Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Northern Indiana
Issued by NWS Northern Indiana
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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
501 AM EST WED JAN 01 2025
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...THE FORT WAYNE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF DECEMBER 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 71 12/02/1982
LOW -18 12/22/1989
HIGHEST 56 12/08 MM MM 62 12/09
12/16
12/28
LOWEST 9 12/12 MM MM 21 12/13
AVG. MAXIMUM 39.9 37.5 2.4 46.2
AVG. MINIMUM 27.2 24.2 3.0 33.4
MEAN 33.6 30.9 2.7
DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0
DAYS MAX <= 32 8 9.9 -1.9 0
DAYS MIN <= 32 19 24.9 -5.9 13
DAYS MIN <= 0 0 1.0 -1.0 0
PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
MAXIMUM 7.56 1990
MINIMUM 0.34 1943
TOTALS 3.82 2.47 1.35 1.69
DAILY AVG. 0.12 0.08 0.04 0.05
DAYS >= .01 14 12.4 1.6 13
DAYS >= .10 8 5.7 2.3 6
DAYS >= .50 3 1.6 1.4 0
DAYS >= 1.00 0 0.3 -0.3 0
GREATEST
24 HR. TOTAL 0.89 12/29 TO 12/29
SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
TOTAL 23.0 1914
TOTALS 2.3 7.6 -5.3 0.5
SINCE 7/1 3.0 9.6 -6.6 0.9
SNOWDEPTH AVG. T -1
DAYS >= 1.0 1 2.1 -1.1 0
GREATEST
SNOW DEPTH T T
24 HR TOTAL 1.3 12/20 TO 12/20
DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL 966 1059 -93 775
SINCE 7/1 1828 2257 -429 1868
COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0 0
SINCE 1/1 1023 849 174 766
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 11.1
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 37/280 DATE 12/04
37/260 12/11
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 51/270 DATE 12/04
51/270 12/11
SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.82
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 0
NUMBER OF DAYS PC 10
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 21
AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 74
WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM 0 MIXED PRECIP 0
HEAVY RAIN 2 RAIN 5
LIGHT RAIN 14 FREEZING RAIN 0
LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0
HEAVY SNOW 1 SNOW 1
LIGHT SNOW 14 SLEET 0
FOG 19 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 4
HAZE 5
- INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.
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...COLDEST START TO DECEMBER IN 14 YEARS GIVES WAY TO MILD MONTH
OVERALL...
WINTER ARRIVED QUICKLY IN THE FORM OF COLDER-THAN-NORMAL
TEMPERATURES TO START THE MONTH. THROUGH DECEMBER 7, THE AVERAGE
TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 8.6 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL (25.5 DEGREES
OBSERVED), GOOD FOR THE COLDEST START TO METEOROLOGICAL WINTER SINCE
24.1 DEGREES IN 2010. MILD LAKE MICHIGAN WATER TEMPERATURES NEAR 40F
WERE CONDUCIVE FOR LAKE EFFECT SNOW WHICH STRETCHED TO FORT WAYNE AT
TIMES. OTHERWISE, COLD FRONTS BROUGHT EPISODIC SNOW SHOWERS. BY
MONTH`S END, 2.3 INCHES OF SNOW WAS RECORDED WHICH IS 5.3 INCHES
BELOW NORMAL AND TIES AS THE 26TH LEAST ON RECORD (1954 AND 1905).
THE AFORMENTIONED COLD WAS NEARLY ERASED IN THE DAYS THAT FOLLOWED
AS HIGH TEMPERATURES SOARED INTO THE MID-40S AND EVEN MID-50S. FIVE
DAYS THIS MONTH REACHED A HIGH OF 50 DEGREES OR WARMER WHICH IS
THREE LESS THAN DECEMBER 2023. ONE MORE BRIEF COLD SNAP OCCURRED
FROM THE 11TH THROUGH 13TH BEFORE A RETURN TO VERY MILD
TEMPERATURES. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 33.6 DEGREES
WHICH IS 2.7 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL AND RANKS AS THE 25TH WARMEST ON
RECORD.
PRECIPITATION WAS FREQUENT THANKS TO A PROGRESSIVE JET STREAM. THE
US DROUGHT MONITOR WAS GENERALLY UNCHANGED IN OUR AREA THROUGH
DECEMBER WITH ABOUT 34 PERCENT OF THE AREA EXPERIENCING "SEVERE
DROUGHT" (LEVEL 2 OF 4), WHILE ALL OF THE AREA WAS DEEMED AT LEAST
UNDER A "MODERATE DROUGHT" (LEVEL 1 OF 4). THE MONTH RECORDED 3.82
INCHES OF PRECIPITATION WHICH IS 1.35 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL AND IS
19TH WETTEST ON RECORD. 1.77 INCHES OF THIS MONTH`S TOTAL FELL FROM
THE 29TH THROUGH 31ST AS A PAIR OF LOW PRESSURE SYSTEMS BROUGHT
SOAKING RAIN (MIXED WITH A FEW SNOWFLAKES NEW YEAR`S EVE) TO THE
FORT. DATING BACK TO MAY 7TH, FORT WAYNE HAS NOT HAD A DAY WITH 1
INCH OR MORE OF PRECIPITATION.
BROWN
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