Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Northern Indiana
Issued by NWS Northern Indiana
479 CXUS53 KIWX 011842 CLMFWA CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 242 PM EDT WED NOV 01 2023 ................................... ...THE FORT WAYNE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 2023... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1897 TO 2023 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 91 10/03/1898 LOW 19 10/31/1988 HIGHEST 86 10/02 MM MM 78 10/22 10/03 LOWEST 24 10/31 MM MM 29 10/20 AVG. MAXIMUM 64.4 63.7 0.7 65.2 AVG. MINIMUM 44.9 42.8 2.1 39.4 MEAN 54.7 53.2 1.5 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 3 3.8 -0.8 5 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 9.26 1954 MINIMUM 0.14 1964 TOTALS 3.43 2.95 0.48 1.74 DAILY AVG. 0.11 0.10 0.01 0.06 DAYS >= .01 15 10.1 4.9 12 DAYS >= .10 7 6.2 0.8 6 DAYS >= .50 3 1.9 1.1 1 DAYS >= 1.00 0 0.7 -0.7 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.75 10/29 TO 10/29 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 8.0 1989 TOTALS T 0.1 -0.1 0.7 SINCE 7/1 T 0.1 -0.1 0.7 SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 -1 DAYS >= 1.0 0 0.0 0.0 0 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 0 TR 24 HR TOTAL TR 10/31 TO 10/31 10/25 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 341 376 -35 385 SINCE 7/1 390 481 -91 480 COOLING TOTAL 28 12 16 0 SINCE 1/1 766 849 -83 925 ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.7 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 28/260 DATE 10/31 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 37/270 DATE 10/06 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.65 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 3 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 17 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 11 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 73 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 0 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 2 RAIN 9 LIGHT RAIN 20 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 1 SLEET 0 FOG 20 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 0 HAZE 2 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && DROUGHT CONDITIONS IMPROVE THERE WAS NEAR RECORD WARMTH TO BEGIN THE MONTH, AS HIGH TEMPERATURES WERE IN THE 80S OCTOBER 1ST THROUGH 4TH. MID-OCTOBER FEATURED NEAR TO SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES. THE LAST WEEK OF THE MONTH FEATURED A 40+ DEGREE TEMPERATURES SWING; A HIGH OF 77 DEGREES WAS OBSERVED ON OCTOBER 24TH AND A WEEK LATER, THE 2ND COLDEST HALLOWEEN ON RECORD WAS OBSERVED WITH A HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 39 DEGREES. HALLOWEEN 2023 WAS THE COLDEST SINCE 1917! OVERALL, THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 54.7 DEGREES. THIS IS 1.5 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL AND RANKS AS THE 41ST WARMEST OCTOBER ON RECORD. PRECIPITATION TOTALED 3.43 INCHES, WHICH WAS 0.48 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL AND WAS THE 35TH WETTEST OCTOBER ON RECORD FOR FORT WAYNE. THE WETTEST DAY WAS OCTOBER 29TH WITH 0.75". THERE WERE NO DAYS THIS MONTH WITH A DAILY RAIN TOTAL OVER AN INCH; FORT WAYNE HAS NOT HAD A DAY WHERE AN INCH OF RAIN OF MORE HAS FALLEN SINCE JULY 20! THE FIRST SNOW OF THE SEASON FELL ON HALLOWEEN! FORT WAYNE MEASURED A TRACE FOR THE DAY, WHICH TIES AS THE 5TH SNOWIEST HALLOWEEN ON RECORD. THIS IS ONLY THE 8TH TIME SINCE RECORD KEEPING BEGAN IN 1897 THAT SNOW HAS BEEN OBSERVED ON HALLOWEEN. OVERALL, SNOWFALL FOR THE MONTH WAS 0.1" BELOW NORMAL. DROUGHT CONDITIONS GRADUALLY IMPROVED THROUGHOUT THE MONTH WITH THE ABUNDANCE OF PRECIPITATION, WITH NO DROUGHT REMAINING BY HALLOWEEN. THERE WERE SEVERAL HARD FREEZES NEAR THE END OF THE MONTH, WHICH LED TO THE END OF THE GROWING SEASON. JOHNSON $$