Climatological Report (Monthly) Issued by NWS
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CXUS53 KIWX 011114 CCA
CLMSBN
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
714 AM EDT TUE AUG 01 2023
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...THE SOUTH BEND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF JULY 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 109 07/24/1934
LOW 42 07/02/2001
07/15/1930
HIGHEST 92 07/27 MM MM 93 07/05
LOWEST 54 07/09 MM MM 55 07/10
AVG. MAXIMUM 83.2 82.7 0.5 84.2
AVG. MINIMUM 62.1 62.1 0.0 64.4
MEAN 72.7 72.4 0.3
DAYS MAX >= 90 4 5.2 -1.2 4
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 8.66 2006
MINIMUM 0.02 1946
TOTALS 7.81 3.78 4.03 5.63
DAILY AVG. 0.25 0.12 0.13 0.18
DAYS >= .01 12 9.5 2.5 10
DAYS >= .10 11 6.5 4.5 7
DAYS >= .50 5 2.6 2.4 5
DAYS >= 1.00 3 0.8 2.2 2
GREATEST
24 HR. TOTAL 3.47 07/28 TO 07/29
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
24 HR TOTAL 0
DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL 0 7 -7 0
SINCE 7/1 0 0 0 0
COOLING TOTAL 246 236 10 296
SINCE 1/1 464 448 16 608
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.0
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 51/200 DATE 07/05
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 80/220 DATE 07/05
SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.26
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 21
NUMBER OF DAYS PC 9
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 1
AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 70
WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM 11 MIXED PRECIP 0
HEAVY RAIN 9 RAIN 8
LIGHT RAIN 14 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 5
HAZE 14
- INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.
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SECOND WETTEST JULY ON RECORD.
WHILE THE SOUTHWEST US ROASTED BENEATH A PERSISTENT RIDGE OF HIGH
PRESSURE, THIS SAME PATTERN BROUGHT SOMEWHAT COOL NORTHWEST FLOW AND
FREQUENT THUNDERSTORMS TO THE AREA. DROUGHT CONDITIONS IMPROVED AS A
RESULT. ON JUNE 27TH, THE US DROUGHT MONITOR INDICATED ABOUT 87% OF
THE FORECAST AREA WAS EXPERIENCING MODERATE DROUGHT OR SEVERE
DROUGHT. BY JULY 25TH, THIS WAS DOWN TO ONLY 28%.
PRECIPITATION TOTALED A WHOPPING 7.81 INCHES WHICH IS THE SECOND
MOST ON RECORD (BEHIND 2006 WITH 8.66 INCHES). THIS IS 4.03 INCHES
ABOVE NORMAL. FROM THE 26TH THROUGH 30TH, 4.53 INCHES OF RAIN WAS
RECORDED THANKS TO "RIDGE RUNNING" THUNDERSTORMS. ONE RECORD WAS
TIED THIS MONTH: 1.78 INCHES OF RAIN ON 28TH TIED THE DAILY
RECORD FROM 1971.
THERE WERE FOUR DAYS THIS MONTH WITH A HIGH OF 90 DEGREES OR MORE,
WHICH IS TIED WITH JULY 2022 AND IS JUST BELOW THE NORMAL JULY TOTAL
OF ABOUT FIVE. SO FAR THIS SUMMER THERE HAVE BEEN EIGHT 90-DEGREE
DAYS WHICH IS JUST SHY OF THE NORMAL OF 11 DAYS. THE AVERAGE
TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 72.7 DEGREES WHICH IS RIGHT NEAR
NORMAL. THIS IS THE COOLEST JULY SINCE 72.6 DEGREES IN 2018.
LASTLY, ON JULY 5TH THE ASOS RECORDED AN 80 MPH WIND GUST AS A
THUNDERSTORM COLLAPSED NEARBY. THIS APPEARS TO BE THE GREATEST
WIND GUST RECORDED AT THIS STATION THROUGH AT LEAST 1993,
ACCORDING TO MIDWESTERN REGIONAL CLIMATE CENTER.
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BROWN