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CLMFWA

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
820 AM EST SUN MAR 01 2026

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...THE FORT WAYNE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY 2026...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1897 TO 2026

WEATHER         OBSERVED          NORMAL  DEPART   LAST YEAR`S
                VALUE   DATE(S)   VALUE   FROM     VALUE DATE(S)
                                          NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
 HIGH             73   02/25/2000
 LOW             -19   02/09/1899
HIGHEST           66   02/18         MM      MM       57  02/03
                                                          02/25
                                                          02/28
LOWEST            -9   02/01         MM      MM        3  02/18
AVG. MAXIMUM    39.2               36.5     2.7       MM
AVG. MINIMUM    20.0               21.0    -1.0     20.7
MEAN            29.6               28.7     0.9
DAYS MAX >= 90     0                0.0     0.0        0
DAYS MAX <= 32    11               10.3     0.7       14
DAYS MIN <= 32    25               24.3     0.7       27
DAYS MIN <= 0      1                1.7    -0.7        0

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM        6.84   1990
 MINIMUM        0.20   1920
TOTALS          0.94               2.06   -1.12     1.14
DAILY AVG.      0.03               0.07   -0.04     0.04
DAYS >= .01       10               10.7    -0.7       14
DAYS >= .10        3                5.2    -2.2        4
DAYS >= .50        0                1.2    -1.2        0
DAYS >= 1.00       0                0.2    -0.2        0
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL   0.59   02/19 TO 02/20

SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
 TOTAL          19.2   2014
TOTALS           5.5                7.8    -2.3      3.4
SINCE 7/1       35.3               28.2     7.1     14.5
SNOWDEPTH AVG.     2                                   0
DAYS >= 1.0        1                2.8    -1.8        1
GREATEST
 SNOW DEPTH        5   02/07                           1
                       02/08
                       02/09
 24 HR TOTAL     3.0   02/06 TO 02/06

DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL    985               1015     -30     1030
 SINCE 7/1      4594               4497      97     4175
COOLING TOTAL      0                  0       0        0
 SINCE 1/1         0                  0       0        0
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              9.2
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    41/250    DATE  02/20
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    53/250    DATE  02/20

SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT)   MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER           0.70
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR            2
NUMBER OF DAYS PC             13
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY         13

AVERAGE RH (PERCENT)     74

WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM              1     MIXED PRECIP               0
HEAVY RAIN                0     RAIN                       2
LIGHT RAIN                4     FREEZING RAIN              0
LT FREEZING RAIN          1     HAIL                       0
HEAVY SNOW                1     SNOW                       1
LIGHT SNOW               11     SLEET                      0
FOG                      15     FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE      4
HAZE                      2

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


&&

...VERY COLD START BUT AN OVERALL WARM AND DRY FEBRUARY...

DESPITE SEVERAL RECENT WEEKS OF NEAR NORMAL TO ABOVE NORMAL
TEMPERATURES, FEBRUARY BEGAN ON A MUCH COLDER AND SNOWIER NOTE. A
RECORD COLD LOW OF -9 DEGREES WAS SET ON THE VERY FIRST DAY OF THE
MONTH, BREAKING THE PREVIOUS RECORD FROM 1936. PERSISTENT SNOWPACK
ALLOWED FOR SEVERAL COLD NIGHTS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS AND HIGHS ONLY
IN THE LOW 20S TO FOLLOW. BY FEBRUARY 10TH, THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE
FOR THE MONTH WAS OVER 10 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL! THINGS QUICKLY
TURNED AROUND AS TEMPERATURES WARMED AND THE SNOWPACK MELTED BY MID
MONTH SEVERAL DAYS OF 50S AND EVEN A DAY IN THE 60S WERE OBSERVED;
FEBRUARY 18TH WAS THE WARMEST DAY OF THE MONTH WITH A HIGH
TEMPERATURE OF 66 DEGREES, WHICH WAS ONE DEGREE SHY OF TYING THE
DAILY RECORD. DESPITE THE FRIGID START, THE MONTH FINISHED WITH AN
AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 29.6 DEGREES, WHICH WAS 0.9 DEGREES ABOVE
NORMAL. THIS WAS THE 32ND WARMEST FEBRUARY ON RECORD.

WITH THE COLD TEMPERATURES, SNOW THAT FELL IN LATE JANUARY REMAINED
ON THE GROUND THROUGH MID FEBRUARY. FORT WAYNE HAD A  SNOWPACK OF
ANYWHERE BETWEN 3-8" FROM JANUARY 26TH TO FEBRUARY 10TH. AFTER
SEVERAL MILD FEBRUARIES WITH A MAXIMUM SNOW DEPTH OF 1", THIS WAS
CERTAINLY ONE OF THE LONGER DURATION SNOWPACKS IN RECENT MEMORY.
THERE WERE ONLY 7 DAYS OF MEASURABLE SNOWFALL THIS FEBRUARY. THE
HIGHEST SINGLE DAY TOTAL WAS 3.0", WHICH FELL ON FEBRUARY 7TH. THIS
WAS THE ONLY DAY WITH A SNOW TOTAL OVER 1" THIS MONTH. OVERALL, 5.5"
OF SNOW FELL IN FEBRUARY, MAKING FOR A DEFICIT OF 2.3" BELOW NORMAL.

UNSURPRISINGLY, THE SNOWFALL DEFICIT ALSO LED TO A LACK OF
PRECIPITATION (RAIN + LIQUID EQUIVALENT OF MELTED SNOW) THROUGHOUT
FEBRUARY. MUCH OF THE SNOW THAT DID FALL WAS LIGHT AND FLUFFY, WHICH
WAS LACKING IN WATER CONTENT. WITH THE WARM UP MID MONTH, THERE WERE
SEVERAL ROUNDS OF SCATTERED RAIN AND EVEN SOME EMBEDDED
THUNDERSTORMS ON FEBRUARY 19TH. 0.44" OF RAIN FELL ON THIS DAY,
ALTHOUGH THIS WASN`T ENOUGH TO MAKE UP THE MONTHLY DEFICIT. FEBRUARY
FINISHED WITH 0.94" OF PRECIPITATION, WHICH IS THE LEAST SINCE ONLY
0.54" FELL IN 2004. THIS WAS THE DRIEST FEBRUARY IN OVER 20 YEARS
AND RANKS AS THE 23RD DRIEST SINCE RECORDS BEGAN IN 1897.

JOHNSON

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