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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
230 PM EDT TUE SEP 1 2020

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...THE FORT WAYNE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR SUMMER 2020...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1897 TO 2020

WEATHER         OBSERVED          NORMAL  DEPART  LAST YEAR`S
                 VALUE   DATE(S)  VALUE   FROM    VALUE
                                          NORMAL
.............................................................
TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
 HIGH             106   06/28/2012
                        06/25/1988
                        07/14/1936
 LOW               36   06/02/1910
HIGHEST            95   07/07        82      13       95
                        07/06
LOWEST             42   06/01        61     -19       48
AVG. MAXIMUM     85.1              82.5     2.6     82.8
AVG. MINIMUM     61.8              60.9     0.9     63.0
MEAN             73.5              71.7     1.8
DAYS MAX >= 90     24              11.6    12.4       15
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        21.52   2015
 MINIMUM         5.00   2012
TOTALS           9.89             12.04   -2.15    10.40
DAILY AVG.       0.11              0.13   -0.02     0.11
DAYS >= .01        27              30.1    -3.1       30
DAYS >= .10        18              19.9    -1.9       25
DAYS >= .50         6               8.0    -2.0        6
DAYS >= 1.00        2               3.4    -1.4        3
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL    2.24   MM

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

DEGREE_DAYS
HEATING TOTAL      15                41     -26       19
 SINCE 7/1          4                12      -8        1
COOLING TOTAL     821               660     161      770
 SINCE 1/1        877               717     160      838
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              6.9
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    45/340    DATE  07/08
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    67/340    DATE  07/08

SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT)   MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER           0.50
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR           23
NUMBER OF DAYS PC             56
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY         13

AVERAGE RH (PERCENT)     68

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

&&

THE AVERAGE MEAN TEMPERATURE OF 73.5 DEGREES RANKS AS TIED WITH 2002
AS THE 20TH WARMEST SUMMER ON RECORD. THIS IS 1.8 DEGREES ABOVE
NORMAL. THIS IS COMPARABLE TO THE SUMMERS OF 2018, 2016 (73.8), AND
2012 (73.9). DIGGING A BIT DEEPER, THE MEAN MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE WAS
85.1 DEGREES; 16TH WARMEST ON RECORD (TIED WITH 2005). THE MEAN
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE WAS 61.8 DEGREES; TIED FOR 38TH WARMEST. THE
COOL NIGHTS WORKED TO KEEP OUR OVERALL MEAN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FROM
RANKING HIGHER IN THE RECORD BOOKS.

THERE WERE 24 DAYS WITH A HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 90 DEGREES OR GREATER,
WHICH IS THE MOST SINCE 2012 (37). THIS TIES 1898 AS THE 24TH MOST
90-DEGREE DAYS IN A SUMMER.

TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE SUMMER TOTALED 9.89 INCHES, 2.15 INCHES
BELOW NORMAL. THIS RANKS AS THE 56TH DRIEST ON RECORD.

A MONTH-BY-MONTH SUMMARY IS BELOW.

JUNE
...17TH DRIEST JUNE ON RECORD...

BELOW NORMAL PRECIPITATION WAS OBSERVED IN BOTH APRIL AND MAY, BY
1.24" AND 0.59", RESPECTIVELY. JUNE CONTINUED THIS TREND.

JUNE BEGAN WITH AN EMPTY RAIN GAUGE ON SEVEN OF THE FIRST EIGHT DAYS
(0.17" ON THE 4TH). THE FINAL TWO DAYS OF MAY WERE DRY AS WELL. HIGH
TEMPERATURES SOARED QUICKLY INTO THE 80S AND 90S. IT WAS BREEZY AS
WELL AND ALL OF THIS COMBINED TO QUICKLY DRY THE AREA`S TOP SOIL.
MUCH OF INDIANA WAS DECLARED "ABNORMALLY DRY" ON THE UNITED STATES
DROUGHT MONITOR THAT WAS PREPARED ON THE 16TH, AND PUBLISHED JUNE
18TH. BY JUNE 16TH, FORT WAYNE WAS ALREADY 1.73" BELOW NORMAL ON
RAINFALL FOR THE MONTH, HAVING ONLY RECEIVED 0.64". FOR THE YEAR,
FORT WAYNE WAS BEHIND 1.23".

A SECOND BOUT OF DRY DAYS DEVELOPED FROM THE 14TH THROUGH 20TH.
THEN, RAIN WAS OBSERVED ON SEVEN OF THE FINAL TEN DAYS OF THE MONTH.
HOWEVER, UNLIKE THE RAINFALL AT SOUTH BEND, THIS WAS NOT ENOUGH TO
PRODUCE A NOTABLE DENT IN THE MONTH`S RAINFALL DEFICIT. IN ALL,
1.97" OF PRECIPITATION WAS OBSERVED, WHICH IS 2.19" BELOW NORMAL
THIS RANKS AS THE 17TH DRIEST JUNE ON RECORD. FOR THE YEAR, FORT
WAYNE IS 1.69" BELOW NORMAL, RANKING AS THE 53RD DRIEST TO DATE.

FORT WAYNE ALSO PICKED UP EIGHT DAYS WHERE THE HIGH REACHED AT LEAST
90 DEGREES. THIS IS THE GREATEST NUMBER OF 90 DEGREE DAYS IN JUNE
SINCE 2012, WHEN 12 WERE OBSERVED. FOR THE CALENDAR YEAR, NINE 90-
DEGREE DAYS HAVE BEEN OBSERVED. THIS TOO IS THE GREATEST NUMBER
SINCE 2012 WHEN 17 WERE OBSERVED. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE
MONTH WAS 72.2 DEGREES, WHICH IS 2.1 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THIS TIES
1925 AS THE 19TH WARMEST JUNE ON RECORD.

ONE RECORD WAS SET THIS MONTH. 94 DEGREES ON THE 9TH BROKE THE
PREVIOUS RECORD OF 93 IN 1914.

JULY
...ONE DAY`S RAIN WORKS TO EASE OTHERWISE DRY CONDITIONS...

JULY WAS NOTABLY HOT AND HUMID, WHICH OF COURSE TENDS TO HAPPEN IN
THE SUMMER MONTHS. HOWEVER, THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR JULY 2020,
77.1 DEGREES, TIES 1988 AS THE 13TH WARMEST JULY ON RECORD. ELEVEN
90-DEGREE DAYS WERE OBSERVED THIS MONTH WHICH IS THE GREATEST SINCE
2012 WHEN THE TALLY WAS TWENTY. THERE WERE EIGHT CONSECUTIVE 90-
DEGREE DAYS FROM JULY 2 TO 9. THERE HAVE BEEN TWENTY 90-DEGREE DAYS
SO FAR THIS YEAR, TYING AS THE 22ND GREATEST.

RAINFALL WAS HARD TO FIND FOR MUCH OF THE AREA. JULY 1 STARTED WITH
MUCH OF INDIANA DECLARED AS "ABNORMALLY DRY" ON THE U.S. DROUGHT
MONITOR. BY MID-MONTH, PORTIONS OF NORTHERN INDIANA WERE DECLARED TO
BE PART OF A "MODERATE DROUGHT". BOTH OF THESE AREAS WERE FURTHER
EXPANDED BY THE END OF THE MONTH.

A RATHER DECEPTIVE 5.22 INCHES OF RAIN WAS OBSERVED AT FORT WAYNE,
WHICH IS 1.01 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL. 2.24 INCHES FELL ON THE 27TH,
BREAKING THE OLD RECORD OF 1.92 IN 1923. THIS SINGLE-DAY RAINFALL
ESSENTIALLY MASKS THE NOTION OF A DRY MONTH FROM THE RECORD BOOKS.
THIS MONTHLY TOTAL RANKS AS THE 21ST WETTEST JULY ON RECORD.

ON JUNE 20TH, FORT WAYNE`S TOTAL PRECIPITATION SINCE JUNE 1 AND
JANUARY 1 WERE 3.42 AND 2.92 INCHES BELOW NORMAL, RESPECTIVELY. BY
THE END OF THE MONTH, THESE VALUES IMPROVED TO 1.18 AND 0.68 INCHES,
RESPECTIVELY.

AUGUST
...FIVE DAYS OF MEASUREABLE RAINFALL...

BASED ON TOTAL RAINFALL AND AVERAGE TEMPERATURE, AUGUST 2020 WILL
GENERALLY SLIP SILENTLY INTO THE CLIMATE RECORDS. HOWEVER, THE DRY
SPELL FROM THE 11TH THROUGH 27TH (ONLY A TRACE OBSERVED) EXASPERATED
ALREADY DRY CONDITIONS OVER THE AREA.

BY AUGUST 27TH, MEASUREABLE PRECIPITATION (DEFINED AS 0.01" OR MORE)
HAD BEEN OBSERVED ON ONLY THREE DAYS, TOTALING 1.29". MONTH-TO-DATE
PRECIPITATION WAS 1.90" BELOW NORMAL BY THIS POINT. HAD THE MONTHLY
TOTAL ENDED THERE, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN THE 11TH DRIEST ON RECORD. THE
LONGEST STRETCH OF DAYS WITH ZERO MEASUREABLE PRECIPITATION IS 41
DAYS, ENDING IN SEPTEMBER OF 1908. THIS MONTH`S STRETCH OF 17 DAYS
TIES FOR 39TH LONGEST STRETCH. AN AREA OF "MODERATE DROUGHT" WAS
ADDED TO PORTIONS OF NORTHERN INDIANA AND SOUTHERN MICHIGAN ON THE
AUGUST 25TH U.S. DROUGHT MONITOR MAP.

A SOAKING 1.23" OF RAIN THE 29TH, ALONG WITH 0.15" ON THE 28TH
BROUGHT THE RAIN TOTAL TO 2.67", WHICH IS 0.97" BELOW NORMAL. THIS
RANKS AS THE 54TH DRIEST AUGUST ON RECORD.

FORT WAYNE PICKED UP FIVE 90-DEGREE DAYS THIS MONTH. THIS IS THE
GREATEST TOTAL FOR THE MONTH SINCE 2016 (7). THE ANNUAL TOTAL TO
DATE IS 25. THIS IS THE GREATEST SINCE 2012 WHICH HAD 42 THROUGH THE
END OF AUGUST.

THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 71.3 DEGREES, WHICH IS 0.2
DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. NO RECORDS WERE SET THIS MONTH.

BROWN

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