Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Northern Indiana
Issued by NWS Northern Indiana
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CXUS53 KIWX 011008
CLMFWA
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
508 AM EST SUN NOV 01 2026
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...THE FORT WAYNE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 2026...
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1897 TO 2026
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 10/13 MM MM 88 10/03
10/04
LOWEST 34 10/18 MM MM 29 10/25
AVG. MAXIMUM 71.3 63.7 7.6 68.6
AVG. MINIMUM 45.5 42.8 2.7 43.5
MEAN 58.4 53.2 5.2
DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0
DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0
DAYS MIN <= 32 0 3.8 -3.8 2
DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0
PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
MAXIMUM 9.26 1954
MINIMUM 0.14 1964
TOTALS 0.80 2.95 -2.15 0.77
DAILY AVG. 0.03 0.10 -0.07 0.02
DAYS >= .01 6 10.1 -4.1 6
DAYS >= .10 2 6.2 -4.2 1
DAYS >= .50 0 1.9 -1.9 1
DAYS >= 1.00 0 0.7 -0.7 0
GREATEST
24 HR. TOTAL 0.48 10/01 TO 10/02
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 MM
DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL 227 376 -149 298
SINCE 7/1 290 481 -191 369
COOLING TOTAL 28 12 16 30
SINCE 1/1 970 849 121 1002
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.7
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 25/270 DATE 10/16
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 35/280 DATE 10/16
SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.44
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 14
NUMBER OF DAYS PC 9
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 8
AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 70
WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM 2 MIXED PRECIP 0
HEAVY RAIN 2 RAIN 2
LIGHT RAIN 10 FREEZING RAIN 0
LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0
HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0
LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0
FOG 13 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 2
HAZE 3
- INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.
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...9TH WARMEST AND 12TH DRIEST OCTOBER...
FOR THE THIRD YEAR IN A ROW, FORT WAYNE MEASURED LESS THAN AN INCH
OF RAIN DURING THE MONTH OF OCTOBER. THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL
OCCURRENCES OF BACK TO BACK OCTOBERS THAT HAD LESS THAN AN INCH OF
RAIN, BUT NEVER THREE CONSECUTIVE TIMES. IT IS NOT UNCOMMON TO HAVE
LONG DRY STRETCHES DURING THE FALL, HOWEVER, THE PAST THREE OCTOBERS
HAVE BEEN A NOTABLE DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL. THIS OCTOBER ONLY HAD 6
DAYS OF MEASURABLE RAINFALL AND SEVERAL WEEK-LONG DRY STRETCHES IN
BETWEEN. MOST OF THE RAINFALL THIS MONTH FELL ON OCTOBER 2ND WHEN
0.47" FELL. OVERALL, A TOTAL OF 0.80" OF RAIN FELL DURING THE MONTH,
WHICH IS 2.15" BELOW NORMAL AND TIES 1952 AS THE 12TH DRIEST ON
RECORD. THIS OCTOBER`S RAINFALL WAS A SLIGHT IMPROVEMENT FROM 2025
(0.77") AND 2024 (0.43").
NO SNOW WAS RECORDED THIS MONTH. DESPITE THE AVERAGE FIRST SNOWFALL
OCCURING ON NOVEMBER 17TH, FORT WAYNE TYPICALLY AVERAGES 0.1" OF
SNOW IN OCTOBER. THE LAST TIME OCTOBER FEATURED MEASURABLE SNOW IN
FORT WAYNE WAS WHEN 0.7" FELL ON OCTOBER 17, 2022. A TRACE OF SNOW
FELL ON HALLOWEEN 2023 AS WELL.
TEMPERATURES THROUGHOUT THE MAJORITY OF OCTOBER WERE MILD DUE TO A
PERSISTENT UPPER LEVEL RIDGE PATTERN ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES AND
MIDWEST REGIONS. 25 DAYS THIS MONTH HAD AN AVERAGE DAILY TEMPERATURE
ABOVE NORMAL, WITH 6 OF THOSE DAYS OVER 10 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL.
OCTOBER IS PRONE TO LARGE TEMPERATURE SWINGS AS IT IS A TRANSITION
MONTH FROM SUMMER TO FALL, AND THIS MONTH WAS NO DIFFERENT. THE
WARMEST TEMPERATURE OCCURRED ON OCTOBER 13TH WITH A HIGH OF 88
DEGREES; A FEW DAYS LATER, THE COLDEST TEMPERATURE OF THE MONTH
OCCURRED ON OCTOBER 18TH WITH A LOW OF 34 DEGREES. THERE WERE SEVERAL
NIGHTS WITH LOWS IN THE MID 30S BUT THE GROWING SEASON LASTED
THROUGH THE MONTH AS THERE WAS NEVER A FREEZE IN FORT WAYNE.
OVERALL, OCTOBER HAD AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 58.4 DEGREES, WHICH
IS 5.2 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL AND RANKS AS THE 9TH WARMEST ON RECORD.
TWO NEW TEMPERATURE RECORDS WERE SET THIS MONTH ON OCTOBER 13TH. THE
AFOREMENTIONED HIGH OF 88 DEGREES BROKE THE PREVIOUS DAILY RECORD OF
84 DEGREES SET IN 1899. ADDITIONALLY, A RECORD WARM LOW WAS SET ON
THE SAME DAY OF 65 DEGREES; THIS BROKE THE OLD RECORD OF 59 DEGREES
SET IN 1970.
JOHNSON/BROWN
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