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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
855 AM EDT MON APR 01 2024

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...THE SOUTH BEND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH 2024...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1893 TO 2024

WEATHER         OBSERVED          NORMAL  DEPART   LAST YEAR`S
                VALUE   DATE(S)   VALUE   FROM     VALUE DATE(S)
                                          NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
 HIGH             85   03/21/2012
                       03/31/1981
                       07/14/1936
 LOW             -13   03/08/1943
HIGHEST           74   03/04         MM      MM       64  03/31
LOWEST            21   03/20         MM      MM       16  03/18
AVG. MAXIMUM    54.1               46.2     7.9     46.2
AVG. MINIMUM    34.1               27.2     6.9     29.5
MEAN            44.1               36.7     7.4
DAYS MAX >= 90     0                0.0     0.0        0
DAYS MAX <= 32     0                3.5    -3.5        1
DAYS MIN <= 32    15               21.1    -6.1       22
DAYS MIN <= 0      0                0.1    -0.1        0

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM        7.96   1976
 MINIMUM        0.54   1958
TOTALS          4.34               2.35    1.99     5.90
DAILY AVG.      0.14               0.08    0.06     0.19
DAYS >= .01       12               12.4    -0.4       19
DAYS >= .10        6                6.0     0.0       13
DAYS >= .50        3                1.3     1.7        3
DAYS >= 1.00       1                0.2     0.8        2
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL   1.44   03/14 TO 03/14

SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
 TOTAL          33.9   1960
TOTALS           0.4                6.8    -6.4     10.5
SINCE 7/1       30.3               63.5   -33.2     58.4
SNOWDEPTH AVG.     T                                   0
DAYS >= 1.0        0                2.0    -2.0        4
GREATEST
 SNOW DEPTH        T                                   2
 24 HR TOTAL     0.3   03/18 TO 03/18

DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL    640                879    -239      835
 SINCE 7/1      4479               5612   -1133     4841
COOLING TOTAL      0                  2      -2        0
 SINCE 1/1         0                  2      -2        0
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              11.2
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    33/150    DATE  03/26
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    49/230    DATE  03/26

SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT)   MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER           0.54
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR           10
NUMBER OF DAYS PC             11
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY         10

AVERAGE RH (PERCENT)     65

WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM              3     MIXED PRECIP               0
HEAVY RAIN                4     RAIN                       6
LIGHT RAIN                9     FREEZING RAIN              0
LT FREEZING RAIN          0     HAIL                       0
HEAVY SNOW                0     SNOW                       1
LIGHT SNOW                5     SLEET                      0
FOG                      13     FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE      1
HAZE                      7

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

&&

...A WET AND TOP 10 WARMEST MARCH...

MUCH LIKE FEBRUARY, ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES CONTINUED THROUGH
MARCH, ESPECIALLY DURING THE FIRST HALF OF THE MONTH. 14 OF THE
FIRST 15 DAYS OF MARCH HAD AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE ABOVE NORMAL.
TYPICALLY, THERE ARE 5 DAYS WITH A HIGH TEMPERATURE AT OR ABOVE 60
DEGREES IN MARCH; THIS YEAR, THERE WERE 11 60+ DEGREE DAYS IN SOUTH
BEND (THIS INCLUDES TWO DAYS WITH HIGHS IN THE 70S). OVERALL, THE
AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR MARCH WAS 44.1 DEGREES, WHICH IS 7.4 DEGREES
ABOVE NORMAL. THIS WAS THE WARMEST MARCH SINCE 2012. MARCH 2024 TIES
FOR THE 8TH WARMEST MARCH ON RECORD. RECORDS DATE BACK TO 1897.

ALTHOUGH MANY DAYS THIS MONTH DID NOT HAVE MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION,
THE MONTH OVERALL WAS STILL ABOVE AVERAGE. THIS IS BECAUSE MUCH OF
THE MONTH`S RAINFALL FELL IN THREE DAYS! MARCH 8TH AND MARCH 30TH
HAD RAIN TOTALS JUSY SHY OF AN INCH (0.98 AND 0.90 INCHES
RESPECTIVELY). MARCH 14TH HAD THE HIGHEST DAILY RAINFALL TOTAL WITH
1.44"! THIS IS THE HIGHEST SINGLE DAY RAINFALL TOTAL IN MARCH SINCE
1.48" FELL ON MARCH 31, 2023. OVERALL, THE MONTH TOTALED 4.34 INCHES
OF RAIN, WHICH IS 1.99 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL. THIS WAS THE 13TH
WETTEST MARCH ON RECORD.

DUE TO THE WARM TEMPERATURES, SNOWFALL WAS NOTABLY LACKING IN MARCH.
ONLY 0.4" OF SNOW WAS MEASURED THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE MONTH, WHICH IS
6.4" BELOW AVERAGE. THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL OCCASIONS WHERE ONLY A
TRACE OF SNOW HAS BEEN RECORDED IN MARCH, SO THIS IS NOT A RECORD.
MARCH 2024 RANKS AS THE 11TH LEAST SNOWIEST ON RECORD AND IS THE
LEAST SNOWIEST MARCH SINCE 2021.

NO RECORDS WERE SET THIS MONTH.

JOHNSON

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