Climatological Report (Seasonal)
Issued by NWS Northern Indiana
Issued by NWS Northern Indiana
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397 CXUS53 KIWX 012254 CLSFWA INDCLMFWA 000 TTAA00 KIWX 012250 CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 535 PM EST SUN MAR 1 2020 ................................... ...THE FORT WAYNE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE 2019-2020 WINTER SEASON... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1897 TO 2020 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE NORMAL ............................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 73 02/25/2000 LOW -24 01/12/1918 HIGHEST 63 12/26 MM MM 59 LOWEST 0 02/15 MM MM -13 AVG. MAXIMUM 39.4 34.9 4.5 37.7 AVG. MINIMUM 25.0 19.9 5.1 23.5 MEAN 32.2 27.4 4.8 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 15 35.2 -20.2 29 DAYS MIN <= 32 77 77.4 -0.4 71 DAYS MIN <= 0 1 6.5 -5.5 4 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 17.85 1950 MINIMUM 1.58 1920 TOTALS 8.95 7.07 1.88 7.49 DAILY AVG. 0.10 0.08 0.02 0.08 DAYS >= .01 36 35.7 0.3 37 DAYS >= .10 17 17.0 0.0 19 DAYS >= .50 7 4.1 2.9 5 DAYS >= 1.00 1 0.8 0.2 1 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 1.60 MM SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 61.1 1982 24 HR TOTAL MM TOTALS 16.2 26.3 -10.1 19.8 SINCE 7/1 23.1 28.4 -5.3 21.9 SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 3 -3 0 DAYS >= TRACE 42 24.6 17.4 39 DAYS >= 1.0 8 7.8 0.2 5 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 3 02/27 4 02/13 24 HR TOTAL 3.5 MM DEGREE_DAYS HEATING TOTAL 2962 3381 -419 3079 SINCE 7/1 MM 4631 MM MM COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0 0 SINCE 1/1 0 0 0 0 .............................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.8 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 37/270 DATE 01/18 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 53/270 DATE 01/18 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.80 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 6 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 27 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 58 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 78 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && ...9TH WARMEST WINTER ON RECORD... FORT WAYNE OBSERVED ITS 9TH WARMEST WINTER ON RECORD, WITH AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 32.2 DEGREES. THIS IS 4.8 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THIS WAS THE WARMEST WINTER SINCE THE WINTER OF 2016-2017. THERE WERE 15 DAYS WITH A HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 50 DEGREES OR WARMER. WINTER 2016-2017 FEATURED 25 DAYS. THERE WERE 0 DAYS WITH A MINIMUM TEMPERATURE BELOW ZERO; WINTER 2018-2019 OBSERVED 3 DAYS. THIS GIVES FORT WAYNE 394 CONSECUTIVE DAYS AT OR ABOVE ZERO, WHICH RANKS AS THE 15TH LONGEST STREAK ALL TIME. THERE WERE ONLY 6 DAYS THIS WINTER WITH A LOW TEMPERATURE OF 10 DEGREES OR LESS; THE 10TH LEAST ON RECORD. 8.95 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION WAS OBSERVED; 1.88 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL. THIS RANKS AS THE 19TH WETTEST ON RECORD. PRECIPITATION FOR DECEMBER WAS NEAR NORMAL, BUT JANUARY PRECIPITATION WAS 1.81 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL. THE GREATEST SINGLE-DAY PRECIPITATION TOTAL THIS WINTER WAS 1.61 INCHES ON JANUARY 11TH; 0.79 INCHES FELL ON THE 10TH. FEBRUARY PRECIPITATION ENDED AT NORMAL. SNOWFALL FOR THE WINTER WAS 10.1 INCHES BELOW NORMAL, TOTALING 16.2 INCHES. THIS RANKS AS THE 34TH LEAST SNOWIEST ON RECORD. THIS WAS THE LEAST SNOWIEST WINTER SINCE 2016-2017 WHEN 14.7 INCHES WERE OBSERVED. FEBRUARY WAS THE ONLY MONTH THIS WINTER WHERE SNOWFALL WAS ABOVE NORMAL. BROWN $$