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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
748 AM EST FRI MAR 1 2013

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...THE FORT WAYNE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY 2013...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1897 TO 2013

WEATHER         OBSERVED          NORMAL  DEPART  LAST YEAR`S
                 VALUE   DATE(S)  VALUE   FROM    VALUE  DATE(S)
                                          NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
 HIGH              73   02/25/2000
 LOW              -19   02/09/1899
HIGHEST            52   02/18        MM      MM       66  02/29
LOWEST              5   02/01        MM      MM       10  02/11
AVG. MAXIMUM     34.3              36.3    -2.0     40.9
AVG. MINIMUM     20.6              20.3     0.3     25.6
MEAN             27.5              28.3    -0.8
DAYS MAX >= 90      0               0.0     0.0        0
DAYS MAX <= 32     11               9.2     1.8        3
DAYS MIN <= 32     28              24.4     3.6       24
DAYS MIN <= 0       0               1.6    -1.6        0

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM         6.84   1990
 MINIMUM         0.20   1920
TOTALS           1.86              2.04   -0.18     2.01
DAILY AVG.       0.07              0.07    0.00     0.07
DAYS >= .01        12              10.1     1.9       13
DAYS >= .10         4               5.1    -1.1        7
DAYS >= .50         1               1.2    -0.2        1
DAYS >= 1.00        0               0.2    -0.2        0
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL    1.13   02/26 TO 02/27

SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
 TOTAL           19.0   2008
TOTALS            8.2               7.7     0.5      6.3
SINCE 7/1        20.4              28.4    -8.0     31.9
SNOWDEPTH AVG.      1                 3      -2        0
DAYS >= 1.0         4               2.4     1.6        3
GREATEST
 SNOW DEPTH         3   02/06                          2
                        02/05
                        02/04
 24 HR TOTAL      2.0   02/02 TO 02/02

DEGREE_DAYS
HEATING TOTAL    1044              1027      17      914
 SINCE 7/1       4391              4598    -207     3985
COOLING TOTAL       0                 0       0        0
 SINCE 1/1          0                 0       0        0
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              11.2
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    39/250    DATE  02/19
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    49/250    DATE  02/19

SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT)   MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER           0.80
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR            2
NUMBER OF DAYS PC              8
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY         18

AVERAGE RH (PERCENT)     79

WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM              0     MIXED PRECIP               2
HEAVY RAIN                0     RAIN                       2
LIGHT RAIN                9     FREEZING RAIN              1
LT FREEZING RAIN          5     HAIL                       0
HEAVY SNOW                1     SNOW                       6
LIGHT SNOW               16     SLEET                      2
FOG                      21     FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE      3
HAZE                      8

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

&&

...NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURES...PRECIPITATION AND SNOWFALL AT FORT
WAYNE IN FEBRUARY...

AFTER A JANUARY WITH ABOVE NORMAL PRECIPITATION...FEBRUARY SAW
PRECIPITATION DROP BACK SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL...WITH SNOWFALL
SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL. TEMPERATURES WERE SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL AS
WELL.

THE WEATHER PATTERN DURING THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY WAS MORE TYPICAL OF
WINTER ACROSS MUCH OF THE UNITED STATES. SEVERAL STRONG WINTER
STORMS IMPACTED THE COUNTRY STARTING WITH A CRIPPLING BLIZZARD AND
HEAVY SNOW OVER THE ATLANTIC SEABOARD AND ENDING WITH TWO POTENT
HEAVY SNOW PRODUCING BLIZZARDS OVER THE CENTRAL UNITED STATES. OUR
LOCAL AREA WAS LEFT IN THE MIDDLE WITH A COMBINATION OF RESIDUAL
SNOWFALL FROM THE MIDWEST STORMS AND SEVERAL WEAKER CLIPPER SYSTEMS
WHICH BROUGHT RAIN AND SNOW TO THE REGION DURING THE MONTH.

WHILE TEMPERATURES OVER THE MONTH AVERAGED SLIGHTLY BELOW
NORMAL...THERE WERE BRIEF PERIODS OF BITTER COLD AIR AS WELL AS VERY
MILD AIR. ON ONE OCCASION...THE EXCHANGE BETWEEN A COLDER REGIME AND
WARMER REGIME HAPPENED IN JUST ONE DAY. THE HIGH TEMPERATURE ON
FEBRUARY 17TH WAS 28 DEGREES AFTER A MORNING LOW OF 11. THE
VERY NEXT DAY SAW A MILD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 52 DEGREES WITH LIGHT
WINDS AND AMPLE SUNSHINE WHICH MADE IT FEEL MUCH WARMER.

THE AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE WAS 27.5 DEGREES...0.8 DEGREES
BELOW NORMAL. THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURE WAS 52 ON THE 18TH WHILE THE
COLDEST TEMPERATURE WAS 5 DEGREES ON THE FIRST.

PRECIPITATION FOR FEBRUARY WAS 1.86 INCHES...0.18 INCHES BELOW
NORMAL. THIS RANKS AS THE 43RD WETTEST FEBRUARY SINCE 1912. THE
GREATEST 24 HOUR PRECIPITATION WAS ON THE 26TH TO 27TH WITH 1.13
INCHES RECORDED. THERE WERE 12 DAYS WITH MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION.

SNOWFALL FOR THE MONTH WAS 5.9 INCHES...1.4 INCHES BELOW NORMAL.
THIS RANKS AS THE 35TH SNOWIEST FEBRUARY SINCE 1912. THE GREATEST 24
HOUR SNOWFALL OCCURRED ON THE 2ND...WHEN 2.0 INCHES OF SNOW FELL.

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LASHLEY/NG