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CXUS53 KIWX 011431
CLMFWA
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
927 AM EST SUN NOV 1 2009
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..THE FORT WAYNE IN CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 2009
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1897 TO 2009
WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART
VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM
NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
HIGH 91 10/03/1898
LOW 19 10/31/1988
HIGHEST 71 10/30 MM MM
10/21
LOWEST 29 10/18 MM MM
AVG. MAXIMUM 58.6 63.0 -4.4
AVG. MINIMUM 40.9 41.8 -0.9
MEAN 49.8 52.4 -2.6
DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0
DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.0 0.0
DAYS MIN <= 32 2 4.6 -2.6
DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0
PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
MAXIMUM 9.26 1954
MINIMUM 0.14 1964
TOTALS 5.17 2.63 2.54
DAILY AVG. 0.17 0.08 0.09
DAYS >= .01 16 9.6 6.4
DAYS >= .10 11 5.7 5.3
DAYS >= .50 3 1.6 1.4
DAYS >= 1.00 2 0.6 1.4
GREATEST
24 HR. TOTAL 1.54 10/22 TO 10/23
SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
TOTAL 8.0 1989
TOTALS 0.0 0.5 -0.5
SINCE 7/1 0.0 0.5 -0.5
SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 MM MM
DAYS >= 1.0 0 0.1 -0.1
GREATEST
SNOW DEPTH 0 MM
24 HR TOTAL 0.0 10/31 TO 10/31
DEGREE_DAYS
HEATING TOTAL 464 394 70
SINCE 7/1 537 513 24
COOLING TOTAL 0 8 -8
SINCE 1/1 616 830 -214
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.3
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 33/270 DATE 10/06
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 44/280 DATE 10/06
SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM
WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM 0 MIXED PRECIP 0
HEAVY RAIN 3 RAIN 7
LIGHT RAIN 18 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 1
HAZE 6
- INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.
OCTOBER CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FWA
..A VERY COOL AND WET OCTOBER
THE FIRST HALF OF OCTOBER FELT MORE LIKE NOVEMBER AS TEMPERATURES
AVERAGED WELL BELOW NORMAL DURING THE FIRST 19 DAYS OF THE MONTH. IT
WAS ALSO A RATHER WET MONTH AS PRECIPITATION WAS ABOVE NORMAL AND
OCCURRED ON OVER HALF OF THE DAYS OF THE MONTH.
THE FIRST 19 DAYS OF OCTOBER AT FORT WAYNE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT HAD
AVERAGE TEMPERATURES BELOW NORMAL. FIVE OF THE 19 DAYS AVERAGED 10
OR MORE DEGREES BELOW NORMAL...WITH A STRETCH OF CONSECUTIVE DAYS
FROM OCTOBER 10TH THROUGH THE 18TH ALL HAVING AVERAGE TEMPERATURES
AT LEAST 7 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. THE COLDEST DAY OF THE MONTH WAS
OCTOBER 11TH WITH A HIGH OF 48 AND A LOW OF 35 FOR AN AVERAGE
TEMPERATURE OF 42...12 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. THE WARMEST TEMPERATURE
OF THE FIRST 19 DAYS OF THE MONTH WAS 66 DEGREES...OCCURRING ON THE
5TH. IT WAS NOT UNTIL OCTOBER 20TH THAT THE MONTH HAD ITS FIRST DAY
WITH AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE ABOVE NORMAL. THE FINAL 11 DAYS OF THE
MONTH WERE CLOSER TO NORMAL WITH ALL BUT 2 OF THESE DAYS HAVING AN
AVERAGE TEMPERATURE ABOVE NORMAL. OCTOBER 20TH SAW THE FIRST OF ONLY
3 70 DEGREE TEMPERATURES DURING THE MONTH.
THE WARMING TREND AT THE END OF THE MONTH CERTAINLY HELPED BRING THE
MONTHLY AVERAGE TEMPERATURE BACK CLOSER TO NORMAL. HOWEVER...IT
STILL REMAINED A BELOW NORMAL MONTH AS THE AVERAGE MONTHLY
TEMPERATURE WAS 49.8 DEGREES...2.6 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. THIS RANKS
AS THE 15TH COOLEST OCTOBER ON RECORD AT FORT WAYNE. THE WARMEST
TEMPERATURES WERE ON THE 21ST AND 30TH WHEN THE HIGH WAS 71. THE
LOWEST TEMPERATURE WAS ON THE 18TH WHEN THE LOW WAS 29.
OCTOBER PRECIPITATION WAS ABOVE NORMAL AT FORT WAYNE. THE MONTHLY
TOTAL WAS 5.17 INCHES...2.54 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL. PRECIPITATION
OCCURRED ON 18 DAYS WITH MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION OCCURRING ON 16
DAYS. THIS RANKED AS THE 9TH WETTEST OCTOBER ON RECORD. THERE WAS NO
SNOWFALL RECORDED DURING THE MONTH.
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