Climatological Report (Monthly) Issued by NWS Northern Indiana
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CXUS53 KIWX 011401
CLMFWA
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1001 AM EDT MON MAY 01 2023
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...THE FORT WAYNE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL 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 90 04/11/1930
04/29/1899
LOW 7 04/07/1982
HIGHEST 84 04/20 MM MM 84 04/23
LOWEST 28 04/26 MM MM 25 04/02
AVG. MAXIMUM 63.3 60.9 2.4 57.7
AVG. MINIMUM 38.6 39.4 -0.8 38.0
MEAN 50.9 50.2 0.7
DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0
DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0
DAYS MIN <= 32 7 6.9 0.1 7
DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0
PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
MAXIMUM 7.19 1944
MINIMUM 0.72 1946
TOTALS 1.96 3.74 -1.78 2.54
DAILY AVG. 0.07 0.12 -0.05 0.08
DAYS >= .01 13 13.2 -0.2 16
DAYS >= .10 8 7.7 0.3 6
DAYS >= .50 1 2.4 -1.4 2
DAYS >= 1.00 0 0.8 -0.8 0
GREATEST
24 HR. TOTAL 0.54 04/28 TO 04/28
SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
TOTAL 11.7 1961
TOTALS T 0.8 -0.8 1.3
SINCE 7/1 21.7 33.6 -11.9 23.2
SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 -1
DAYS >= 1.0 0 0.3 -0.3 0
GREATEST
SNOW DEPTH 0 T
24 HR TOTAL T 04/17 TO 04/17
04/24 TO 04/24
DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL 419 452 -33 514
SINCE 7/1 5176 5767 -591 5472
COOLING TOTAL 5 7 -2 8
SINCE 1/1 5 8 -3 8
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.0
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 41/270 DATE 04/01
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 53/270 DATE 04/01
SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.65
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 5
NUMBER OF DAYS PC 11
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 14
AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 60
WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM 3 MIXED PRECIP 0
HEAVY RAIN 2 RAIN 4
LIGHT RAIN 16 FREEZING RAIN 0
LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0
HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0
LIGHT SNOW 2 SLEET 0
FOG 9 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 0
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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APRIL FEATURED AN ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL STRETCH OF WEATHER FROM THE
8TH THROUGH 16TH, WITH DRY CONDITIONS, AND HIGH TEMPERATURES
EVENTUALLY SOARING INTO THE 80S. A NEW RECORD HIGH WAS RECORDED ON
THE 14TH. THE HIGH OF 83 BROKE THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 81 SET IN
1910. A SECOND RECORD WAS TIED, WITH 1985, WHEN THE TEMEPRATURE
REACHED 84 ON THE 20TH. TEMPERATURES MET OR EXCEEDED 80 DEGREES FOUR
TIMES THIS MONTH. THIS IS THE GREATEST NUMBER OF 80-DEGREE DAYS
SINCE APRIL 2010 WHEN FIVE 80-DEGREE DAYS WERE RECORDED.
ON THE FLIPSIDE, A RECORD LOW WAS SET ON THE 26TH WHEN THE
TEMPERATURE WAS 28. THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 29 IN 2006.
SUCH PLEASANT SPRING WEATHER IS AN ANOMALY HERE IN THE MIDWEST, SO
OF COURSE COOLER AND WETTER WEATHER EVENTUALLY SETTLED IN. THE
DREARY WEATHER THAT TOOK SHAPE AFTER THAT MILD STRETCH, AND AGAIN IN
THE FINAL DAYS OF APRIL, WAS THE RESULT OF A LINGERING UPPER-LEVEL
LOW OVER THE GREAT LAKES. OVERALL, THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE
MONTH WAS 50.9 DEGREES, WHICH IS 0.7 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. APRIL
2023 RANKS AS THE 35TH COOLEST ON RECORD. THIS IS THE WARMEST APRIL
SINCE 2017, WHICH HAD AN AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE OF 55.2 DEGREES.
FOLLOWING A WET START TO SPRING, APRIL DRIED OUT, ESPECIALLY MID-
MONTH. PRECIPIATION TOTALED 1.96 INCHES WHICH IS 1.78 INCHES BELOW
NORMAL. THIS IS THE 14TH DRIEST APRIL ON RECORD AND THE DRIEST APRIL
SINCE 2012, WHICH HAD 1.29 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION. THERE WAS A
TRACE OF SNOW THIS MONTH.
BROWN/JOHNSON
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