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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
855 AM EDT TUE OCT 1 2019

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...THE SOUTH BEND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER 2019...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1893 TO 2019

WEATHER         OBSERVED          NORMAL  DEPART  LAST YEAR`S
                 VALUE   DATE(S)  VALUE   FROM    VALUE  DATE(S)
                                          NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
 HIGH              99   09/01/1953
                        09/08/1933
                        09/07/1933
 LOW               29   09/28/1942
HIGHEST            90   09/11        MM      MM       90  09/20
                        09/10                             09/05
                                                          09/04
LOWEST             47   09/05        MM      MM       38  09/29
AVG. MAXIMUM     78.4              74.0     4.4     76.7
AVG. MINIMUM     59.2              53.7     5.5     57.5
MEAN             68.8              63.9     4.9
DAYS MAX >= 90      2               0.7     1.3        3
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        13.92   2008
 MINIMUM         0.01   1979
TOTALS           6.56              3.53    3.03     2.95
DAILY AVG.       0.22              0.12    0.10     0.10
DAYS >= .01        11               9.9     1.1        9
DAYS >= .10         9               6.1     2.9        5
DAYS >= .50         3               2.3     0.7        4
DAYS >= 1.00        2               0.6     1.4        0
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL    2.95   09/27 TO 09/27

SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
 TOTAL            1.2   1942
TOTALS            0.0                 T     0.0      0.0
SINCE 7/1         0.0                 T     0.0      0.0
SNOWDEPTH AVG.      0                MM      MM        0
DAYS >= 1.0         0               0.0     0.0        0
GREATEST
 SNOW DEPTH         0   MM
 24 HR TOTAL      0.0   09/30 TO 09/30

DEGREE_DAYS
HEATING TOTAL      20               116     -96       77
 SINCE 7/1         26               134    -108       79
COOLING TOTAL     139                82      57      148
 SINCE 1/1        758               764      -6      918
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              7.9
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    35/170    DATE  09/03
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    44/170    DATE  09/03

SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT)   MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER           0.40
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR           12
NUMBER OF DAYS PC             13
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY          5

AVERAGE RH (PERCENT)     75

WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
  0
  6
  0
  0
  0
  0
  4
HAZE                      2

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


&&

...A WARM MONTH WITH A RAINY FINISH...

SOUTH BEND STARTED THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER WITH BELOW AVERAGE
TEMPERATURES ON 6 OUT OF 8 DAYS, BUT THEN THE REST OF THE
MONTH TURNED AROUND TO HAVE ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES. THE
MONTH`S HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 90 WAS RECORD ON SEPTEMBER 10TH AND
11TH AND ITS LOW TEMPERATURE OF 47 WAS RECORDED ON SEPTEMBER 5TH.
THE MONTH FINISHED WITH ABOVE AVERAGE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES BY 4.9
DEGREES, WHICH RANKED AS THE 9TH WARMEST FOR THE PERIOD OF RECORD.

PRECIPITATION FOR THE FIRST 25 DAYS OF THE MONTH WAS RATHER LOW
WITH ONLY 1 DAY RECEIVING GREATER THAN 0.5 INCH AND ONLY 10 OF
THOSE DAYS RECEIVING AT LEAST A TRACE OF PRECIPITATION. AS SUCH,
THERE WAS A 1 TO 2 CLASS DEGRADATION OF THE DROUGHT BY THE DROUGHT
MONITOR. THEN, IT RAINED AT LEAST A TRACE ALL OF THE LAST 5 DAYS
OF THE MONTH AND 4.15 INCHES OF RAIN FELL BETWEEN THE 27TH AND 29TH.
AS SUCH, THE MONTH FINISHED WITH ABOVE AVERAGE PRECIPITATION BY 3.03
INCHES, WHICH RANKED AS THE 9TH WETTEST FOR THE PERIOD OF RECORD.

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ROLLER/BROWN