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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
903 AM EDT SAT JUL 01 2023

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...THE SOUTH BEND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE 2023...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1893 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            106   06/01/1934
 LOW              35   06/11/1972
                       06/02/1956
                       06/16/1917
HIGHEST           92   06/02         MM      MM       99  06/21
                       06/03
LOWEST            44   06/08         MM      MM       45  06/04
AVG. MAXIMUM    80.6               79.4     1.2     82.9
AVG. MINIMUM    56.9               58.1    -1.2     58.5
MEAN            68.8               68.8     0.0
DAYS MAX >= 90     4                3.5     0.5        8
DAYS MAX <= 32     0                0.0     0.0        0
DAYS MIN <= 32     0                0.0     0.0        0
DAYS MIN <= 0      0                0.0     0.0        0

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM       10.86   1993
 MINIMUM        0.48   1988
TOTALS          2.25               4.04   -1.79     2.23
DAILY AVG.      0.08               0.13   -0.05     0.07
DAYS >= .01        6               11.0    -5.0        8
DAYS >= .10        4                7.4    -3.4        4
DAYS >= .50        2                2.7    -0.7        2
DAYS >= 1.00       0                0.9    -0.9        1
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL   0.79   06/13 TO 06/13

SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
 TOTAL            MM   MM
TOTALS           0.0                0.0     0.0      0.0
SINCE 7/1       58.4               64.5    -6.1     56.0
SNOWDEPTH AVG.     0                                   0
DAYS >= 1.0        0                0.0     0.0        0
GREATEST
 SNOW DEPTH        0
 24 HR TOTAL      MM

DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL     34                 44     -10       17
 SINCE 7/1      5467               6402    -935     5784
COOLING TOTAL    154                156      -2      195
 SINCE 1/1       218                212       6      312
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              7.2
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    31/140    DATE  06/29
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    40/290    DATE  06/13

SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT)   MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER           0.34
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR           18
NUMBER OF DAYS PC              7
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY          5

AVERAGE RH (PERCENT)     63

WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM              4     MIXED PRECIP               0
HEAVY RAIN                3     RAIN                       4
LIGHT RAIN               10     FREEZING RAIN              0
LT FREEZING RAIN          0     HAIL                       0
HEAVY SNOW                0     SNOW                       0
LIGHT SNOW                0     SLEET                      0
FOG                      15     FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE      2
HAZE                     15

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

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CONTINUED DROUGHT STRESSES CROPS

FLASH DROUGHT CONDITIONS DEVELOPED LAST MONTH AND DRY WEATHER
PERSISTED THROUGH JUNE WITH ONLY A COUPLE EXCEPTIONS. ACCORDING TO
THE US DROUGHT MONITOR, "ABNORMALLY DRY" CONDITIONS WERE PRESENT ON
MAY 30TH. BY LATE-JUNE, A "MODERATE DROUGHT" AND "SEVERE DROUGHT"
WERE UNDERWAY IN NORTHERN INDIANA AND SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN.
IRRIGATION BECAME MORE COMMON TO COMBAT CROP STRESS. DRY SOIL, LARGE
EVAPOTRANSPIRATION RATES, AND LOW WATER LEVELS OF CREEKS, STREAMS,
AND PONDS WERE REPORTED.

SOUTH BEND RECORDED 2.25 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION THIS MONTH, WHICH
IS 1.79 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. THIS RANKS AS THE 35TH DRIEST ON RECORD
AND WAS NEARLY AS DRY AS LAST JUNE (2.23). JUNE OF 2012, A NOTABLE
DROUGHT YEAR, RECORDED 1.53 INCHES. THE LARGEST 24 HOUR RAINFALL OF
0.79 INCHES OCCURRED ON JUNE 13TH.

PRIOR TO 0.78 AND 0.28 INCHES OF RAIN FALLING ON THE 25TH AND 26TH,
RESPECTIVELY, SOUTH BEND WAS ON PACE TO BE THE 19TH DRIEST JUNE ON
RECORD.

THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH OF 68.8 DEGREES MATCHES THE
NORMAL. WHILE THE FIRST FEW DAYS OF JUNE STARTED VERY WARM, A PERIOD
OF COOL WEATHER EMERGED FROM THE 7TH THROUGH 18TH. BENEFICIAL RAIN
OCCURRED DURING THIS TIME, AS DID COOL NORTHERLY FLOW.

NO RECORDS WERE SET THIS MONTH.

BROWN/JOHNSON
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