Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
000 CXUS53 KIWX 011303 CLMSBN CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 903 AM EDT SAT JUL 01 2023 ................................... ...THE SOUTH BEND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE 2023... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1893 TO 2023 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 106 06/01/1934 LOW 35 06/11/1972 06/02/1956 06/16/1917 HIGHEST 92 06/02 MM MM 99 06/21 06/03 LOWEST 44 06/08 MM MM 45 06/04 AVG. MAXIMUM 80.6 79.4 1.2 82.9 AVG. MINIMUM 56.9 58.1 -1.2 58.5 MEAN 68.8 68.8 0.0 DAYS MAX >= 90 4 3.5 0.5 8 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 10.86 1993 MINIMUM 0.48 1988 TOTALS 2.25 4.04 -1.79 2.23 DAILY AVG. 0.08 0.13 -0.05 0.07 DAYS >= .01 6 11.0 -5.0 8 DAYS >= .10 4 7.4 -3.4 4 DAYS >= .50 2 2.7 -0.7 2 DAYS >= 1.00 0 0.9 -0.9 1 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.79 06/13 TO 06/13 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL MM MM TOTALS 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE 7/1 58.4 64.5 -6.1 56.0 SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 0 DAYS >= 1.0 0 0.0 0.0 0 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 0 24 HR TOTAL MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 34 44 -10 17 SINCE 7/1 5467 6402 -935 5784 COOLING TOTAL 154 156 -2 195 SINCE 1/1 218 212 6 312 ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.2 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 31/140 DATE 06/29 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 40/290 DATE 06/13 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.34 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 18 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 7 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 5 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 63 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 4 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 3 RAIN 4 LIGHT RAIN 10 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 2 HAZE 15 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && CONTINUED DROUGHT STRESSES CROPS FLASH DROUGHT CONDITIONS DEVELOPED LAST MONTH AND DRY WEATHER PERSISTED THROUGH JUNE WITH ONLY A COUPLE EXCEPTIONS. ACCORDING TO THE US DROUGHT MONITOR, "ABNORMALLY DRY" CONDITIONS WERE PRESENT ON MAY 30TH. BY LATE-JUNE, A "MODERATE DROUGHT" AND "SEVERE DROUGHT" WERE UNDERWAY IN NORTHERN INDIANA AND SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN. IRRIGATION BECAME MORE COMMON TO COMBAT CROP STRESS. DRY SOIL, LARGE EVAPOTRANSPIRATION RATES, AND LOW WATER LEVELS OF CREEKS, STREAMS, AND PONDS WERE REPORTED. SOUTH BEND RECORDED 2.25 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION THIS MONTH, WHICH IS 1.79 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. THIS RANKS AS THE 35TH DRIEST ON RECORD AND WAS NEARLY AS DRY AS LAST JUNE (2.23). JUNE OF 2012, A NOTABLE DROUGHT YEAR, RECORDED 1.53 INCHES. THE LARGEST 24 HOUR RAINFALL OF 0.79 INCHES OCCURRED ON JUNE 13TH. PRIOR TO 0.78 AND 0.28 INCHES OF RAIN FALLING ON THE 25TH AND 26TH, RESPECTIVELY, SOUTH BEND WAS ON PACE TO BE THE 19TH DRIEST JUNE ON RECORD. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH OF 68.8 DEGREES MATCHES THE NORMAL. WHILE THE FIRST FEW DAYS OF JUNE STARTED VERY WARM, A PERIOD OF COOL WEATHER EMERGED FROM THE 7TH THROUGH 18TH. BENEFICIAL RAIN OCCURRED DURING THIS TIME, AS DID COOL NORTHERLY FLOW. NO RECORDS WERE SET THIS MONTH. BROWN/JOHNSON $$