Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
000 CXUS53 KIWX 010756 CLMSBN CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 356 AM EDT TUE AUG 01 2023 ................................... ...THE SOUTH BEND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF JULY 2023... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1893 TO 2023 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 109 07/24/1934 LOW 42 07/02/2001 07/15/1930 HIGHEST 92 07/27 MM MM 93 07/05 LOWEST 54 07/09 MM MM 55 07/10 AVG. MAXIMUM 83.2 82.7 0.5 84.2 AVG. MINIMUM 62.1 62.1 0.0 64.4 MEAN 72.7 72.4 0.3 DAYS MAX >= 90 4 5.2 -1.2 4 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 8.66 2006 MINIMUM 0.02 1946 TOTALS 7.81 3.78 4.03 5.63 DAILY AVG. 0.25 0.12 0.13 0.18 DAYS >= .01 12 9.5 2.5 10 DAYS >= .10 11 6.5 4.5 7 DAYS >= .50 5 2.6 2.4 5 DAYS >= 1.00 3 0.8 2.2 2 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 3.47 07/28 TO 07/29 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 MM SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 0 DAYS >= 1.0 0 0.0 0.0 0 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 0 24 HR TOTAL MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 0 7 -7 0 SINCE 7/1 0 0 0 MM COOLING TOTAL 246 236 10 296 SINCE 1/1 464 448 16 MM ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.0 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 51/200 DATE 07/05 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 80/220 DATE 07/05 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.26 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 21 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 9 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 1 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 70 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 11 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 9 RAIN 8 LIGHT RAIN 14 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 22 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 5 HAZE 14 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && SECOND WETTEST JULY ON RECORD. WHILE THE SOUTHWEST US ROASTED BENEATH A PERSISTENT RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE, THIS SAME PATTERN BROUGHT SOMEWHAT COOL NORTHWEST FLOW AND FREQUENT THUNDERSTORMS TO THE AREA. DROUGHT CONDITIONS IMPROVED AS A RESULT. ON JUNE 27TH, THE US DROUGHT MONITOR INDICATED ABOUT 87% OF THE FORECAST AREA WAS EXPERIENCING MODERATE DROUGHT OR SEVERE DROUGHT. BY JULY 25TH, THIS WAS DOWN TO ONLY 28%. PRECIPITATION TOTALED A WHOPPING 7.81 INCHES WHICH IS THE SECOND MOST ON RECORD (BEHIND 2006 WITH 8.66 INCHES). THIS IS 4.03 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL. FROM THE 26TH THROUGH 30TH, 4.53 INCHES OF RAIN WAS RECORDED AS SOAKING THUNDERSTORMS THANKS TO "RIDGE RUNNING" THUNDERSTORMS. ONE RECORD WAS TIED THIS MONTH: 1.78 INCHES OF RAIN ON 28TH TIED THE DAILY RECORD FROM 1971. THERE WERE FOUR DAYS THIS MONTH WITH A HIGH OF 90 DEGREES OR MORE, WHICH IS TIED WITH JULY 2022 AND IS ON PACE WITH THE NORMAL JULY TOTAL OF ABOUT 4. SO FAR THIS SUMMER THERE HAVE BEEN EIGHT 90-DEGREE DAYS WHICH IS JUST SHY OF THE NORMAL OF 11 DAYS. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 72.7 DEGREES WHICH IS RIGHT NEAR NORMAL. THIS IS THE COOLEST JULY SINCE 72.6 DEGREES IN 2018. LASTLY, ON JULY 5TH THE ASOS RECORDED AN 80 MPH WIND GUST AS A THUNDERSTORM COLLAPSED NEARBY. THIS APPEARS TO BE THE GREATEST WIND GUST RECORDED AT THIS STATION THROUGH AT LEAST 1993, ACCORDING TO MIDWESTERN REGIONAL CLIMATE CENTER. $$ BROWN