Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
050 CXUS53 KIWX 020559 CCA CLMSBN CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 100 AM EST SAT MAR 02 2024 ................................... ...THE SOUTH BEND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY 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 74 02/25/2000 LOW -20 02/10/1899 02/09/1899 HIGHEST 73 02/27 MM MM 57 02/09 LOWEST 15 02/24 MM MM 3 02/01 AVG. MAXIMUM 48.9 34.9 14.0 43.2 AVG. MINIMUM 27.2 19.3 7.9 25.4 MEAN 38.0 27.1 10.9 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 3 11.7 -8.7 3 DAYS MIN <= 32 23 24.7 -1.7 23 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 1.5 -1.5 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 8.08 2018 MINIMUM 0.54 1969 TOTALS 0.78 2.31 -1.53 4.08 DAILY AVG. 0.03 MM MM 0.15 DAYS >= .01 8 12.5 -4.5 9 DAYS >= .10 3 5.8 -2.8 4 DAYS >= .50 0 1.1 -1.1 3 DAYS >= 1.00 0 0.4 -0.4 3 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.27 02/22 TO 02/22 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 36.4 2015 TOTALS 2.8 16.1 -13.3 1.3 SINCE 7/1 29.9 56.7 -26.8 47.9 SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 0 DAYS >= 1.0 1 5.2 -4.2 1 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 1 02/17 02/24 02/25 24 HR TOTAL 1.4 02/23 TO 02/23 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 774 1061 -287 853 SINCE 7/1 3839 4802 -963 4006 COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0 0 SINCE 1/1 0 0 0 0 ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.1 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 35/310 DATE 02/28 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 46/300 DATE 02/28 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.30 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 16 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 12 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 1 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 68 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 1 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 0 RAIN 2 LIGHT RAIN 4 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 3 LIGHT SNOW 5 SLEET 0 FOG 20 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 4 HAZE 11 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && ...WARMEST FEBRUARY ON RECORD... AFTER AN ASTONISHINGLY WARM MONTH, SOUTH BEND HAS OFFICIALLY CLINCHED THE WARMEST FEBRUARY ON RECORD! ONLY TWO DAYS THIS MONTH WERE BELOW NORMAL; IN COMPARISON, 15 DAYS THIS MONTH WERE 10+ DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL! THE LAST WEEK OF FEBRUARY FEATURED A THREE DAY STRETCH OF HIGHS 60 DEGREES OR MORE. ON AVERAGE, FEBRUARY HAS ONE DAY IN THE 60S; THIS YEAR, THERE WERE FIVE DAYS IN THE 60S AND ONE DAY IN THE 70S. IN FACT, THE 73 DEGREE HIGH TEMPERATURE ON FEBRUARY 27TH WAS ONLY THE 3RD OCCURRENCE OF 70S IN FEBRUARY IN 130 YEARS! THE MOST RECENT 70+ DEGREE DAY IN FEBRUARY BEFORE THEN WAS FEBRUARY 25, 2000. SEVERAL TEMPERATURE RECORDS WERE TIED OR BROKEN THIS MONTH. THERE WERE FOUR HIGH TEMPERATURE RECORDS BROKEN ON FEBRUARY 9TH, 26TH, 27TH, AND 28TH. THERE WERE ALSO TWO DAILY RECORD WARM LOW TEMPERATURES BROKEN ON FEBRUARY 9TH AND 27TH. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR FEBRUARY WAS 38.0 DEGREES, WHICH IS 10.9 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. PRECIPITATION WAS TOUGH TO COME BY THIS MONTH. THERE WERE NO DAILY RAINFALL TOTALS OVER HALF AN INCH. THERE WERE ONLY TWO DAYS WHERE RAINFALL TOTALED OVER A QUARTER INCH OR MORE: FEBRUARY 22ND AND 23RD. PRECIPITATION TOTALED 0.78" FOR THE MONTH. THIS IS 1.53" BELOW NORMAL AND WAS THE 12TH DRIEST FEBRUARY ON RECORD. THIS WAS THE DRIEST FEBRUARY SINCE 2004 FOR SOUTH BEND (0.76"). DESPITE THE LACK OF ICE COVER ON LAKE MICHIGAN, DUE TO THE ANOMALOUSLY WARM TEMPERATURES, SNOWFALL WAS NOTABLY LACKING THIS MONTH. SNOWFALL TOTALED ONLY 2.8" FOR THE ENTIRE MONTH. THIS IS 13.3" BELOW NORMAL AND RANKS AS THE 13TH LEAST SNOWIEST FEBRUARY ON RECORD. JOHNSON $$