Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Northern Indiana
Issued by NWS Northern Indiana
353 CXUS53 KIWX 010942 CLMFWA CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 542 AM EDT SAT JUN 01 2024 ................................... ...THE FORT WAYNE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF MAY 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 97 05/28/2018 LOW 23 05/09/2020 HIGHEST 90 05/21 MM MM 90 05/30 LOWEST 43 05/12 MM MM 35 05/01 05/04 AVG. MAXIMUM 77.2 72.2 5.0 73.4 AVG. MINIMUM 55.2 50.4 4.8 48.5 MEAN 66.2 61.3 4.9 DAYS MAX >= 90 1 1.1 -0.1 1 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 0 0.4 -0.4 0 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 10.17 2011 MINIMUM 0.48 1925 TOTALS 4.42 4.58 -0.16 4.06 DAILY AVG. 0.14 0.15 -0.01 0.13 DAYS >= .01 12 13.7 -1.7 8 DAYS >= .10 8 8.1 -0.1 5 DAYS >= .50 3 2.8 0.2 2 DAYS >= 1.00 1 1.1 -0.1 2 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 1.38 05/07 TO 05/07 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 0.5 1940 TOTALS 0.0 0.0 0.0 T 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 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 45 177 -132 171 SINCE 7/1 4832 5943 -1111 5347 COOLING TOTAL 88 62 26 52 SINCE 1/1 102 70 32 57 ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.9 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 45/230 DATE 05/24 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 59/230 DATE 05/24 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.61 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 4 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 18 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 9 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 67 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 8 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 5 RAIN 7 LIGHT RAIN 12 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 15 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 1 HAZE 1 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && 10TH WARMEST MAY ON RECORD PICKING UP WHERE APRIL ENDED, MAY BEGAN UNSEASONABLY WARM WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES CROSS THE 80-DEGREE MARK ON THE 1ST AND 2ND. THE MONTH WAS MILD OVERALL WITH ONLY SEVEN DATES RECORDING AN AVERAGE DAILY TEMPERATURE DEPARTURE BELOW NORMAL (INCLUDING THE FINAL FIVE DAYS OF MAY). THE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE THIS MONTH, 90 DEGREES ON THE 21ST, WAS THE 20TH EARLIEST 90-DEGREE DAY ON RECORD. THIS WAS ALSO TWO DEGREES SHY OF THE RECORD SET IN 1977. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 66.2 DEGREES WHICH IS 4.9 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THIS IS THE 10TH WARMEST ON RECORD. LIKE SOUTH BEND, THIS IS THE WARMEST MAY IN SIX YEARS (2018 WAS THE WARMEST MAY ON RECORD AT FORT WAYNE WITH AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 68.2 DEGREES). RAINFALL TOTALED 4.42 INCHES, JUST 0.16 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. THIS TIES 1981 AND 1928 AS THE 32TH WETTEST ON RECORD. THE MAXIMUM DAILY TOTAL WAS 1.38 INCHES ON THE 7TH. THE PEAK WIND GUST RECORDED OF 59 MPH ON THE 24TH OCCURRED AS SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS MOVED THROUGH THE AREA. NO DAMAGE WAS REPORTED. NO RECORDS WERE SET THIS MONTH. BROWN $$