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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
104 AM EST SAT MAR 02 2024

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...THE FORT WAYNE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY 2024...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1897 TO 2024

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           69   02/27         MM      MM       60  02/23
LOWEST            13   02/17         MM      MM        4  02/01
AVG. MAXIMUM    47.7               36.5    11.2     45.3
AVG. MINIMUM    27.3               21.0     6.3     26.2
MEAN            37.5               28.7     8.8
DAYS MAX >= 90     0                0.0     0.0        0
DAYS MAX <= 32     2               10.3    -8.3        2
DAYS MIN <= 32    23               24.3    -1.3       22
DAYS MIN <= 0      0                1.7    -1.7        0

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM        6.84   1990
 MINIMUM        0.20   1920
TOTALS          0.96               2.06   -1.10     4.16
DAILY AVG.      0.03                 MM      MM     0.15
DAYS >= .01        7               10.7    -3.7        8
DAYS >= .10        3                5.2    -2.2        4
DAYS >= .50        0                1.2    -1.2        3
DAYS >= 1.00       0                0.2    -0.2        2
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL   0.49   02/22 TO 02/22

SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
 TOTAL          19.2   2014
TOTALS           2.7                7.8    -5.1      0.2
SINCE 7/1       10.9               28.2   -17.3     17.6
SNOWDEPTH AVG.     0                                   0
DAYS >= 1.0        2                2.8    -0.8        0
GREATEST
 SNOW DEPTH        1   02/17                           1
                       02/18
                       02/24
 24 HR TOTAL     1.5   02/16 TO 02/16

DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL    788               1015    -227      811
 SINCE 7/1      3813               4561    -748     3958
COOLING TOTAL      0                  0       0        0
 SINCE 1/1         0                  0       0        0
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              9.1
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    32/280    DATE  02/28
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    48/300    DATE  02/28

SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT)   MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER           0.56
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR            6
NUMBER OF DAYS PC             15
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY          8

AVERAGE RH (PERCENT)     71

WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM              2     MIXED PRECIP               1
HEAVY RAIN                1     RAIN                       1
LIGHT RAIN                6     FREEZING RAIN              0
LT FREEZING RAIN          0     HAIL                       0
HEAVY SNOW                0     SNOW                       1
LIGHT SNOW                5     SLEET                      0
FOG                      14     FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE      2
HAZE                      5

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

&&

...3RD WARMEST FEBRUARY ON RECORD...

AFTER AN INCREDIBLY WARM MONTH, FORT WAYNE HAS OFFICIALLY CLINCHED
THE 3RD WARMEST FEBRUARY ON RECORD! ONLY FIVE DAYS THIS MONTH WERE
BELOW NORMAL; IN COMPARISON, 13 DAYS THIS MONTH WERE 10+ DEGREES
ABOVE NORMAL! THERE WERE SIX DAYS THIS MONTH WITH A HIGH IN THE 60S,
WHICH INCLUDED A THREE DAY STREAK FROM FEBRUARY 26TH TO 28TH. ON
AVERAGE, FEBRUARY HAS ONE DAY IN THE 60S.

SEVERAL TEMPERATURE RECORDS WERE TIED OR BROKEN THIS MONTH. THERE
WERE TWO HIGH TEMPERATURE RECORDS BROKEN ON FEBRUARY 9TH AND 26TH.
THERE WERE ALSO TWO DAILY RECORD WARM LOW TEMPERATURES BROKEN ON
FEBRUARY 9TH AND 27TH. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR FEBRUARY WAS 37.5
DEGREES, WHICH IS 8.8 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THIS WAS THE WARMEST
FEBRUARY SINCE 2017 (39.8 DEGREES).

PRECIPITATION WAS TOUGH TO COME BY THIS MONTH. THE ONLY DAY WITH A
RAIN TOTAL OVER A QUARTER OF AN INCH WAS ON FEBRUARY 22ND WITH
0.49". PRECIPITATION TOTALED 0.96" FOR THE MONTH. THIS IS 1.10"
BELOW NORMAL AND TIED FOR THE 23RD DRIEST FEBRUARY ON RECORD. THIS
WAS THE DRIEST FEBRUARY SINCE 2007 (WHICH ALSO HAD 0.96" OF
PRECIPITATION) IN FORT WAYNE.

DUE TO THE ANOMALOUSLY WARM TEMPERATURES, SNOWFALL WAS NOTABLY
LACKING THIS MONTH. SNOWFALL TOTALED ONLY 2.7" FOR THE ENTIRE MONTH.
THIS IS 5.1" BELOW NORMAL AND TIED FOR THE 28TH LEAST SNOWIEST
FEBRUARY ON RECORD. INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, DESPITE A LACK OF SNOW,
THE TOTAL SNOWFALL THIS MONTH WAS 1350% OF WHAT FELL LAST YEAR.
FEBRUARY 2023 ONLY TOTALED 0.2" OF SNOW.

JOHNSON
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