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CLMFWA
CLIMATE REPORT...RETRANSMITTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
942 AM EDT SUN JUN 01 2025
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..THE FORT WAYNE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF MAY 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 97 05/28/2018
LOW 23 05/09/2020
HIGHEST 86 05/16 MM MM 90 05/21
LOWEST 38 05/09 MM MM 43 05/12
AVG. MAXIMUM 69.4 72.2 -2.8 77.2
AVG. MINIMUM 49.3 50.4 -1.1 55.2
MEAN 59.3 61.3 -2.0
DAYS MAX >= 90 0 1.1 -1.1 1
DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0
DAYS MIN <= 32 0 0.4 -0.4 0
DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0
PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
MAXIMUM 10.17 2011
MINIMUM 0.48 1925
TOTALS 3.01 4.58 -1.57 4.42
DAILY AVG. 0.10 0.15 -0.05 0.14
DAYS >= .01 9 13.7 -4.7 12
DAYS >= .10 6 8.1 -2.1 8
DAYS >= .50 3 2.8 0.2 3
DAYS >= 1.00 0 1.1 -1.1 1
GREATEST
24 HR. TOTAL 0.99 05/04 TO 05/04
SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
TOTAL 0.5 1940
TOTALS 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
SINCE 7/1 14.8 33.6 -18.8 11.6
SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 0
DAYS >= 1.0 0 0.0 0.0 0
GREATEST
SNOW DEPTH 0 0
24 HR TOTAL 0.0
DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL 189 177 12 45
SINCE 7/1 5409 5943 -534 4832
COOLING TOTAL 20 62 -42 88
SINCE 1/1 29 70 -41 102
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.6
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 51/220 DATE 05/16
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 66/260 DATE 05/16
SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.70
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 3
NUMBER OF DAYS PC 10
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 16
AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 70
WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM 4 MIXED PRECIP 0
HEAVY RAIN 3 RAIN 3
LIGHT RAIN 17 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 0
- INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.
..SLIGHTLY COOLER THAN NORMAL AND DRIER THAN USUAL
THE MOST NOTABLE FEATURE THIS MONTH WAS THE WIDESPREAD STRONG 40 TO
70 MPH WINDS THAT MOVED THROUGH ON THE 16TH. A 71 MPH WIND GUST
REPORT WAS RECORDED NORTH OF NEW HAVEN AND A 66 MPH GUST WAS
RECORDED AT THE FORT WAYNE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. ADDITIONALLY, A
PLUME OF DUST FROM CROP FIELDS WAS KICKED UP AND IT REDUCED
VISIBILITY IN AREAS AS IT WENT NORTHWARD. THIS WAS MOST NOTABLE IN
AREAS WEST OF US-31. 70 DEGREE DEW POINTS ON THE 15TH WERE REPLACED
BY A DRIER AREA OF 40 AND 50 DEGREE DEW POINTS ON THE 16TH AND THIS
DRIER AIRMASS HELPED FACTOR INTO THE STRONG WIND GUSTS OBSERVED AS A
PLAINS-LIKE INVERTED-V PROFILE SETUP OCCURRED. ONLY A TRACE AND A
TENTH OF RAINFALL WAS OBSERVED ON THE 15TH AND 16TH RESPECTIVELY.
AS FOR TEMPERATURE, THIS MONTH FINISHED COOLER THAN NORMAL.
TEMPERATURES THROUGHOUT THE FIRST HALF OF THE MONTH AVERAGED NORMAL
TO ABOVE NORMAL, WHEREAS THE LATTER HALF OF THE MONTH (THE 18TH
THROUGH 31ST) WAS MUCH COOLER AND THIS REALLY HELPED TO AVERAGE
THINGS OUT. OVERALL, THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS 59.3 DEGREES, WHICH
IS 2.0 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. THIS RANKS AS THE 52ND COOLEST MAY ON
RECORD. RECORDS BEGAN IN 1897.
PRECIPITATION-WISE, THIS MONTH FINISHED BELOW NORMAL. THREE DAYS
THIS MONTH HAD OVER A HALF INCH OF RAIN: MAY 4TH, MAY 5TH, AND MAY
20TH. MAY 4TH WAS THE WETTEST DAY THIS MONTH WITH 0.99" OF RAIN. IN
TOTAL, 3.01" OF PRECIPITATION FELL THIS MONTH, WHICH IS 1.57" BELOW
NORMAL. THIS TIES FOR THE 45TH DRIEST MAY ON RECORD.
ROLLER/JOHNSON
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