Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Northern Indiana
Issued by NWS Northern Indiana
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CLMFWA
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1058 AM EDT SAT NOV 01 2025
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...THE FORT WAYNE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 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 91 10/03/1898
LOW 19 10/31/1988
HIGHEST 88 10/03 MM MM 82 10/11
10/04
LOWEST 29 10/25 MM MM 29 10/17
AVG. MAXIMUM 68.6 63.7 4.9 71.2
AVG. MINIMUM 43.5 42.8 0.7 42.4
MEAN 56.1 53.2 2.9
DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0
DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0
DAYS MIN <= 32 2 3.8 -1.8 4
DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0
PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
MAXIMUM 9.26 1954
MINIMUM 0.14 1964
TOTALS 0.77 2.95 -2.18 0.43
DAILY AVG. 0.02 0.10 -0.08 0.01
DAYS >= .01 6 10.1 -4.1 3
DAYS >= .10 1 6.2 -5.2 1
DAYS >= .50 1 1.9 -0.9 0
DAYS >= 1.00 0 0.7 -0.7 0
GREATEST
24 HR. TOTAL 0.65 10/18 TO 10/19
SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
TOTAL 8.0 1989
TOTALS 0.0 0.1 -0.1 0.0
SINCE 7/1 0.0 0.1 -0.1 0.0
SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 0
DAYS >= 1.0 0 0.0 0.0 0
GREATEST
SNOW DEPTH 0 0
24 HR TOTAL 0.0
DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL 298 376 -78 259
SINCE 7/1 369 481 -112 289
COOLING TOTAL 30 12 18 14
SINCE 1/1 1002 849 153 1016
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.0
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 37/280 DATE 10/21
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 48/260 DATE 10/21
SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.47
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 11
NUMBER OF DAYS PC 15
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 5
AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 65
WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM 0 MIXED PRECIP 0
HEAVY RAIN 0 RAIN 1
LIGHT RAIN 6 FREEZING RAIN 0
LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0
HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0
LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0
FOG 6 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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A VERY DRY OCTOBER; TOP 30 WARMEST
FOR THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW, FORT WAYNE MEASURED LESS THAN AN INCH
OF RAIN FALL DURING THE MONTH OF OCTOBER. IT IS NOT UNCOMMON FOR
OCTOBER TO BE A DRY MONTH, HOWEVER, THE PAST TWO OCTOBERS HAVE BEEN
A NOTABLE DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL. THE MONTH WAS INCREDIBLY DRY WITH
SEVERAL WEEK-LONG STRETCHES OF NO RAIN. ONLY 6 DAYS OF MEASURABLE
PRECIPTATION WAS RECORDED THIS MONTH (WHICH IS AN IMPROVEMENT FROM
JUST 3 DAYS LAST OCTOBER). MOST OF THE MONTH`S RAINFALL FELL ON
OCTOBER 19TH WHEN WIDESPREAD RAINFALL MOVED THROUGH THE AREA AND
BROUGHT 0.59" TO FORT WAYNE. OVERALL, ONLY 0.77" OF RAIN FELL THIS
MONTH, WHICH IS 2.18" BELOW NORMAL. OCTOBER 2025 RANKS AS THE 11TH
DRIEST OCTOBER ON RECORD. THIS YEAR`S OCTOBER RAINFALL WAS A SLIGHT
IMPROVEMENT FROM LAST YEAR WHEN ONLY 0.43" FELL.
TO FURTHER PUT THE EXTREMELY DRY CONDITIONS INTO PERSPECTIVE, IF THE
YEAR WERE TO END RIGHT NOW, FORT WAYNE WOULD HAVE THE DRIEST YEAR ON
RECORD SINCE RECORDS BEGAN IN 1897. YEAR-TO-DATE, FORT WAYNE HAS HAD
20.85" OF PRECIPITATION, WHICH IS 13.20" BELOW THE YEAR-TO-DATE
NORMAL OF 34.05". THIS IS THE LARGEST YEAR-TO-DATE PRECIPITATION
DEFICIT FORT WAYNE HAS EVER HAD GOING INTO NOVEMBER AND WILL BE
DIFFICULT TO OVERCOME HEADING INTO THE WINTER MONTHS, WHICH ARE
USUALLY DRY. FORT WAYNE NEEDS TO MEASURE 3.56" OF PRECIPITATION (OR
MORE) IN THE NEXT TWO MONTHS OR ELSE 2025 WILL GO DOWN AS THE DRIEST
YEAR ON RECORD. 1962 CURRENTLY HOLDS THE RECORD FOR DRIEST YEAR EVER
WITH 24.40".
UNSURPRISINGLY, THE LACK OF RAINFALL HAS EXACERBATED THE ONGOING
DROUGHT. SEVERE TO EXTREME DROUGHT EXPANDED ALONG AND SOUTH OF US 24
CORRIDOR THROUGHOUT OCTOBER. AT THE END OF SEPTEMBER, EXTREME
DROUGHT WAS INTRODUCED INTO ALLEN COUNTY, IN FOR THE FIRST TIME
SINCE THE SUMMER OF 2012. BY THE END OF OCTOBER, EXTREME DROUGHT NOW
COVERS ~40% OF THE COUNTY, ESPECIALLY SOUTHEASTERN ALLEN COUNTY.
DEPENDING ON HOW MUCH WATER CAN BE PUT BACK INTO THE GROUND OVER THE
WINTER (VIA RAIN AND SNOWMELT), THIS YEAR`S FALL DROUGHT COULD
IMPACT NEXT YEAR`S SPRING PLANTING IN NORTHEAST INDIANA AND
NORTHWEST OHIO. THE GROUND IS INCREDIBLY DRY WITH A LACK OF
GROUNDWATER AND EXTREMELY POWDERY TOPSOIL. FALL HARVESTS FOR WHEAT
AND SOYBEANS WIDELY VARIED BETWEEN EARLY AND LATE SEASON CROPS.
NO SNOW WAS RECORDED THIS MONTH. DESIPTE THE AVERAGE FIRST SNOWFALL
OCCURRING ON NOVEMBER 17TH, OCTOBER DOES TYPICALLY AVERAGE 0.1" OF
SNOW IN FORT WAYNE. THE LAST TIME MEASURABLE SNOW FELL IN FORT WAYNE
WAS WHEN 0.7" FELL ON OCTOBER 17TH, 2022. A TRACE OF SNOW FELL IN
2023 AS WELL.
OCTOBER IS OFTEN A TRANSITION MONTH BETWEEN SUMMER AND FALL WITH
LARGE TEMPERATURES SWINGS AND THIS YEAR WAS NO EXCEPTION. OCTOBER
BEGAN WARMER THAN NORMAL WITH A PERISTENT UPPER LEVEL RIDGE PATTERN
ACROSS THE MIDWEST AND GREAT LAKES REGIONS. THE FIRST HALF OF THE
MONTH SAW NEAR RECORD HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S WITH WARM OVERNIGHT
LOWS. A COOLER DAY OR TWO BRIEFLY OCCURRED BUT HEAT AND HUMIDITY
DOMINATED THE FIRST HALF OF OCTOBER. A SERIES OF SEVERAL COLD FRONTS
MOVED THROUGH DURING THE LATTER HALF OF THE MONTH AS FALL FINALLY
SETTLED IN BY THE END OF THE MONTH. SUMMER HAD ONE LAST HURRAH ON
OCTOBER 18TH WITH A HIGH OF 85 DEGREES BEFORE COOLER AIR WAS ABLE TO
OVERCOME THE PERISTENT HEAT. FOR THE LAST THIRD OF THE MONTH, MUCH
MORE SEASONABLE TEMPERATURES - HIGHS IN THE 50S AND 60S AND LOWS IN
THE 30S AND 40S - HAVE BECOME COMMON. THE FIRST WIDESPREAD FREEZE OF
THE FALL OCCURRED ON OCTOBER 25TH WITH A LOW OF 29 DEGREES,
EFFECTIVELY ENDING THE GROWING SEASON. OVERALL, THE MONTHLY AVERAGE
TEMPERATURE WAS 56.1 DEGREES, WHICH IS 2.9 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL.
OCTOBER 2025 RANKS AS THE 28TH WARMEST SINCE RECORDS BEGAN IN 1897.
NO NEW TEMPERATURE OR PRECIPITATION RECORDS WERE SET THIS MONTH.
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