Climatological Report (Seasonal)
Issued by NWS Northern Indiana
Issued by NWS Northern Indiana
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000 CXUS53 KIWX 011609 CLSFWA CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 1208 PM EDT SAT JUN 1 2019 ................................... ...THE FORT WAYNE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE SPRING SEASON, FROM 3/1/2019 TO 5/31/2019... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1897 TO 2019 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE NORMAL ............................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 97 05/28/2018 LOW -10 03/01/1967 HIGHEST 86 05/18 MM MM 97 LOWEST 8 03/05 MM MM 19 03/04 AVG. MAXIMUM 58.6 60.3 -1.7 59.8 AVG. MINIMUM 40.2 38.9 1.3 39.2 MEAN 49.4 49.6 -0.2 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.6 -0.6 3 DAYS MAX <= 32 5 2.8 2.2 1 DAYS MIN <= 32 23 27.1 -4.1 40 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 18.50 2011 MINIMUM 5.07 1958 TOTALS 13.32 10.50 2.82 8.40 DAILY AVG. 0.15 0.11 0.04 0.09 DAYS >= .01 48 38.1 9.9 40 DAYS >= .10 26 21.9 4.1 17 DAYS >= .50 8 6.8 1.2 6 DAYS >= 1.00 3 2.1 0.9 1 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 1.30 MM SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 19.5 1964 24 HR TOTAL MM TOTALS 2.8 5.1 -2.3 4.5 SINCE 7/1 24.7 33.5 -8.8 32.7 SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 MM MM 0 DAYS >= TRACE 10 5.1 4.9 21 DAYS >= 1.0 1 1.6 -0.6 1 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 1 03/31 1 24 HR TOTAL 1.4 MM DEGREE_DAYS HEATING TOTAL 1481 1475 6 1541 SINCE 7/1 MM 6072 MM MM COOLING TOTAL 68 58 10 144 SINCE 1/1 68 57 11 144 .............................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.3 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 40/250 DATE 05/23 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 56/240 DATE 05/23 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.70 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 7 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 38 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 47 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 73 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && SPRING ...A WET SPRING BUT BELOW NORMAL SNOWFALL... THE SPRING CONTINUED A TREND OF FREQUENT PRECIPITATION THAT GOES ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE WINTER MONTHS. THE LONGEST STRETCH OF DAYS WITHOUT ANY PRECIPITATION WAS JUST THREE DAYS ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. WHAT IS INCREDIBLE STATISTICALLY IS THAT THE LAST TIME A STRING OF MORE THAN THREE DAYS IN A ROW OCCURRED WITHOUT ANY PRECIPITATION AT ALL WAS JANUARY 3RD THROUGH THE 7TH. THAT IS NEARLY 5 MONTHS IN A ROW OR 150 DAYS! THE AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE FOR THE 2019 SPRING SEASON WAS 49.4 DEGREES, 0.2 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. THIS RANKED AS THE 74TH COLDEST SPRING SEASON. THE WARMEST TEMPERATURE WAS 86 ON MAY 18TH AND THE COLDEST TEMPERATURE WAS 8 DEGREES ON MARCH 4TH AND 5TH. SPRING PRECIPITATION WAS 13.32 INCHES, 2.82 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL. THIS RANKED AS THE 18TH WETTEST SPRING SEASON ON RECORD. MEASUREABLE PRECIPITATION OCCURRED ON 48 DAYS, WHICH IS ABOUT 10 DAYS ABOVE NORMAL FOR THE SEASON. SPRING SNOWFALL WAS 2.8 INCHES, 2.3 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. THIS RANKED AS THE 34TH LEAST SNOWIEST WINTER SEASON. THE TOTAL SEASONAL SNOWFALL FOR THE PERIOD OCTOBER 1ST TO MAY 31ST WAS 24.7 INCHES, 8.8 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. THIS WAS THE 34TH LEAST SNOWIEST SEASONAL SNOWFALL ON RECORD (USING SEASONS WITH LESS THAN 5 MISSING DAYS). THE SNOWIEST SEASONAL SNOWFALL WAS 1981-82 WITH 81.2 INCHES. BELOW IS THE MONTH BY MONTH SUMMARY OF THE 2019 SPRING SEASON. MARCH ...A COOL MARCH, AND WE DON`T MEAN IT WAS POPULAR... MARCH BEGAN WITH VERY CHILLY TEMPERATURES AND SOME SNOW DURING THE FIRST WEEK, AND IT ENDED VERY MUCH THE SAME WAY. AVERAGE DAILY TEMPERATURES WERE BETWEEN 9 AND 22 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL FROM THE 3RD TO THE 7TH WITH LIGHT SNOW AT TIMES. A RECORD COLD MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE OCCURRED ON MARCH 4TH WITH A HIGH OF ONLY 16 DEGREES. THE PERIOD OF MARCH 1ST THROUGH MARCH 7TH WAS THE 9TH COLDEST ON RECORD FOR THIS STRETCH OF DAYS. WHILE THE REMAINDER OF MARCH WOULD REMAIN COLD, DAILY AVERAGE TEMPERATURE DEPARTURES FROM NORMAL WOULD NOT REACH MORE THAN 7 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL UNTIL THE FINAL DAY OF THE MONTH, WHICH WAS 14 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. A TOTAL OF 19 OUT OF 31 DAYS EXPERIENCED BELOW NORMAL AVERAGE TEMPERATURES. THE AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE FOR MARCH WAS 36.1 DEGREES, 2.3 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. THIS RANKED AS THE 47TH COLDEST MARCH ON RECORD. THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURE WAS 69 ON THE 14TH AND THE COLDEST WAS 8 DEGREES ON THE 4TH AND 5TH. THERE WERE 22 DAYS WITH A MINIMUM TEMPERATURE 32 DEGREES OR COLDER. THIS IS ABOUT 2 DAYS GREATER THAN NORMAL FOR MARCH. THERE WERE ALSO 5 DAYS WITH A MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 32 DEGREES OR COLDER AND THIS WAS ABOUT 2 DAYS GREATER THAN NORMAL. PRECIPITATION FOR MARCH WAS ABOVE NORMAL WITH 3.95 INCHES, 1.24 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL. THIS RANKED AS THE 27TH WETTEST MARCH ON RECORD. MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION FELL ON 11 DAYS. SNOWFALL WAS BELOW NORMAL WITH 2.7 INCHES, 1.4 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. THIS WAS THE 49TH LEAST SNOWIEST MARCH ON RECORD. APRIL ...A SOAKING END... APRIL 2019 WAS A ROLLER-COASTER MONTH WHERE IT WAS DRY TO START, SIGNIFICANTLY WET TO END, WITH TEMPERATURE SWINGS BOTH ABOVE AND BELOW NORMAL. IT SEEMED AS IF SPRING WERE HERE TO STAY FROM THE 5TH THROUGH THE 9TH WHEN THE AVERAGE DAILY TEMPERATURES WERE AS MUCH AS 16.8 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL ON THE 8TH. THIS WAS FOLLOWED BY FOUR OF SIX DAYS WITH TEMPERATURES BELOW NORMAL. THE FINAL ELEVEN DAYS OF THE MONTH FEATURED 3.84 INCHES OF RAIN AND EIGHT DAYS WITH BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 50.5 DEGREES, 0.5 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THIS RANKS AS THE 40TH WARMEST APRIL. THE WARMEST TEMPERATURE OF THE MONTH WAS 75 DEGREES, WHICH OCCURRED ON THE 16TH AND 22ND. THE COLDEST TEMPERATURE WAS A LOW OF 23, WHICH OCCURRED ON THE 1ST. 5.55 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION WAS OBSERVED, WHICH IS 2.03 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL. THIS RANKS AS THE 12TH WETTEST APRIL ON RECORD. THIS IS THE WETTEST APRIL SINCE 2013, WHEN 7.10 INCHES WAS RECORDED. TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH WAS BELOW NORMAL AS LATE AS APRIL 24TH; 0.11 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. FROM THE 25H THROUGH 30TH, 2.79 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION WAS REPORTED. ONLY 0.1 INCHES OF SNOW WAS RECORDED, WHICH IS 0.9 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. THIS SNOW WAS RECORDED ON THE 14TH. MAY ...WHO WILL STOP THE RAIN... RAIN, RAIN, RAIN, WHO WILL STOP THE RAIN? WE DON`T KNOW THAT ANSWER BUT WHAT WE DO KNOW IS THAT RAIN FELL ON 21 DAYS THIS MONTH. HOWEVER, DESPITE SO MANY RAINY DAYS, PRECIPITATION WAS ACTUALLY SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL FOR THE MONTH IN THE FORT WAYNE AREA. THERE WERE ONLY TWO STRETCHES OF CONSECUTIVE DRY DAYS THE ENTIRE MONTH AND THAT MADE IT SEEM WETTER THAN IT REALLY WAS. OTHER LOCATIONS AWAY FROM FORT WAYNE DID SEE MORE RAINFALL, ESPECIALLY CLOSER TO SOUTH BEND. THERE WAS A CONSECUTIVE 3 DAY STRETCH OF DRY WEATHER FROM MAY 5TH TO MAY 7TH. A SECOND STRETCH OF TWO CONSECUTIVE DAYS OCCURRED ON MAY 14TH AND 15TH. THE 15 DAY PERIOD FROM MAY 16TH TO MAY 30TH HAD AT LEAST A TRACE (LESS THAN 0.01 INCHES) OF RAIN ON EVERY DAY, WITH THE GREATEST AMOUNT DURING THAT PERIOD BEING 0.55 INCHES ON THE 26TH AND THAT WAS ALSO THE GREATEST 24 HOUR PRECIPITATION AMOUNT FOR THE MONTH. MAY IS NORMALLY THE WETTEST MONTH OF THE YEAR WITH 4.27 INCHES OF RAIN. SURPRISINGLY, DESPITE ALL THE DAYS WITH RAIN, THIS MAY WILL BE NEARLY A HALF INCH BELOW NORMAL. DESPITE RAIN ON MANY DAYS THIS MONTH, THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE DID MANAGE TO AVERAGE ABOVE NORMAL. MAY 2019 RANKED AS THE 47TH WARMEST ON RECORD WITH AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 61.6 DEGREES, 1.2 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THE WARMEST TEMPERATURE WAS 86 ON THE 18TH AND THE COLDEST WAS 38 ON THE 11TH AND 14TH. THERE WERE JUST 12 DAYS DURING THE MONTH WITH AVERAGE TEMPERATURES AT OR BELOW NORMAL. TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR MAY WAS 3.82 INCHES, 0.45 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. THIS RANKED AS THE 67TH DRIEST MAY ON RECORD. $$ LASHLEY