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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
820 AM EST FRI DEC 01 2023

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...THE FORT WAYNE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER 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             79   11/01/2016
                       11/01/1950
 LOW                   11/30/1958
                       11/25/1950
                       11/24/1950
HIGHEST           68   11/06         MM      MM       75  11/04
LOWEST            16   11/28         MM      MM       13  11/20
                       11/29
AVG. MAXIMUM    52.1               49.4     2.7     53.2
AVG. MINIMUM    30.5               32.8    -2.3     32.3
MEAN            41.3               41.1     0.2
DAYS MAX >= 90     0                0.0     0.0        0
DAYS MAX <= 32     2                1.6     0.4        4
DAYS MIN <= 32    17               15.2     1.8       16
DAYS MIN <= 0      0                0.0     0.0        0

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM        8.01   1992
 MINIMUM        0.23   1917
TOTALS          0.64               2.96   -2.32     1.90
DAILY AVG.      0.02               0.10   -0.08     0.06
DAYS >= .01        5               10.5    -5.5       10
DAYS >= .10        2                6.0    -4.0        3
DAYS >= .50        0                1.7    -1.7        1
DAYS >= 1.00       0                0.6    -0.6        1
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL   0.34   11/21 TO 11/21

SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
 TOTAL          14.1   1950
TOTALS           0.4                1.9    -1.5      3.5
SINCE 7/1        0.4                2.0    -1.6      4.2
SNOWDEPTH AVG.     0                                   0
DAYS >= 1.0        0                0.5    -0.5        1
GREATEST
 SNOW DEPTH        0                                   1
 24 HR TOTAL     0.4   11/26 TO 11/26

DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL    703                717     -14      657
 SINCE 7/1      1093               1197    -104     1137
COOLING TOTAL      0                  0       0        0
 SINCE 1/1       766                849     -83      925
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              9.4
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    30/230    DATE  11/06
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    38/220    DATE  11/06
                                38/070          11/20
                                38/270          11/26

SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT)   MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER           0.54
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR           10
NUMBER OF DAYS PC             13
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY          7

AVERAGE RH (PERCENT)     67

WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM              0     MIXED PRECIP               1
HEAVY RAIN                0     RAIN                       1
LIGHT RAIN                9     FREEZING RAIN              0
LT FREEZING RAIN          0     HAIL                       0
HEAVY SNOW                0     SNOW                       0
LIGHT SNOW                4     SLEET                      0
FOG                       7     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.

5TH DRIEST NOVEMBER ON RECORD

&&

TEMPERATURES IN NOVEMBER WERE ABOVE AVERAGE FOR THE FIRST TWO THIRDS
OF THE MONTH, BEFORE A PATTERN SHIFT TO BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES
AROUND THANKSGIVING AND TO FINISH OUT THE MONTH. THERE WERE 9 DAYS
WITH HIGHS AT OR ABOVE 60 DEGREES, WHICH IS ABOVE AVERAGE (NORMALLY
THERE ARE 6 DAYS WITH HIGHS AT OR ABOVE 60 IN NOVEMBER). OVERALL,
THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 41.3 DEGREES. THIS IS 0.2
DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL AND TIES FOR THE 53TH WARMEST NOVEMBER ON
RECORD IN FORT WAYNE.

THE LACK OF PRECIPITATION THIS MONTH IS LIKELY THE MOST NOTABLE
STATISTIC. OVER HALF OF THE MONTHLY TOTAL PRECIPITATION FELL IN JUST
24 HOURS; THE HIGHEST DAILY RAINFALL TOTAL WAS 0.34" ON NOVEMBER
21ST. PRECIPITATION TOTALED ONLY 0.64" FOR THE ENTIRE MONTH! THIS IS
2.32 " BELOW NORMAL AND WAS THE 5TH DRIEST NOVEMBER ON RECORD FOR
FORT WAYNE. THIS WAS THE DRIEST NOVEMBER SINCE 2012. RECORDS BEGAN
IN 1897.

ONLY ONE DAY IN NOVEMBER RECORDED MEASURABLE SNOW; 0.4" OF SNOW FELL
ON NOVEMBER 26TH. THE TOTAL OF 0.4" OF SNOW FOR THE MONTH WAS 1.5"
BELOW NORMAL. NOVEMBER 2023 TIES FOR THE 34TH LEAST SNOWIEST ON
RECORD.

NO RECORDS WERE SET THIS MONTH.

JOHNSON

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