Climatological Report (Seasonal)
Issued by NWS Northern Indiana
Issued by NWS Northern Indiana
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000 CXUS53 KIWX 011847 CLSFWA CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 247 PM EDT THU SEP 01 2022 ................................... ...THE FORT WAYNE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE SEASON, FROM 6/1/2022 TO 8/31/2022... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1897 TO 2022 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 96 06/14 82 14 92 06/21 LOWEST 47 06/28 61 -14 49 AVG. MAXIMUM 83.3 82.4 0.9 83.1 AVG. MINIMUM 61.7 61.7 -0.0 63.8 MEAN 72.5 72.0 0.5 DAYS MAX >= 90 12 13.1 -1.1 5 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 12.86 12.33 0.53 13.96 DAILY AVG. 0.14 0.13 0.01 0.15 DAYS >= .01 27 30.8 -3.8 33 DAYS >= .10 17 20.3 -3.3 20 DAYS >= .50 8 8.0 0.0 10 DAYS >= 1.00 3 3.6 -0.6 6 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 2.83 07/05 TO 07/05 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 0.0 24 HR TOTAL 0.0 TOTALS 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE 7/1 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 6 35 -29 7 SINCE 7/1 2 5 -3 4 COOLING TOTAL 711 681 30 810 SINCE 1/1 830 751 79 887 .............................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.7 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 74/360 DATE 06/13 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 98/360 DATE 06/13 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.54 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 26 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 41 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 25 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 69 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 20 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 13 RAIN 13 LIGHT RAIN 33 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 48 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 2 HAZE 8 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && SUMMER 2022 THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 72.5 DEGREES WAS 0.5 ABOVE THE NORMAL OF 72.0 DEGREES. THIS TIES AS THE 44TH WARMEST SUMMER ON RECORD. PRECIPITATION TOTALED 12.86 INCHES WHICH IS 0.53 ABOVE THE NORMAL OF 12.33 INCHES. THIS RANKS AS THE 31ST WETTEST SUMMER ON RECORD. THE DROUGHT MONITOR ADDED A D0 DESIGNATION TO ALLEN COUNTY INDIANA IN JUNE, BUT THAT WAS TAKEN AWAY IN LATE JULY AS FORT WAYNE SAW ITS 8TH WETTEST JULY ON RECORD. A MONTH BY MONTH SUMMARY IS BELOW. JUNE 2022 A WARM BUT DRY MONTH JUNE BEGAN WITH AROUND NORMAL TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE 10TH BEFORE 2 PERIODS OF ABOVE NORMAL HIGH TEMPERATURES TOOK OVER FROM THE 13TH TO 16TH AND FROM THE 20TH TO THE 22ND. THE MONTH FINISHED OUT WITH AVERAGE TO BELOW AVERAGE TEMPERATURES. A RECORD WARM LOW TEMPERATURE WAS ON THE 15TH (75, TYING 75 IN 1981). 8 DAYS THIS MONTH HAD MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES GREATER THAN OR EQUAL TO 90 DEGREES ALLOWING THIS MONTH TO FINISH WITHIN THE TOP 15 MONTHS WITH THE GREATEST AMOUNT OF 90 DEGREE DAYS. THESE WARM WEATHER CHARACTERISTICS HELPED FT. WAYNE TO FINISH OUT THE MONTH AS THE 20TH WARMEST JUNE WHEN COMPARED TO THE PERIOD OF RECORD. FT. WAYNE SAW ONLY 4 DAYS OF PRECIPITATION ABOVE 0.1 INCH (6TH-0.28, 8TH-0.59, 13TH-2.03, 26TH-0.28). THIS WAS THE 7TH LEAST WITHIN ITS PERIOD OF RECORD. THE 0.23 PRECIP OBSERVED SINCE JUNE 14TH IS THE 3TH DRIEST FOR THAT MID TO LATE PERIOD WHEN COMPARED TO THE PERIOD OF RECORD. THE 2.03 INCHES OF RAIN THAT FORT WAYNE SAW ON THE 13TH HELPED IT FINISH WITH THE 55TH DRIEST JUNE WHEN COMPARED TO THE PERIOD OF RECORD. WITH THE WARM TEMPERATURES, MANY DAYS WITH PLENTY OF SUNSHINE, AND MINIMAL PRECIPITATION THE DROUGHT MONITOR BEGAN TO PICK UP SIGNS OF DROUGHT WITH OVER 60 PERCENT OF THE AREA NOW EXPERIENCING SOME SORT OF DROUGHT. A FLASH DROUGHT WAS ALSO MENTIONED WITH HOW QUICK ONSET OF THE DROUGHT MIGHT END UP BEING IN THE WEEKS TO COME. THE DRYNESS THAT THE AREA HAS SUSTAINED ALSO HELPED FORT WAYNE COME WITHIN 1 DEGREE (47) OF THE RECORD LOW ON 6/28 (46 SET ON 1992). A DERECHO MOVED ACROSS THE AREA ON THE EVENING OF THE 13TH LEAVING A TRAIL OF THUNDERSTORM WIND DAMAGE BEHIND IT. JULY 2022 JULY BROUGHT TWO PERIODS OF ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES: FROM THE 4TH TO THE 6TH AND FROM THE 20TH TO THE 22ND. THERE WERE ALSO THREE PERIODS OF BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES: FROM THE 8TH TO THE 10TH, THE 14TH AND 15TH, AS WELL AS THE 25TH AND 26TH. JULY ONLY FEATURED THREE DAYS WITH 90 DEGREES OR GREATER MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE, WHICH IS BELOW THE AVERAGE OF 6 DAYS. FORT WAYNE ALSO SAW 19 DAYS WITH DEW POINT GREATER THAN OR EQUAL TO 68 DEGREES, WHICH IS HIGHER THAN THE MONTHLY AVERAGE AMOUNT OF 15 DAYS SINCE 1941. THIS COMBINATION OF SLIGHTLY ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES AND ABOVE AVERAGE HUMIDITY RESULTED IN A MEAN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 73.5 DEGREES, WHICH IS NEAR THE NORMAL OF 73.8 DEGREES. JULY BROUGHT 4 DAYS OF PRECIPITATION GREATER THAN OR EQUAL TO 0.50 INCH, WHICH IS ABOVE THE NORMAL JULY AVERAGE OF 3 DAYS. AS SUCH, FORT WAYNE SAW RECORD RAINFALL ON THE 5TH (2.83 INCH), WHICH ALSO TIED THE HIGHEST DAILY TOTAL EVER IN THE MONTH OF JULY (JULY 18, 1996). THIS HELPED FORT WAYNE SURPASS ITS NORMAL JULY PRECIPITATION TOTAL (4.05 INCHES) AND ATTAIN A RANK AS 8TH WETTEST ON RECORD WITH 6.34 INCHES OBSERVED. AS A RESULT OF THIS ABOVE NORMAL RAINFALL, THE DROUGHT MONITOR`S D0 THAT STARTED JULY WAS REMOVED BY THE END OF JULY. AUGUST 2022 AUGUST STARTED OUT WITH A SLIGHT ABOVE NORMAL LEAN THROUGH THE 8TH BEFORE A SLIGHT BELOW NORMAL LEAN TOOK OVER THROUGH THE MIDDLE TO LATTER PORTION OF THE MONTH. THESE TWO LEANS AVERAGED OUT AND THE MONTH FINISHED OUT RIGHT AROUND NORMAL FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST, WHICH RESULTS IN THE 61ST WARMEST AUGUST WHEN COMPARED TO THE PERIOD OF RECORD. THERE WERE NO DAILY TEMPERATURE RECORDS SET THIS MONTH. PRECIPITATION FINISHED OUT JUST OVER A HALF INCH BELOW NORMAL. DESPITE SEEING 0.1 INCH OR GREATER 6 DAYS THIS MONTH, WHICH IS GREATER THAN THE MONTHLY AVERAGE OF 5 DAYS, THE RAINFALL TOTALS THOSE DAYS WERE STILL NOT ENOUGH TO PUSH THE MONTHLY TOTAL ABOVE THE MONTHLY NORMAL. AS SUCH, THE MONTH FINISHED OUT AS THE 71ST DRIEST AUGUST WHEN COMPARED TO THE PERIOD OF RECORD. THERE WERE NO DAILY PRECIPITATION RECORDS SET THIS MONTH. $$ NORTHERN INDIANA CLIMATE TEAM