Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Northern Indiana
Issued by NWS Northern Indiana
032 CXUS53 KIWX 011143 CLMFWA CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 743 AM EDT MON JUL 01 2024 ................................... ...THE FORT WAYNE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE 2024... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1897 TO 2024 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 106 06/28/2012 06/25/1988 LOW 36 06/02/1910 HIGHEST 97 06/17 MM MM 92 06/03 LOWEST 46 06/11 MM MM 46 06/08 06/09 AVG. MAXIMUM 84.3 81.0 3.3 81.5 AVG. MINIMUM 62.6 60.3 2.3 56.5 MEAN 73.4 70.7 2.7 DAYS MAX >= 90 8 4.2 3.8 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 11.98 2015 MINIMUM 0.50 1933 TOTALS 2.63 4.48 -1.85 1.39 DAILY AVG. 0.09 0.15 -0.06 0.05 DAYS >= .01 9 11.9 -2.9 5 DAYS >= .10 6 7.9 -1.9 4 DAYS >= .50 2 3.0 -1.0 1 DAYS >= 1.00 0 1.2 -1.2 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.74 06/29 TO 06/29 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL T 2016 TOTALS 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE 7/1 11.6 33.6 -22.0 21.7 SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 0 DAYS >= 1.0 0 0.0 0.0 0 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 0 0 24 HR TOTAL 0.0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 5 24 -19 26 SINCE 7/1 4837 5965 -1128 5373 COOLING TOTAL 266 194 72 154 SINCE 1/1 368 264 104 211 ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.7 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 43/240 DATE 06/05 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 52/240 DATE 06/05 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.58 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 6 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 14 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 10 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 65 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 8 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 4 RAIN 4 LIGHT RAIN 12 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 10 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 0 HAZE 1 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && ...WARMER AND DRIER THAN NORMAL JUNE... JUNE 2024 WILL BE REMEMBERED FOR ONE OF THE EARLIEST LONG DURATION HEATAVES ON RECORD. FROM JUNE 16TH TO 22ND, 7 DAYS WITH HIGHS 90+ DEGREES WERE RECORDED, WHICH TIED FOR THE 4TH LONGEST JUNE STRETCH OF 90+ DEGREE DAYS IN FORT WAYNE. OF THOSE 7 DAYS, 3 OF THEM HAD HIGHS 95+ DEGREES, WHICH WAS THE 2ND LONGEST JUNE STRETCH OF DAYS 95+. NOT ONLY WERE THE HIGH TEMPERATURES IMPRESSIVE, BUT THE LOW TEMPERATURES WERE TRULY UNPRECEDENTED; THERE WERE 4 NIGHTS OF CONSECUTIVE RECORD BREAKING WARM LOW TEMPERATURES FROM JUNE 17TH TO 20TH. THIS STREAK TIED THE LONGEST STRETCH OF CONSECUTIVE WARM RECORD LOWS IN FORT WAYNE`S HISTORY! THE LAST TIME 4 CONSECUTIVE DAYS OF NEW WARM RECORD LOW TEMPERATURES WERE SET WAS JULY 11-14, 1936! OVERALL, JUNE 2024 FINISHED WITH AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 73.4 DEGREES, WHICH IS 2.7 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THIS WAS THE 13TH WARMEST JUNE ON RECORD AND THE WARMEST JUNE SINCE 2010! WITH A HOT AND DRY STRETCH OF DAYS MID-MONTH, THIS LED TO FLASH DROUGHT CONCERNS DEVELOPING. WHILE FORT WAYNE WAS NEVER OFFICIALLY IN A DROUGHT IN JUNE 2024, THE LACK OF RAIN WAS NOTICABLE IN FIELDS AND YARDS. THERE WAS A LACK OF WIDESPREAD RAINFALL THROUGHOUT THE MONTH WITH THE HIGHEST ONE DAY TOTAL OF 0.74" ON JUNE 29TH. ANY APPRECIABLE RAINFALL THIS MONTH WAS FOUND MAINLY IN DAILY POP-UP SHOWERS AND STORMS, AND UNFORTUNATELY, MANY OF THOSE STORMS MISSED THE FORT WAYNE AIRPORT. JUNE ENDED WITH A TOTAL OF 2.63" OF RAIN, WHICH IS 1.85" BELOW NORMAL. THIS WAS THE 38TH DRIEST JUNE ON RECORD. JOHNSON $$