Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Northern Indiana
Issued by NWS Northern Indiana
893 CXUS53 KIWX 061837 CCA CLMFWA CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 237 PM EDT SUN OCT 06 2024 ................................... ...THE FORT WAYNE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER 2024... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1897 TO 2024 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 100 09/02/1953 09/01/1953 LOW 29 09/23/1995 09/29/1951 HIGHEST 92 09/21 MM MM 92 09/05 LOWEST 40 09/08 MM MM 44 09/19 AVG. MAXIMUM 81.2 76.1 5.1 77.6 AVG. MINIMUM 55.9 53.4 2.5 54.6 MEAN 68.6 64.8 3.8 DAYS MAX >= 90 2 1.5 0.5 1 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 0 0.1 -0.1 0 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 7.44 1933 MINIMUM 0.34 1979 TOTALS 1.42 3.04 -1.62 1.63 DAILY AVG. 0.05 0.10 -0.05 0.05 DAYS >= .01 7 9.1 -2.1 7 DAYS >= .10 4 5.6 -1.6 4 DAYS >= .50 1 2.2 -1.2 1 DAYS >= 1.00 0 0.8 -0.8 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.55 09/22 TO 09/22 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL T 2003 TOTALS 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE 7/1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 0 DAYS >= 1.0 0 0.0 0.0 0 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 0 0 24 HR TOTAL MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 22 94 -72 43 SINCE 7/1 30 106 -76 49 COOLING TOTAL 138 86 52 82 SINCE 1/1 1002 837 165 738 ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.9 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 33/050 DATE 09/27 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 47/030 DATE 09/27 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.45 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 13 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 10 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 7 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 68 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 2 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 2 RAIN 1 LIGHT RAIN 10 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 18 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 3 HAZE 0 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && DRY WEATHER FROM AUGUST CONTINUED ON INTO SEPTEMBER. FORT WAYNE WAS FORTUNATE TO RECEIVE 0.47 INCHES ON THE 6TH AS A COLD FRONT MOVED THROUGH. AREAS WEST AND NORTH WERE NOT SO FORTUNATE. DRY WEATHER WOULD PERSIST FOR ANOTHER 13 DAYS. DURING THIS STRETCH OF DRY WEATHER LAWNS WENT DORMANT, CREEKS, STREAMS, AND PONDS WERE VERY LOW, CROPS DRIED DOWN QUICKLY, AND SOME FIELD FIRES WERE REPORTED. DROUGHT CONDITIONS, AS REPORTED BY THE US DROUGHT MONITOR, WORSENED RAPIDLY. AT THE END OF AUGUST, ONLY 13% OF THE FORECAST AREA WAS DEEMED TO BE EXPERIENCING "MODERATE DROUGHT" CONDITIONS. BY SEPTEMBER 17TH, THE NUMBER BALLOONED TO NEARLY 71% OF THE AREA. A PORTION OF NORTHWEST OHIO AND NORTHEAST INDIANA WAS WORSE OFF, WITH "SEVERE DROUGHT". MUCH NEEDED RAIN SOON FOLLOWED. THE STAGNANT UPPER-LEVEL RIDGE WHICH WAS PARKED OVER THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES WAS FINALLY DISPLACED AND A PALTRY 0.02" OF RAIN WAS MEASURED ON THE 20TH. THE DAYS THAT FOLLOWED WERE VERY ACTIVE WITH NOT ONLY RAIN, BUT HAZARDOUS WEATHER IN THE FORM OF MICROBURSTS AND TORNADOES AS WELL. JUST SHY OF 0.75 INCHES OF RAIN FELL FROM THE 22ND THROUGH 25TH. NOT DROUGHT-BUSTING, BUT CERTAINLY WELCOME RAINFALL. TO FINISH OFF THE MONTH, THE REMNANTS OF HURRICANE HELENE ARRIVED OVER THE MIDWEST BRINGING ADDITIONAL DROUGHT RELIEF. DURING THAT STRETCH OF DRY WEATHER, HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE 80S AND EVEN 90 WERE COMMON. FORT WAYNE RECORDED TWO 90-DEGREE DAYS (SAME AS 2021) AND AN IMPRESSIVE 16 DAYS WITH A HIGH OF 80 DEGREES OR WARMER (THE MOST SINCE 2018 WITH 16 DAYS ALSO OBSERVED). THESE UNSEASONABLY WARM TEMPERATURES WERE IN CONTRAST TO SEPTEMBER 8TH WHEN THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE DEPARTURE WAS 12 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. DESPITE THESE UNSEASONABLE TEMPERATURES, NO RECORDS WERE SET. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 68.6 DEGREES. THIS IS 3.8 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL AND TIES (1941) AS THE 13TH WARMEST ON RECORD. PRECIPITATION TOTALED 1.42 INCHES WHICH IS 1.62 INCHES BELOW NORMAL AND RANKS AS THE 23RD DRIEST ON RECORD. BROWN/FISHER $$