Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Northern Indiana
Issued by NWS Northern Indiana
755 CXUS53 KIWX 011330 CLMFWA CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 930 AM EDT SUN SEP 01 2024 ................................... ...THE FORT WAYNE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST 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 ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 102 08/09/1934 08/05/1918 LOW 38 08/29/1965 HIGHEST 96 08/27 MM MM 90 08/23 08/24 LOWEST 47 08/21 MM MM 47 08/31 08/22 AVG. MAXIMUM 83.8 82.0 1.8 80.2 AVG. MINIMUM 61.4 61.2 0.2 59.9 MEAN 72.6 71.6 1.0 DAYS MAX >= 90 7 2.9 4.1 2 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 1.96 3.80 -1.84 2.48 DAILY AVG. 0.06 0.12 -0.06 0.08 DAYS >= .01 9 9.2 -0.2 9 DAYS >= .10 6 5.8 0.2 6 DAYS >= .50 1 2.4 -1.4 2 DAYS >= 1.00 0 1.1 -1.1 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.84 08/02 TO 08/02 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 8 8 0 6 SINCE 7/1 8 5 3 6 COOLING TOTAL 253 212 41 169 SINCE 1/1 864 751 113 656 ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.8 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 24/350 DATE 08/18 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 33/330 DATE 08/18 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.51 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 10 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 16 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 5 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 71 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 6 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 3 RAIN 4 LIGHT RAIN 13 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 13 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 0 HAZE 1 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && ...WARM AND VERY DRY AUGUST... ALTHOUGH THERE WERE SEVERAL COOLER THAN NORMAL DAYS MID-MONTH, AFTER A STRETCH OF VERY HOT AND HUMID DAYS TO END THE MONTH, IT COMES WITH NO SURPRISE THAT AUGUST ENDED UP WARMER THAN NORMAL. THERE WERE 7 DAYS THIS MONTH WITH A HIGH TEMPERATURE AT OR ABOVE 90 DEGREES. THIS WAS THE MOST 90+ DEGREES DAYS IN AUGUST SINCE 2016; THE NORMAL AMOUNT OF 90+ DEGREE DAYS IN AUGUST IS 4 DAYS. THE HOTTEST TEMPERATURE THIS MONTH WAS 96 DEGREES (ON AUGUST 27TH, WHICH WAS THE HOTTEST AUGUST DAY SINCE IT REACHED 97 DEGREES ON AUGUST 13, 1995! OVERALL, THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS 72.6 DEGREES, WHICH IS 1.0 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL AND TIES AS THE 38TH WARMEST AUGUST ON RECORD. TWO NEW HIGH TEMPERATURE RECORDS WERE SET THIS MONTH AT FORT WAYNE. THE HIGH OF 96 DEGREES ON AUGUST 27TH TIED THE DAILY RECORD OF 96, WHICH WAS SET IN 1948. ADDITIONALLY, THE HIGH TEMPERATURE 94 DEGREES ON AUGUST 30TH TIED THE DAILY RECORD OF 94, WHICH HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY SET IN 1993, 1953, 1932, 1925, AND 1902. THERE WAS A NOTABLE LACK OF WIDESPREAD RAIN ACROSS THE AREA IN AUGUST. SCATTERED POP-UP SHOWERS AND STORMS WERE VERY HIT OR MISS, WHICH LED TO A RAINFALL DEFECIT AND, BY THE END OF THE MONTH, THE DEVELOPMENT OF MODERATE DROUGHT CONDITIONS SOUTH OF FORT WAYNE. FORT WAYNE RECIEVED 1.96" OF RAIN IN AUGUST, WHICH IS JUST OVER 50% OF THE NORMAL AMOUNT. THIS WAS THE DRIEST AUGUST SINCE 2005 WHEN 1.95" FELL. THERE WERE NO DAYS THIS MONTH WITH OVER AN INCH OF RAINFALL; T HE HIGHEST 24 HOUR TOTAL WAS ON AUGUST 2ND WITH 0.84". THE MONTH ENDED 1.84" BELOW NORMAL AND TIES AS THE 23RD DRIEST AUGUST ON RECORD. JOHNSON $$