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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
242 PM EDT WED NOV 01 2023

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...THE SOUTH BEND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 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             92   10/06/1963
 LOW              12   10/11/1906
HIGHEST           88   10/03         MM      MM       78  10/22
                                                          10/23
LOWEST            26   10/31         MM      MM       30  10/20
                                                          10/27
AVG. MAXIMUM    63.2               61.8     1.4     64.3
AVG. MINIMUM    46.0               42.1     3.9     41.5
MEAN            54.6               52.0     2.6
DAYS MAX >= 90     0                0.0     0.0        0
DAYS MAX <= 32     0                0.0     0.0        0
DAYS MIN <= 32     2                2.9    -0.9        2
DAYS MIN <= 0      0                0.0     0.0        0

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM        9.75   1954
 MINIMUM        0.42   1950
TOTALS          5.96               3.72    2.24     3.85
DAILY AVG.      0.19               0.12    0.07     0.12
DAYS >= .01       20               11.5     8.5       12
DAYS >= .10       13                7.1     5.9        9
DAYS >= .50        2                2.4    -0.4        2
DAYS >= 1.00       2                0.9     1.1        2
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL   1.56   10/05 TO 10/05

SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
 TOTAL          15.0   1910
TOTALS           1.4                0.2     1.2        T
SINCE 7/1        1.4                0.2     1.2        T
SNOWDEPTH AVG.     0                                   0
DAYS >= 1.0        1                0.0     1.0        0
GREATEST
 SNOW DEPTH        0
 24 HR TOTAL     1.4R  10/31 TO 10/31

DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL    355                414     -59      373
 SINCE 7/1       404                551    -147      472
COOLING TOTAL     40                  9      31        6
 SINCE 1/1       820                723      97     1001
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              8.3
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    29/110    DATE  10/13
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    38/110    DATE  10/13

SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT)   MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER           0.59
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR            7
NUMBER OF DAYS PC             10
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY         14

AVERAGE RH (PERCENT)     73

WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM              0     MIXED PRECIP               0
HEAVY RAIN                8     RAIN                      10
LIGHT RAIN               18     FREEZING RAIN              0
LT FREEZING RAIN          0     HAIL                       0
HEAVY SNOW                0     SNOW                       1
LIGHT SNOW                1     SLEET                      0
FOG                      26     FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE      2
HAZE                      4

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

&&
11TH WETTEST OCTOBER ON RECORD

THERE WAS RECORD WARMTH TO BEGIN THE MONTH, AS NEW RECORD HIGH
TEMPERATURES WERE SET ON OCTOBER 3RD AND 4TH WITH 87 AND 88 DEGREES
RESPECTIVELY. MID-OCTOBER FEATURED NEAR TO SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL
TEMPERATURES. THE LAST WEEK OF THE MONTH FEATURED A 40+ DEGREE
TEMPERATURE SWING; A RECORD HIGH OF 82 WAS SET ON OCTOBER 24TH AND A
WEEK LATER, THE 2ND COLDEST HALLOWEEN ON RECORD WAS OBSERVED WITH A
HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 36 DEGREES. HALLOWEEN 2023 WAS THE COLDEST SINCE
1917! OVERALL, THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 54.6
DEGREES. THIS IS 2.6 ABOVE NORMAL AND RANKS AS THE 37TH
WARMEST OCTOBER ON RECORD.

PRECIPITATION TOTALED 5.96 INCHES, WHICH WAS 2.24 INCHES ABOVE
NORMAL AND WAS THE 11TH WETTEST OCTOBER ON RECORD FOR SOUTH BEND.
TWO DAYS THIS MONTH HAD OVER AN INCH OF RAIN; OCTOBER 5TH (THE
WETTEST DAY OF THE MONTH) HAD 1.56" AND OCTOBER 14TH HAD 1.24".

THE FIRST SNOW OF THE SEASON FELL ON HALLOWEEN! SOUTH BEND MEASURED
A TOTAL OF 1.4" FOR THE DAY, WHICH WAS 0.2" SHY OF TYING THE RECORD
FOR THE SNOWIEST HALLOWEEN ON RECORD.  THIS IS ONLY THE 6TH TIME
SINCE RECORD KEEPING BEGAN IN 1893 THAT MEASURABLE SNOW HAS BEEN
OBSERVED ON HALLOWEEN. A TOTAL OF 1.4" OF SNOW FOR THE MONTH IS 1.2"
ABOVE NORMAL. OCTOBER 2023 RANKS AS THE 15TH SNOWIEST OCTOBER ON
RECORD.

DROUGHT CONDITIONS GRADUALLY IMPROVED THROUGHOUT THE MONTH WITH THE
ABUNDANCE OF PRECIPITATION, WITH NO DROUGHT REMAINING BY HALLOWEEN.
THERE WERE SEVERAL HARD FREEZES NEAR THE END OF THE MONTH, WHICH LED
TO THE END OF THE GROWING SEASON.

JOHNSON
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