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CXUS53 KIWX 011258
CLMFWA
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
839 AM EDT SAT AUG 1 2020
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..THE FORT WAYNE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF JULY 2020
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1897 TO 2020
WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR'S
VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S)
NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
HIGH 106 07/14/1936
07/22/1934
LOW 38 07/02/1904
HIGHEST 95 07/07 MM MM 95 07/10
07/06 07/02
LOWEST 56 07/14 MM MM 55 07/25
07/24
AVG. MAXIMUM 87.6 84.4 3.2 87.0
AVG. MINIMUM 66.2 62.7 3.5 67.1
MEAN 76.9 73.6 3.3
DAYS MAX >= 90 11 5.4 5.6 10
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 11.00 1986
MINIMUM 0.41 1974
TOTALS 5.25 4.24 1.01 3.31
DAILY AVG. 0.17 0.14 0.03 0.11
DAYS >= .01 10 9.8 0.2 9
DAYS >= .10 8 6.8 1.2 8
DAYS >= .50 3 2.7 0.3 2
DAYS >= 1.00 1 1.3 -0.3 1
GREATEST
24 HR. TOTAL 2.24 07/27 TO 07/27
SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
TOTAL T 2014
TOTALS 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
SINCE 7/1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
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 07/31 TO 07/31
DEGREE_DAYS
HEATING TOTAL 0 3 -3 0
SINCE 7/1 0 3 -3 0
COOLING TOTAL 380 267 113 380
SINCE 1/1 670 506 164 641
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.3
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 45/340 DATE 07/08
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 67/340 DATE 07/08
SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.50
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 8
NUMBER OF DAYS PC 17
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 6
AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 71
- INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.
..ONE DAY'S RAIN WORKS TO EASE OTHERWISE DRY CONDITIONS
JULY WAS NOTABLY HOT AND HUMID, WHICH OF COURSE TENDS TO HAPPEN IN
THE SUMMER MONTHS. HOWEVER, THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR JULY 2020,
76.9 DEGREES, MAKING THIS JULY THE 15TH WARMEST ON RECORD. ELEVEN 90-
DEGREE DAYS WERE OBSERVED THIS MONTH WHICH IS THE GREATEST SINCE
2012 WHEN THE TALLY WAS TWENTY. THERE WERE EIGHT CONSECUTIVE 90-
DEGREE DAYS FROM JULY 2 TO 9. THERE HAVE BEEN TWENTY 90-DEGREE DAYS
SO FAR THIS YEAR, TYING AS THE 22ND GREATEST.
RAINFALL WAS HARD TO FIND FOR MUCH OF THE AREA. JULY 1 STARTED WITH
MUCH OF INDIANA DECLARED AS "ABNORMALLY DRY" ON THE U.S. DROUGHT
MONITOR. BY MID-MONTH, PORTIONS OF NORTHERN INDIANA WERE DECLARED TO
BE PART OF A "MODERATE DROUGHT". BOTH OF THESE AREAS WERE FURTHER
EXPANDED BY THE END OF THE MONTH.
A RATHER DECEPTIVE 5.25 INCHES OF RAIN WAS OBSERVED AT FORT WAYNE,
WHICH IS 1.01 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL. 2.24 INCHES FELL ON THE 27TH,
BREAKING THE OLD RECORD OF 1.92 IN 1923. THIS SINGLE-DAY RAINFALL
ESSENTIALLY MASKS THE NOTION OF A DRY MONTH FROM THE RECORD BOOKS.
THIS MONTHLY TOTAL RANKS AS THE 20TH WETTEST JULY ON RECORD.
ON JUNE 20TH, FORT WAYNE'S TOTAL PRECIPITAITON SINCE JUNE 1 AND
JANUARY 1 WERE 3.42 AND 2.92 INCHES BELOW NORMAL, RESPECTIVELY. BY
THE END OF THE MONTH, THESE VALUES IMPROVED TO 1.18 AND 0.68 INCHES,
RESPECTIVELY.
BROWN/ROLLER
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