Climatological Report (Seasonal)
Issued by NWS Northern Indiana
Issued by NWS Northern Indiana
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000 CXUS53 KIWX 010908 CLSFWA CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 508 AM EDT WED SEP 01 2021 ................................... ...THE FORT WAYNE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE SEASON, FROM 6/1/2021 TO 8/31/2021... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1897 TO 2021 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 92 06/12 82 10 95 08/24 LOWEST 49 06/22 61 -12 42 AVG. MAXIMUM 83.1 82.4 0.7 85.1 AVG. MINIMUM 63.8 61.7 2.1 61.8 MEAN 73.4 72.0 1.4 DAYS MAX >= 90 5 13.1 -8.1 24 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 13.96 12.33 1.63 9.89 DAILY AVG. 0.15 0.13 0.02 0.11 DAYS >= .01 33 30.8 2.2 27 DAYS >= .10 20 20.3 -0.3 18 DAYS >= .50 10 8.0 2.0 6 DAYS >= 1.00 6 3.6 2.4 2 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 2.88 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL MM MM 24 HR TOTAL MM TOTALS 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE 7/1 0.0 0.0 0.0 MM 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 MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 7 35 -28 15 SINCE 7/1 0 5 -5 4 COOLING TOTAL 810 681 129 821 SINCE 1/1 887 751 136 877 .............................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.8 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 39/280 DATE 08/10 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 57/280 DATE 08/10 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.58 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 19 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 44 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 29 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 75 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 29 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 12 RAIN 15 LIGHT RAIN 39 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 57 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. && FOR THE SUMMER SEASON, FORT WAYNE AVERAGED 73.4 TEMPERATURE-WISE, WHICH WAS 1.4 ABOVE ITS NORMAL SUMMER-TIME AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 72.0. THIS RANKS AS THE 22ND WARMEST SUMMER WHEN COMPARED TO THE PERIOD OF RECORD. IT ALSO TOTALLED 13.96 INCHES OF RAINFALL, WHICH IS 1.63 ABOVE NORMAL. THIS RANKS AS THE 22ND WETTEST SPRING WHEN COMPARED TO THE PERIOD OF RECORD. SEE THE MONTH BY MONTH SUMMARY BELOW. JUNE ON JUNE 1, THE TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE YEAR WAS 2.14 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. BY THE END OF THIS MONTH, THE YEAR`S PRECIPITATION TOTAL WAS ONLY 0.55 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. THIS IS THE RESULT OF AN ACTIVE MONTH, ESPECIALLY TOWARD THE END OF THE MONTH WHERE SOAKING THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCED LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. THE RAIN TOTAL FOR THE MONTH WAS 5.91 INCHES WHICH IS 1.43 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL. THIS RANKS AS TIED FOR THE 15TH WETTEST JUNE ON RECORD. THIS IS THE WETTEST JUNE SINCE 2018 WHEN 6.02 INCHES FELL. TEMPERATURES WERE GENERALLY ABOVE NORMAL FOR THE MONTH WITH THE EXCEPTION OF A COOL SPELL FROM THE 21ST TO 24TH. THE MORNING LOW OF 49 ON THE 22ND WAS 13 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL AND NINE DEGREES AWAY FROM THE RECORD LOW. ON THE OTHER HAND, FORT WAYNE OBSERVED ITS FIRST 90-DEGREE DAY OF THE YEAR (92 ON THE 12TH). THIS IS ABOUT TWO DAYS EARLIER THAN AVERAGE. BY THE END OF JUNE LAST YEAR, FORT WAYNE HAD ALREADY OBSERVED NINE 90-DEGREE DAYS. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 72.9 DEGREES WHICH IS 2.2 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THIS RANKS AS THE 17TH WARMEST JUNE ON RECORD. NO RECORDS WERE SET THIS MONTH. JULY 2021 ...SLIGHTLY COOL, BUT HUMID AND WET... THIS MONTH`S AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FINISHED AT 73.3 DEGREES, WHICH IS 0.5 DEGREE BELOW NORMAL AND RANKED AS THE 54TH COOLEST JULY ALL TIME. FORT WAYNE HAD 0 DAYS REACHING 90 DEGREES OR HIGHER, WHICH IS THE LOWEST TOTAL SINCE 2014 WHEN IT HAD 0 90+ DEGREE DAYS AND IS 6.5 DAYS BELOW THE NORMAL NUMBER OF 90+ DEGREE DAYS. IT ALSO HAD 16 DAYS ONLY FALLING TO 65 DEGREES OR GREATER AS A LOW TEMPERATURE, WHICH IS ABOVE THE NORMAL TOTAL OF 13.7 DAYS DURING THE MONTH OF JULY OWING TO THE HIGH RESIDENCE TIME OF HIGH HUMIDITY IN THE AREA. PUTTING THAT ALL TOGETHER, THE COOLER HIGH TEMPERATURES, BUT HIGHER HUMIDITY ALLOWS THE MONTH TO FINISH OFF SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL IN THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE CATEGORY. THIS MONTH`S PRECIPITATION TOTALED 5.59, WHICH IS 1.54 ABOVE NORMAL AND RANKED AS THE 16TH WETTEST JULY ALL TIME. FORT WAYNE`S TOTAL PRECIPITATION WAS POSITIVELY AFFECTED BY 2 DAILY TOTALS ABOVE 1 INCH (2.72 ON 7/16, WHICH WAS A DAILY PRECIP RECORD, AND 1.23 ON 7/12) AND ANOTHER TOTAL OF 0.74 INCH ON 7/11 AS SUMMER TIME THUNDERSTORMS AFFECTED THE AREA. THE 2.72 INCHES THAT FELL ON 7/16 WAS A DAILY PRECIPITATION RECORD AS WELL. AUGUST ...HOT AND ON THE DRIER SIDE... THIS MONTH`S AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FINISHED AT 74.2 DEGREES, WHICH IS 2.6 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL AND RANKED AS THE XX WARMEST AUGUST WHEN COMPARED TO THE PERIOD OF RECORD. FORT WAYNE HAD 3 DAYS REACHING 90 DEGREES OR HIGHER, WHICH IS 1.1 DAY HIGHER THAN THE AVERAGE OF 4.1 DAYS 90 DEGREE DAYS DURING THE MONTH OF AUGUST. IT ALSO HAD 18 DAYS ONLY FALLING TO 65 DEGREES OR GREATER AS A LOW TEMPERATURE, WHICH IS 8.0 DAYS ABOVE THE NORMAL TOTAL OF 10.0 DAYS DURING THE MONTH OF AUGUST. THIS IS AS A RESULT OF THE HIGH RESIDENCE TIME OF HIGH HUMIDITY IN THE AREA. PUTTING THAT ALL TOGETHER, THE WARMER HIGH TEMPERATURES, AND HIGHER HUMIDITY ALLOWS THE MONTH TO FINISH OFF ABOVE NORMAL IN THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE CATEGORY. FORT WAYNE ONLY HAD 2 SEVERE WEATHER-AIDED RAINFALL TOTALS EXCEEDING 0.5 INCH ON THE 10TH (0.59) AND 11TH (1.12). THE TOTAL ON THE 11TH WAS ALMOST HALF THE TOTAL FOR THE MONTH WHICH TOTALLED 2.46 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION. THAT IS 1.34 INCH BELOW THE NORMAL AUGUST TOTAL OF 3.80 INCHES AND RANKED AS THE XX DRIEST AUGUST WHEN COMPARED TO THE PERIOD OF RECORD. $$ ROLLER/BROWN