Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
013 CXUS53 KIWX 011410 CLMSBN CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 823 AM EDT THU AUG 01 2024 ................................... ...THE SOUTH BEND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF JULY 2024... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1893 TO 2024 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 109 07/24/1934 LOW 42 07/02/2001 07/15/1930 HIGHEST 89 07/31 MM MM 92 07/27 LOWEST 48 07/01 MM MM 54 07/09 AVG. MAXIMUM 82.8 82.7 0.1 83.2 AVG. MINIMUM 62.1 62.1 0.0 62.1 MEAN 72.5 72.4 0.1 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 5.2 -5.2 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 8.66 2006 MINIMUM 0.02 1946 TOTALS 4.67 3.78 0.89 7.81 DAILY AVG. 0.15 0.12 0.03 0.25 DAYS >= .01 10 9.5 0.5 12 DAYS >= .10 6 6.5 -0.5 11 DAYS >= .50 4 2.6 1.4 5 DAYS >= 1.00 2 0.8 1.2 3 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 1.87 07/09 TO 07/09 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 0.0 MM 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 24 HR TOTAL 0.0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 3 7 -4 0 SINCE 7/1 3 0 3 0 COOLING TOTAL 243 236 7 246 SINCE 1/1 549 448 101 464 ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.1 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 28/300 DATE 07/14 28/350 07/15 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 43/350 DATE 07/10 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.28 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 21 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 10 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 0 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 73 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 5 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 5 RAIN 6 LIGHT RAIN 14 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 15 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 4 HAZE 2 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && ...SOAKING RAIN FROM BERYL AND NEAR-NORMAL TEMPERATURES... A NOTABLE LACK OF 90-DEGREE DAYS WAS PAIRED WITH ABOVE-NORMAL PRECIPITATION FOR JULY. THERE WERE 14 DAYS THIS MONTH WHERE THE AVERAGE DAILY TEMPERATURE DEPARTURE WAS BELOW NORMAL. AS A RESULT, THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES OF 72.5 DEGREES NEARLY MATCHES THE NORMAL OF 72.4 DEGREES. FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE JULY 2017, THERE WERE NO 90-DEGREE DAYS OBSERVED IN JULY. THE MONTH TYPICALLY HAS FIVE 90-DEGREE DAYS. INSTEAD, THE MAXIMUM OBSERVED TEMPERATURE THIS MONTH WAS 89. REMNANTS OF HURRICANE BERYL MOVED THROUGH THE AREA ON JULY 9TH AND 10TH BRINGING EFFICIENT RAINFALL RATES DUE TO TROPICAL MOISTURE OVERHEAD. 1.87 INCHES OF RAIN WAS RECORDED ON THE 9TH, FOLLOWED BY 1.06 ON THE 10TH AT SOUTH BEND. 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. THE ST. JOSEPH RIVER AT SOUTH BEND REACHED A CREST OF 7.6 FEET LATE IN THE DAY ON JULY 10TH WHICH IS JUST BELOW MODERATE FLOOD STAGE (8 FEET). WIND GUSTS OF 35 MPH TO 45 MPH RESULTED IN UPROOTED TREES THANKS TO THE SATURATED SOIL. SOUTH BEND RECORDED 4.67 INCHES OF RAIN WHICH IS 0.89 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL. THIS RANKS AS THE 36TH WETTEST ON RECORD. THERE WERE NO RECORDS SET THIS MONTH. BROWN $$