Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Northern Indiana
Issued by NWS Northern Indiana
000 CXUS53 KIWX 010756 CLMFWA CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 356 AM EDT TUE AUG 01 2023 ................................... ...THE FORT WAYNE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF JULY 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 106 07/14/1936 07/22/1934 LOW 38 07/02/1904 HIGHEST 92 07/27 MM MM 92 07/04 07/05 LOWEST 57 07/19 MM MM 56 07/30 07/31 AVG. MAXIMUM 84.1 84.1 0.0 83.3 AVG. MINIMUM 63.1 63.5 -0.4 63.8 MEAN 73.6 73.8 -0.2 DAYS MAX >= 90 4 6.0 -2.0 3 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 11.00 1986 MINIMUM 0.41 1974 TOTALS 5.28 4.05 1.23 6.34 DAILY AVG. 0.17 0.13 0.04 0.20 DAYS >= .01 12 9.7 2.3 10 DAYS >= .10 8 6.6 1.4 7 DAYS >= .50 4 2.6 1.4 4 DAYS >= 1.00 1 1.3 -0.3 2 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 1.66 07/20 TO 07/20 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL T 2014 TOTALS 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE 7/1 0.0 0.0 0.0 MM SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 0 DAYS >= 1.0 0 0.0 0.0 0 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 0 0 24 HR TOTAL MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 0 3 -3 0 SINCE 7/1 0 0 0 MM COOLING TOTAL 276 275 1 269 SINCE 1/1 487 539 -52 MM ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.0 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 37/340 DATE 07/20 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 56/340 DATE 07/20 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.50 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 11 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 16 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 4 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 73 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 11 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 7 RAIN 7 LIGHT RAIN 14 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 21 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 3 HAZE 9 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && WHILE THE SOUTHWEST US ROASTED BENEATH A PERSISTENT RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE, THIS SAME PATTERN BROUGHT SOMEWHAT COOL NORTHWEST FLOW AND FREQUENT THUNDERSTORMS TO THE AREA. DROUGHT CONDITIONS IMPROVED AS A RESULT. ON JUNE 27TH, THE US DROUGHT MONITOR INDICATED ABOUT 87% OF THE FORECAST AREA WAS EXPERIENCING MODERATE DROUGHT OR SEVERE DROUGHT. BY JULY 25TH, THIS WAS DOWN TO ONLY 28%. PRECIPITATION TOTALED A WHOPPING 5.28 INCHES WHICH IS 1.23 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL AND RANKS AS THE 22ND MOST ON RECORD. ONE RECORD WAS SET THIS MONTH: 1.66 INCHES OF RAIN ON THE 20TH BROKE THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 1.46 IN 1946. THERE WERE FOUR DAYS THIS MONTH WITH A HIGH OF 90 DEGREES OR MORE, WHICH IS ONE MORE THAN JULY 2022 AND IS ON PACE WITH THE NORMAL JULY TOTAL OF ABOUT 4. SO FAR THIS SUMMER THERE HAVE BEEN EIGHT 90-DEGREE DAYS WHICH IS JUST SHY OF THE NORMAL OF 11 DAYS. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 73.6 DEGREES WHICH IS RIGHT NEAR NORMAL. $$ BROWN/MURPHY