Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
703
CXUS53 KIWX 011417
CLMSBN
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
917 AM EST SAT MAR 01 2025
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...THE SOUTH BEND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY 2025...
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1893 TO 2025
WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S
VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S)
NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
HIGH 74 02/25/2000
LOW -20 02/10/1899
02/09/1899
HIGHEST 59 02/28 MM MM 73 02/27
LOWEST 0 02/14 MM MM 15 02/24
AVG. MAXIMUM 34.6 34.9 -0.3 48.9
AVG. MINIMUM 19.6 19.3 0.3 27.2
MEAN 27.1 27.1 -0.0
DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0
DAYS MAX <= 32 15 11.7 3.3 3
DAYS MIN <= 32 26 24.7 1.3 23
DAYS MIN <= 0 1 1.5 -0.5 0
PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
MAXIMUM 8.08 2018
MINIMUM 0.54 1969
TOTALS 1.06 2.31 -1.25 0.78
DAILY AVG. 0.04 0.08 -0.04 0.03
DAYS >= .01 15 12.5 2.5 8
DAYS >= .10 3 5.8 -2.8 3
DAYS >= .50 0 1.1 -1.1 0
DAYS >= 1.00 0 0.4 -0.4 0
GREATEST
24 HR. TOTAL 0.25 02/12 TO 02/12
SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
TOTAL 36.4 2015
TOTALS 12.8 16.1 -3.3 2.8
SINCE 7/1 37.7 56.7 -19.0 29.9
SNOWDEPTH AVG. 1 0
DAYS >= 1.0 5 5.2 -0.2 1
GREATEST
SNOW DEPTH 5 02/15
24 HR TOTAL 2.8 02/12 TO 02/12
DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL 1054 1061 -7 774
SINCE 7/1 4222 4734 -512 3839
COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0 0
SINCE 1/1 0 0 0 0
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.0
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 35/230 DATE 02/28
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 49/210 DATE 02/28
SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.60
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 7
NUMBER OF DAYS PC 9
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 12
AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 71
WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM 0 MIXED PRECIP 0
HEAVY RAIN 0 RAIN 0
LIGHT RAIN 3 FREEZING RAIN 0
LT FREEZING RAIN 3 HAIL 0
HEAVY SNOW 3 SNOW 6
LIGHT SNOW 11 SLEET 0
FOG 17 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 3
HAZE 17
- INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.
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....TEMPERATURE SWINGS LED TO NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND A DRIER THAN NORMAL FEBRUARY...
THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY FEATURED VERY COLD AIR MID-MONTH THAT WAS
BOOKENDED BY RELATIVELY WARM AIR AT THE START AND END OF THE MONTH.
THE WARMEST DAY OF THIS MONTH WAS FEBRUARY 28TH WHEN A HIGH
TEMPERATURE OF 59 DEGREES WAS REACHED. FEBRUARY 3RD HAD AN AVERAGE
TEMPERATURE DEPARTURE OF NEARLY 20 DEGREES ABOVE AVERAGE. THE
COLDEST DAY OF THIS MONTH WAS FEBRUARY 18TH WHEN A LOW TEMPERATURE
OF 0 DEGREES WAS REACHED. THIS DAY HAD AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE
DEPARTURE OF 15.2 DEGREES BELOW AVERAGE. THE STRETCH OF DAYS FROM
FEBRUARY 4TH TO FEBRUARY 22ND, WHICH HAD HIGH TEMPERATURES BELOW 40
DEGREES, WAS THE SECOND LONGEST SUCH STRETCH ON RECORD IN FEBRUARY.
THIS PROLONGED STRETCH OF COLD AIR ALLOWED WINTER STORMS TO BRING
DOSES OF WINTRY MIX TO THE AREA. THERE WAS A RUN OF 9 CONSECUTIVE
DAYS WITH MEASUREABLE SNOWFALL FROM FEBRUARY 12TH TO FEBRUARY 20TH.
THIS HAS ONLY HAPPENED 28 TIMES IN SOUTH BEND`S PERIOD OF RECORD
SINCE 1893. FREEZING RAIN AND ICING CONCERNS WERE PLENTIFUL DURING
THIS TIME AS WELL. OVERALL, THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH
WAS 27.1 DEGREES, WHICH EXACTLY MATCHES THE USUAL AVERAGE
TEMPERATURE FOR FEBRUARY!
ONE NEW HIGH TEMPERATURE RECORD WAS SET THIS MONTH. THE HIGH ON
FEBRUARY 3RD OF 55 DEGREES TIED THE PREVIOUS RECORD SET IN 2020.
DESPITE BOUTS OF WINTRY WEATHER THIS MONTH, FEBRUARY`S TOTAL
SNOWFALL FINISHED BELOW NORMAL FOR THE MONTH. SOUTH BEND RECORDED
12.8 INCHES OF SNOW, WHICH IS 3.3 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. FOR SNOWFALL,
FEBRUARY 2025 RANKS AS THE 54TH SNOWIEST ON RECORD. TOTAL
PRECIPITATION FINISHED BELOW NORMAL AS WELL WITH ONLY 1.06 INCHES
MEASURED, WHICH IS 1.25 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. FOR TOTAL
PRECIPITATION, SOUTH BEND HAD THE 25TH DRIEST FEBRUARY ON RECORD.
ROLLER/JOHNSON
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