Climatological Report (Monthly) Issued by NWS Northern Indiana
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CXUS53 KIWX 031515
CLMFWA
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1115 AM EDT MON APR 03 2023
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...THE FORT WAYNE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH 2023...
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1897 TO 2023
WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S
VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S)
NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
HIGH 87 03/21/2012
LOW -10 03/01/1967
HIGHEST 63 03/31 MM MM 73 03/30
LOWEST 18 03/15 MM MM 16 03/12
03/19
03/13
AVG. MAXIMUM 47.8 47.8 0.0 51.8
AVG. MINIMUM 29.9 29.4 0.5 31.7
MEAN 38.9 38.6 0.3
DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0
DAYS MAX <= 32 1 2.7 -1.7 1
DAYS MIN <= 32 21 20.5 0.5 14
DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.1 -0.1 0
PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
MAXIMUM 7.10 1913
MINIMUM 0.48 2001
TOTALS 4.86 2.81 2.05 3.18
DAILY AVG. 0.16 0.09 0.07 0.10
DAYS >= .01 14 11.7 2.3 12
DAYS >= .10 7 6.3 0.7 6
DAYS >= .50 4 1.9 2.1 3
DAYS >= 1.00 2 0.4 1.6 0
GREATEST
24 HR. TOTAL 1.93 03/22 TO 03/23
SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
TOTAL 19.5 1964
TOTALS 4.1 4.6 -0.5 1.0
SINCE 7/1 21.7 32.8 -11.1 MM
SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 -1
DAYS >= 1.0 2 1.5 0.5 0
GREATEST
SNOW DEPTH 1 03/10 MM
03/12
24 HR TOTAL MM
DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL 799 819 -20 713
SINCE 7/1 4757 5315 -558 MM
COOLING TOTAL 0 1 -1 0
SINCE 1/1 0 1 -1 MM
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 11.4
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 45/260 DATE 03/31
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 68/260 DATE 03/31
SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.72
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 3
NUMBER OF DAYS PC 12
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 16
AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 70
WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM 3 MIXED PRECIP 2
HEAVY RAIN 4 RAIN 5
LIGHT RAIN 16 FREEZING RAIN 0
LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0
HEAVY SNOW 1 SNOW 2
LIGHT SNOW 7 SLEET 0
FOG 19 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 0
HAZE 4
- INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.
&&
14TH WETTEST MARCH. SEVENTH WETTEST START TO THE YEAR.
SPRING CAN BE A WILD MONTH AROUND HERE, ESPECIALLY WITH RESPECT TO
TEMPERATURES. MARCH 2023 WAS NO DIFFERENT. THE FIRST NINE DAYS OF
MARCH WERE MILD, WITH AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE DEPARTURE FOR THAT
STRETCH 6.7 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THE MIDDLE OF THE MONTH TURNED
NOTABLY COLDER, ESPECIALLY ON THE 18TH AND 19TH WHEN THE DAILY
AVERAGE TEMPERATURES WAS ONLY 24 DEGREES AND 28 DEGREES. THE END OF
THE MONTH WAS GENERALLY COLD AS WELL, BUT THE 31ST NEARLY OFFSET
THOSE LATE COOLER-THAN-NORMAL DAYS WITH AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR
THE DAY OF 55 WHICH IS 11 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THE MAXIMUM
TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH, 63, AND THE MINIMUM OF 18 SHOWCASE THE
MONTH`S TYPICAL VOLATILITY. OVERALL, THE MONTH`S AVERAGE TEMPERATURE
OF 38.9 DEGREES WAS 0.3 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL.
TOTAL SNOW FOR THE MONTH WAS 4.1 INCHES WHICH IS ONLY ONE-HALF INCH
BELOW NORMAL. THIS RANKS AS THE 51ST GREATEST SNOW TOTAL ON RECORD.
THIS IS THE GREATEST MARCH SNOW TOTAL INCHES 8.6 INCHES IN 2015.
WET CONDITIONS FROM FEBRUARY CARRIED OVER INTO MARCH AS TOTAL
PRECIPITATION WAS 2.05 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL. THIS RESULTED IN MANY
RIVERS REACHING ACTION STAGE OR MINOR FLOOD STAGE. SEVERE WEATHER
LATE IN THE MONTH NOT ONLY BROUGHT SOAKING RAIN, BUT ALSO HAIL,
DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WIND, AND TORNADOES TO THE REGION. THIS RANKS
AS THE 14TH WETTEST MARCH ON RECORD. THIS IS THE WETTEST MARCH SINCE
5.70 INCHES WAS RECORDED IN 2009.
FROM JANUARY 1 THROUGH MARCH 31, FORT WAYNE CURRENTLY RANKS AS THE
7TH WETTEST ON RECORD, MEASURING 11.77 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION. THIS
IS THE WETTEST START TO THE YEAR SINCE 12.12 INCHES IN 1990.
NO RECORDS WERE SET FOR FORT WAYNE.
BROWN
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