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CXUS53 KIWX 011313
CLMFWA

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
913 AM EDT TUE APR 01 2025

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...THE FORT WAYNE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH 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             87   03/21/2012
 LOW             -10   03/01/1967
HIGHEST           78   03/14         MM      MM       73  03/13
LOWEST            14   03/02         MM      MM       21  03/21
AVG. MAXIMUM    55.9               47.8     8.1     54.9
AVG. MINIMUM    32.6               29.4     3.2     34.6
MEAN            44.3               38.6     5.7
DAYS MAX >= 90     0                0.0     0.0        0
DAYS MAX <= 32     0                2.7    -2.7        0
DAYS MIN <= 32    20               20.5    -0.5       13
DAYS MIN <= 0      0                0.1    -0.1        0

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM        7.10   1913
 MINIMUM        0.48   2001
TOTALS          2.30               2.81   -0.51     4.12
DAILY AVG.      0.07               0.09   -0.02     0.13
DAYS >= .01       10               11.7    -1.7       10
DAYS >= .10        7                6.3     0.7        6
DAYS >= .50        0                1.9    -1.9        2
DAYS >= 1.00       0                0.4    -0.4        1
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL   0.86   03/04 TO 03/04

SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
 TOTAL          19.5   1964
TOTALS           0.3                4.6    -4.3      0.7
SINCE 7/1       14.8               32.8   -18.0     11.6
SNOWDEPTH AVG.     T                                  -1
DAYS >= 1.0        0                1.5    -1.5        0
GREATEST
 SNOW DEPTH        T                                   T
 24 HR TOTAL     0.2   03/31 TO 03/07

DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL    635                819    -184      619
 SINCE 7/1      4810               5315    -505     4432
COOLING TOTAL      0                  1      -1        0
 SINCE 1/1         0                  1      -1        0
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              12.4
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    39/190    DATE  03/15
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    53/190    DATE  03/15

SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT)   MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER           0.64
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR            5
NUMBER OF DAYS PC             13
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY         13

AVERAGE RH (PERCENT)     65

WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM              4     MIXED PRECIP               0
HEAVY RAIN                2     RAIN                       3
LIGHT RAIN               12     FREEZING RAIN              0
LT FREEZING RAIN          0     HAIL                       0
HEAVY SNOW                0     SNOW                       1
LIGHT SNOW                6     SLEET                      0
FOG                      13     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.

&&

...TOP 15 WARMEST MARCH ON RECORD...

MARCH 2025 WAS VERY MILD WITH A NOTABLE LACK OF PRECIPITATION,
ESEPCIALLY SNOWFALL. THE MONTH WAS NOTICABLY WARMER THAN NORMAL,
WITH SEVERAL DAYS WITH HIGHS IN THE UPPER 60S TO MID 70S DURING THE
MIDDLE AND END OF THE MONTH. MANY THESE WARMER DAYS ALSO BROUGHT
ABOUT PERIODS OF ACTIVE WEATHER. THE MIDDLE TO END OF THE MONTH WAS
ESPECIALLY ACTIVE, WITH SEVERAL AREAS OF LOW PRESSURE MOVING THROUGH
THE MIDWEST AND GREAT LAKES REGIONS. THESE AREAS OF LOW PRESSURE
BROUGHT PERIODS OF STORMS TO THE AREA, WITH SEVERE WEATHER OCCURRING
ON MARCH 19TH AND MARCH 30TH. STRAIGHTLINE WIND DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED
WITH BOTH SEVERE WEATHER EVENT AND A FEW ISOLATED TORNADOES OCCURED
TOO.

MILD TEMPERATURES LED TO MARCH 2025 RANKING AS THE 11TH WARMEST ON
RECORD (RECORDS BEGAN IN 1897). THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS 44.3
DEGREES, WHICH IS 5.7 DEGREES ABOVE THE NORMAL AVERAGE TEMPERATURES
OF 38.6 DEGREES. THE WARMEST DAY OF THE MONTH WAS MARCH 14TH, WHEN
THE HIGH TEMPERATURE REACHED 78 DEGREES.

DESPITE THE ACTIVE WEATHER TOWARDS THE LATTER HALF OF THE MONTH,
PRECIPITATION WAS HARD TO COME BY IN FORT WAYNE. WHILE THERE WERE A
FEW DAYS THIS MONTH OF PRECIP TOTALS BETWEEN 0.25-0.50", THE HIGHEST
DAILY TOTAL THIS MONTH WAS 0.86" ON MARCH 4TH. THIS IS THE 10TH
MONTH IN A ROW WITHOUT A DAILY TOTAL GREATER THAN 1"; THE LAST TIME
1" OR MORE OF PRECIPITATION FELL IN ONE DAY IN FORT WAYNE WAS ON MAY
7TH, 2024. OVERALL, MARCH 2025 HAD 2.30" OF PRECIPITATION, WHICH IS
0.51" BELOW NORMAL. THIS RANKS AS THE 42ND DRIEST MARCH ON RECORD.

WITH SUCH MILD TEMPERATURES THIS MONTH, IT IS NO SURPRISE THAT
SNOWFALL WAS SIGNIFICANTLY LACKING. ONLY 0.3" FELL THE ENTIRE MONTH,
WHICH WAS 4.3" BELOW NORMAL. MARCH 2025 TIES FOR THE 14TH LEAST
SNOWY MARCH ON RECORD. WHILE THERE CAN BE SNOWSTORMS IN MARCH, THEY
HAVE BEEN HARD TO COME BY IN THE PAST DECADE. WITH THE LARGE
TEMPERATURE SWINGS THAT TYPICALLY OCCUR IN THE TRANSITION FROM
WINTER TO SPRING, IT IS ALSO NOT UNUSUAL TO HAVE A LACK OF SNOW IN
MARCH. THE LAST TIME MARCH SNOWFALL WAS ABOVE NORMAL IN FORT WAYNE
WAS IN 2015; IN THE PAST 25 YEARS, ONLY 7 YEARS HAVE HAS MARCH
SNOWFALL ABOVE AVERAGE.

JOHNSON

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