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CXUS53 KIWX 011538
CLMFWA

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
851 AM EDT TUE OCT 01 2024

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...THE FORT WAYNE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER 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            100   09/02/1953
                       09/01/1953
 LOW              29   09/23/1995
                       09/29/1951
HIGHEST           92   09/21         MM      MM       92  09/05
LOWEST            40   09/08         MM      MM       44  09/19
AVG. MAXIMUM    81.2               76.1     5.1     77.6
AVG. MINIMUM    55.9               53.4     2.5     54.6
MEAN            68.6               64.8     3.8
DAYS MAX >= 90     2                1.5     0.5        1
DAYS MAX <= 32     0                0.0     0.0        0
DAYS MIN <= 32     0                0.1    -0.1        0
DAYS MIN <= 0      0                0.0     0.0        0

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM        7.44   1933
 MINIMUM        0.34   1979
TOTALS          1.42               3.04   -1.62     1.63
DAILY AVG.      0.05               0.10   -0.05     0.05
DAYS >= .01        7                9.1    -2.1        7
DAYS >= .10        4                5.6    -1.6        4
DAYS >= .50        1                2.2    -1.2        1
DAYS >= 1.00       0                0.8    -0.8        0
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL   0.55   09/22 TO 09/22

SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
 TOTAL             T   2003
TOTALS           0.0                0.0     0.0      0.0
SINCE 7/1        0.0                0.0     0.0       MM
SNOWDEPTH AVG.     0                                   0
DAYS >= 1.0        0                0.0     0.0        0
GREATEST
 SNOW DEPTH        0                                   0
 24 HR TOTAL      MM

DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL     22                 94     -72       43
 SINCE 7/1        30                106     -76       MM
COOLING TOTAL    138                 86      52       82
 SINCE 1/1      1002                837     165       MM
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              6.9
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    33/050    DATE  09/27
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    47/030    DATE  09/27

SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT)   MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER           0.45
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR           13
NUMBER OF DAYS PC             10
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY          7

AVERAGE RH (PERCENT)     68

WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM              2     MIXED PRECIP               0
HEAVY RAIN                2     RAIN                       1
LIGHT RAIN               10     FREEZING RAIN              0
LT FREEZING RAIN          0     HAIL                       0
HEAVY SNOW                0     SNOW                       0
LIGHT SNOW                0     SLEET                      0
FOG                      18     FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE      3
HAZE                      0

-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.

&&

DRY WEATHER FROM AUGUST CONTINUED ON INTO SEPTEMBER. FORT WAYNE WAS
FORTUNATE TO RECEIVE 0.47 INCHES ON THE 6TH AS A COLD FRONT MOVED
THROUGH. AREAS WEST AND NORTH WERE NOT SO FORTUNATE. DRY WEATHER
WOULD PERSIST FOR ANOTHER 13 DAYS. DURING THIS STRETCH OF DRY
WEATHER LAWNS WENT DORMANT, CREEKS, STREAMS, AND PONDS WERE VERY
LOW, CROPS DRIED DOWN QUICKLY, AND SOME FIELD FIRES WERE REPORTED.
DROUGHT CONDITIONS, AS REPORTED BY THE US DROUGHT MONITOR, WORSENED
RAPIDLY. AT THE END OF AUGUST, ONLY 13% OF THE FORECAST AREA WAS
DEEMED TO BE EXPERIENCING "MODERATE DROUGHT" CONDITIONS. BY
SEPTEMBER 17TH, THE NUMBER BALLOONED TO NEARLY 71% OF THE AREA. A
PORTION OF NORTHWEST OHIO AND NORTHEAST INDIANA WAS WORSE OFF, WITH
"SEVERE DROUGHT". MUCH NEEDED RAIN SOON FOLLOWED.

THE STAGNANT UPPER-LEVEL RIDGE WHICH WAS PARKED OVER THE EASTERN
GREAT LAKES WAS FINALLY DISPLACED AND A PALTRY 0.02" OF RAIN WAS
MEASURED ON THE 20TH. THE DAYS THAT FOLLOWED WERE VERY ACTIVE WITH
NOT ONLY RAIN, BUT HAZARDOUS WEATHER IN THE FORM OF MICROBURSTS AND
TORNADOES AS WELL. JUST SHY OF 0.75 INCHES OF RAIN FELL FROM THE
22ND THROUGH 25TH. NOT DROUGHT-BUSTING, BUT CERTAINLY WELCOME
RAINFALL. TO FINISH OFF THE MONTH, THE REMNANTS OF HURRICANE HELENE
ARRIVED OVER THE MIDWEST BRINGING ADDITIONAL DROUGHT RELIEF.

DURING THAT STRETCH OF DRY WEATHER, HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE 80S AND
EVEN 90 WERE COMMON. FORT WAYNE RECORDED TWO 90-DEGREE DAYS (SAME AS
2021) AND AN IMPRESSIVE 16 DAYS WITH A HIGH OF 80 DEGREES OR WARMER
(THE MOST SINCE 2018 WITH 16 DAYS ALSO OBSERVED). THESE UNSEASONABLY
WARM TEMPERATURES WERE IN CONTRAST TO SEPTEMBER 8TH WHEN THE AVERAGE
TEMPERATURE DEPARTURE WAS 12 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. DESPITE THESE
UNSEASONABLE TEMPERATURES, NO RECORDS WERE SET.

THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 68.6 DEGREES. THIS IS 3.8
DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL AND RANKS AS THE 7TH WARMEST ON RECORD.
PRECIPITATION TOTALED 1.42 INCHES WHICH IS 1.62 INCHES BELOW NORMAL
AND RANKS AS THE 19TH DRIEST ON RECORD.

BROWN/FISHER

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