

WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM              0     MIXED PRECIP               0
HEAVY RAIN                1     RAIN                       2
LIGHT RAIN                6     FREEZING RAIN              0
LT FREEZING RAIN          0     HAIL                       0
HEAVY SNOW                0     SNOW                       0
LIGHT SNOW                0     SLEET                      0
FOG                       7     FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE      1
HAZE                      5

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

&&

...RECORD SHATTERING WARMTH CAPS WILD JUNE AT FORT WAYNE...

EXTREMELY DRY AND WARM CONDITIONS CONTINUED ACROSS THE FORT WAYNE
AREA DURING JUNE. LITTLE TO NO PRECIPITATION FELL ACROSS THE AREA
FOR MUCH OF THE MONTH...AS INCOMING WEATHER SYSTEMS FELL APART DUE
TO A SIGNIFICANT DROUGHT ACROSS MUCH OF NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST
INDIANA. THE LATEST DROUGHT MONITOR INDICATED D2 (SEVERE) TO D3
(EXTREME) DROUGHT CONDITIONS IN THE FORT WAYNE AREA. WITH THE LACK
OF RAINFALL CAME A LACK OF SEVERE WEATHER AS WELL...UNTIL THE LAST
FEW DAYS OF THE MONTH...WHEN A LONG LIVED DERECHO PUSHED THROUGH THE
AREA...CAUSING WIDESPREAD STRUCTURAL DAMAGE...COUNTLESS DOWNED TREES
AND POWERLINES...AND LONG LASTING POWER OUTAGES THAT CONTINUED INTO
THE NEW MONTH ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE REGION. THIS DERECHO...WHICH
PRODUCED A 91 MPH WIND GUST AT FORT WAYNE...TORE UP A PATH OF
DESTRUCTION ALL THE WAY TO THE ATLANTIC OCEAN.

EXTREME HEAT PLAUGED THE REGION DURING THE LATTER HALF OF THE MONTH.
THIS CULMINATED IN THE WARMEST DAY ACROSS THE REGION SINCE 1988. THE
HIGH TEMPERATURE REACHED 106 DEGREES AT FORT WAYNE ON THE 28TH. THIS
NOT ONLY BROKE THE DAILY RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE...IT ALSO TIED THE
MONTHLY AND ALL TIME RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE...LAST SET ON JUNE 25TH
1988...WHEN THE HIGH TEMPERATURE REACHED 106.

DESPITE THIS RECORD HEAT...THE AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE AT FORT
WAYNE WAS ONLY 72.1 DEGREES...WHICH IS 2.0 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THIS
WAS DUE TO A COOL START TO THE MONTH...AND DRY CONDITIONS LEADING TO
LARGE DIURNAL TEMPERATURE RANGES THROUGHOUT THE MIDDLE OF THE MONTH.
THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 106...WHICH OCCURRED ON
THE 28TH. THIS WAS THE FIRST 100 DEGREE DAY AT FORT WAYNE SINCE JULY
21TH 2011...AND ONLY THE 40TH 100 DEGREE DAY AT FORT WAYNE ON
RECORD. THE LOWEST TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 44...WHICH OCCURRED
ON THE 2ND. THERE WERE 11 DAYS WHERE THE TEMPERATURE REACHED AT
LEAST 90 DEGREES. THERE HAVE ONLY BEEN 6 YEARS ON RECORD AT FORT
WAYNE WITH MORE 90 DEGREE DAYS IN THE MONTH OF JUNE.

PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH WAS A SCANT 0.65 INCHES...WITH 0.40
INCHES FALLING ON THE LAST TWO DAYS OF THE MONTH. THIS IS 3.51
INCHES BELOW THE NORMAL JUNE VALUE OF 4.16 INCHES. THERE WAS
MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION ON ONLY 7 DAYS THIS MONTH...WITH ONLY 3 OF
THESE DAYS WITH GREATER THAN 0.10 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION...AND ZERO
DAYS WITH GREATER THAN 0.50 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION. THE GREATEST 24
HOUR PRECIPITATION WAS 0.43 INCHES ON THE 29TH AND 30TH. JUNE 2012
IS THE 2ND DRIEST JUNE ON RECORD AT FORT WAYNE...BEHIND ONLY
1933...WHEN 0.30 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL DURING THE ENTIRE
MONTH OF JUNE.

$$

NG/EB