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
923 AM EST SAT FEB 01 2025
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...THE FORT WAYNE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY 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 69 01/25/1950
LOW -24 01/12/1918
HIGHEST 46 01/30 MM MM 44 01/09
01/24
01/25
LOWEST -6 01/22 MM MM -6 01/15
AVG. MAXIMUM 30.0 32.6 -2.6 32.0
AVG. MINIMUM 14.5 18.4 -3.9 22.9
MEAN 22.2 25.5 -3.3
DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0
DAYS MAX <= 32 19 15.3 3.7 9
DAYS MIN <= 32 31 27.5 3.5 23
DAYS MIN <= 0 4 3.3 0.7 3
PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
MAXIMUM 9.72 1950
MINIMUM 0.39 1966
TOTALS 1.19 2.54 -1.35 3.95
DAILY AVG. 0.04 0.08 -0.04 0.13
DAYS >= .01 12 13.2 -1.2 16
DAYS >= .10 4 6.2 -2.2 10
DAYS >= .50 0 1.5 -1.5 1
DAYS >= 1.00 0 0.4 -0.4 1
GREATEST
24 HR. TOTAL 0.27 12/31 TO 12/31
SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
TOTAL 30.3 2014
TOTALS 8.1 10.8 -2.7 7.3
SINCE 7/1 11.1 20.4 -9.3 8.2
SNOWDEPTH AVG. 1 0
DAYS >= 1.0 3 3.5 -0.5 3
GREATEST
SNOW DEPTH 3 01/11 3
01/15
01/16
24 HR TOTAL 2.2
DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL 1317 1224 93 1157
SINCE 7/1 3145 3482 -337 3025
COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0 0
SINCE 1/1 0 0 0 0
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 12.1
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 33/230 DATE 01/27
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 47/250 DATE 01/27
SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.71
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 5
NUMBER OF DAYS PC 9
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 17
AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 69
WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM 0 MIXED PRECIP 0
HEAVY RAIN 0 RAIN 1
LIGHT RAIN 4 FREEZING RAIN 0
LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0
HEAVY SNOW 1 SNOW 3
LIGHT SNOW 19 SLEET 0
FOG 10 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 1
HAZE 3
- INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.
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A SERIES OF ARCTIC COLD FRONTS PROMOTED WELL BELOW-NORMAL
TEMPERATURES AT TIMES THIS MONTH. THERE WERE THREE DISTINCT PERIODS
OF BELOW-NORMAL TEMPERATURES THIS MONTH, WITH THE COLDEST OCCURRING
FROM THE 19TH THROUGH 24TH WHEN DAILY AVERAGE TEMPERATURES WERE AS
MUCH AS 22 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. THROUGH JANUARY 15TH, THE AVERAGE
DAILY TEMPERATURE OF 21.1 DEGREES RANKED AS THE COLDEST START TO
JANUARY SINCE 18.9 DEGREES IN 2018. THE MORNING LOW OF -6 ON THE
MORNING OF THE 22ND WAS THE COLDEST TEMPERATURE OF THE MONTH, AND
MATCHES THE COLDEST TEMPERATURE OBSERVED IN JANUARY 2024. THERE WERE
FOUR DAYS THIS MONTH WITH A TEMPERATURE BELOW ZERO, WHICH MATCHES
THAT OF JANUARY 2022. IN CONTRAST, A RIDGE DEVELOPED OVER THE
EASTERN US IN THE FINAL DAYS OF JANUARY RESULTING IN A HIGH
TEMPERATURE OF 46 ON THE 30TH. THIS IS THE WARMEST HIGH TEMPERATURE
FOR JANUARY SINCE 62 DEGREES IN JANUARY 2023. ALL TOLD, THE MONTH`S
AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS 22.2 DEGREES WHICH IS 3.3 DEGREES BELOW
NORMAL AND TIES AS THE 38TH COLDEST ON RECORD (1930).
LIGHT SNOW WAS COMMON AMID THESE ARCTIC BLASTS. THE GREATEST SINGLE-
DAY TOTAL WAS 2.2 INCHES ON THE 10TH. THE MONTH`S TOTAL OF 8.1
INCHES IS 2.7 INCHES BELOW NORMAL AND RANKS WITHIN THE MIDDLE-THIRD
OF THE 128-YEAR RECORD.
A SLOW-MOVING AREA OF LOW PRESSURE BROUGHT SOAKING RAIN TO PARTS OF
ILLINOIS AND FAR NORTHERN INDIANA TO END THE MONTH. PRECIPITATION
(RAIN AND MELTED SNOW) TOTALED 1.19 INCHES FOR THE MONTH. THIS WAS
1.35 INCHES BELOW NORMAL AND RANKS AS THE 27TH LEAST AMOUNT OF
PRECIPITATION ON RECORD.
NO RECORDS WERE SET THIS MONTH.
BROWN
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