Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Northern Indiana
Issued by NWS Northern Indiana
700 CXUS53 KIWX 011430 CLMFWA CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 1030 AM EDT THU AUG 01 2024 ................................... ...THE FORT WAYNE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF JULY 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 ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 106 07/14/1936 07/22/1934 LOW 38 07/02/1904 HIGHEST 88 07/15 MM MM 92 07/27 07/28 07/30 LOWEST 52 07/02 MM MM 57 07/19 07/31 AVG. MAXIMUM 82.7 84.1 -1.4 84.1 AVG. MINIMUM 62.4 63.5 -1.1 63.1 MEAN 72.5 73.8 -1.3 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 6.0 -6.0 4 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 11.00 1986 MINIMUM 0.41 1974 TOTALS 2.14 4.05 -1.91 5.28 DAILY AVG. 0.07 0.13 -0.06 0.17 DAYS >= .01 10 9.7 0.3 12 DAYS >= .10 5 6.6 -1.6 8 DAYS >= .50 1 2.6 -1.6 4 DAYS >= 1.00 0 1.3 -1.3 1 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.57 07/09 TO 07/09 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL T 2014 TOTALS 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE 7/1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SNOWDEPTH AVG. 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 0 3 -3 0 SINCE 7/1 0 0 0 0 COOLING TOTAL 243 275 -32 276 SINCE 1/1 611 539 72 487 ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.8 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 41/280 DATE 07/16 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 54/280 DATE 07/16 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.53 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 9 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 13 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 9 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 73 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 5 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 4 RAIN 4 LIGHT RAIN 9 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 16 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 1 HAZE 3 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && ...COOLEST JULY IN 9 YEARS... A NOTABLE LACK OF 90-DEGREE DAYS AND A WHOPPING 19 DAYS THIS MONTH WHERE THE AVERAGE DAILY TEMPERATURE DEPARTURE WAS BELOW NORMAL, RESULTED IN AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE 1.3 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. THIS RANKS AS THE 38TH COOLEST JULY ON RECORD. IT IS THE COOLEST JULY SINCE 71.7 DEGREES IN JULY 2015 FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE JULY 2021, THERE WERE NO 90-DEGREE DAYS OBSERVED IN JULY. THE MONTH TYPICALLY HAS SIX 90-DEGREE DAYS. INSTEAD, THE MAXIMUM OBSERVED TEMPERATURE THIS MONTH WAS 88. 2009 WAS THE LAST TIME THAT JULY`S MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE WAS 88 DEGREES OR LESS (87 DEGREES IN 2009). REMNANTS OF HURRICANE BERYL MOVED THROUGH THE AREA ON JULY 9TH AND 10TH. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL OCCURRED WEST OF FORT WAYNE, HOWEVER. FORT WAYNE RECORDED 1.06 INCHES TOTAL DURING THOSE TWO DATES. ELSEWHERE IN THE FORECAST AREA, TRAINED SPOTTERS, COCORAHS OBSERVERS, AND THE PUBLIC REPORTED RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 INCHES TO NEARLY 9 INCHES OF RAIN THROUGH JULY 10TH. SEVERAL REPORTS OF FLOODING WERE RECEIVED. WIND GUSTS OF 35 MPH TO 45 MPH RESULTED IN UPROOTED TREES THANKS TO THE SATURATED SOIL. FORT WAYNE RECORDED 2.14 INCHES OF RAIN WHICH IS 1.91 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. THIS RANKS AS THE 22ND DRIEST ON RECORD. THIS IS THE DRIEST JULY SINCE 1.12 INCHES IN 2016. THERE WERE NO RECORDS SET THIS MONTH. BROWN $$