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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
116 PM EDT SUN MAY 01 2022...CORRECTED NARRATIVE

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...THE SOUTH BEND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL 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 DATE(S)
                                          NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
 HIGH             91   04/30/1942
 LOW              11   04/08/1972
HIGHEST           84   04/23         MM      MM       85  04/27
LOWEST            24   04/17         MM      MM       16  04/02
AVG. MAXIMUM    55.6               59.0    -3.4     60.8
AVG. MINIMUM    36.5               37.1    -0.6     38.8
MEAN            46.1               48.1    -2.0
DAYS MAX >= 90     0                0.0     0.0        0
DAYS MAX <= 32     0                0.1    -0.1        0
DAYS MIN <= 32    12                8.9     3.1        8
DAYS MIN <= 0      0                0.0     0.0        0

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM        9.20   1947
 MINIMUM        0.50   1971
TOTALS          3.63               3.49    0.14     2.24
DAILY AVG.      0.12               0.12    0.00     0.07
DAYS >= .01       16               13.4     2.6       11
DAYS >= .10       10                7.4     2.6        8
DAYS >= .50        3                2.4     0.6        1
DAYS >= 1.00       0                0.6    -0.6        0
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL   0.93   04/30 TO 04/30

SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
 TOTAL          20.0   1920
TOTALS           1.2                1.0     0.2      0.7
SINCE 7/1       56.0               64.5    -8.5     52.4
SNOWDEPTH AVG.     0                                  -1
DAYS >= 1.0        1                0.3     0.7        0
GREATEST
 SNOW DEPTH        1   04/01
 24 HR TOTAL     1.0   04/01 TO 04/01

DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL    567                514      53      460
 SINCE 7/1      5615               6127    -512     5526
COOLING TOTAL      6                  6       0       11
 SINCE 1/1         6                  8      -2       11
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              11.8
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    43/240    DATE  04/14
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    62/250    DATE  04/14

SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT)   MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER           0.61
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR            5
NUMBER OF DAYS PC             14
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY         11

AVERAGE RH (PERCENT)     64

WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM              4     MIXED PRECIP               0
HEAVY RAIN                3     RAIN                       6
LIGHT RAIN               17     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                      6

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

&&

COOLER AND 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 TEMPERATURES OF 27 DEGREES RECORDED, ONE DEGREE
ABOVE THE RECORD LOW FOR THAT DATE.

SOUTH BEND HAD A SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL APRIL WHEN IT COMES TO
SNOWFALL. BUT THAT ISN`T SAYING MUCH SINCE THE NORMAL IS JUST 1.0
INCHES. THERE WERE TWO DAYS OF MEASUREABLE SNOW THIS MONTH
WITH 1.0 INCHES ON THE 1ST AND 0.2 INCHES ON THE 19TH.

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ROLLER/MURPHY