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CXUS53 KIWX 022203
CLMSBN
INDCLMSBN 000
TTAA00 KIWX 021835
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
539 PM EDT SUN JUN 2 2013
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..THE SOUTH BEND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF MAY 2013
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1893 TO 2013
WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR'S
VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S)
NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
HIGH 97 05/27/2012
LOW 24 05/06/1968
HIGHEST 90 05/20 MM MM 97 05/27
LOWEST 30 05/13 MM MM 38 05/11
AVG. MAXIMUM 74.5 70.0 4.5 76.6
AVG. MINIMUM 51.3 48.6 2.7 52.7
MEAN 62.9 59.3 3.6
DAYS MAX >= 90 1 0.3 0.7 3
DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0
DAYS MIN <= 32 1 0.4 0.6 0
DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0
PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
MAXIMUM 8.09 1996
MINIMUM 0.80 1994
TOTALS 3.25 3.83 -0.58 2.14
DAILY AVG. 0.10 0.12 -0.02 0.07
DAYS >= .01 11 12.3 -1.3 8
DAYS >= .10 6 7.3 -1.3 5
DAYS >= .50 3 2.8 0.2 2
DAYS >= 1.00 0 0.8 -0.8 0
GREATEST
24 HR. TOTAL 0.83 05/21 TO 05/21
SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
TOTAL 10.0 1929
TOTALS 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
SINCE 7/1 59.9 66.6 -6.7 51.2
SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 MM MM 0
DAYS >= 1.0 0 0.0 0.0 0
GREATEST
SNOW DEPTH 0 MM 0
24 HR TOTAL 0.0 05/31 TO 05/31
DEGREE_DAYS
HEATING TOTAL 148 223 -75 115
SINCE 7/1 6103 6254 -151 5074
COOLING TOTAL 91 46 45 112
SINCE 1/1 96 56 40 158
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.4
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 46/250 DATE 05/28
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 60/250 DATE 05/28
SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.40
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 18
NUMBER OF DAYS PC 7
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 6
AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 62
WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM 0 MIXED PRECIP 0
HEAVY RAIN 4 RAIN 9
LIGHT RAIN 11 FREEZING RAIN 0
LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0
HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0
LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0
FOG 10 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 0
HAZE 4
- INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.
..A DRY BEGINNING BUT A WET ENDING TO MAY
MAY BEGAN WARM AND VERY DRY AFTER A COOL AND WET APRIL. JUST A
QUARTER OF AN INCH OF RAIN FELL BETWEEN THE FIRST AND THE 20TH OF
MAY BUT NEARLY THREE INCHES OF RAIN FELL BETWEEN THE 21ST AND 31ST.
THERE WAS ALSO A LACK OF SEVERE WEATHER THROUGHOUT THE
MONTH...HOWEVER A SERIES OF THUNDERSTORM COMPLEXES OVER THE LAST
THREE DAYS OF THE MONTH BROUGHT DAMAGING WINDS AND FLASH FLOODING TO
PORTIONS OF THE REGION.
HIGH TEMPERATURES WERE ABOVE 70 DEGREES DURING THE FIRST
NINE DAYS OF THE MONTH AND HIGHS WERE AT OR ABOVE 70 ON 23 DAYS
DURING THE MONTH. DESPITE BEING A RELATIVELY WARM MONTH...THERE WAS
A LARGE CONTRAST IN TEMPERATURES. THE WARMEST HIGH TEMPERATURE WAS
90 ON THE 20TH WHILE THE COOLEST HIGH TEMPERATURE WAS JUST 50
DEGREES ON THE 12TH. THERE WAS A LOW TEMPERATURE RECORD TIED AS
WELL. THE LOW ON MAY 13TH WAS 30 DEGREES...TYING THE OLD RECORD SET
IN 1996 AND 1928. ON MAY 21ST...A RECORD WARM LOW TEMPERATURE OF 70
DEGREES OCCURRED...TYING THE OLD RECORD SET IN 1911.
THE AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE FOR MAY WAS 62.9 DEGREES...3.6
DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THIS RANKS AS THE T-21ST WARMEST MAY ON
RECORD. PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH WAS 3.25 INCHES...0.58 INCHES
BELOW NORMAL. THIS RANKS AS THE 58TH DRIEST MAY ON RECORD.
NG/LASHLEY
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