Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
157 CXUS53 KIWX 011143 CLMSBN CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 743 AM EDT MON JUL 01 2024 ................................... ...THE SOUTH BEND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE 2024... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1893 TO 2024 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 94 06/17 MM MM 92 06/02 06/03 LOWEST 43 06/11 MM MM 44 06/08 AVG. MAXIMUM 83.2 79.4 3.8 80.6 AVG. MINIMUM 61.5 58.1 3.4 56.9 MEAN 72.4 68.8 3.6 DAYS MAX >= 90 9 3.5 5.5 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 10.86 1993 MINIMUM 0.48 1988 TOTALS 4.87 4.04 0.83 2.25 DAILY AVG. 0.16 0.13 0.03 0.08 DAYS >= .01 11 11.0 0.0 6 DAYS >= .10 8 7.4 0.6 4 DAYS >= .50 4 2.7 1.3 2 DAYS >= 1.00 2 0.9 1.1 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 1.15 06/23 TO 06/23 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL T 2018 TOTALS 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE 7/1 30.3 64.5 -34.2 MM SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 0 DAYS >= 1.0 0 0.0 0.0 0 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 0 24 HR TOTAL 0.0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 17 44 -27 34 SINCE 7/1 4948 6402 -1454 MM COOLING TOTAL 245 156 89 154 SINCE 1/1 306 212 94 MM ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.0 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 33/290 DATE 06/13 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 47/290 DATE 06/13 47/290 06/16 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.27 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 19 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 10 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 1 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 67 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 6 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 7 RAIN 5 LIGHT RAIN 12 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 16 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 3 HAZE 2 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && ...WARMER AND WETTER 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 2ND LONGEST JUNE STRETCH OF 90+ DEGREE DAYS IN SOUTH BEND. NOT ONLY WERE THE HIGH TEMPERATURES IMPRESSIVE, BUT THE LOW TEMPERATURES WERE TRULY UNPRECEDENTED; THERE WERE 3 NIGHTS OF RECORD BREAKING WARM LOW TEMPERATURES DURING THE HEATWAVE. JUNE 18TH, 19TH, AND 22ND ALL HAD RECORD WARM LOWS WHICH TIED OR BROKE OLD RECORDS. OVERALL, JUNE 2024 FINISHED WITH AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 72.4 DEGREES, WHICH IS 3.6 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THIS WAS THE 10TH WARMEST JUNE ON RECORD AND THE WARMEST JUNE SINCE 2021. WITH A HOT AND DRY STRETCH OF DAYS MID-MONTH, THIS LED TO FLASH DROUGHT CONCERNS DEVELOPING. SOUTH BEND WAS NEVER OFFICIALLY IN A DROUGHT IN JUNE 2024, THANKS TO DAILY POP-UP SHOWERS AND STORMS DURING THE MIDDLE TO END OF THE MONTH. THERE WERE 2 DAYS WITH RAINFALL TOTALS OVER AN INCH THIS MONTH: 1.15" (JUNE 23RD) AND 1.06" (JUNE 25TH). ULTIMATELY, SOUTH BEND ENDED THE MONTH WITH 4.87" OF RAIN, WHICH IS 0.83" ABOVE NORMAL. THIS WAS THE WETTEST JUNE SINCE 2021 AND THE 33RD WETTEST JUNE OVERALL. JOHNSON $$