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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
822 AM EDT MON JUN 1 2020

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...THE FORT WAYNE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR SPRING 2020...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1897 TO 2020

WEATHER         OBSERVED          NORMAL  DEPART  LAST YEAR`S
                 VALUE   DATE(S)  VALUE   FROM    VALUE
                                          NORMAL
.............................................................
TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
 HIGH              97   05/28/2018
 LOW              -10   03/01/1967
HIGHEST            91   05/26        MM      MM       86
LOWEST             16   03/01        MM      MM        8
AVG. MAXIMUM     59.3              60.3    -1.0     58.6
AVG. MINIMUM     38.7              38.9    -0.2     40.2
MEAN             49.0              49.6    -0.6
DAYS MAX >= 90      1               0.6     0.4        0
DAYS MAX <= 32      0               2.8    -2.8        5
DAYS MIN <= 32     35              27.1     7.9       23
DAYS MIN <= 0       0               0.0     0.0        0

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM        18.50   2011
 MINIMUM         5.07   1958
TOTALS           9.19             10.50   -1.31    13.32
DAILY AVG.       0.10              0.11   -0.01     0.15
DAYS >= .01        44              38.1     5.9       48
DAYS >= .10        18              21.9    -3.9       26
DAYS >= .50         6               6.8    -0.8        8
DAYS >= 1.00        1               2.1    -1.1        3
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL    1.35   MM

SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
 TOTAL           19.5   1964
 24 HR TOTAL       MM
TOTALS            3.4               5.1    -1.7      2.8
SINCE 7/1        26.5              33.5    -7.0     24.7
SNOWDEPTH AVG.      0                MM      MM        0
DAYS >= TRACE      10               5.1     4.9       10
DAYS >= 1.0         2               1.6     0.4        1
GREATEST
 SNOW DEPTH         1   03/15                          1
                        03/01
 24 HR TOTAL      1.5   MM

DEGREE_DAYS
HEATING TOTAL    1499              1475      24     1481
 SINCE 7/1         MM              6072      MM       MM
COOLING TOTAL      56                58      -2       68
 SINCE 1/1         56                57      -1       68
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              9.7
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    47/240    DATE  05/10
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    77/240    DATE  05/10

SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT)   MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER           0.70
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR            9
NUMBER OF DAYS PC             37
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY         46

AVERAGE RH (PERCENT)     70

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

...NEAR-AVERAGE SPRING TEMPERATURES, BELOW-NORMAL PRECIPITATION....

BY READING THE MONTHLY SUMMARIES THAT FOLLOW, IT IS CLEAR THAT
SPRING 2020 OFFERED A ROLLER COASTER OF TEMPERATURES. THEREFORE, IT
IS NO SURPRISE THAT THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 49.0 DEGREES IS ONLY
0.6 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. THE FIRST 90-DEGREE DAY WAS OBSERVED
ROUGHLY 3 WEEKS EARLIER THAN NORMAL (JANUARY 1ST AS A STARTING
POINT).

PRECIPITATION TOTALED 9.19 INCHES, WHICH IS 1.31 INCHES BELOW
NORMAL. THIS RANKS AS THE 47TH DRIEST ON RECORD. THIS SPRING`S TOTAL
WAS 4.14 INCHES LESS THAN 2019. THIS WAS NO DOUBT WELCOME BY THOSE
IN THE AGRICULTURE COMMUNITY WHO WERE NEGATIVELY IMPACTED BY LAST
SPRING`S RELENTLESS RAIN.

SNOWFALL TOTALED 3.4 INCHES WHICH IS 1.7 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. THIS
TIES (2017) AS THE 46TH LEAST ON RECORD.

A MONTH-BY-MONTH SUMMARY IS BELOW.
BROWN

MARCH
...AN UNREMARKABLE MONTH...

MARCH BEGAN ON A WARM NOTE, WITH SEVERAL DAYS SEEING A DAILY AVERAGE
TEMPERATURE ABOVE NORMAL. HIGHS IN THE 50S WERE COMMON WITH A COUPLE
OF DAYS IN THE LOW-TO-MID-60S. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR MARCH 9TH
WAS 54 DEGREES; 18 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. NOTABLY COLDER AIR ARRIVED
LATER ON, WITH HIGHS IN THE 30S AND LOWS IN THE 20S ON THE 21ST AND
22ND. SNOW ARRIVED ALONG WITH THE COLD AIR. 1.2 INCHES OF SNOW WAS
REPORTED THROUGH THE 22ND AND 23RD. ONE MORE BOUT OF WARMTH WAS
REALIZED BEGINNING ON THE 25TH, BEFORE A STRONG STORM SYSTEM BROUGHT
COOLER AIR BACK TO THE AREA ON THE 29TH WITH A PEAK WIND GUST OF 61
MPH OBSERVED.

THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 41.1 DEGREES, WHICH IS 3.4
DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THIS RANKS AS THE 30TH WARMEST MARCH.

PRECIPITATION FOR TOTALED 3.20 INCHES, WHICH IS 0.49 INCHES ABOVE
NORMAL. THIS RANKS AS THE 48TH WETTEST MARCH. THE GREATEST SINGLE-
DAY TOTAL WAS 0.90 INCHES ON THE 18TH.

SNOWFALL FOR THE MONTH WAS 1.9 INCHES, WHICH IS 2.2 INCHES BELOW
NORMAL. MOST OF THIS SNOW FELL ON THE 14TH AND 22ND, WHEN 0.6 AND
1.1 INCHES OF SNOW (RESPECTIVELY) WAS OBSERVED. THIS RANKS AS THE
35TH LEAST SNOWIEST MARCH.
BROWN

APRIL
...A COOL PATTERN OUTWEIGHS HINTS OF SPRINGTIME WARMTH...

THOSE DREAMING OF MILD SPRING DAYS OUTDOORS WERE LARGELY
DISAPPOINTED BY APRIL 2020, WHICH SAW AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 47.0
DEGREES. THIS IS 3.0 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL, AND TIES AS THE 27TH
COLDEST ON RECORD. FOLLOWING THE WARMEST DAY OF THE MONTH, 77
DEGREES ON THE 7TH, COLDER-THAN-NORMAL DAYS OUTNUMBERED WARMER-THAN-
NORMAL DAYS. FROM THE 9TH THROUGH THE 30TH, 19 OF 22 DAYS SAW AN
AVERAGE DAILY TEMPERATURE BELOW NORMAL. THIS 22-DAY PERIOD TIES FOR
THE 8TH COLDEST ON RECORD WITH AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 45.3
DEGREES. (APRIL 8TH SAW AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 61 DEGREES, 14
DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL).

ONE TEMPERATURE RECORD WAS BROKEN THIS MONTH: A RECORD LOW OF 22
DEGREES ON APRIL 16TH BROKE THE RECORD OF 23 DEGREES IN 2014.

THE TOTAL PRECIPITATION OF 2.28 INCHES IS 1.24 INCHES BELOW NORMAL.
THIS RANKS AS THE 35TH DRIEST ON RECORD. THE GREATEST SINGLE-DAY
PRECIPITATION TOTAL WAS APRIL 7TH; 0.99 INCHES OBSERVED.

THE TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR THE MONTH WAS 1.5 INCHES, WHICH IS 0.5 INCHES
ABOVE NORMAL. THIS TIES AS THE 30TH SNOWIEST APRIL ON RECORD.
BROWN

MAY
...A COLD START GIVES WAY TO SUMMER-LIKE WARMTH...

LOWS IN THE 20S, A FEW SNOWFLAKES, AND HIGHS IN THE 40S ARE SOME OF
THE DISTANT MEMORIES OF HOW MAY 2020 BEGAN. FROM THE 1ST THROUGH
15TH, THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS 51.7 DEGREES WHICH RANKS AS THE
10TH COLDEST ON RECORD. A FEW RECORDS WERE BROKEN DURING THIS TIME.
ON MAY 8TH, A LOW OF 29 TIED THE RECORD SET IN 1947. A REPEAT
PERFORMANCE OCCURRED THE FOLLOWING DAY. ON MAY 9TH, A RECORD LOW OF
23 WAS OBSERVED WHICH BROKE THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 27 IN 1947. THIS
RECORD LOW OF 23 IS ALSO THE COLDEST MAY TEMPERATURE ON RECORD AT
FORT WAYNE. THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 27 DEGREES WHICH OCCURRED IN
2005 (5/4), 1966 (5/10), 1963 (5/1), AND 1947 (5/9).

WHILE ON THE SUBJECT OF COLD, MAY 11TH BROUGHT AT LEAST A FEW
SNOWFLAKES OR EVEN PELLETS OF GRAUPEL.

THE WEATHER PATTERN TURNED NOTABLY WARMER IN TIME FOR MEMORIAL DAY
WEEKEND AS TEMPERATURES SOARED INTO THE 80S, AND EVEN REACHED 91
DEGREES ON THE 26TH. USING JANUARY 1 AS A STARTING POINT, THIS TIES
AS THE 14TH EARLIEST 90+ DEGREE DAY. THIS WAS ONE MONTH EARLIER THAN
LAST YEAR`S FIRST 90 DEGREE DAY; JUNE 26TH.

THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF THE MONTH WAS 58.6 DEGREES, WHICH IS 1.8
DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. THIS RANKS AS THE 45TH COLDEST ON RECORD.
PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH TOTALED 3.68 INCHES, WHICH IS 0.59
INCHES BELOW NORMAL. THIS TIES 1951 AS THE 63RD DRIEST ON RECORD.
BROWN
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