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CXUS53 KIWX 011013
CLMSBN
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
513 AM EST FRI MAR 01 2024
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..THE SOUTH BEND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY 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 74 02/25/2000
LOW -20 02/10/1899
02/09/1899
HIGHEST 73 02/27 MM MM 57 02/09
LOWEST 15 02/24 MM MM 3 02/01
AVG. MAXIMUM 48.9 34.9 14.0 43.2
AVG. MINIMUM 27.2 19.3 7.9 25.4
MEAN 38.0 27.1 10.9
DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0
DAYS MAX <= 32 3 11.7 -8.7 3
DAYS MIN <= 32 23 24.7 -1.7 23
DAYS MIN <= 0 0 1.5 -1.5 0
PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
MAXIMUM 8.08 2018
MINIMUM 0.54 1969
TOTALS 0.78 2.31 -1.53 4.08
DAILY AVG. 0.03 MM MM 0.15
DAYS >= .01 8 12.5 -4.5 9
DAYS >= .10 3 5.8 -2.8 4
DAYS >= .50 0 1.1 -1.1 3
DAYS >= 1.00 0 0.4 -0.4 3
GREATEST
24 HR. TOTAL 0.27 02/22 TO 02/22
SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
TOTAL 36.4 2015
TOTALS 2.8 16.1 -13.3 1.3
SINCE 7/1 29.9 56.7 -26.8 47.9
SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 0
DAYS >= 1.0 1 5.2 -4.2 1
GREATEST
SNOW DEPTH 1 02/17
02/24
02/25
24 HR TOTAL 1.4 02/23 TO 02/23
DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL 774 1061 -287 853
SINCE 7/1 3839 4802 -963 4006
COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0 0
SINCE 1/1 0 0 0 0
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.1
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 35/310 DATE 02/28
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 46/300 DATE 02/28
SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.30
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 17
NUMBER OF DAYS PC 11
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 1
AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 68
WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM 1 MIXED PRECIP 0
HEAVY RAIN 0 RAIN 2
LIGHT RAIN 4 FREEZING RAIN 0
LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0
HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 3
LIGHT SNOW 5 SLEET 0
FOG 20 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 4
HAZE 11
- INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.
..WARMEST FEBRUARY ON RECORD
AFTER AN ASTONISHINGLY WARM MONTH, SOUTH BEND HAS OFFICIALLY
CLINCHED THE WARMEST FEBRUARY ON RECORD! ONLY TWO DAYS THIS MONTH
WERE BELOW NORMAL; IN COMPARISON, 15 DAYS THIS MONTH WERE 10+
DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL! THE LAST WEEK OF FEBRUARY FEATURED A THREE DAY
STRETCH OF HIGHS 60 DEGREES OR MORE. ON AVERAGE, FEBRUARY HAS ONE
DAY IN THE 60S; THIS YEAR, THERE WERE FIVE DAYS IN THE 60S AND ONE
DAY IN THE 70S. IN FACT, THE 73 DEGREE HIGH TEMPERATURE ON FEBRUARY
27TH WAS ONLY THE 3RD OCCURENCE OF 70S IN FEBRAURY IN 130 YEARS! THE
MOST RECENT 70+ DEGREE DAY IN FEBRUARY BEFORE THEN WAS FEBRUARY 25,
2000.
SEVERAL TEMPERATURE RECORDS WERE TIED OR BROKEN THIS MONTH. THERE
WERE FOUR HIGH TEMPERATURE RECORDS BROKEN ON FEBRUARY 9TH, 26TH,
27TH, AND 28TH. THERE WERE ALSO TWO DAILY RECORD WARM LOW
TEMPERATURES BROKEN ON FEBRUARY 9TH AND 27TH. THE AVERAGE
TEMPERATURE FOR FEBRUARY WAS 38.0 DEGREES, WHICH IS 10.9 DEGREES
ABOVE NORMAL.
PRECIPITATION WAS TOUGH TO COME BY THIS MONTH. THERE WERE NO DAILY
RAINFALL TOTALS OVER HALF AN INCH. THERE WERE ONLY TWO DAYS WHERE
RAINFALL TOTALED OVER A QUARTER INCH OR MORE: FEBRUARY 22ND AND
23RD. PRECIPITATION TOTALED 0.78" FOR THE MONTH. THIS IS 1.53" BELOW
NORMAL AND WAS THE 12TH DRIEST FEBRUARY ON RECORD. THIS WAS THE
DRIEST FEBRUARY SINCE 2004 FOR SOUTH BEND (0.76").
DESPITE THE LACK OF ICE COVER ON LAKE MICHIGAN, DUE TO THE
ANOMALOUSLY WARM TEMPERATURES, SNOWFALL WAS NOTABLY LACKING THIS
MONTH. SNOWFALL TOTALED ONLY 2.8" FOR THE ENTIRE MONTH. THIS IS
13.3" BELOW NORMAL AND RANKS AS THE 13TH LEAST SNOWIEST FEBRUARY ON
RECORD.
JOHNSON
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