Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
182 CXUS53 KIWX 010938 CLMSBN CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 538 AM EDT WED MAY 01 2024 ................................... ...THE SOUTH BEND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL 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 ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 91 04/30/1942 LOW 11 04/08/1972 HIGHEST 80 04/27 MM MM 84 04/14 LOWEST 26 04/06 MM MM 23 04/02 AVG. MAXIMUM 62.5 59.0 3.5 62.4 AVG. MINIMUM 42.3 37.1 5.2 39.0 MEAN 52.4 48.1 4.3 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.1 -0.1 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 4 8.9 -4.9 7 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 9.20 1947 MINIMUM 0.50 1971 TOTALS 4.27 3.49 0.78 2.30 DAILY AVG. 0.14 0.12 0.02 0.08 DAYS >= .01 16 13.4 2.6 14 DAYS >= .10 11 7.4 3.6 10 DAYS >= .50 3 2.4 0.6 1 DAYS >= 1.00 1 0.6 0.4 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 1.16 04/01 TO 04/01 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 20.0 1920 TOTALS T 1.0 -1.0 T SINCE 7/1 30.3 64.5 -34.2 MM SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 0 DAYS >= 1.0 0 0.3 -0.3 0 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 0 24 HR TOTAL TR 04/01 TO 04/01 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 379 514 -135 436 SINCE 7/1 4858 6127 -1269 MM COOLING TOTAL 10 6 4 16 SINCE 1/1 10 8 2 MM ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 11.2 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 33/320 DATE 04/12 33/250 04/17 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 46/120 DATE 04/07 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.45 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 13 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 10 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 7 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 65 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 6 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 6 RAIN 11 LIGHT RAIN 17 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 1 SLEET 0 FOG 13 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 0 HAZE 3 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && ....15TH WARMEST, 35TH WETTEST APRIL ON RECORD.... IN TYPICAL SPRING FASHION, APRIL FEATURED LOTS OF TEMPERATURE SWINGS AND FLUCTUATIONS. THERE WERE 10 DAYS WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES 70+ DEGREES THIS MONTH, INCLUDING ONE DAY IN THE 80S. A HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 80 DEGREES WAS OBSERVED ON APRIL 27TH, MARKING THE FIRST 80+ DEGREE DAY IN SOUTH BEND. ON AVERAGE, THE FIRST 80+ DEGREE DAY OCCURS ON APRIL 25TH. IN ADDITION, THERE WERE 4 NIGHTS THIS MONTH WITH A LOW BELOW FREEZING, INCLUDING 2 NIGHTS WHERE A HARD FREEZE OCCURRED. A LOW TEMPERATURE OF 26 DEGREES OCCURRED ON APRIL 6TH AND A LOW OF 28 DEGREES OCCURRED ON APRIL 25TH. ON AVERAGE, THE LAST HARD FREEZE IN SOUTH BEND HAPPENS ON APRIL 15TH. OVERALL, THE MONTH FINISHED WITH AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 52,4 DEGREES, WHICH IS 4.3 DEGREES WARMER THAN NORMAL. THIS WAS THE 15TH WARMEST APRIL ON RECORD AND THE WARMEST APRIL SINCE 2010. A SERIES OF LOW PRESSURE SYSTEMS PASSING THROUGH THE MIDWEST LED TO A VERY WET AND SOGGY APRIL. THERE WAS A SHARP GRADIENT IN MONTHLY RAINFALL TOTALS IN NORTHERN INDIANA; BETWEEN FORT WAYNE AND SOUTH BEND (ABOUT 90 MILES APART), THERE WAS OVER 3 INCHES DIFFERENCE IN RAINFALL TOTALS! SOUTH BEND HAD THE WETTEST APRIL SINCE 2019. IN TOTAL, 4.27 INCHES OF RAIN FELL, WHICH IS 0.78 INCHES ABOVE AVERAGE AND RANKS AS THE 35TH WETTEST APRIL ON RECORD. THERE WAS ONLY A TRACE OF SNOW THIS MONTH, WHICH IS UNSURPRISING GIVEN THE WARM TEMPERATURES. THIS IS 1.0 INCHES BELOW AVERAGE. APRIL 2024 IS TIED FOR THE 6TH LEAST SNOWIEST APRIL ON RECORD. THE LAST TIME MEASURABLE SNOW OCCURRED IN APRIL WAS IN 2022. JOHNSON