Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Northern Indiana
Issued by NWS Northern Indiana
000 CXUS53 KIWX 011506 CLMFWA CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 1106 AM EDT FRI SEP 01 2023 ................................... ...THE FORT WAYNE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST 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 102 08/09/1934 08/05/1918 LOW 38 08/29/1965 HIGHEST 90 08/23 MM MM 92 08/03 08/24 LOWEST 47 08/31 MM MM 50 08/13 AVG. MAXIMUM 80.2 82.0 -1.8 82.1 AVG. MINIMUM 59.9 61.2 -1.3 61.2 MEAN 70.0 71.6 -1.6 DAYS MAX >= 90 2 2.9 -0.9 1 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 10.09 1926 MINIMUM 0.42 1969 TOTALS 2.48 3.80 -1.32 3.26 DAILY AVG. 0.08 0.12 -0.04 0.11 DAYS >= .01 9 9.2 -0.2 10 DAYS >= .10 6 5.8 0.2 6 DAYS >= .50 2 2.4 -0.4 2 DAYS >= 1.00 0 1.1 -1.1 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 1.27 08/05 TO 08/06 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 0.0 SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 0 DAYS >= 1.0 0 0.0 0.0 0 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 0 0 24 HR TOTAL 0.0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 6 8 -2 2 SINCE 7/1 6 5 1 2 COOLING TOTAL 169 212 -43 214 SINCE 1/1 656 751 -95 830 ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.8 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 33/110 DATE 08/24 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 48/110 DATE 08/24 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.51 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 9 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 14 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 8 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 75 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 5 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 4 RAIN 5 LIGHT RAIN 11 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 2 HAZE 5 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && UNCOMFORTABLY HOT AND HUMID FOR A FEW DAYS THIS MONTH, OTHERWISE COOL THANKS TO RATHER PERSISTENT NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT. THIS PATTERN IS GENERALLY NOT CONDUCIVE FOR RAINFALL, WHICH IS REFLECTED BY BELOW- NORMAL PRECIPITATION. FOLLOWING A RATHER WET JULY, THE SO-CALLED FAUCET TURNED OFF AND THE MONTH ENDED WITH PRECIPITATION 1.32 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. THIS RANKS AS THE 48TH DRIEST ON RECORD. THE STATE OF INDIANA HAS GENERALLY BEEN WORKING ITS WAY OUT OF ABNORMALLY DRY OR DROUGHT CONDITIONS THIS SUMMER. HOWEVER, ABNORMALLY DRY CONDITIONS LOOM AGAIN AS FORT WAYNE HAS ONLY RECORDED A TRACE OF RAIN SINCE AUGUST 18. AN UPPER-LEVEL RIDGE THAT HAS DOMINATED THE SOUTHERN PLAINS THIS SUMMER WAS NUDGED EASTWARD INTO THE GREAT LAKES FOR A FEW DAYS LATE THIS MONTH. THIS RESULTED IN ABOVE NORMAL DAILY TEMPERATURES FROM THE 20TH THROUGH 26TH. THE PEAK OF THE HEAT OCCURRED ON THE 23RD AND 24TH WHEN FORT WAYNE RECORDED AIR TEMPERATURES OF 90 DEGREES AND A HEAT INDEX OF 105 AND 106, RESPECTIVELY. ACCORDING TO THE MIDWESTERN REGIONAL CLIMATE CENTER, FROM 1973 TO 2018, FORT WAYNE SEES ABOUT ONE HOUR PER YEAR IN AUGUST WITH A HEAT INDEX NEAR 105. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 70.0 DEGREES WHICH IS 1.6 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. BROWN $$