Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Northern Indiana
Issued by NWS Northern Indiana
000 CXUS53 KIWX 011303 CLMFWA CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 903 AM EDT SAT JUL 01 2023 ................................... ...THE FORT WAYNE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE 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 06/28/2012 06/25/1988 LOW 36 06/02/1910 HIGHEST 92 06/03 MM MM 96 06/14 06/21 LOWEST 46 06/08 MM MM 47 06/28 06/09 AVG. MAXIMUM 81.5 81.0 0.5 84.6 AVG. MINIMUM 56.5 60.3 -3.8 60.0 MEAN 69.0 70.7 -1.7 DAYS MAX >= 90 4 4.2 -0.2 8 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 11.98 2015 MINIMUM 0.50 1933 TOTALS 1.39 4.48 -3.09 3.26 DAILY AVG. 0.05 0.15 -0.10 0.11 DAYS >= .01 5 11.9 -6.9 7 DAYS >= .10 4 7.9 -3.9 4 DAYS >= .50 1 3.0 -2.0 2 DAYS >= 1.00 0 1.2 -1.2 1 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.63 06/13 TO 06/13 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL T 2016 TOTALS 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE 7/1 21.7 33.6 -11.9 23.2 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 26 24 2 4 SINCE 7/1 5373 5965 -592 5593 COOLING TOTAL 154 194 -40 228 SINCE 1/1 211 264 -53 347 ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.0 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 36/220 DATE 06/25 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 50/220 DATE 06/25 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.56 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 10 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 9 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 11 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 62 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 5 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 1 RAIN 4 LIGHT RAIN 8 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 12 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 0 HAZE 13 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && CONTINUED DROUGHT STRESSES CROPS FLASH DROUGHT CONDITIONS DEVELOPED LAST MONTH AND DRY WEATHER PERSISTED THROUGH JUNE WITH ONLY A COUPLE EXCEPTIONS. ACCORDING TO THE US DROUGHT MONITOR, "ABNORMALLY DRY" CONDITIONS WERE PRESENT ON MAY 30TH. BY LATE-JUNE, A "MODERATE DROUGHT" AND "SEVERE DROUGHT" WERE UNDERWAY IN NORTHERN INDIANA AND NORTHWEST OHIO. IRRIGATION BECAME MORE COMMON TO COMBAT CROP STRESS. DRY SOIL, LARGE EVAPOTRANSPIRATION RATES, AND LOW WATER LEVELS OF CREEKS, STREAMS, AND PONDS WERE REPORTED. FORT WAYNE RECORDED 1.39 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION THIS MONTH, WHICH IS 3.09 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. THIS RANKS AS THE 11TH DRIEST ON RECORD AND IS THE DRIEST SINCE 0.65 INCHES IN JUNE OF 2012 (THIRD DRIEST ON RECORD). RAIN TOTALS FROM THE 25TH AND 26TH (0.33 AND 0.15 OBSERVED AT FORT WAYNE INT`L AIRPORT , RESPECTIVELY) WERE HIGHLY VARIABLE IN THE REGION, WITH SOME LOCATIONS NORTH AND WEST OF FORT WAYNE REPORTING MORE THAN TWO INCHES. THE FORT WAYNE AIRPORT ONLY RECORDED MEASURABLE RAINFALL 4 DAYS THIS MONTH. THE LARGEST 24 HOUR RAINFALL TOTAL OF 0.63 INCHES FELL ON JUNE 13TH. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH OF 69.0 DEGREES WAS 1.7 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. WHILE THE FIRST FEW DAYS OF JUNE STARTED VERY WARM, A PERIOD OF COOL WEATHER EMERGED FROM THE 7TH THROUGH 18TH AS A RESULT OF COOL NORTHERLY FLOW. NO RECORDS WERE SET THIS MONTH. BROWN/JOHNSON $$