Climatological Report (Annual)
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
000 CXUS53 KIWX 011529 CLASBN CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 1029 AM EST FRI JAN 01 2021 ................................... ...THE SOUTH BEND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE YEAR OF 2020... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1893 TO 2020 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE NORMAL .............................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 109 07/24/1934 LOW -22 01/20/1943 01/25/1897 HIGHEST 94 07/07 MM MM 93 06/20 08/27 LOWEST 3 02/14 MM MM -20 AVG. MAXIMUM 61.3 58.8 2.5 58.3 AVG. MINIMUM 42.3 40.8 1.5 40.3 MEAN 51.8 49.8 2.0 DAYS MAX >= 90 22 9.7 12.3 9 DAYS MAX <= 32 21 44.6 -23.6 49 DAYS MIN <= 32 129 122.7 6.3 131 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 5.3 -5.3 7 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 55.61 1990 MINIMUM 25.15 1963 TOTALS 36.58 38.00 -1.42 44.33 DAILY AVG. 0.10 0.10 -0.00 0.12 DAYS >= .01 144 145.4 -1.4 149 DAYS >= .10 77 78.3 -1.3 98 DAYS >= .50 22 23.4 -1.4 29 DAYS >= 1.00 8 7.2 0.8 8 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 141.7 1978 TOTALS 50.9 66.6 -15.7 43.6 SINCE 7/1 16.7 22.5 -5.8 MM SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 0 DAYS >= TRACE 63 44.9 18.1 74 DAYS >= 1.0 18 20.4 -2.4 12 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 9 12/25 10 12/26 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 5690 6298 -608 6377 SINCE 7/1 2074 2390 -316 MM COOLING TOTAL 978 773 205 779 SINCE 1/1 978 773 205 779 .............................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.7 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 38/260 DATE 03/29 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 56/240 DATE 05/23 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.46 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 172 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 86 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 108 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 70 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 33 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 36 RAIN 48 LIGHT RAIN 140 FREEZING RAIN 1 LT FREEZING RAIN 3 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 3 SNOW 19 LIGHT SNOW 56 SLEET 0 FOG 160 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 22 HAZE 58 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && ...WARMER THAN NORMAL WITH BELOW NORMAL PRECIPITATION AND SNOWFALL... THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE YEAR WAS 51.8 DEGREES, WHICH IS 2.0 DEGREES ABOVE THE NORMAL OF 49.8 DEGREES. THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURE FOR THE YEAR WAS 94 DEGREES ON JULY 7TH AND AUGUST 27TH. THE LOWEST TEMPERATURE FOR THE YEAR WAS 3 DEGREES ON FEBRUARY 14TH. THERE WERE 22 DAYS WITH A HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 90 DEGREES OR WARMER, WHICH IS ABOUT 12 DAYS MORE THAN THE CLIMATE NORMAL OF ABOUT 10 DAYS. THERE WERE 129 DAYS WITH A LOW TEMPERATURE AT OR BELOW FREEZING. THIS IS ABOUT 6 DAYS ABOVE THE CLIMATE NORMAL OF 123 DAYS. THERE WERE ZERO DAYS THIS YEAR WITH A LOW TEMPERATURE BELOW ZERO. THE CLIMATE NORMAL VALUE IS 5 DAYS PER YEAR. THE TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE YEAR WAS 36.58 INCHES, THIS IS 1.42 INCHES BELOW THE NORMAL OF 38 INCHES. THIS RANKS AS THE 61ST DRIEST YEAR ON RECORD. THIS IS THE DRIEST YEAR SINCE 2015; 36.30". THERE WERE 8 DAYS THIS YEAR WITH 1 INCH OR MORE OF PRECIPITATION, WHICH IS ABOUT 1 DAY MORE THAN NORMAL. TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR THE YEAR WAS 50.9 INCHES, WHICH IS 15.7 INCHES BELOW THE NORMAL OF 66.6 INCHES. THIS IS THE 16TH LEAST SNOWIEST YEAR ON RECORD. 2019 ONLY OBSERVED 43.6 INCHES. THERE WERE 18 DAYS WITH AN INCH OR MORE OF SNOW, ABOUT 2 DAYS BELOW NORMAL. $$ BROWN/ROLLER