Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
520 AM EDT FRI NOV 01 2024
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...THE SOUTH BEND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 2024...
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1893 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 92 10/06/1963
LOW 12 10/11/1906
HIGHEST 82 10/11 MM MM 88 10/03
LOWEST 30 10/27 MM MM 26 10/31
AVG. MAXIMUM 69.3 61.8 7.5 63.2
AVG. MINIMUM 44.3 42.1 2.2 46.0
MEAN 56.8 52.0 4.8
DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0
DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0
DAYS MIN <= 32 1 2.9 -1.9 2
DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0
PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
MAXIMUM 9.75 1954
MINIMUM 0.42 1950
TOTALS 1.67 3.72 -2.05 5.96
DAILY AVG. 0.05 0.12 -0.07 0.19
DAYS >= .01 5 11.5 -6.5 20
DAYS >= .10 4 7.1 -3.1 13
DAYS >= .50 1 2.4 -1.4 2
DAYS >= 1.00 0 0.9 -0.9 2
GREATEST
24 HR. TOTAL 0.74 10/14 TO 10/14
SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
TOTAL 15.0 1910
TOTALS 0.0 0.2 -0.2 1.4
SINCE 7/1 0.0 0.2 -0.2 1.4
SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 0
DAYS >= 1.0 0 0.0 0.0 1
GREATEST
SNOW DEPTH 0
24 HR TOTAL 0.0
DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL 264 414 -150 355
SINCE 7/1 299 551 -252 404
COOLING TOTAL 19 9 10 40
SINCE 1/1 958 723 235 820
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.6
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 36/300 DATE 10/13
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 50/290 DATE 10/13
SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.21
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 23
NUMBER OF DAYS PC 5
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 3
AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 64
WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM 2 MIXED PRECIP 0
HEAVY RAIN 3 RAIN 2
LIGHT RAIN 7 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 1
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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...TOP 20 WARMEST AND 31ST WETTEST OCTOBER ON RECORD...
WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS THROUGH THE MONTH RESULTED IN WORSENING
DROUGHT CONDITIONS ACROSS THE REGION. 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. THIS WAS THE DRIEST OCTOBER SINCE 2015
WITH ONLY FIVE DAYS OF MEASURABLE RAINFALL. THE OBSERVED MOTHLY
TOTAL OF 1.67 INCHES IS 2.05 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. OCTOBER 2024 WAS
THE 31ST DRIEST OCTOBER SINCE RECORDS BEGAN IN 1893.
NO SNOW WAS RECORDED THIS MONTH, IN CONTRAST TO 1.4 INCHES THAT WAS
OBSERVED IN OCTOBER 2023. OCTOBER USUALLY AVERAGES 0.2 INCHES OF
SNOW IN SOUTH BEND.
A TASTE OF FALL ARRIVED MID-MONTH, WHICH WAS ALSO WHEN THE FIRST
FROST WAS OBSERVED ACROSS MANY OUTLYING AREAS. 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 81 ON THE 29TH (PREVIOUS RECORD 79 IN 1999). A RECORD WARM LOW
WAS ALSO SET WITH A LOW OF 67 ON THE 30TH (PREVIOUS RECORD WARM LOW
WAS 64 IN 1900). SOUTH WAS JUST 2 DAYS SHY OF THE LATEST 80-DEGREE
DAY ON RECORD IN THE CALENDAR YEAR, WHICH OCCURRED ON NOVEMBER 1ST,
1950.
THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 56.8 DEGREES WHICH IS 4.8
DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THIS RANKS AS THE 20TH WARMEST OCTOBER ON
RECORD AND THE WARMEST SINCE 2021.
BROWN/JOHNSON
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