Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
165 CXUS53 KIWX 011320 CLMSBN CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 820 AM EST FRI DEC 01 2023 ................................... ...THE SOUTH BEND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER 2023... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1893 TO 2023 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 82 11/01/1950 LOW -7 11/25/1950 HIGHEST 67 11/06 MM MM 75 11/10 11/16 LOWEST 15 11/28 MM MM 12 11/20 AVG. MAXIMUM 51.3 47.7 3.6 51.4 AVG. MINIMUM 32.1 31.8 0.3 34.4 MEAN 41.7 39.8 1.9 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 2 2.4 -0.4 3 DAYS MIN <= 32 13 15.4 -2.4 16 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 6.72 1985 MINIMUM 0.26 2012 TOTALS 0.81 2.78 -1.97 3.41 DAILY AVG. 0.03 0.09 -0.06 0.11 DAYS >= .01 6 12.6 -6.6 12 DAYS >= .10 3 6.4 -3.4 9 DAYS >= .50 1 1.6 -0.6 2 DAYS >= 1.00 0 0.5 -0.5 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.51 11/21 TO 11/21 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 30.3 1977 TOTALS 2.1 5.1 -3.0 30.2 SINCE 7/1 3.5 5.3 -1.8 30.2 SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 2 DAYS >= 1.0 2 1.7 0.3 7 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 1 11/27 11/28 11/29 24 HR TOTAL 1.1 11/26 TO 11/26 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 693 758 -65 659 SINCE 7/1 1097 1309 -212 1131 COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0 2 SINCE 1/1 820 723 97 1003 ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.1 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 26/120 DATE 11/08 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 36/250 DATE 11/06 36/110 11/20 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.38 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 18 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 7 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 5 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 67 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 1 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 0 RAIN 1 LIGHT RAIN 9 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 1 LIGHT SNOW 4 SLEET 0 FOG 12 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 2 HAZE 4 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && 4TH DRIEST NOVEMBER ON RECORD TEMPERATURES IN NOVEMBER WERE ABOVE AVERAGE FOR THE FIRST TWO THIRDS OF THE MONTH, BEFORE A PATTERN SHIFT TO BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES AROUND THANKSGIVING AND TO FINISH OUT THE MONTH. THERE WERE 7 DAYS WITH HIGHS AT OR ABOVE 60 DEGREES, WHICH IS ABOVE AVERAGE (NORMALLY THERE ARE 5 DAYS WITH HIGHS AT OR ABOVE 60 IN NOVEMBER). OVERALL, THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 41.7 DEGREES. THIS IS 1.9 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL AND TIES FOR THE 45TH WARMEST NOVEMBER ON RECORD IN SOUTH BEND. THE LACK OF PRECIPITATION THIS MONTH IS LIKELY THE MOST NOTABLE STATISTIC. OVER HALF OF THE MONTHLY TOTAL PRECIPITATION FELL IN JUST 24 HOURS; THE HIGHEST DAILY RAINFALL TOTAL WAS 0.51" ON NOVEMBER 21ST. PRECIPITATION TOTALED ONLY 0.81" FOR THE ENTIRE MONTH! THIS IS 1.97" BELOW NORMAL AND WAS THE 4TH DRIEST NOVEMBER ON RECORD FOR SOUTH BEND. THIS WAS THE DRIEST NOVEMBER SINCE 2012. RECORDS BEGAN IN 1893. ONLY TWO DAYS IN NOVEMBER HAD MEASURABLE SNOW: NOVEMBER 26TH AND NOVEMBER 28TH. THE TOTAL OF 2.1" OF SNOW FOR THE MONTH WAS 3.0" BELOW NORMAL. NOVEMBER 2023 TIES FOR THE 39TH LEAST SNOWIEST ON RECORD. NO RECORDS WERE SET THIS MONTH. JOHNSON $$