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
1209 PM EDT MON JUN 01 2026
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...THE FORT WAYNE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF MAY 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 97 05/28/2018
LOW 23 05/09/2020
HIGHEST 86 05/18 MM MM 86 05/16
LOWEST 32 05/02 MM MM 38 05/09
AVG. MAXIMUM 69.9 72.2 -2.3 69.4
AVG. MINIMUM 47.6 50.4 -2.8 49.3
MEAN 58.8 61.3 -2.5
DAYS MAX >= 90 0 1.1 -1.1 0
DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0
DAYS MIN <= 32 1 0.4 0.6 0
DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0
PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
MAXIMUM 10.17 2011
MINIMUM 0.48 1925
TOTALS 3.20 4.58 -1.38 3.01
DAILY AVG. 0.10 0.15 -0.05 0.10
DAYS >= .01 12 13.7 -1.7 9
DAYS >= .10 8 8.1 -0.1 6
DAYS >= .50 1 2.8 -1.8 3
DAYS >= 1.00 0 1.1 -1.1 0
GREATEST
24 HR. TOTAL 0.87 05/22 TO 05/23
SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
TOTAL 0.5 1940
TOTALS T 0.0 0.0 0.0
SINCE 7/1 35.8 33.6 2.2 14.8
SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 0
DAYS >= 1.0 0 0.0 0.0 0
GREATEST
SNOW DEPTH 0 0
24 HR TOTAL TR 05/01 TO 05/01
DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL 224 177 47 189
SINCE 7/1 5684 5943 -259 5489
COOLING TOTAL 38 62 -24 20
SINCE 1/1 72 70 2 29
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.2
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 37/240 DATE 05/03
37/240 05/04
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 54/230 DATE 05/18
SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.63
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 2
NUMBER OF DAYS PC 20
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 9
AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 68
WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM 3 MIXED PRECIP 0
HEAVY RAIN 2 RAIN 7
LIGHT RAIN 16 FREEZING RAIN 0
LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0
HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 1
LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 1
FOG 12 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 COOLER AND DRIER THAN NORMAL MAY...
ON THE HEELS OF A VERY WARM AND WET APRIL, MAY BEGAN ON A CHILLY
NOTE WITH 13 OF THE FIRST 15 DAYS RECORDING BELOW-NORMAL DAILY
TEMPERATURE DEPARTURES. INSTANCES OF LOWS IN THE 30S RESULTED IN
PATCHY FROST, VERY NEAR WHEN WE TYPICALLY EXPERIENCE OUR FINAL
SPRING FROST. THE SECOND HALF OF THE MONTH FEATURED FOUR CONSECUTIVE
DAYS WITH HIGHS IN THE 80S (16TH THROUGH 19TH) FOLLOWED BY A STRONG
COLD FRONT THAT SENT DAILY AVERAGE TEMPERATURES BACK BELOW NORMAL.
THE MONTH ENDED WITH AN OMEGA BLOCK OVER THE MIDWEST BRINGING WARM
AND DRY CONDITIONS. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 58.8
DEGREES, WHICH WAS 2.5 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL AND RANKS AS THE
46TH COOLEST MAY ON RECORD. THIS WAS THE COOLEST MAY SINCE 2020.
RAIN DURING MAY WAS GENERALLY LIGHT, WITH THE HIGHEST SINGLE DAY
TOTAL BEING 0.56" ON MAY 12TH. WITH A LACK OF WIDESPREAD, HEAVY
RAINFALL, THIS ALLOWED AREA CREEKS AND STREAMS TO FALL OUT OF ACTION
OR MINOR FLOOD STAGE. DRIER CONDITIONS BEGAN TO DEVELOP BY THE END
OF THE MONTH WITH THE AFOREMENTIONED OMEGA BLOCK LEADING TO NO
PRECIPITATION BEING MEASURED AT FORT WAYNE FROM MAY 25TH THROUGH THE
31ST. PRECIPITATION TOTALED 3.20 INCHES AT FORT WAYNE FOR THE MONTH,
WHICH IS 1.38 INCHES BELOW NORMAL AND RANKS AS THE 49TH DRIEST ON
RECORD. DESPITE MAY OFTEN BEING THE WETTEST MONTH OF THE YEAR, THIS
WAS THE 5TH CONSECUTIVE DRIER THAN NORMAL MAY.
A TRACE OF SNOW WAS RECORDED ON THE 1ST AT FORT WAYNE. THE LAST TIME
A TRACE OF SNOW FELL IN MAY WAS IN 2023. MEASURABLE SNOW IN MAY
IS VERY RARE; THE LAST MEASURABLE MAY SNOWFALL WAS 0.3" IN 1945.
BROWN/JOHNSON
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