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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
219 PM EDT THU NOV 02 2023

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...THE FORT WAYNE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 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             91   10/03/1898
 LOW              19   10/31/1988
HIGHEST           86   10/02         MM      MM       78  10/22
                       10/03
LOWEST            24   10/31         MM      MM       29  10/20
AVG. MAXIMUM    64.4               63.7     0.7     65.2
AVG. MINIMUM    44.9               42.8     2.1     39.4
MEAN            54.7               53.2     1.5
DAYS MAX >= 90     0                0.0     0.0        0
DAYS MAX <= 32     0                0.0     0.0        0
DAYS MIN <= 32     3                3.8    -0.8        5
DAYS MIN <= 0      0                0.0     0.0        0

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM        9.26   1954
 MINIMUM        0.14   1964
TOTALS          3.44               2.95    0.49     1.74
DAILY AVG.      0.11               0.10    0.01     0.06
DAYS >= .01       15               10.1     4.9       12
DAYS >= .10        7                6.2     0.8        6
DAYS >= .50        3                1.9     1.1        1
DAYS >= 1.00       0                0.7    -0.7        0
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL   0.75   10/29 TO 10/29

SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
 TOTAL           8.0   1989
TOTALS             T                0.1    -0.1      0.7
SINCE 7/1          T                0.1    -0.1      0.7
SNOWDEPTH AVG.     0                                  -1
DAYS >= 1.0        0                0.0     0.0        0
GREATEST
 SNOW DEPTH        0                                  TR
 24 HR TOTAL       TR  10/31 TO 10/31                 10/25

DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL    341                376     -35      385
 SINCE 7/1       390                481     -91      480
COOLING TOTAL     28                 12      16        0
 SINCE 1/1       766                849     -83      925
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              8.7
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    28/260    DATE  10/31
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    37/270    DATE  10/06

SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT)   MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER           0.65
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR            3
NUMBER OF DAYS PC             17
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY         11

AVERAGE RH (PERCENT)     73

WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM              0     MIXED PRECIP               0
HEAVY RAIN                2     RAIN                       9
LIGHT RAIN               20     FREEZING RAIN              0
LT FREEZING RAIN          0     HAIL                       0
HEAVY SNOW                0     SNOW                       0
LIGHT SNOW                1     SLEET                      0
FOG                      20     FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE      0
HAZE                      2

-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.

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DROUGHT CONDITIONS IMPROVE

THERE WAS NEAR RECORD WARMTH TO BEGIN THE MONTH, AS HIGH
TEMPERATURES WERE IN THE 80S OCTOBER 1ST THROUGH 4TH. MID-OCTOBER
FEATURED NEAR TO SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES. THE LAST WEEK
OF THE MONTH FEATURED A 40+ DEGREE TEMPERATURES SWING; A HIGH OF 77
DEGREES WAS OBSERVED ON OCTOBER 24TH AND A WEEK LATER, THE 2ND
COLDEST HALLOWEEN ON RECORD WAS OBSERVED WITH A HIGH TEMPERATURE OF
39 DEGREES. HALLOWEEN 2023 WAS THE COLDEST SINCE 1917! OVERALL, THE
AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 54.7 DEGREES. THIS IS 1.5
DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL AND RANKS AS THE 41ST WARMEST OCTOBER ON RECORD.

PRECIPITATION TOTALED 3.44 INCHES, WHICH WAS 0.49 INCHES ABOVE
NORMAL AND WAS THE 34TH WETTEST OCTOBER ON RECORD FOR FORT WAYNE.
THE WETTEST DAY WAS OCTOBER 29TH WITH 0.75". THERE WERE NO DAYS THIS
MONTH WITH A DAILY RAIN TOTAL OVER AN INCH; FORT WAYNE HAS NOT HAD A
DAY WHERE AN INCH OF RAIN OF MORE HAS FALLEN SINCE JULY 20!

THE FIRST SNOW OF THE SEASON FELL ON HALLOWEEN! FORT WAYNE MEASURED
A TRACE FOR THE DAY, WHICH TIES AS THE 5TH SNOWIEST HALLOWEEN ON
RECORD. THIS IS ONLY THE 8TH TIME SINCE RECORD KEEPING BEGAN IN 1897
THAT SNOW HAS BEEN OBSERVED ON HALLOWEEN. OVERALL, SNOWFALL FOR THE
MONTH WAS 0.1" BELOW NORMAL.

DROUGHT CONDITIONS GRADUALLY IMPROVED THROUGHOUT THE MONTH WITH THE
ABUNDANCE OF PRECIPITATION, WITH NO DROUGHT REMAINING BY HALLOWEEN.
THERE WERE SEVERAL HARD FREEZES NEAR THE END OF THE MONTH, WHICH LED
TO THE END OF THE GROWING SEASON.

JOHNSON
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