Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Northern Indiana
Issued by NWS Northern Indiana
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CXUS53 KIWX 010920
CLMFWA
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
520 AM EDT FRI NOV 01 2024
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...THE FORT WAYNE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 2024...
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1897 TO 2024
WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S
VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S)
NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
HIGH 91 10/03/1898
LOW 19 10/31/1988
HIGHEST 82 10/11 MM MM 86 10/02
10/03
LOWEST 29 10/17 MM MM 24 10/31
AVG. MAXIMUM 71.2 63.7 7.5 64.4
AVG. MINIMUM 42.4 42.8 -0.4 44.9
MEAN 56.8 53.2 3.6
DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0
DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0
DAYS MIN <= 32 4 3.8 0.2 3
DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0
PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
MAXIMUM 9.26 1954
MINIMUM 0.14 1964
TOTALS 0.43 2.95 -2.52 3.44
DAILY AVG. 0.01 0.10 -0.09 0.11
DAYS >= .01 3 10.1 -7.1 15
DAYS >= .10 1 6.2 -5.2 7
DAYS >= .50 0 1.9 -1.9 3
DAYS >= 1.00 0 0.7 -0.7 0
GREATEST
24 HR. TOTAL 0.34 10/25 TO 10/25
SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
TOTAL 8.0 1989
TOTALS 0.0 0.1 -0.1 T
SINCE 7/1 0.0 0.1 -0.1 T
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 259 376 -117 341
SINCE 7/1 289 481 -192 390
COOLING TOTAL 14 12 2 28
SINCE 1/1 1016 849 167 766
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.3
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 31/210 DATE 10/29
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 43/300 DATE 10/13
SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.37
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 18
NUMBER OF DAYS PC 10
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 3
AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 60
WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM 2 MIXED PRECIP 0
HEAVY RAIN 2 RAIN 1
LIGHT RAIN 6 FREEZING RAIN 0
LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0
HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0
LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0
FOG 8 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.
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...3RD DRIEST OCTOBER ON RECORD; TOP 20 WARMEST...
FORT WAYNE WAS INCREDIBLY DRY THIS MONTH. DATING BACK TO THE 30TH OF
SEPTEMBER, FORT WAYNE WENT 15 DAYS WITHOUT MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION.
A GENERALLY UNHELPFUL 0.01" WAS RECORDED ON THE 15TH, TECHNICALLY
SNAPPING THE DRY STREAK. IT WOULD BE ANOTHER NINE DAYS UNTIL RAIN
RETURNED, THIS TIME 0.34 INCHES ON THE 25TH. BY THE 30TH, FORT WAYNE
WAS ON PACE TO RECORD ITS 3RD DRIEST OCTOBER ON RECORD WITH ONLY
0.35 INCHES (0.34" IN 1924 AND 0.14 INCHES IN 1964). THE 3RD DAY
WITH MEASURABLE RAINFALL THIS MONTH CAME ON HALLOWEEN, WHEN 0.08"
FELL. WITH ONLY 3 DAYS THIS MONTH WITH MEASURABLE RAINFALL, OCTOBER
2024 IS TIED WITH 1908, 1963, AND 1964 AS THE LEAST AMOUNT OF DAYS
WITH MEASURABLE IN OCTOBER EVER. ALL IN ALL, A MEASLY 0.43 INCHES OF
PRECIPITATION WAS OBSERVED THIS MONTH, WHICH IS 2.52 INCHES BELOW
NORMAL. THIS IS THE 3RD DRIEST OCTOBER ON RECORD SINCE RECORDS BEGAN
IN 1897 AND DRIEST OCTOBER SINCE 1964. TO FURTHER PUT THIS INTO
PERSPECTIVE, HAVING A HALF INCH OR LESS OF PRECIPITATION IN A MONTH
IS INCREDIBLY RARE. THE LAST TIME THIS HAPPENED WAS IN MARCH OF 2001
WHEN 0.48" FELL.
UNSURPRISINGLY, DROUGHT CONDITIONS WORSENED THROUGH THE MONTH. ON
THE OCTOBER 1ST US DROUGHT MONITOR, ABOUT 8.5% OF THE NORTHERN
INDIANA FORECAST AREA WAS UNDER A SEVERE DROUGHT (D2) OR WORSE. BY
OCTOBER 29TH, THIS VALUE BALLOONED TO 77.9%. FALL HARVEST YIELDS
HAVE GENERALLY BEEN GOOD ACCORDING TO USDA CROP REPORTS, THOUGH
FIELD FIRES HAVE BEEN PROBLEMATIC AND A LACK OF RAIN HAS NEGATIVELY
IMPACTED THE GERMINATION OF WINTER WHEAT.
NO SNOW WAS RECORDED THIS MONTH, IN CONTRAST TO A TRACE THAT WAS
OBSERVED IN OCTOBER 2023 AND 0.7" IN OCTOBER 2022. OCTOBER USUALLY
AVERAGES 0.1 INCHES OF SNOW IN FORT WAYNE.
A TASTE OF FALL ARRIVED MID-MONTH, WHICH WAS ALSO WHEN THE FIRST
FROST WAS OBSERVED ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA. THIS IS CONSISTENT WITH
THE TYPICAL FIRST FROST DATE FOR THE AREA. HEAT SOON FOLLOWED WITH
HIGHS WELL INTO THE 70S AND EVEN 80 DEGREES (80 ON THE 21ST). THEN,
80S RETURNED AT THE END OF THE MONTH, INCLUDING A RECORD HIGH OF 80
ON THE 29TH (PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 78 IN 2016) AND A RECORD HIGH OF 81
ON THE 30TH (PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 79 IN 1950). A NEW RECORD WARM LOW
WAS ALSO SET ON THE 30TH; THE LOW TEMPERATURE OF 64 DEGREES BROKE
THE PREVIOUS RECORD WARM LOW OF 58, WHICH WAS SET IN 1974. FORT
WAYNE WAS JUST 1 DAY SHY OF THE LATEST 80-DEGREE DAY IN THE
CALENDAR YEAR ON RECORD, WHICH OCCURRED ON HALLOWEEN 1950.
THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 56.8 DEGREES WHICH IS 3.6
DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THIS TIES WITH 2017 AS THE 19TH WARMEST
OCTOBER ON RECORD. THIS WAS THE WARMEST OCTOBER SINCE 2021.
BROWN/JOHNSON
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