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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1106 AM EDT FRI SEP 01 2023

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...THE FORT WAYNE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST 2023...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1897 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            102   08/09/1934
                       08/05/1918
 LOW              38   08/29/1965
HIGHEST           90   08/23         MM      MM       92  08/03
                       08/24
LOWEST            47   08/31         MM      MM       50  08/13
AVG. MAXIMUM    80.2               82.0    -1.8     82.1
AVG. MINIMUM    59.9               61.2    -1.3     61.2
MEAN            70.0               71.6    -1.6
DAYS MAX >= 90     2                2.9    -0.9        1
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       10.09   1926
 MINIMUM        0.42   1969
TOTALS          2.48               3.80   -1.32     3.26
DAILY AVG.      0.08               0.12   -0.04     0.11
DAYS >= .01        9                9.2    -0.2       10
DAYS >= .10        6                5.8     0.2        6
DAYS >= .50        2                2.4    -0.4        2
DAYS >= 1.00       0                1.1    -1.1        0
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL   1.27   08/05 TO 08/06

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

DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL      6                  8      -2        2
 SINCE 7/1         6                  5       1        2
COOLING TOTAL    169                212     -43      214
 SINCE 1/1       656                751     -95      830
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              6.8
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    33/110    DATE  08/24
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    48/110    DATE  08/24

SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT)   MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER           0.51
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR            9
NUMBER OF DAYS PC             14
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY          8

AVERAGE RH (PERCENT)     75

WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM              5     MIXED PRECIP               0
HEAVY RAIN                4     RAIN                       5
LIGHT RAIN               11     FREEZING RAIN              0
LT FREEZING RAIN          0     HAIL                       0
HEAVY SNOW                0     SNOW                       0
LIGHT SNOW                0     SLEET                      0
FOG                      22     FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE      2
HAZE                      5

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

&&

UNCOMFORTABLY HOT AND HUMID FOR A FEW DAYS THIS MONTH, OTHERWISE
COOL THANKS TO RATHER PERSISTENT NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT. THIS PATTERN
IS GENERALLY NOT CONDUCIVE FOR RAINFALL, WHICH IS REFLECTED BY BELOW-
NORMAL PRECIPITATION.

FOLLOWING A RATHER WET JULY, THE SO-CALLED FAUCET TURNED OFF AND THE
MONTH ENDED WITH PRECIPITATION 1.32 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. THIS RANKS
AS THE 48TH DRIEST ON RECORD. THE STATE OF INDIANA HAS GENERALLY
BEEN WORKING ITS WAY OUT OF ABNORMALLY DRY OR DROUGHT CONDITIONS
THIS SUMMER. HOWEVER, ABNORMALLY DRY CONDITIONS LOOM AGAIN AS FORT
WAYNE HAS ONLY RECORDED A TRACE OF RAIN SINCE AUGUST 18.

AN UPPER-LEVEL RIDGE THAT HAS DOMINATED THE SOUTHERN PLAINS THIS
SUMMER WAS NUDGED EASTWARD INTO THE GREAT LAKES FOR A FEW DAYS LATE
THIS MONTH. THIS RESULTED IN ABOVE NORMAL DAILY TEMPERATURES FROM
THE 20TH THROUGH 26TH. THE PEAK OF THE HEAT OCCURRED ON THE 23RD AND
24TH WHEN FORT WAYNE RECORDED AIR TEMPERATURES OF 90 DEGREES AND A
HEAT INDEX OF 105 AND 106, RESPECTIVELY. ACCORDING TO THE MIDWESTERN
REGIONAL CLIMATE CENTER, FROM 1973 TO 2018, FORT WAYNE SEES ABOUT
ONE HOUR PER YEAR IN AUGUST WITH A HEAT INDEX NEAR 105.

THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 70.0 DEGREES WHICH IS
1.6 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL.

BROWN

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