Climatological Report (Seasonal)
Issued by NWS Northern Indiana
Issued by NWS Northern Indiana
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000 CXUS53 KIWX 012043 CLSFWA CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 343 PM EST THU DEC 01 2022 ................................... ...THE FORT WAYNE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE SEASON, FROM 9/1/2022 TO 11/30/2022... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1897 TO 2022 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE NORMAL .............................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 100 09/02/1953 09/01/1953 LOW 11/30/1958 11/25/1950 11/24/1950 HIGHEST 89 09/21 MM MM 91 LOWEST 13 11/20 MM MM 20 AVG. MAXIMUM 64.6 63.1 1.5 65.2 AVG. MINIMUM 41.9 43.0 -1.1 45.6 MEAN 53.3 53.0 0.3 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 1.5 -1.5 2 DAYS MAX <= 32 4 1.6 2.4 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 21 19.1 1.9 19 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 16.47 1992 MINIMUM 2.89 1964 TOTALS 5.60 8.95 -3.35 12.16 DAILY AVG. 0.06 0.10 -0.04 0.14 DAYS >= .01 31 29.7 1.3 36 DAYS >= .10 14 17.8 -3.8 22 DAYS >= .50 3 5.8 -2.8 8 DAYS >= 1.00 1 2.1 -1.1 3 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 1.24 11/27 TO 11/27 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 14.1 1950 24 HR TOTAL 0.6 11/30/2020 TO 11/30/2020 TOTALS 4.2 2.0 2.2 1.6 SINCE 7/1 4.2 2.0 2.2 1.6 SNOWDEPTH AVG. T -1 DAYS >= TRACE 9 3.0 6.0 9 DAYS >= 1.0 1 0.5 0.5 1 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 1 11/13 0 24 HR TOTAL 1.9R 11/12 TO 11/12 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 1135 1187 -52 1021 SINCE 7/1 1137 1197 -60 1021 COOLING TOTAL 95 98 -3 175 SINCE 1/1 925 849 76 1062 .............................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.0 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 40/210 DATE 11/05 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 58/190 DATE 11/05 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.59 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 21 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 38 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 32 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 67 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 4 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 5 RAIN 12 LIGHT RAIN 32 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 1 LIGHT SNOW 9 SLEET 0 FOG 45 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 3 HAZE 7 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && DRIEST FALL IN 23 YEARS WORSENING DROUGHT CONDITIONS IMPACTED THE REGION DURING AUTUMN 2022. ON AUGUST 30TH, THE US DROUGHT MONITOR INDICATED "ABNORMALLY DRY" CONDITIONS WERE PRESENT IN PARTS OF NORTHEAST INDIANA BUT EXCLUDING ALLEN COUNTY (IN). BY OCTOBER 25TH, AN EXPANSIVE AREA OF "MODERATE DROUGHT" EMERGED ALONG THE US 30 CORRIDOR. THIS LINGERED THROUGH MOST OF NOVEMBER UNTIL SOAKING RAIN ARRIVED OVER THE FINAL NOVEMBER WEEKEND ACROSS THE STATE. DURING THIS DRY PERIOD, NUMEROUS FIELD FIRES WERE REPORTED IN PART DUE TO FALL HARVEST ACTIVITIES. FIRES ASIDE, IMPACTS TO CROPS WERE GENERALLY MINOR TO NON-EXISTENT. DROUGHT CONCERNS ARE NOT OVER FOR GOOD, HOWEVER, AS THE FALL PRECIPITATION TOTAL WAS 3.35 INCHES BELOW NORMAL (5.60 INCHES OBSERVED). THIS RANKS AS THE 19TH DRIEST FALL ON RECORD. THIS WAS THE DRIEST FALL SINCE 1999 (4.35 INCHES). THERE WERE SOME NOTABLE TEMPERATURE SWINGS IN OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER. DETAILS CAN BE FOUND BELOW IN THE MONTH-BY-MONTH SUMMARIES. OVERALL, THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE THIS FALL WAS 53.3 DEGREES; 0.3 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THIS FALL`S SNOW TOTAL OF 4.2 INCHES IS 2.2 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL. THIS RANKS AS THE 32ND GREATEST SNOW TOTAL FOR AUTUMN. SEPTEMBER 2022. SEPTEMBER FEATURED TIMES OF BOTH WARM AND COOL TEMPERATURES. THERE WERE PLENTY OF DAYS WITH HIGHS IN THE 80S TO BEGIN THE MONTH. FALL- LIKE TEMPERATURES SETTLED IN FOR THE LAST WEEK OF THE MONTH WHERE HIGHS IN THE 60S WERE COMMON WITH LOWS IN THE 40S. THE COLDEST LOW OF THE MONTH WAS 37 DEGREES ON THE 29TH. THERE WAS SOME PATCHY FROST IN OUTLYING AREAS. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 64.8 DEGREES WHICH IS ONLY 0.1 DEGREE BELOW NORMAL. ABNORMALLY DRY CONDITIONS WERE VARIABLE THIS MONTH IN NORTHEAST INDIANA, ACCORDING TO THE US DROUGHT MONITOR. THESE DRY CONDITIONS WERE MOST PREVALENT SOUTHWEST OF FORT WAYNE TO START THE MONTH. THERE WAS IMPROVEMENT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE MONTH WHEN THERE WAS A FOUR-DAY STRETCH OF RAIN. BY THE END OF THE MONTH, ABNORMALLY DRY CONDITIONS RESUMED. SEPTEMBER PRECIPITATION ENDED 1.08 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. THIS RANKS AS THE 42ND DRIEST ON RECORD. NO RECORDS WERE SET THIS MONTH. OCTOBER 2022 SECOND EARLIEST MEASURABLE SNOW ON RECORD OCTOBER FEATURED SEVERAL BEAUTIFUL AFTERNOONS PRECEDED BY CHILLY AND SOMETIMES FROSTY MORNINGS. THE FIRST 20 DAYS OF THE MONTH FREQUENTLY RECORDED A DAILY TEMPERATURE ANOMALY BELOW NORMAL. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR OCTOBER 1-20 WAS 50.8 DEGREES; THE 14TH COLDEST (TIE) ON RECORD AND THE COLDEST FOR THIS STRETCH SINCE 2009 (47.9 DEGREES). NOTE THAT OCT 1-20, 2012 HAD AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 50.9 DEGREES. THE FINAL 10 DAYS OF THE MONTH WERE A DIFFERENT STORY, WITH AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 55.0 DEGREES RANKING AS THE 18TH WARMEST ON RECORD. IT WAS THE WARMEST AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THAT PERIOD SINCE 56.7 DEGREES IN 2004. OVERALL, THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 52.3 DEGREES WHICH IS 0.9 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. OCTOBER 17TH WAS WHEN THE FIRST SNOWFLAKES WERE OBSERVED THIS FALL. THIS OCCURRED AS A STRONG LAKE EFFECT SNOW BAND MOVED INLAND, DUMPING 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW OVER ALLEN (IN), ELKHART, KOSCIUSKO, NOBLE, AND WHITLEY COUNTIES. FORT WAYNE RECORDED 0.7 INCHES OF SNOW, A NEW RECORD FOR THAT DATE (PREVIOUS RECORD WAS A TRACE IN 1943). THIS RANKS AS THE 2ND EARLIEST MEASURABLE SNOW ON RECORD, BEHIND 0.3 INCHES ON OCTOBER 14, 1937. THE DATE OF THE AVERAGE FIRST MEASURABLE SNOWFALL AT FORT WAYNE IS NOVEMBER 14TH. THE EARLIEST DATE FOR A TRACE OF SNOW ON RECORD IS SEPTEMBER 25TH. OCTOBER`S TOTAL SNOW OF 0.7 INCHES TIES 1952 AS THE 9TH MOST AMOUNT OF SNOW ON RECORD. THE FIRST 15 DAYS OF THE MONTH (0.22") WAS THE DRIEST START TO OCTOBER SINCE 2019 (0.21"). IN THE LAST HALF OF THE MONTH, THERE WERE A FEW MORE DAYS WITH MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION, BRINGING THE MONTH`S TOTAL TO 1.74 INCHES. THIS IS 1.21 INCHES BELOW NORMAL AND RANKS AS THE 35TH DRIEST ON RECORD. LOCATIONS SOUTH OF FORT WAYNE RECEIVED LESS PRECIPITATION, RESULTING IN A WORSENING OF THE DROUGHT CONDITIONS THERE ACCORDING TO THE U.S. DROUGHT MONITOR WHICH DEEMED "MODERATE DROUGHT" CONDITIONS WERE PRESENT. NOVEMBER 2022 A WILD, MEMORABLE MONTH AFTER A RECORD-WARM START TO THE MONTH (NOVEMBER 1-10 WAS THE 3RD WARMEST ON RECORD, BEHIND 1977 AND 1975, WITH AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 54.7 DEGREES), A WINTER CHILL QUICKLY DESCENDED OVER THE REGION. SHORTS AND T-SHIRTS WERE REPLACED WITH WINTER HATS AND GLOVES AS MORNING LOWS DIPPED AS LOW AS 13 DEGREES ON THE 20TH. THE GREATEST SINGLE-DAY TEMPERATURE DEPARTURE BELOW NORMAL WAS 18 DEGREES ON THE 20TH. MEANWHILE, NOVEMBER 4TH HAD A DAILY TEMPERATURE DEPARTURE 18 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THE COLD AIR RUSHING OVER MILD LAKE MICHIGAN WATER TEMPERATURES RESULTED IN INTENSE BOUTS OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW THAT DRIFTED INTO THE FORT WAYNE AREA AT TIMES. AHEAD OF THE LAKE EFFECT, HOWEVER, WAS A ROUND OF SYNOPTIC SNOW THAT BROUGHT 1.9 INCHES TO FORT WAYNE ON THE 12TH. THEN, FROM THE 15TH THROUGH 18TH, FORT WAYNE SLOWLY ACCUMULATED AN ADDITIONAL 1.6 INCHES OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW. THE TOTAL SNOW FOR THE MONTH WAS 3.5 INCHES WHICH IS 1.6 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL. THIS RANKS AS THE 39TH SNOWIEST ON RECORD. THIS IS THE GREATEST NOVEMBER SNOW TOTAL SINCE 6.4 INCHES IN 2019. FOLLOWING THE SNOW AND COLD, A MILD, MORE SEASONABLE AIRMASS RETURNED. AS A RESULT, NOVEMBER ENDED 1.7 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL WITH AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 42.8 DEGREES. THIS RANKS AS TIED WITH THE NOVEMBER OF 1915 AND 2006 AS THE 30TH WARMEST ON RECORD. DROUGHT CONDITIONS OVER NORTHERN INDIANA WERE NEARLY STEADY THIS MONTH; "ABNORMALLY DRY" TO "MODERATE DROUGHT" ACCORDING TO THE US DROUGHT MONITOR. A SOAKING RAIN AT THE END OF THE MONTH PROVIDED SOME RELIEF AND SET A DAILY PRECIPITATION RECORD ON THE 28TH (1.24 INCHES BROKE THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 1.14 SET IN 1983). THE TOTAL PRECIPITATION THIS MONTH WAS 1.90 INCHES WHICH IS 1.06 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. THIS RANKS AS THE 36TH DRIEST ON RECORD. DESPITE THE WARMTH AT THE MONTH`S START, NO TEMPERATURE RECORDS WERE SET. BROWN $$