Climatological Report (Monthly) Issued by NWS Northern Indiana
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CXUS53 KIWX 011833
CLMFWA
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
233 PM EDT SUN MAY 01 2022...CORRECTED NARRATIVE
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...THE FORT WAYNE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL 2022...
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1897 TO 2022
WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S
VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S)
NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
HIGH 90 04/11/1930
04/29/1899
LOW 7 04/07/1982
HIGHEST 84 04/23 MM MM 83 04/27
LOWEST 25 04/02 MM MM 20 04/02
AVG. MAXIMUM 57.7 60.9 -3.2 62.0
AVG. MINIMUM 38.0 39.4 -1.4 38.4
MEAN 47.9 50.2 -2.3
DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0
DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0
DAYS MIN <= 32 7 6.9 0.1 8
DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0
PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
MAXIMUM 7.19 1944
MINIMUM 0.72 1946
TOTALS 2.54 3.74 -1.20 2.95
DAILY AVG. 0.08 0.12 -0.04 0.10
DAYS >= .01 16 13.2 2.8 11
DAYS >= .10 6 7.7 -1.7 7
DAYS >= .50 2 2.4 -0.4 2
DAYS >= 1.00 0 0.8 -0.8 0
GREATEST
24 HR. TOTAL 0.65 04/30 TO 04/30
SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
TOTAL 11.7 1961
TOTALS 1.3 0.8 0.5 4.8
SINCE 7/1 23.2 33.6 -10.4 35.8
SNOWDEPTH AVG. T 0
DAYS >= 1.0 0 0.3 -0.3 1
GREATEST
SNOW DEPTH MM 4
24 HR TOTAL 0.6 04/18 TO 04/18
DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL 514 452 62 443
SINCE 7/1 5472 5767 -295 5464
COOLING TOTAL 8 7 1 3
SINCE 1/1 8 8 0 3
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 11.6
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 40/240 DATE 04/14
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 55/240 DATE 04/14
SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.77
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 0
NUMBER OF DAYS PC 10
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 20
AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 69
WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM 2 MIXED PRECIP 0
HEAVY RAIN 2 RAIN 4
LIGHT RAIN 19 FREEZING RAIN 0
LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0
HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 1
LIGHT SNOW 4 SLEET 0
FOG 15 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 1
HAZE 0
- INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.
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DRIER AND COOLER, THOUGH WITH SLIGHTLY MORE SNOW THAN NORMAL
THIS MONTH CONTAINED UPS AND DOWNS AS FAR AS TEMPERATURE GOES, BUT
DESPITE A PLEASANT WARM UP BETWEEN THE 21ST AND THE 24TH, THE MONTH
STILL FINISHED BELOW NORMAL FOR MEAN AVERAGE TEMPERATURES. DUE TO
THE AFOREMENTIONED LATER MONTH WARM UP, THE GROWING SEASON STARTED
IN THE AREA AND A FREEZE WARNING WAS ISSUED FOR THE MORNING OF THE
27TH WITH A LOW TEMPERATURE OF 31 DEGREES RECORDED. A RECORD WARM
LOW TEMPERATURE WAS ACHIEVED ON THE 13TH AT 61 DEGREES, WHICH BROKE
THE OLD RECORD SET BACK IN 1955. THIS IS ALSO THE 10TH EARLIEST
INSTANCE OF AN OBSERVED MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 60 DEGREES OR WARMER.
FORT WAYNE ACTUALLY HAD AN ABOVE NORMAL APRIL WHEN IT COMES TO
SNOWFALL. BUT THAT ISN`T SAYING MUCH SINCE THE NORMAL IS 0.8 INCHES
OF SNOW. THERE WERE THREE DAYS OF MEASUREABLE SNOW THIS MONTH WITH
THE HIGHEST SNOWFALL OCCURRING ON THE 18TH AT 0.6 INCHES, WHICH
BROKE THE OLD DAILY SNOWFALL RECORD FOR THAT DAY THAT WAS SET BACK
IN 1956.
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ROLLER/MURPHY/HOLSTEN