Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Northern Indiana
Issued by NWS Northern Indiana
616 CXUS53 KIWX 011314 CLMFWA CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 814 AM EST MON JAN 01 2024 ................................... ...THE FORT WAYNE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF DECEMBER 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 71 12/02/1982 LOW -18 12/22/1989 HIGHEST 62 12/09 MM MM 55 12/30 LOWEST 21 12/13 MM MM -8 12/23 AVG. MAXIMUM 46.2 37.5 8.7 37.0 AVG. MINIMUM 33.4 24.2 9.2 23.9 MEAN 39.8 30.9 8.9 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 9.9 -9.9 8 DAYS MIN <= 32 13 24.9 -11.9 22 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 1.0 -1.0 2 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 7.56 1990 MINIMUM 0.34 1943 TOTALS 1.69 2.47 -0.78 2.57 DAILY AVG. 0.05 0.08 -0.03 0.08 DAYS >= .01 13 12.4 0.6 10 DAYS >= .10 6 5.7 0.3 6 DAYS >= .50 0 1.6 -1.6 1 DAYS >= 1.00 0 0.3 -0.3 1 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.28 12/22 TO 12/22 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 23.0 1914 TOTALS 0.5 7.6 -7.1 2.8 SINCE 7/1 0.9 9.6 -8.7 7.0 SNOWDEPTH AVG. T 0 DAYS >= 1.0 0 2.1 -2.1 2 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH T 2 24 HR TOTAL 0.5 12/18 TO 12/18 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 775 1059 -284 1063 SINCE 7/1 1868 2257 -389 2200 COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0 0 SINCE 1/1 766 849 -83 925 ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.8 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 28/270 DATE 12/03 28/220 12/09 28/320 12/18 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 44/290 DATE 12/18 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.80 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 3 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 6 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 22 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 77 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 0 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 0 RAIN 6 LIGHT RAIN 18 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 1 LIGHT SNOW 5 SLEET 0 FOG 17 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. && 2ND WARMEST DECEMBER, 6TH LEAST SNOWIEST ON RECORD TEMPERATURES THROUGHOUT DECEMBER 2023 WERE WELL ABOVE AVERAGE. THE MOST NOTABLE TEMPERATURE DEPARTURES OCCURRED AROUND CHRISTMAS; THERE WAS A 4 DAY STRETCH OF HIGHS IN THE 50S WITH THE DAILY AVERAGE TEMPERATURE EACH DAY EXCEEDING 15-20 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. OVERALL, 29 OF 31 DAYS THIS MONTH WERE ABOVE AVERAGE! THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 39.8 DEGREES, WHICH IS AN ASTOUNDING 8.9 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL! DECEMBER 2023 WAS THE 2ND WARMEST DECEMBER ON RECORD AND THE WARMEST SINCE 2015. RECORDS BEGAN IN 1897. PRECIPITATION WAS ONCE AGAIN LACKING THIS MONTH. THERE WERE NO DAILY RAINFALL TOTALS OVER HALF AN INCH. THERE WERE SEVERAL DAYS WHERE RAINFALL ONLY TOTALED A QUARTER INCH OR LESS; THE HIGHEST DAILY RAINFALL TOTAL WAS 0.28" ON DECEMBER 22ND. PRECIPITATION TOTALED 1.69" FOR THE MONTH. THIS IS 0.78" BELOW NORMAL AND WAS THE 36TH DRIEST DECEMBER ON RECORD FOR FORT WAYNE. ONLY ONE DAY IN DECEMBER RECORDED MEASURABLE SNOW; 0.5" OF SNOW FELL ON DECEMBER 18TH. THE TOTAL OF 0.5" OF SNOW FOR THE MONTH WAS 7.1" BELOW NORMAL. DECEMBER 2023 TIES FOR THE 6TH LEAST SNOWIEST ON RECORD. NO RECORDS WERE SET THIS MONTH. JOHNSON $$