Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Northern Indiana
Issued by NWS Northern Indiana
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CLMFWA
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
949 AM EDT THU MAY 01 2025
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...THE FORT WAYNE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL 2025...
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1897 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 90 04/11/1930
04/29/1899
LOW 7 04/07/1982
HIGHEST 84 04/24 MM MM 82 04/16
04/29
LOWEST 23 04/08 MM MM 30 04/06
AVG. MAXIMUM 62.8 60.9 1.9 63.1
AVG. MINIMUM 39.9 39.4 0.5 43.9
MEAN 51.4 50.2 1.2
DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0
DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0
DAYS MIN <= 32 7 6.9 0.1 3
DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0
PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
MAXIMUM 7.39 2024
MINIMUM 0.72 1946
TOTALS 3.90 3.74 0.16 7.39
DAILY AVG. 0.13 0.12 0.01 0.25
DAYS >= .01 10 13.2 -3.2 17
DAYS >= .10 6 7.7 -1.7 14
DAYS >= .50 3 2.4 0.6 5
DAYS >= 1.00 1 0.8 0.2 2
GREATEST
24 HR. TOTAL 1.51 04/02 TO 04/02
SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
TOTAL 11.7 1961
TOTALS T 0.8 -0.8 T
SINCE 7/1 14.8 33.6 -18.8 11.6
SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 0
DAYS >= 1.0 0 0.3 -0.3 0
GREATEST
SNOW DEPTH 0 0
24 HR TOTAL TR 04/09 TO 04/09
DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL 410 452 -42 355
SINCE 7/1 5220 5767 -547 4787
COOLING TOTAL 9 7 2 14
SINCE 1/1 9 8 1 14
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.6
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 36/200 DATE 04/02
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 53/210 DATE 04/02
SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.65
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 6
NUMBER OF DAYS PC 12
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 12
AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 64
WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM 3 MIXED PRECIP 0
HEAVY RAIN 2 RAIN 5
LIGHT RAIN 12 FREEZING RAIN 0
LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 1
HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0
LIGHT SNOW 1 SLEET 0
FOG 8 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 0
HAZE 0
- INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.
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SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES; NEAR NORMAL PRECIPITATION.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ON THE SECOND SPAWNED EIGHT TORNADOES ACROSS
INDIANA, SOUTHERN MICHIGAN AND NORTHWEST OHIO. THUNDERSTORM WIND
GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH WERE COMMON, DOWNING TREES AND POWERLINES
AS WELL. THIS WAS ALSO WHEN 1.51 INCHES OF RAIN WAS RECORDED AT FORT
WAYNE ; A NEW RECORD SURPASSING THE PREVIOUS TOTAL OF 0.83 INCHES IN
1983. A PROGRESSIVE WEATHER PATTERN BROUGHT FREQUENT RAIN (AND EVEN
SNOW) CHANCES EARLY ON IN APRIL ALONG WITH LARGE TEMPERATURE SWINGS
AS IS TYPICAL FOR SPRING IN THE MIDWEST. TEMPERATURES TENDED TO BE
BELOW NORMAL IN THE FIRST HALF OF THE MONTH FOLLOWED BY A NOTABLE
WARM UP IN THE FINAL TEN DAYS. THREE DAYS THIS MONTH RECORDED A
TEMPERATURE OF 80 OR WARMER; A COMMON OCCURRENCE OVER THE PAST
SEVERAL YEARS.
THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 51.4 DEGREES WHICH IS 1.2
DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THIS RANKS AS THE 28TH WARMEST ON RECORD (TIED
WITH 1987, 1981, 1900). PRECIPITATION TOTALED 3.90 INCHES WHICH IS
ONLY SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL BY 0.16 INCHES AND RANKS AS THE 41ST
WETTEST ON RECORD. THIS IS NOTABLY LESS THAN APRIL 2024 WHEN 7.39
INCHES WAS RECORDED. A TRACE OF SNOW WAS RECORDED WHICH IS 0.8
INCHES BELOW NORMAL.
BROWN
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