Climatological Report (Seasonal) Issued by NWS Northern Indiana
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CXUS53 KIWX 011232
CLSFWA
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
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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.
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...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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