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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1147 AM EDT SAT SEP 1 2018

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...THE FORT WAYNE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST 2018...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1897 TO 2018

WEATHER         OBSERVED          NORMAL  DEPART  LAST YEAR`S
                 VALUE   DATE(S)  VALUE   FROM    VALUE  DATE(S)
                                          NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
 HIGH             102   08/09/1934
                        08/05/1918
 LOW               38   08/29/1965
HIGHEST            90   08/26        MM      MM       89  08/16
                        08/04
LOWEST             53   08/23        MM      MM       46  08/25
AVG. MAXIMUM     83.6              82.2     1.4     79.8
AVG. MINIMUM     64.4              60.8     3.6     57.5
MEAN             74.0              71.5     2.5
DAYS MAX >= 90      2               3.0    -1.0        0
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        10.09   1926
 MINIMUM         0.42   1969
TOTALS           7.77              3.64    4.13     3.16
DAILY AVG.       0.25              0.12    0.13     0.10
DAYS >= .01        10               9.4     0.6        6
DAYS >= .10         9               5.8     3.2        4
DAYS >= .50         7               2.4     4.6        1
DAYS >= 1.00        3               1.1     1.9        1
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL    1.43   08/20 TO 08/20

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                MM      MM        0
DAYS >= 1.0         0               0.0     0.0        0
GREATEST
 SNOW DEPTH         0   MM                             0
 24 HR TOTAL      0.0   08/31 TO 08/31

DEGREE_DAYS
HEATING TOTAL       0                 9      -9       15
 SINCE 7/1          0                12     -12       15
COOLING TOTAL     288               211      77      136
 SINCE 1/1        976               717     259      688
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              6.7
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    32/210    DATE  08/25
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    44/220    DATE  08/25

SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT)   MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER           0.60
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR            9
NUMBER OF DAYS PC             13
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY          9

AVERAGE RH (PERCENT)     81

WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
  0
  7
  0
  0
  0
  0
  4
HAZE                      3

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

&&

...VERY WET MONTH WITH ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES...

THE MONTH BEGAN AND ENDED ON A DRY NOTE, BUT OVERALL THE MONTH
WAS CHARACTERIZED BY MUCH ABOVE NORMAL PRECIPITATION. THIS ABOVE
NORMAL PRECIPITATION CHARACTERIZED MUCH OF THE REGION ALTHOUGH THE
GREATEST MONTHLY TOTALS WERE EXPERIENCED FROM THE FORT WAYNE
VICINITY EASTWARD INTO PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST OHIO. HOT AND HUMID
CONDITIONS OCCURRED FOR MUCH OF THE MONTH, ALTHOUGH A BRIEF PERIOD
OF BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES OCCURRED DURING THE MIDDLE PORTIONS OF
THE MONTH.

THE AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE WAS 74.0, OR 2.5 DEGREES ABOVE
NORMAL. THIS RANKED AS THE 18TH WARMEST AUGUST ON RECORD TIED
WITH 1909. HIGH TEMPERATURES REACHED 90 OR ABOVE FOR ONLY 2 DAYS
ON THE 4TH AND 26TH WHEN THE HIGH TEMPERATURE WAS 90 BOTH DAYS.
DESPITE THE ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES FOR THE MONTH, A RELATIVELY
COOL PERIOD WAS EXPERIENCED FROM THE 22ND TO 25TH WITH HIGH
TEMPERATURES IN THE MIDDLE AND UPPER 70S.

PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH WAS 7.77 INCHES, 4.13 INCHES ABOVE
NORMAL. THIS RANKED AS THE 3RD WETTEST AUGUST ON RECORD.
MEASUREABLE PRECIPITATION FELL ON 10 DAYS AND ABOUT 60 PERCENT OF
THE MONTHLY TOTAL OCCURRED FROM 15TH TO THE 21ST. THE
GREATEST DAILY PRECIPITATION TOTAL OF 1.43 INCHES OCCURRED ON THE
20TH. THREE DAYS IN THE MONTH EXPERIENCED DAILY PRECIPITATION
GREATER THAN ONE INCH ON THE 16TH, 20TH, AND 25TH.

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