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
333 PM EDT SAT AUG 01 2026
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...THE FORT WAYNE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF JULY 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 106 07/14/1936
07/22/1934
LOW 38 07/02/1904
HIGHEST 95 07/01 MM MM 95 07/24
07/03
LOWEST 51 07/23 MM MM 59 07/22
07/23
07/31
AVG. MAXIMUM 85.7 84.1 1.6 86.5
AVG. MINIMUM 64.5 63.5 1.0 66.6
MEAN 75.1 73.8 1.3
DAYS MAX >= 90 6 6.0 0.0 9
DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0
DAYS MIN <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0
DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0
PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
MAXIMUM 11.00 1986
MINIMUM 0.41 1974
TOTALS 1.84 4.05 -2.21 2.15
DAILY AVG. 0.06 0.13 -0.07 0.07
DAYS >= .01 8 9.7 -1.7 12
DAYS >= .10 5 6.6 -1.6 5
DAYS >= .50 1 2.6 -1.6 2
DAYS >= 1.00 0 1.3 -1.3 0
GREATEST
24 HR. TOTAL 0.70 07/21 TO 07/21
SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
TOTAL T 2014
TOTALS 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
SINCE 7/1 0.0 0.0 0.0 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 2 3 -1 0
SINCE 7/1 2 0 2 MM
COOLING TOTAL 323 275 48 364
SINCE 1/1 571 539 32 296
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.1
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 28/200 DATE 07/17
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 37/200 DATE 07/27
SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.53
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 9
NUMBER OF DAYS PC 16
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 6
AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 74
WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM 10 MIXED PRECIP 0
HEAVY RAIN 3 RAIN 2
LIGHT RAIN 11 FREEZING RAIN 0
LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0
HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0
LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0
FOG 15 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 0
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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... A HOT AND DRY JULY...
FORT WAYNE STARTED JULY HOT AND HUMID WITH A TYPICAL SUMMERTIME
HEATWAVE, INCLUDING SEVERAL DAYS WITH HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S TO MID
90S. OVERALL, THE FIRST HALF OF THE MONTH WAS HOT WITH 16 DAYS OF
ABOVE NORMAL AVERAGE TEMPERATURES. THIS WAS FOLLOWED BY A LEAN
TOWARDS NEAR TO SLIGHTLY NELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES TO FINISH OUT THE
MONTH. THERE WERE 6 DAYS IN JULY WITH HIGHS IN THE 90S, WHICH
EXCEEDS THE MONTHLY AVERAGE OF 4. OVERALL, JULY AVERAGED 75.1
DEGREES, WHICH IS 1.3 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL AND TIES FOR THE 29TH
WARMEST JULY ON RECORD.
PRECIPITATION-WISE, JULY BROUGHT JUST 1 DAY OF GREATER THAN 0.5 INCH
OF RAIN: JULY 21ST (0.70"). RAINFALL WAS HARD TO COME BY OUTSIDE OF
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS THROUGHOUT THE MONTH. THERE WERE ONLY 8
DAYS WITH MEASURABLE RAINFALL IN JULY. THIS LED TO FORT WAYNE ONLY
GETTING ABOUT 45% OF THEIR NORMAL RAINFALL FOR THE MONTH. OVERALL,
1.84" OF RAIN FELL, WHICH IS 2.21" BELOW NORMAL AND RANKS AS THE
17TH DRIEST JULY ON RECORD. THIS WAS THE DRIEST JULY SINCE 2016.
OVERALL, JULY WAS A RELATIVELY QUIET MONTH SEVERE WEATHER-WISE WITH
2 DAMAGING WIND EVENTS ACROSS OUR FORECAST AREA ON JULY 3RD AND JULY
27TH. A TORNADO WAS SURVEYED ON THE 27TH IN GRANT COUNTY, IN. VISIT
WEATHER.GOV/IWX/EVENTS TO READ MORE ABOUT PAST SEVERE WEATHER EVENTS.
JULY HAD 1 DAILY RECORD WARM LOW TIED ON JULY 1ST WITH 74 DEGREES
TYING THE OLD RECORD OF 74 FROM 1913.
ROLLER/JOHNSON
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