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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
455 AM EDT SUN OCT 01 2023

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...THE FORT WAYNE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER 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            100   09/02/1953
                       09/01/1953
 LOW              29   09/23/1995
                       09/29/1951
HIGHEST           92   09/05         MM      MM       89  09/21
LOWEST            44   09/19         MM      MM       37  09/29
                                                          09/30
AVG. MAXIMUM    77.6               76.1     1.5     75.4
AVG. MINIMUM    54.6               53.4     1.2     54.1
MEAN            66.1               64.8     1.3
DAYS MAX >= 90     1                1.5    -0.5        0
DAYS MAX <= 32     0                0.0     0.0        0
DAYS MIN <= 32     0                0.1    -0.1        0
DAYS MIN <= 0      0                0.0     0.0        0

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM        7.44   1933
 MINIMUM        0.34   1979
TOTALS          1.63               3.04   -1.41     1.96
DAILY AVG.      0.05               0.10   -0.05     0.07
DAYS >= .01        7                9.1    -2.1        9
DAYS >= .10        4                5.6    -1.6        5
DAYS >= .50        1                2.2    -1.2        1
DAYS >= 1.00       0                0.8    -0.8        0
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL   1.20   09/26 TO 09/27

SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
 TOTAL             T   2003
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      MM

DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL     43                 94     -51       93
 SINCE 7/1        49                106     -57       95
COOLING TOTAL     82                 86      -4       95
 SINCE 1/1       738                837     -99      925
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              5.7
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    21/070    DATE  09/23
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    29/070    DATE  09/23

SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT)   MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER           0.56
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR            8
NUMBER OF DAYS PC             13
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY          9

AVERAGE RH (PERCENT)     72

WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM              3     MIXED PRECIP               0
HEAVY RAIN                2     RAIN                       2
LIGHT RAIN               10     FREEZING RAIN              0
LT FREEZING RAIN          0     HAIL                       0
HEAVY SNOW                0     SNOW                       0
LIGHT SNOW                0     SLEET                      0
FOG                      20     FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE      1
HAZE                      3

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

&&

...29TH DRIEST SEPTEMBER ON RECORD RESULTS IN WORSENING DROUGHT...

RECALL THAT ONLY A TRACE OF RAIN HAD FALLEN AT FORT WAYNE FROM
AUGUST 18TH TO 31ST. THIS DRYNESS CONTINUED INTO SEPTEMBER AS
MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION WAS NOT RECORDED UNTIL THE 6TH (0.06
INCHES). AS A RESULT, DROUGHT CONDITIONS CAME BLAZING BACK TO THE
REGION ACCORDING TO THE US DROUGHT MONITOR. ON SEPTEMBER 5TH, JUST
OVER 65% OF THE FORECAST AREA WAS EXPERIENCING "ABNORMALLY DRY"
CONDITIONS, WHILE ABOUT 3% WAS DEEMED TO BE IN A "MODERATE DROUGHT".
BY SEPTEMBER 26H, 80% OF THE FORECAST AREA WAS EXPERIENCING
"MODERATE DROUGHT". LAWNS BECAME DORMANT. SOIL WAS VERY DRY AND
CRACKED, AND VERY LOW WATER LEVELS WERE NOTED ACROSS PONDS, CREEKS,
STREAMS AND RIVERS. PASTURE CONDITIONS DETERIORATED AND SOYBEAN PODS
WERE SHATTERING IN CENTRAL INDIANA.

WHILE SMALL DOSES OF RAIN OCCURRED HERE-AND-THERE IN SEPTEMBER,
NOTABLE RELIEF FINALLY OCCURRED AT THE END OF THE MONTH WHEN A TOTAL
OF 1.31 INCHES WAS RECORDED FROM THE 26TH THROUGH 28TH. (JUST WEST
OF THE AIRPORT, SOME COCORAHS OBSERVERS RECORDED OVER 2".) PRIOR TO
THE 26TH, FORT WAYNE WAS ON PACE TO RECORD PERHAPS ITS DRIEST
SEPTEMBER ON RECORD (0.32"). INSTEAD, PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH
TOTALED 1.63 INCHES WHICH IS THE 29TH DRIEST ON RECORD. THIS IS THE
DRIEST SINCE 2010 WHEN 1.36 INCHES WAS OBSERVED. (NOTE: 1.65 AND
1.67 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION WAS RECORDED IN SEPTEMBER 2018 AND
2017, RESPECTIVELY.)

PAIRED WITH THE DRY CONDITIONS WERE SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL
TEMPERATURES. A BLOCKING RIDGE WAS A FACTOR ONCE AGAIN. HIGH
TEMPERATURES WELL INTO THE 80S BEGAN THE MONTH, WITH ONE 90-DEGREE
DAY RECORDED. THE MIDDLE OF THE MONTH FEATURED A FALL-LIKE COOL
DOWN, WITH A TEN-DAY STRETCH OF BELOW-NORMAL TEMPERATURES. THIS WAS
QUICKLY OFFSET BY UNSEASONABLY MILD CONDITIONS IN THE FINAL THIRD OF
THE MONTH. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 66.1 DEGREES
WHICH IS 1.3 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THIS RANKS AS THE 45TH WARMEST ON
RECORD.

NO RECORDS WERE SET THIS MONTH.

BROWN.

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