Climatological Report (Seasonal)
Issued by NWS Northern Indiana
Issued by NWS Northern Indiana
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000 CXUS53 KIWX 011534 CLSFWA CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 1102 AM EDT SUN SEP 1 2019 ................................... ...THE FORT WAYNE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE SEASON, FROM 6/1/2019 TO 8/31/2019... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1897 TO 2019 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE NORMAL ............................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 106 06/28/2012 06/25/1988 07/14/1936 LOW 36 06/02/1910 HIGHEST 95 07/10 82 13 95 07/02 LOWEST 48 06/03 61 -13 53 AVG. MAXIMUM 82.8 82.5 0.3 83.3 AVG. MINIMUM 63.0 60.9 2.1 64.3 MEAN 72.9 71.7 1.2 DAYS MAX >= 90 15 11.6 3.4 13 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 21.52 2015 MINIMUM 5.00 2012 TOTALS 10.40 12.04 -1.64 16.84 DAILY AVG. 0.11 0.13 -0.02 0.18 DAYS >= .01 30 30.1 -0.1 33 DAYS >= .10 25 19.9 5.1 22 DAYS >= .50 6 8.0 -2.0 13 DAYS >= 1.00 3 3.4 -0.4 5 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 1.90 MM SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL MM MM 24 HR TOTAL 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 >= TRACE 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS >= 1.0 0 0.0 0.0 0 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 0 MM 0 24 HR TOTAL 0.0 MM DEGREE_DAYS HEATING TOTAL 19 41 -22 1 SINCE 7/1 1 12 -11 0 COOLING TOTAL 770 660 110 832 SINCE 1/1 838 717 121 976 .............................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.3 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 30/320 DATE 08/18 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 48/340 DATE 08/18 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.60 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 18 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 44 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 30 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 71 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && THE SUMMER OF 2019 AT FORT WAYNE HAD AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 72.9 DEGREES, WHICH WAS 1.2 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THIS RANKS AS THE 32ND WARMEST ON RECORD. PRECIPITATION FOR THE SEASON WAS 10.40 INCHES, 1.64 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. THIS RANKED AS THE 60TH WETTEST ON RECORD. SUMMER BEGAN WITH JUNE RAINFALL NEARLY 1.5 INCHES BELOW NORMAL, AND 10 OF THE FIRST 20 DAYS OBSERVED AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE BELOW NORMAL. SUMMER-LIKE HEAT FINALLY KICKED IN THE LAST FIVE DAYS OF JULY WITH HIGHS IN THE 90S. THE FIRST 90-DEGREE DAY OF THE SUMMER OCCURRED ON JUNE 26TH. THIS BEGAN AN 8-DAY STRETCH OF 90-DEGREE HEAT. FURTHERMORE, THERE WERE A TOTAL OF TEN 90-DEGREE DAYS IN JULY; 15 FOR THE WHOLE SUMMER. JULY REMAINED DRY WITH TOTAL PRECIPITATION ABOUT 1 INCH BELOW NORMAL. AUGUST FINALLY BUCKED THE DRY TREND, WITH RAINFALL 0.71 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL. OTHERWISE, THERE WERE ZERO 90 DEGREE DAYS, AND 8 OF THE LAST 9 DAYS IN THE MONTH SAW A HIGH TEMPERATURE LESS THAN 80 DEGREES. BELOW IS A MONTH-BY-MONTH SUMMARY OF THE SUMMER. JUNE ...DRYING OUT; SUMMER HEAT BETTER LATE THEN NEVER... A NEEDED BREAK FROM ABOVE-NORMAL PRECIPITATION WAS ACHIEVED THIS MONTH. HOWEVER, NEARLY HALF OF THE MONTH`S TOTAL PRECIPITATION OCCURRED ON TWO DAYS. JUNE 19TH AND 20TH RECORDED 0.84 AND 0.55 INCHES RESPECTIVELY. TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR JUNE WAS 2.74 INCHES, 1.42 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. THIS RANKED AS THE 39TH DRIEST JUNE ON RECORD. THE GREATEST 24 HOUR RAINFALL WAS 0.84 INCHES ON THE 19TH. MEASUREABLE PRECIPITATION WAS RECORDED ON 11 DAYS THIS MONTH. COMPARE THAT TO 21 DAYS IN MAY! MID-JUNE FEATURED A SIX-DAY STRETCH OF DAYS WITH AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE BELOW NORMAL; JUNE 10TH THROUGH 15TH. THE GREATEST AVERAGE TEMPERATURE DEPARTURE WAS 12.2 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL ON THE 13TH. ON EIGHT OF THE FINAL TEN DAYS OF JUNE, THE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE REACHED 80 DEGREES OR HIGHER. THE FIRST 90 DEGREE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 2019 WAS RECORDED ON THE 26TH. THIS IS THE 20TH LATEST FIRST 90 DEGREE DAY ON RECORD. THE FINAL 5 DAYS OF THE MONTH FEATURED MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES AT OR ABOVE 90. THIS WAS THE LONGEST STRETCH OF CONSECUTIVE 90 DEGREE OR HIGHER MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES SINCE LATE JUNE AND JULY OF 2012. JUNE 2019 RANKED AS TIED (1967, 1964) FOR THE 48TH WARMEST ON RECORD WITH AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 70.6 DEGREES, 0.5 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THE WARMEST TEMPERATURE WAS 93 REACHED ON THE 28TH AND 29TH, AND THE COLDEST WAS 48 ON THE 3RD. THERE WERE 19 DAYS DURING THE MONTH WITH AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURES AT OR ABOVE NORMAL, WHICH INCLUDED THE FINAL 9 DAYS OF THE MONTH. JULY ...A NOTABLE BREAK IN PRECIPITATION; BOUTS OF HEAT... THIS JULY WILL BE REMEMBERED FOR A STRETCH OF HOT AND HUMID DAYS MID MONTH. THERE WERE TEN DAYS WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE 90S, AND FIVE OF THESE OCCURRED DURING THE VERY WARM PERIOD FROM JULY 13TH TO THE 21ST. DURING THIS STRETCH, LOW TEMPERATURES DID NOT FALL BELOW 70 DEGREES FOR EIGHT CONSECUTIVE DAYS. THIS WAS THE 2ND LONGEST JULY STREAK OF CONSECUTIVE DAYS WITH LOWS OF 70 DEGREES OR WARMER. THE LONGEST WAS TEN DAYS IN A ROW ENDING ON JULY 24TH 1983. ADDITIONALLY, TO START THE MONTH, THE FIRST SEVEN HAD LOW TEMPERATURES OF 70 DEGREES OR WARMER. ELSEWHERE IN THE MONTH, THERE WERE TEN DAYS WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES OF 85 DEGREES OR LESS. THE AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE FOR JULY 2019 WAS 77.0, 3.4 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THIS RANKED AS THE 14TH WARMEST JULY ON RECORD. THE HOTTEST TEMPERATURE WAS 95 DEGREES ON THE 2ND AND 10TH. THE COOLEST TEMPERATURE WAS 55 DEGREES ON THE 24TH AND 25TH. PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH WAS 3.31 INCHES, 0.93 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. THIS RANKED AS THE 59TH DRIEST JULY ON RECORD. A NEW RECORD WARM MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 77 DEGREES WAS SET ON THE 19TH. THIS BROKE THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 76 DEGREES IN 1930. AUGUST ...A COOL END... AUGUST 2019 MAY BE NOTABLE FOR REFRESHING EPISODES OF HIGH PRESSURE ERASING THE OFTEN MORE MEMORABLE SUMMER HEAT AND HUMIDITY. OTHERWISE, THE MONTH OFFERED VERY FEW EXCITING ITEMS TO NOTE HERE. THERE WERE ZERO 90 DEGREE DAYS, WITH A NEARLY EVEN BALANCE OF EPISODES OF ABOVE AND BELOW NORMAL AVERAGE DAILY TEMPERATURES. A MAJORITY OF THE MONTH`S PRECIPITAITON FELL ON TWO DAYS; THE 18TH SAW 1.90 INCHES AND 1.13 ON THE 27TH. EIGHT OF THE LAST TEN DAYS OF AUGUST SAW HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE 70S, WHICH WAS ENOUGH TO SWING THE AUGUST AVERAGE TEMPERATURE TO 71.1 DEGREES, WHICH ENDED UP ONLY 0.4 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. THIS RANKS AS THE 48TH COLDEST AUGUST ON RECORD. THE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 87 DEGREES ON THE 5TH. PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH WAS 4.35 INCHES, 0.71 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL. THIS RANKED AS THE 21ST WETTEST AUGUST ON RECORD. $$ BROWN