Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Northern Indiana
Issued by NWS Northern Indiana
182 CXUS53 KIWX 020603 CCA CLMFWA CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 104 AM EST SAT MAR 02 2024 ................................... ...THE FORT WAYNE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY 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 73 02/25/2000 LOW -19 02/09/1899 HIGHEST 69 02/27 MM MM 60 02/23 LOWEST 13 02/17 MM MM 4 02/01 AVG. MAXIMUM 47.7 36.5 11.2 45.3 AVG. MINIMUM 27.3 21.0 6.3 26.2 MEAN 37.5 28.7 8.8 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 2 10.3 -8.3 2 DAYS MIN <= 32 23 24.3 -1.3 22 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 1.7 -1.7 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 6.84 1990 MINIMUM 0.20 1920 TOTALS 0.96 2.06 -1.10 4.16 DAILY AVG. 0.03 MM MM 0.15 DAYS >= .01 7 10.7 -3.7 8 DAYS >= .10 3 5.2 -2.2 4 DAYS >= .50 0 1.2 -1.2 3 DAYS >= 1.00 0 0.2 -0.2 2 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.49 02/22 TO 02/22 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 19.2 2014 TOTALS 2.7 7.8 -5.1 0.2 SINCE 7/1 10.9 28.2 -17.3 17.6 SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 0 DAYS >= 1.0 2 2.8 -0.8 0 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 1 02/17 1 02/18 02/24 24 HR TOTAL 1.5 02/16 TO 02/16 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 788 1015 -227 811 SINCE 7/1 3813 4561 -748 3958 COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0 0 SINCE 1/1 0 0 0 0 ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.1 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 32/280 DATE 02/28 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 48/300 DATE 02/28 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.56 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 6 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 15 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 8 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 71 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 2 MIXED PRECIP 1 HEAVY RAIN 1 RAIN 1 LIGHT RAIN 6 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 1 LIGHT SNOW 5 SLEET 0 FOG 14 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 2 HAZE 5 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && ...3RD WARMEST FEBRUARY ON RECORD... AFTER AN INCREDIBLY WARM MONTH, FORT WAYNE HAS OFFICIALLY CLINCHED THE 3RD WARMEST FEBRUARY ON RECORD! ONLY FIVE DAYS THIS MONTH WERE BELOW NORMAL; IN COMPARISON, 13 DAYS THIS MONTH WERE 10+ DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL! THERE WERE SIX DAYS THIS MONTH WITH A HIGH IN THE 60S, WHICH INCLUDED A THREE DAY STREAK FROM FEBRUARY 26TH TO 28TH. ON AVERAGE, FEBRUARY HAS ONE DAY IN THE 60S. SEVERAL TEMPERATURE RECORDS WERE TIED OR BROKEN THIS MONTH. THERE WERE TWO HIGH TEMPERATURE RECORDS BROKEN ON FEBRUARY 9TH AND 26TH. THERE WERE ALSO TWO DAILY RECORD WARM LOW TEMPERATURES BROKEN ON FEBRUARY 9TH AND 27TH. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR FEBRUARY WAS 37.5 DEGREES, WHICH IS 8.8 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THIS WAS THE WARMEST FEBRUARY SINCE 2017 (39.8 DEGREES). PRECIPITATION WAS TOUGH TO COME BY THIS MONTH. THE ONLY DAY WITH A RAIN TOTAL OVER A QUARTER OF AN INCH WAS ON FEBRUARY 22ND WITH 0.49". PRECIPITATION TOTALED 0.96" FOR THE MONTH. THIS IS 1.10" BELOW NORMAL AND TIED FOR THE 23RD DRIEST FEBRUARY ON RECORD. THIS WAS THE DRIEST FEBRUARY SINCE 2007 (WHICH ALSO HAD 0.96" OF PRECIPITATION) IN FORT WAYNE. DUE TO THE ANOMALOUSLY WARM TEMPERATURES, SNOWFALL WAS NOTABLY LACKING THIS MONTH. SNOWFALL TOTALED ONLY 2.7" FOR THE ENTIRE MONTH. THIS IS 5.1" BELOW NORMAL AND TIED FOR THE 28TH LEAST SNOWIEST FEBRUARY ON RECORD. INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, DESPITE A LACK OF SNOW, THE TOTAL SNOWFALL THIS MONTH WAS 1350% OF WHAT FELL LAST YEAR. FEBRUARY 2023 ONLY TOTALED 0.2" OF SNOW. JOHNSON $$