Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Northern Indiana
Issued by NWS Northern Indiana
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CXUS53 KIWX 021036
CLMFWA
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
536 AM EST TUE DEC 02 2025
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...THE FORT WAYNE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER 2025...
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1897 TO 2025
WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S
VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S)
NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
HIGH 79 11/01/2016
11/01/1950
LOW 11/30/1958
11/25/1950
11/24/1950
HIGHEST 67 11/05 MM MM 75 11/05
11/15
LOWEST 17 11/28 MM MM 15 11/30
11/29
AVG. MAXIMUM 49.4 49.4 0.0 53.7
AVG. MINIMUM 31.4 32.8 -1.4 37.9
MEAN 40.4 41.1 -0.7
DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0
DAYS MAX <= 32 3 1.6 1.4 2
DAYS MIN <= 32 17 15.2 1.8 9
DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0
PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
MAXIMUM 8.01 1992
MINIMUM 0.23 1917
TOTALS 2.00 2.96 -0.96 2.19
DAILY AVG. 0.07 0.10 -0.03 0.07
DAYS >= .01 11 10.5 0.5 16
DAYS >= .10 7 6.0 1.0 9
DAYS >= .50 1 1.7 -0.7 0
DAYS >= 1.00 0 0.6 -0.6 0
GREATEST
24 HR. TOTAL 0.65 11/29 TO 11/30
SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
TOTAL 14.1 1950
TOTALS 9.3 1.9 7.4 0.7
SINCE 7/1 9.3 2.0 7.3 0.7
SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 -1
DAYS >= 1.0 2 0.5 1.5 0
GREATEST
SNOW DEPTH 5 11/30 T
24 HR TOTAL 5.6 11/29 TO 11/29
DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL 730 717 13 573
SINCE 7/1 1099 1197 -98 862
COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0 7
SINCE 1/1 1002 849 153 1023
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.3
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 41/250 DATE 11/26
41/260 11/30
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 53/270 DATE 11/26
53/250 11/30
SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.67
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 4
NUMBER OF DAYS PC 14
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 12
AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 72
WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM 1 MIXED PRECIP 0
HEAVY RAIN 0 RAIN 3
LIGHT RAIN 11 FREEZING RAIN 0
LT FREEZING RAIN 1 HAIL 0
HEAVY SNOW 1 SNOW 1
LIGHT SNOW 8 SLEET 0
FOG 16 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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...SNOWIEST NOVEMBER IN FORT WAYNE SINCE 1966...
AS IS COMMON IN THE FALL, NOVEMBER WAS AN ACTIVE TRANSITION MONTH
FROM WARMER THAN NORMAL TO COOLER THAN NORMAL TEMPERATURES. SEVERAL
SYSTEMS WITH STRONG COLD FRONTS MOVED THROUGH THE AREA, WHICH OFTEN
RESULTED IN SEVERAL DAYS OF WARM AIR OUT AHEAD OF THE INCOMING
SYSTEM FOLLOWED BY COOLER THAN NORMAL TEMPERATURES BEHIND IT. THE
WARMEST TEMPERATURE THIS MONTH WAS 67 DEGREES, WHICH OCCURRED ON
NOVEMBER 5TH AND 15TH. CONVERSELY, THE COLDEST TEMPERATURE THIS
MONTH WAS 17 DEGREES, WHICH OCCURRED ON NOVEMBER 28TH. 13 DAYS THIS
MONTH WERE COOLER THAN NORMAL. WITH A SIGNIFICANT COLD SNAP AFTER
THANKSGIVING TO FINISH OUT THE MONTH, NOVEMBER FINISHED JUST
SLIGHTLY COOLER THAN NORMAL. (NOTE: THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FROM
11/1 TO 11/28 WAS EXACTLY AT AVERAGE). OVERALL, THE AVERAGE
TEMPERATURE WAS 40.4 DEGREES, WHICH IS 0.7 DEGREES COOLER THAN THE
NORMAL NOVEMBER AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 41.1 DEGREES. THIS WAS
COOLEST NOVEMBER ON RECORD SINCE 2021 WHEN THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE
WAS 39.5 DEGREES. IT IS ALSO THE FIRST NOVEMBER SINCE 2021 THAT THE
AVERAGE TEMPERATURE HAS BEEN COOLER THAN NORMAL.
THIS YEAR HAS BEEN EXCEPTIONALLY DRY IN FORT WAYNE, ESPECIALLY
THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER AND FALL, AND THIS MONTH WAS NO EXCEPTION. 11
DAYS THIS MONTH HAD MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION, HOWEVER, ONLY ONE DAY
HAD OVER 0.50". NOVEMBER 29TH HAD THE MOST PRECIPITATION IN A SINGLE
DAY THIS MONTH WITH 0.59" OF PRECIPITATION (MAINLY LIQUID EQUIVALENT
OF MELTED SNOWFALL). FORT WAYNE RECORDED 2.00" OF PRECIPITATION IN
NOVEMBER, WHICH IS 0.96" BELOW NORMAL. THIS RANKS AS THE 41ST DRIEST
NOVEMBER ON RECORD.
FORT WAYNE CONTINUES TO BE ON PACE FOR EITHER THE 1ST OR 2ND DRIEST
YEAR ON RECORD SINCE RECORDS BEGAN IN 1897. A SIGNIFICANT
PRECIPITATION DEFICIT IS ONGOING. YEAR-TO-DATE, FORT WAYNE HAS HAD
22.85" OF PRECIPITATION, WHICH IS 14.16" BELOW THE YEAR-TO-DATE
NORMAL OF 37.01". FORT WAYNE NEEDS TO MEASURE AT LEAST 1.55" OF
PRECIPITATION IN DECEMBER OR ELSE 2025 WILL GO DOWN AS THE DRIEST
YEAR ON RECORD. 1962 CURRENTLY HOLDS THE RECORD FOR DRIEST YEAR EVER
IN FORT WAYNE WITH 24.40" AND 1941 IS SECOND DRIEST WITH 25.72".
WHAT IS NOTABLE ABOUT NOVEMBER IS THE IMPRESSIVE AMOUNT OF SNOW THAT
FELL. TWO LARGE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEMS WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR BRINGING
THE MOST SNOW TO FORT WAYNE IN NOVEMBER SINCE 1966! AN AREA OF LOW
PRESSURE MOVING THROUGH THE GREAT LAKES BROUGHT LAKE EFFECT SNOW ON
NOVEMBER 9-11TH WITH 3.6" OF SNOW TOTAL. ANOTHER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM
CAME THROUGH AT THE END OF THE MONTH ON NOVEMBER 29-30TH, TOTALLING
A 2-DAY TOTAL OF 5.7" OF SYNOPTIC (SYSTEM) SNOWFALL. BETWEEN THESE
TWO SYSTEMS, THE TOTAL SNOWFALL THIS MONTH WAS 9.3", WHICH RANKS AS
THE 3RD SNOWIEST NOVEMBER ON RECORD AND THE SNOWIEST NOVEMBER SINCE
1966 WHEN 12.0" FELL. SNOWFALL THIS MONTH WAS 7.4" ABOVE NORMAL!
SNOW HAS NOT BEEN ABOVE NORMAL IN FORT WAYNE IN NOVEMBER SINCE 2022.
SOME OTHER NOTEWORTHY SNOW STATISTICS THIS MONTH INCLUDE THAT THE
DAILY SNOWFALL TOTAL ON NOVEMBER 29TH OF 5.6" WAS THE FIRST 3"+
SNOWFALL IN FORT WAYNE IN NEARLY 3 YEARS! THIS WAS THE HIGHEST
SINGLE DAY SNOWFALL SINCE 6.2" FELL ON JANUARY 25, 2023. IN
ADDITION, THE NOVEMBER 29TH DAILY TOTAL OF 5.6" WAS THE 3RD LARGEST
NOVEMBER DAILY SNOWFALL TOTAL SINCE RECORDS BEGAN IN 1897! ONE NEW
SNOWFALL RECORD WAS SET THIS MONTH. A RECORD DAILY SNOWFALL WAS SET
ON NOVEMBER 10TH WITH 1.9", WHICH BROKE THE PREVIOUS DAILY RECORD OF
1.2" SET IN 1928.
JOHNSON
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