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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
949 AM EST TUE DEC 01 2020

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...THE FORT WAYNE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE SEASON, FROM
9/1/2020 TO 11/30/2020...

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            100   09/02/1953
                       09/01/1953
 LOW                   11/30/1958
                       11/25/1950
                       11/24/1950
HIGHEST           84   09/08         MM      MM       89
LOWEST            21   11/14         MM      MM        6
AVG. MAXIMUM    64.1               63.1     1.0     62.7
AVG. MINIMUM    42.4               42.4     0.0     42.9
MEAN            53.3               52.8     0.5
DAYS MAX >= 90     0                1.2    -1.2        0
DAYS MAX <= 32     0                1.4    -1.4        2
DAYS MIN <= 32    19               18.7     0.3       22
DAYS MIN <= 0      0                0.0     0.0        0

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM       16.47   1992
 MINIMUM        2.89   1964
TOTALS         10.78               8.73    2.05     7.93
DAILY AVG.      0.12               0.10    0.02     0.09
DAYS >= .01       26               30.0    -4.0       28
DAYS >= .10       20               17.9     2.1       14
DAYS >= .50        9                5.7     3.3        6
DAYS >= 1.00       4                1.9     2.1        2
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL   2.33   09/07 TO 09/08

SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
 TOTAL          14.1   1950
 24 HR TOTAL     0.6  11/30
TOTALS           1.0                2.1    -1.1      6.9
SINCE 7/1        1.0                2.1    -1.1       MM
SNOWDEPTH AVG.     0                                   0
DAYS >= TRACE      3                2.8     0.2        6
DAYS >= 1.0        0                0.6    -0.6        2
GREATEST
 SNOW DEPTH        0                                   3
 24 HR TOTAL     0.6   11/30 TO 11/30

DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL   1105               1205    -100     1244
 SINCE 7/1      1109               1217    -108       MM
COOLING TOTAL     61                 92     -31      156
 SINCE 1/1       938                809     129      994
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              8.8
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    46/250    DATE  11/15
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    63/260    DATE  11/15

SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT)   MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER           0.58
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR           25
NUMBER OF DAYS PC             34
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY         32

AVERAGE RH (PERCENT)     72

WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM              7     MIXED PRECIP               0
HEAVY RAIN                8     RAIN                      12
LIGHT RAIN               39     FREEZING RAIN              0
LT FREEZING RAIN          0     HAIL                       0
HEAVY SNOW                0     SNOW                       1
LIGHT SNOW                3     SLEET                      0
FOG                      40     FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE      5
HAZE                      6

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

&&

...DROUGHT RELIEF...

MUCH WELCOME RAINFALL OCCURRED THROUGH THE FALL TO EASE DROUGHT
CONDITIONS THAT HAD DEVELOPED OVER THE SUMMER. PRECIPITATION TOTALED
10.78 INCHES WHICH IS 2.05 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL. THIS RANKS AS THE
18TH WETTEST ON RECORD. LOOKING BACK, 2016 EXCEEDED THIS WITH 11.25
INCHES. ACCORDING TO THE U.S. DROUGHT MONITOR, CONDITIONS IMPROVED
FROM SEPTEMBER 1 TO NOVEMBER 24 ACROSS MUCH OF ALLEN COUNTY (IN) AND
POINTS SOUTHEAST. NEARLY THE ENTIRE AREA WAS EXPERIENCING AT LEAST
"ABNORMALLY DRY" CONDITIONS TO START. BY THE END OF NOVEMBER, ONLY
NORTHERN ALLEN COUNTY WAS LABELED AS "ABNORMALLY DRY". THIS IS A
RESULT OF STORM TRACKS THAT HAVE ROUTINELY FAVORED THESE SOUTHEAST
AREAS.

DESPITE BOUTS OF MEMORABLE WARMTH, TEMPERATURES FOR THE SEASON WERE
GENERALLY NEAR NORMAL. THE MEAN TEMPERATURE OF 53.3 DEGREES IS
0.5 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL.

SNOW TOTALED ONLY 1.0 INCH WHICH ACCUMULATED ON NOVEMBER 22ND
(0.4") AND THE 30TH (0.6"). THIS IS 1.1 INCHES BELOW NORMAL AND
TIES AS THE 29TH LEAST SNOWIEST ON RECORD. BY COMPARISON, FALL 2019
RECORDED 6.9 INCHES OF SNOW.

A MONTH BY MONTH SUMMARY IS BELOW.

SEPTEMBER
...SOAKING RAIN TO START, THEN DRY FOR TWO WEEKS...
A SOAKING RAIN ON THE 7TH AND 8TH HELPED TO EASE DROUGHT CONDITIONS
IN FORT WAYNE AND COMMUNITIES TO THE SOUTH. RAINFALL ON THOSE TWO
DATES MEASURED 2.40". COMMUNITIES THAT MISSED OUT ON THIS RAINFALL
CONTINUED TO EXPERIENCE EITHER "ABNORMALLY DRY" OR "MODERATE
DROUGHT" CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO THE US DROUGHT MONITOR. THERE WAS A
PROLONGED DRY STRETCH FROM THE 14TH THROUGH 27TH. RAINFALL FOR THE
MONTH TOTALED 3.33". THIS IS 0.53" ABOVE NORMAL AND RANKS AS THE
42ND WETTEST ON RECORD.

ONE RAINFALL RECORD WAS SET THIS MONTH. TOTAL RAINFALL OF 1.34" ON
THE 7TH BROKE THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 1.19" IN 2012.

ALSO NOTABLE THIS MONTH WERE THE TEMPERATURE SWINGS. THE DAILY MEAN
AVERAGE TEMPERATURE DEPARTURE RANGED FROM 11 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL ON
THE 19TH TO 10 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL ON THE 27TH. ALL TOLD, THE
AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 63.2 DEGREES WHICH IS 1.1
DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. THIS TIES AS THE 36TH COLDEST SEPTEMBER.


OCTOBER
...A DRY START TO THE MONTH, THEN A WET LATE MONTH...

OCTOBER BEGAN WITH A STRETCH OF BELOW-NORMAL TEMPERATURES, AND A
QUICK DOSE OF RAIN ON THE 4TH; 0.58 INCHES. AS TEMPERATURES WARMED
TO ABOVE NORMAL BEGINNING ON THE 6TH, THE NEXT BOUT OF RAIN WOULD
NOT BE REALIZED UNTIL THE 12TH. AS A RESULT OF CONTINUED DRYNESS,
DROUGHT CONDITIONS WERE UNCHANGED FOR MUCH OF OCTOBER. THAT IS,
SOUTHERN MICHIGAN INTO NORTHWEST OHIO WAS SAID TO BE "ABNORMALLY
DRY" ACCORDING TO THE U.S. DROUGHT MONITOR. MEANWHILE, WESTERN
WILLIAMS COUNTY, OHIO THROUGH WHITE COUNTY, INDIANA WERE LABELED AS
"MODERATE DROUGHT". A ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS ON THE 12TH PRODUCED A
48 MPH WIND GUST AT THE AIRPORT BUT THE RAINFALL OF 0.22 INCHES WAS
NOT ENOUGH TO EASE THE DROUGHT CONDITIONS.

DROUGHT CONDITIONS IMPROVED SLIGHTLY DURING THE SECOND HALF OF THE
MONTH. FROM THE 18TH THROUGH 23RD, 3.31 INCHES OF RAIN WAS OBSERVED.
AN ADDITIONAL 0.38 INCHES WAS OBSERVED FROM THE THE 27TH THROUGH
29TH. THIS STRETCH OF WET WEATHER EASED THE DROUGHT FOR PORTIONS OF
NORTHWEST OHIO AND ALLEN COUNTY, INDIANA.

TEMPERATURES TURNED NOTABLY COOLER FOR THE END OF THE MONTH AS WELL,
WITH A BELOW-NORMAL MEAN TEMPERATURE ON 13 OF THE FINAL 17 DAYS. THE
HIGH TEMPERATURE OF ONLY 44 DEGREES ON THE 27TH NEARLY BROKE THE
PREVIOUS RECORD OF 39 DEGREES SET IN 1925.

THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 51.5 DEGREES WHICH IS 1.1
DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. THIS RANKS AS THE 36TH COLDEST ON RECORD.
TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH WAS 4.55 INCHES WHICH IS 1.71
INCHES ABOVE NORMAL. THIS RANKS AS THE 14TH WETTEST OCTOBER. NO SNOW
WAS OBSERVED THIS MONTH. THE NORMAL FOR OCTOBER IS 0.3 INCHES.

NOVEMBER
...13TH WARMEST NOVEMBER...
NOVEMBER NOVEMBER 2020 WILL BE REMEMBERED AS A WARM ONE! THE 3RD
THROUGH 10TH FEATURED HIGHS IN THE UPPER-60S AND UPPER-70S. THERE
WAS ONE MORE BOUT OF WARMTH ON THE 19TH AND 20TH WITH HIGHS IN THE
60S. NINE DAYS HAD DOUBLE-DIGIT DAILY MEAN TEMPERATURE DEPARTURES
ABOVE NORMAL. ALL OF THIS RESULTED IN THE 13TH WARMEST NOVEMBER. THE
AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS 45.1 DEGREES, WHICH IS 3.7 DEGREES ABOVE
NORMAL. THIS WAS NEARLY AS WARM AS NOVEMBER 2016 WHICH OBSERVED AN
AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 46.0 DEGREES.

A NUMBER OF TEMPERATURE RECORDS WERE BROKEN THIS MONTH. THE BREAK
DOWN IS BELOW:

    11/08: H:78. (PREVIOUS 73, 1915)
    11/09: H:77.(74, 1975)
    11/10: H:76. (70, 1964). L:57. (52, 2002)

THE RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE ON NOVEMBER 8TH IS NOTEWORTHY BECAUSE IS
IS THE WARMEST TEMPERATURE RECORDED SO LATE IN THE CALENDAR YEAR.
THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 78 DEGREES SET ON NOVEMBER 6TH, 1975.

UNLIKE SOUTH BEND, THIS UNSEASONABLE WARMTH WAS PAIRED WITH NEAR-
NORMAL PRECIPITATION. PRECIPITATION TOTALED 2.90 INCHES WHICH IS
0.19 INCH BELOW NORMAL. AS A RESULT OF A SOAKING RAIN ON THE 22ND
AND 25TH, THE U.S DROUGHT MONITOR IMPROVED CONDITIONS OVER THE
GREATER FORT WAYNE AREA AND POINTS SOUTH.

THERE WERE TWO INSTANCES OF MEASURABLE SNOW THIS MONTH. THIS TOTALED
1.0 INCHES AND IS 0.8 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. THIS RANKS AS THE 66TH
LEAST SNOWIEST NOVEMBER.

BROWN/ROLLER
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