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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
527 AM EST FRI FEB 1 2019

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...THE SOUTH BEND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY 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              68   01/25/1950
 LOW              -22   01/20/1943
                        01/25/1897
HIGHEST            54   01/07        MM      MM       58  01/11
LOWEST            -20   01/31        MM      MM      -15  01/02
                        01/30
AVG. MAXIMUM     28.2              31.3    -3.1     31.0
AVG. MINIMUM     13.7              17.6    -3.9     16.5
MEAN             21.0              24.4    -3.4
DAYS MAX >= 90      0               0.0     0.0        0
DAYS MAX <= 32     20              16.2     3.8       17
DAYS MIN <= 32     30              27.7     2.3       28
DAYS MIN <= 0       6               2.8     3.2        5

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM         5.34   2008
 MINIMUM         0.44   1945
TOTALS           1.78              2.29   -0.51     1.93
DAILY AVG.       0.06              0.07   -0.01     0.06
DAYS >= .01        17              15.7     1.3       20
DAYS >= .10         6               6.1    -0.1        8
DAYS >= .50         0               0.9    -0.9        0
DAYS >= 1.00        0               0.3    -0.3        0
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL    1.23   12/31 TO 01/01
                        01/01 TO 01/02
                        01/02 TO 01/03

SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
 TOTAL           86.1   1978
TOTALS           23.9              20.6     3.3     22.0
SINCE 7/1        36.8              43.1    -6.3     54.4
SNOWDEPTH AVG.      3                 4      -1        3
DAYS >= 1.0         6               6.2    -0.2        8
GREATEST
 SNOW DEPTH        10   01/29
 24 HR TOTAL      6.7   01/28 TO 01/28

DEGREE_DAYS
HEATING TOTAL    1357              1257     100     1271
 SINCE 7/1       3797              3648     149     3675
COOLING TOTAL       0                 0       0        0
 SINCE 1/1          0                 0       0        0
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              10.6
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    30/250    DATE  01/30
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    43/290    DATE  01/09

SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT)   MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER           0.70
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR            6
NUMBER OF DAYS PC              9
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY         16

AVERAGE RH (PERCENT)     77



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

&&
...THE END OF JANUARY WAS ABOMINABLE...

JANUARY BEGAN MILD, TRENDED TOWARD NORMAL MID MONTH, BUT THEN ENDED
ABOMINABLY COLD WITH TEMPERATURES AND WIND CHILLS NOT SEEN IN THIS
REGION FOR DECADES. EVERYONES FAVORITE TERM, THE POLAR VORTEX,
HELPED SEND BITTERLY COLD AIR SOUTH FROM THE ARCTIC RIGHT INTO THE
HEART OF THE GREAT LAKES TO END THE MONTH. THE DAILY AVERAGE
TEMPERATURE AT SOUTH BEND ON THE 30TH WAS 38 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL
WHILE ON THE 31ST IT WAS 35 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. THESE DEPARTURES
FROM NORMAL ARE ESPECIALLY IMPRESSIVE WHEN YOU FACTOR IN THAT THIS
IS NORMALLY THE COLDEST TIME OF THE YEAR ANYWAY. WIND CHILLS DURING
THESE TWO DAYS REACHED TO BETWEEN 40 BELOW AND 50 BELOW ZERO WHILE
ACTUAL AIR TEMPERATURES IN THE REGION FELL TO BETWEEN 15 BELOW AND
25 BELOW ZERO. THE COLDEST TEMPERATURE MEASURED AT SOUTH BEND
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WAS 20 BELOW ZERO WHILE THE COLDEST WIND CHILL
WAS 48 BELOW ZERO.

THROUGH THE FIRST 18 DAYS OF JANUARY, THE AVERAGE MONTHLY
TEMPERATURE WAS 29.4 DEGREES, 4.9 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL.  THE AVERAGE
TEMPERATURE FROM THE 19TH TO THE 31ST WAS JUST 9.2 DEGREES. THIS
RANKED AS THE 4TH COLDEST AVERAGE TEMPERATURE ON RECORD FOR THIS
PERIOD TO END JANUARY. THE WARMEST TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 54
DEGREES ON THE 7TH AND THE COLDEST WAS 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO ON THE
30TH AND 31ST. THIS WAS A 74 DEGREE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE MONTHLY
HIGH AND LOW TEMPERATURE.

THE AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE FOR ALL OF JANUARY 2019 ENDED UP
BEING 21.0 DEGREES, 3.4 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. THIS RANKED AS THE
31ST COLDEST JANUARY ON RECORD.

PRECIPITATION FOR JANUARY WAS 1.78 INCHES, 0.51 INCHES BELOW NORMAL.
THIS RANKED AS THE 50TH DRIEST JANUARY ON RECORD. DESPITE THE BELOW
NORMAL PRECIPITATION, SNOWFALL WAS ABOVE NORMAL. TOTAL SNOWFALL WAS
23.9 INCHES, 3.3 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL. THIS RANKED AS THE 31ST
SNOWIEST JANUARY ON RECORD.

SEVERAL DAILY RECORDS WERE SET IN JANUARY. A DAILY RECORD SNOWFALL
OF 6.7 INCHES OCCURRED ON THE 28TH. RECORD LOW TEMPERATURES WERE
BROKE ON THE 30TH AND 31ST WITH A LOW OF 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO ON
BOTH DAYS. NEW RECORD LOW MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES WERE ALSO SET ON
THESE DAYS, WITH A HIGH OF JUST 6 BELOW ZERO ON THE 30TH AND 0 ON
THE 31ST.

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LASHLEY