Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Northern Indiana
Issued by NWS Northern Indiana
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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
542 AM EDT SAT JUN 01 2024
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...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
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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
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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.
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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
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