Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Northern Indiana
Issued by NWS Northern Indiana
875 CXUS53 KIWX 011320 CLMFWA CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 820 AM EST FRI DEC 01 2023 ................................... ...THE FORT WAYNE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER 2023... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1897 TO 2023 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 79 11/01/2016 11/01/1950 LOW 11/30/1958 11/25/1950 11/24/1950 HIGHEST 68 11/06 MM MM 75 11/04 LOWEST 16 11/28 MM MM 13 11/20 11/29 AVG. MAXIMUM 52.1 49.4 2.7 53.2 AVG. MINIMUM 30.5 32.8 -2.3 32.3 MEAN 41.3 41.1 0.2 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 2 1.6 0.4 4 DAYS MIN <= 32 17 15.2 1.8 16 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 8.01 1992 MINIMUM 0.23 1917 TOTALS 0.64 2.96 -2.32 1.90 DAILY AVG. 0.02 0.10 -0.08 0.06 DAYS >= .01 5 10.5 -5.5 10 DAYS >= .10 2 6.0 -4.0 3 DAYS >= .50 0 1.7 -1.7 1 DAYS >= 1.00 0 0.6 -0.6 1 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.34 11/21 TO 11/21 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 14.1 1950 TOTALS 0.4 1.9 -1.5 3.5 SINCE 7/1 0.4 2.0 -1.6 4.2 SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 0 DAYS >= 1.0 0 0.5 -0.5 1 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 0 1 24 HR TOTAL 0.4 11/26 TO 11/26 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 703 717 -14 657 SINCE 7/1 1093 1197 -104 1137 COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0 0 SINCE 1/1 766 849 -83 925 ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.4 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 30/230 DATE 11/06 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 38/220 DATE 11/06 38/070 11/20 38/270 11/26 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.54 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 10 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 13 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 7 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 67 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 0 MIXED PRECIP 1 HEAVY RAIN 0 RAIN 1 LIGHT RAIN 9 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 4 SLEET 0 FOG 7 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. 5TH DRIEST NOVEMBER ON RECORD && TEMPERATURES IN NOVEMBER WERE ABOVE AVERAGE FOR THE FIRST TWO THIRDS OF THE MONTH, BEFORE A PATTERN SHIFT TO BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES AROUND THANKSGIVING AND TO FINISH OUT THE MONTH. THERE WERE 9 DAYS WITH HIGHS AT OR ABOVE 60 DEGREES, WHICH IS ABOVE AVERAGE (NORMALLY THERE ARE 6 DAYS WITH HIGHS AT OR ABOVE 60 IN NOVEMBER). OVERALL, THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 41.3 DEGREES. THIS IS 0.2 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL AND TIES FOR THE 53TH WARMEST NOVEMBER ON RECORD IN FORT WAYNE. THE LACK OF PRECIPITATION THIS MONTH IS LIKELY THE MOST NOTABLE STATISTIC. OVER HALF OF THE MONTHLY TOTAL PRECIPITATION FELL IN JUST 24 HOURS; THE HIGHEST DAILY RAINFALL TOTAL WAS 0.34" ON NOVEMBER 21ST. PRECIPITATION TOTALED ONLY 0.64" FOR THE ENTIRE MONTH! THIS IS 2.32 " BELOW NORMAL AND WAS THE 5TH DRIEST NOVEMBER ON RECORD FOR FORT WAYNE. THIS WAS THE DRIEST NOVEMBER SINCE 2012. RECORDS BEGAN IN 1897. ONLY ONE DAY IN NOVEMBER RECORDED MEASURABLE SNOW; 0.4" OF SNOW FELL ON NOVEMBER 26TH. THE TOTAL OF 0.4" OF SNOW FOR THE MONTH WAS 1.5" BELOW NORMAL. NOVEMBER 2023 TIES FOR THE 34TH LEAST SNOWIEST ON RECORD. NO RECORDS WERE SET THIS MONTH. JOHNSON $$