Climatological Report (Monthly)
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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
930 AM EDT SUN SEP 01 2024
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...THE SOUTH BEND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST 2024...
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1893 TO 2024
WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S
VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S)
NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
HIGH 105 08/09/1934
LOW 40 08/29/1965
08/02/1927
08/31/1911
HIGHEST 97 08/27 MM MM 96 08/24
LOWEST 48 08/21 MM MM 48 08/31
AVG. MAXIMUM 83.9 80.8 3.1 81.3
AVG. MINIMUM 62.3 60.5 1.8 61.8
MEAN 73.1 70.7 2.4
DAYS MAX >= 90 7 2.6 4.4 2
DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0
DAYS MIN <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0
DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0
PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
MAXIMUM 12.81 2016
MINIMUM 0.32 1950
TOTALS 2.21 4.01 -1.80 2.11
DAILY AVG. 0.07 0.13 -0.06 0.07
DAYS >= .01 9 10.0 -1.0 7
DAYS >= .10 5 6.5 -1.5 4
DAYS >= .50 1 2.8 -1.8 1
DAYS >= 1.00 1 0.9 0.1 1
GREATEST
24 HR. TOTAL 1.39 08/27 TO 08/28
SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
TOTAL 0.0 MM
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
24 HR TOTAL 0.0
DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL 5 14 -9 3
SINCE 7/1 8 14 -6 3
COOLING TOTAL 265 189 76 214
SINCE 1/1 814 637 177 678
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.7
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 37/280 DATE 08/27
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 55/270 DATE 08/27
SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.24
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 23
NUMBER OF DAYS PC 8
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 0
AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 70
WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM 6 MIXED PRECIP 0
HEAVY RAIN 2 RAIN 4
LIGHT RAIN 10 FREEZING RAIN 0
LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0
HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0
LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0
FOG 12 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 1
HAZE 5
- INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.
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...HOT AND DRY AUGUST...
ALTHOUGH THERE WERE SEVERAL COOLER THAN NORMAL DAYS MID-MONTH, AFTER
A STRETCH OF VERY HOT AND HUMID DAYS TO END THE MONTH, IT COMES WITH
NO SURPRISE THAT AUGUST ENDED UP WARMER THAN NORMAL. THERE WERE 7
DAYS THIS MONTH WITH A HIGH TEMPERATURE AT OR ABOVE 90 DEGREES. THIS
WAS THE MOST 90+ DEGREES DAYS IN AUGUST SINCE 2020; THE NORMAL
AMOUNT OF 90+ DEGREE DAYS IN AUGUST IS 4 DAYS. THE HOTTEST
TEMPERATURE THIS MONTH WAS 97 DEGREES (ON AUGUST 27TH), WHICH WAS
THE HOTTEST AUGUST DAY SINCE IT REACHED 97 DEGREES ON AUGUST 21,
2003! OVERALL, THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS 73.1 DEGREES, WHICH IS
2.4 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL AND TIES AS THE 28TH WARMEST AUGUST ON
RECORD.
A NEW RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE AND A NEW RECORD WARM LOW TEMPERATURE
WERE SET THIS MONTH IN SOUTH BEND. THE LOW TEMPERATURE OF 76 DEGREES
ON AUGUST 26TH BROKE THE OLD DAILY RECORD OF 75, WHICH WAS
PREVIOUSLY SET IN 1983. THE HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 97 DEGREES ON AUGUST
27TH BROKE THE OLD DAILY RECORD OF 96, WHICH WAS PREVIOUSLY SET IN
1948.
SCATTERED POP-UP SHOWERS AND STORMS WERE VERY HIT OR MISS, WHICH AT
TIMES LED TO A RAINFALL DEFECIT. SOUTH BEND RECIEVED 2.21" OF RAIN
IN AUGUST, WHICH IS JUST OVER 50% OF THE NORMAL AMOUNT. MUCH OF THIS
RAIN FELL IN JUST 1 DAY, AS 1.19" OF RAIN WAS MEASURED ON AUGUST
27TH. THIS SET A NEW DAILY RECORD RAINFALL AT SOUTH BEND, BREAKING
THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 1.15" SET IN 2016. THE MONTH ENDED 1.80"
BELOW NORMAL AND RANKS AS THE 34TH DRIEST ON RECORD.
JOHNSON
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