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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
100 AM EST SAT MAR 02 2024

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...THE SOUTH BEND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY 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
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
 HIGH             74   02/25/2000
 LOW             -20   02/10/1899
                       02/09/1899
HIGHEST           73   02/27         MM      MM       57  02/09
LOWEST            15   02/24         MM      MM        3  02/01
AVG. MAXIMUM    48.9               34.9    14.0     43.2
AVG. MINIMUM    27.2               19.3     7.9     25.4
MEAN            38.0               27.1    10.9
DAYS MAX >= 90     0                0.0     0.0        0
DAYS MAX <= 32     3               11.7    -8.7        3
DAYS MIN <= 32    23               24.7    -1.7       23
DAYS MIN <= 0      0                1.5    -1.5        0

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM        8.08   2018
 MINIMUM        0.54   1969
TOTALS          0.78               2.31   -1.53     4.08
DAILY AVG.      0.03                 MM      MM     0.15
DAYS >= .01        8               12.5    -4.5        9
DAYS >= .10        3                5.8    -2.8        4
DAYS >= .50        0                1.1    -1.1        3
DAYS >= 1.00       0                0.4    -0.4        3
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL   0.27   02/22 TO 02/22

SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
 TOTAL          36.4   2015
TOTALS           2.8               16.1   -13.3      1.3
SINCE 7/1       29.9               56.7   -26.8     47.9
SNOWDEPTH AVG.     0                                   0
DAYS >= 1.0        1                5.2    -4.2        1
GREATEST
 SNOW DEPTH        1   02/17
                       02/24
                       02/25
 24 HR TOTAL     1.4   02/23 TO 02/23

DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL    774               1061    -287      853
 SINCE 7/1      3839               4802    -963     4006
COOLING TOTAL      0                  0       0        0
 SINCE 1/1         0                  0       0        0
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              9.1
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    35/310    DATE  02/28
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    46/300    DATE  02/28

SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT)   MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER           0.30
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR           16
NUMBER OF DAYS PC             12
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY          1

AVERAGE RH (PERCENT)     68

WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM              1     MIXED PRECIP               0
HEAVY RAIN                0     RAIN                       2
LIGHT RAIN                4     FREEZING RAIN              0
LT FREEZING RAIN          0     HAIL                       0
HEAVY SNOW                0     SNOW                       3
LIGHT SNOW                5     SLEET                      0
FOG                      20     FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE      4
HAZE                     11

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

&&

...WARMEST FEBRUARY ON RECORD...

AFTER AN ASTONISHINGLY WARM MONTH, SOUTH BEND HAS OFFICIALLY
CLINCHED THE WARMEST FEBRUARY ON RECORD! ONLY TWO DAYS THIS MONTH
WERE BELOW NORMAL; IN COMPARISON, 15 DAYS THIS MONTH WERE 10+
DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL! THE LAST WEEK OF FEBRUARY FEATURED A THREE DAY
STRETCH OF HIGHS 60 DEGREES OR MORE. ON AVERAGE, FEBRUARY HAS ONE
DAY IN THE 60S; THIS YEAR, THERE WERE FIVE DAYS IN THE 60S AND ONE
DAY IN THE 70S. IN FACT, THE 73 DEGREE HIGH TEMPERATURE ON FEBRUARY
27TH WAS ONLY THE 3RD OCCURRENCE OF 70S IN FEBRUARY IN 130 YEARS! THE
MOST RECENT 70+ DEGREE DAY IN FEBRUARY BEFORE THEN WAS FEBRUARY 25,
2000.

SEVERAL TEMPERATURE RECORDS WERE TIED OR BROKEN THIS MONTH. THERE
WERE FOUR HIGH TEMPERATURE RECORDS BROKEN ON FEBRUARY 9TH, 26TH,
27TH, AND 28TH. THERE WERE ALSO TWO DAILY RECORD WARM LOW
TEMPERATURES BROKEN ON FEBRUARY 9TH AND 27TH. THE AVERAGE
TEMPERATURE FOR FEBRUARY WAS 38.0 DEGREES, WHICH IS 10.9 DEGREES
ABOVE NORMAL.

PRECIPITATION WAS TOUGH TO COME BY THIS MONTH. THERE WERE NO DAILY
RAINFALL TOTALS OVER HALF AN INCH. THERE WERE ONLY TWO DAYS WHERE
RAINFALL TOTALED OVER A QUARTER INCH OR MORE: FEBRUARY 22ND AND
23RD. PRECIPITATION TOTALED 0.78" FOR THE MONTH. THIS IS 1.53" BELOW
NORMAL AND WAS THE 12TH DRIEST FEBRUARY ON RECORD. THIS WAS THE
DRIEST FEBRUARY SINCE 2004 FOR SOUTH BEND (0.76").

DESPITE THE LACK OF ICE COVER ON LAKE MICHIGAN, DUE TO THE
ANOMALOUSLY WARM TEMPERATURES, SNOWFALL WAS NOTABLY LACKING THIS
MONTH. SNOWFALL TOTALED ONLY 2.8" FOR THE ENTIRE MONTH. THIS IS
13.3" BELOW NORMAL AND RANKS AS THE 13TH LEAST SNOWIEST FEBRUARY ON
RECORD.

JOHNSON
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