Climatological Report (Seasonal) Issued by NWS
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CXUS53 KIWX 011847
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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
247 PM EDT THU SEP 01 2022
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...THE SOUTH BEND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE SEASON, FROM
6/1/2022 TO 8/31/2022...
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1893 TO 2022
WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S
VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE
NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
HIGH 109 07/24/1934
LOW 35 06/11/1972
06/02/1956
06/16/1917
HIGHEST 99 06/21 81 18 95
LOWEST 45 06/04 61 -16 46
AVG. MAXIMUM 83.6 81.0 2.6 83.7
AVG. MINIMUM 61.8 60.2 1.6 64.3
MEAN 72.7 70.6 2.1
DAYS MAX >= 90 15 11.3 3.7 11
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 19.30 2016
MINIMUM 5.62 1991
TOTALS 9.89 11.83 -1.94 17.56
DAILY AVG. 0.11 0.13 -0.02 0.19
DAYS >= .01 30 30.5 -0.5 33
DAYS >= .10 17 20.4 -3.4 19
DAYS >= .50 9 8.1 0.9 12
DAYS >= 1.00 3 2.6 0.4 4
GREATEST
24 HR. TOTAL 1.53
SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
TOTAL 0.0
24 HR TOTAL 0.0
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 >= TRACE 0 0.0 0.0 0
DAYS >= 1.0 0 0.0 0.0 0
GREATEST
SNOW DEPTH 0 0
24 HR TOTAL 0.0
DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL 17 64 -47 10
SINCE 7/1 0 14 -14 0
COOLING TOTAL 753 581 172 858
SINCE 1/1 870 637 233 952
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.1
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 36/350 DATE 07/05
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 51/340 DATE 07/05
SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.27
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 63
NUMBER OF DAYS PC 26
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 3
AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 68
WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM 15 MIXED PRECIP 0
HEAVY RAIN 13 RAIN 11
LIGHT RAIN 33 FREEZING RAIN 0
LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0
HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0
LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0
FOG 32 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 3
HAZE 5
- INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.
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SUMMER 2022
THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 72.7 DEGREES WAS 2.1 ABOVE THE
NORMAL OF 70.6 DEGREES. THIS TIES AS THE 32ND WARMEST SUMMER ON
RECORD. PRECIPITATION TOTALED 9.89 INCHES WHICH IS 1.94 BELOW
THE NORMAL OF 11.83 INCHES. THIS TIES AS THE 50TH DRIEST SUMMER
ON RECORD.
THE DROUGHT MONITOR ADDED A D0 DESIGNATION TO THE SOUTH BEND AREA
AROUND MID JUNE, BUT THAT WAS TAKEN AWAY IN LATER JULY AS SOUTH BEND
SAW ITS 20TH WETTEST JULY ON RECORD. SOUTH BEND WAS ALSO BRIEFLY IN
A D0 IN AUGUST.
A MONTH BY MONTH SUMMARY IS BELOW.
JUNE 2022
A WARM BUT DRY MONTH
JUNE BEGAN WITH AROUND NORMAL TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE 12TH BEFORE 2
PERIODS OF ABOVE NORMAL HIGH TEMPERATURES TOOK OVER FROM THE 13TH TO
16TH AND FROM THE 20TH TO THE 22ND. THE MONTH FINISHED OUT WITH
AVERAGE TO BELOW AVERAGE TEMPERATURES. A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE WAS
SET ON THE 16TH (96, BEATING 95 IN 1918) AND A RECORD WARM LOW
TEMPERATURE WAS ON THE 15TH (77, BEATING 75 IN 1994). 8 DAYS THIS
MONTH HAD MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES GREATER THAN OR EQUAL TO 90 DEGREES
ALLOWING THIS MONTH TO FINISH WITHIN THE TOP 15 MONTHS WITH THE
GREATEST AMOUNT OF 90 DEGREE DAYS. THESE WARM WEATHER
CHARACTERISTICS HELPED SOUTH BEND TO FINISH OUT THE MONTH AS THE
41ST WARMEST JUNE WHEN COMPARED TO THE PERIOD OF RECORD.
SOUTH BEND SAW ONLY 3 DAYS OF PRECIPITATION ABOVE 0.1 INCH (6TH-
1.09, 8TH-0.56, 13TH-0.19). IT ALSO HAD 26 DAYS WITH BELOW 0.1 INCH
OF RAIN: THE 16TH MOST WITHIN ITS PERIOD OF RECORD. THE 0.30 PRECIP
OBSERVED SINCE JUNE 14TH IS THE 5TH DRIEST FOR THAT MID TO LATE
PERIOD WHEN COMPARED TO THE PERIOD OF RECORD. THIS HELPED THE MONTH
FINISH AS THE 33RD DRIEST JUNE WHEN COMPARED TO THE PERIOD OF RECORD.
WITH THE WARM TEMPERATURES, MANY DAYS WITH PLENTY OF SUNSHINE, AND
MINIMAL PRECIPITATION THE DROUGHT MONITOR BEGAN TO PICK UP SIGNS OF
DROUGHT. A FLASH DROUGHT WAS ALSO MENTIONED WITH HOW QUICK ONSET OF
THE DROUGHT MIGHT END UP BEING IN THE WEEKS TO COME.
A DERECHO MOVED ACROSS THE AREA ON THE EVENING OF THE 13TH LEAVING A
TRAIL OF THUNDERSTORM WIND DAMAGE BEHIND IT.
JULY 2022
JULY FEATURED TWO PERIODS OF ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES: FROM THE 4TH
TO THE 8TH AND FROM THE 24TH TO THE 28TH. OTHERWISE TEMPERATURES
REMAINED AROUND AVERAGE FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR. JULY ONLY BROUGHT
FOUR DAYS WITH 90 DEGREES OR GREATER MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE, WHICH IS
BELOW THE AVERAGE OF ABOUT 5 DAYS FOR JULY. HOWEVER, SOUTH BEND
SAW 18 DAYS WITH DEW POINT GREATER THAN OR EQUAL TO 68 DEGREES,
WHICH IS HIGHER THAN THE MONTHLY AVERAGE OF 15 DAYS SINCE 1948. THIS
COMBINATION OF SLIGHTLY ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES AND ABOVE AVERAGE
HUMIDITY RESULTED IN A MEAN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 74.3 DEGREES,
WHICH IS 1.9 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL.
JULY BROUGHT 5 DAYS OF PRECIPITATION GREATER THAN OR EQUAL TO
0.50 INCH, WHICH IS ABOVE THE NORMAL JULY AVERAGE OF JUST OVER 2
DAYS. AS SUCH, SOUTH BEND SAW RECORD RAINFALL ON THE 23RD (1.53
INCH). THIS HELPED SOUTH BEND SURPASS ITS NORMAL JULY PRECIPITATION
TOTAL OF 3.78 INCHES, ON ITS WAY TO A TOTAL OF 5.63 INCHES. THIS IS
THE 20TH WETTEST JULY ON RECORD. AS A RESULT OF THIS ABOVE NORMAL
RAINFALL, THE DROUGHT MONITOR`S D0 THAT STARTED JULY WAS REMOVED BY
THE END OF JULY.
AUGUST 2022
AUGUST STARTED OUT WITH A SLIGHT ABOVE NORMAL LEAN THROUGH THE 8TH
BEFORE A SLIGHT BELOW NORMAL LEAN TOOK OVER FROM THE 9TH TO 14TH.
FOR THE MOST PART, A NEAR NORMAL LEAN OCCURRED FROM THE MIDDLE TO
LATTER PART OF THE MONTH, HOWEVER, THERE WAS AN ABOVE NORMAL LEAN
FROM THE 19TH TO THE 21ST. THE STRONG ABOVE NORMAL LEAN TO START THE
MONTH AT SOUTH BEND HELPED AUGUST FINISH OUT AROUND 2 DEGREES ABOVE
NORMAL AND BECOME THE 26TH WARMEST AUGUST WHEN COMPARED TO THE
PERIOD OF RECORD. THERE WERE NO DAILY TEMPERATURE RECORDS SET THIS
MONTH.
PRECIPITATION FINISHED NEARLY 2 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. DESPITE SEEING
0.1 INCH OR GREATER 6 DAYS THIS MONTH, WHICH IS GREATER THAN THE
MONTHLY AVERAGE OF 5 DAYS, THE RAINFALL TOTALS THOSE DAYS WERE STILL
NOT ENOUGH TO PUSH THE MONTHLY TOTAL ABOVE THE MONTHLY NORMAL. AS
SUCH, THE MONTH FINISHED OUT AS THE 28TH DRIEST AUGUST WHEN COMPARED
TO THE PERIOD OF RECORD. THERE WERE NO DAILY PRECIPITATION RECORDS
SET THIS MONTH.
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NORTHERN INDIANA CLIMATE TEAM