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CXUS53 KIWX 011950
CLMFWA
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
349 PM EDT THU OCT 01 2026
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..THE FORT WAYNE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER 2026
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1897 TO 2026
WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR'S
VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S)
NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
HIGH 100 09/02/1953
09/01/1953
LOW 29 09/23/1995
09/29/1951
HIGHEST 93 09/03 MM MM 90 09/19
09/20
LOWEST 43 09/27 MM MM 36 09/08
AVG. MAXIMUM 77.5 76.1 1.4 80.7
AVG. MINIMUM 58.4 53.4 5.0 52.5
MEAN 67.9 64.8 3.1
DAYS MAX >= 90 4 1.5 2.5 2
DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0
DAYS MIN <= 32 0 0.1 -0.1 0
DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0
PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
MAXIMUM 7.44 1933
MINIMUM 0.34 1979
TOTALS 4.99 3.04 1.95 0.98
DAILY AVG. 0.17 0.10 0.07 0.03
DAYS >= .01 9 9.1 -0.1 7
DAYS >= .10 5 5.6 -0.6 4
DAYS >= .50 4 2.2 1.8 0
DAYS >= 1.00 1 0.8 0.2 0
GREATEST
24 HR. TOTAL 2.03 09/17 TO 09/18
SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
TOTAL T 2003
TOTALS 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
SINCE 7/1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
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 59 94 -35 47
SINCE 7/1 63 106 -43 71
COOLING TOTAL 156 86 70 103
SINCE 1/1 942 837 105 972
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.7
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 25/050 DATE 09/04
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 36/070 DATE 09/05
SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.61
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 7
NUMBER OF DAYS PC 12
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 11
AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 79
WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM 7 MIXED PRECIP 0
HEAVY RAIN 3 RAIN 6
LIGHT RAIN 14 FREEZING RAIN 0
LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0
HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0
LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0
FOG 13 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 0
HAZE 1
- INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.
WETTEST SEPTEMBER SINCE 2016.
THE MONTH BEGAN WITH A TRIO OF 90S AND A HANDFUL OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM DAYS, WITH WARNINGS ISSUED ON THE 3RD, 4TH, AND 5TH. WE
NOTCHED ONE ADDITIONAL 90-DEGREE DAY ON THE 15TH, BRINGING THE
MONTH'S TOTAL TO 4, WHICH IS THE MOST SINCE 2018 (5). THE DAILY
AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FINALLY DIPPED BELOW NORMAL ON THE 14TH, BUT
ONLY FOR ONE DAY. THE RENEWED HEAT OCCURRED AS A LARGE UPPER-LEVEL
RIDGE MOVED IN ONCE MORE. A TASTE OF FALL ARRIVED IN THE LATTER
THIRD OF THE MONTH WHEN HIGHS IN THE 60S AND EVEN SOME LOWS IN THE
40S WERE COMMON. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 67.9
WHICH IS 3.1 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL AND RANKS AS THE 18TH WARMEST ON
RECORD. NO TEMPERATURE RECORDS WERE SET THIS MONTH.
DUE TO THE AFORMENTIONED UPPER-LEVEL RIDGE, WE FOUND OURSELVES
WITHIN THE "RING OF FIRE" PATTERN AT TIMES. IN THIS PATTERN,
COMPLEXES OF THUNDERSTORMS RIDE ATOP A RIDGE IN PLACE. RAINFALL FOR
THE MONTH TOTALED 4.99 INCHES WHICH IS 1.99" ABOVE NORMAL AND RANKS
AS THE 15TH WETTEST ON RECORD, AND WETTEST SINCE 5.44 INCHES IN
2016. ONE DAILY RAINFALL RECORD WAS SET: SEPTEMBER 17TH RECORDED
2.01 INCHES, BREAKING THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 0.95 SET IN 1969.
THE STRETCH FROM SEPTEMBER 15TH THROUGH 20TH REPRESENTED 94% OF THE
MONTH'S RAINFALL TOTAL: 4.71 INCHES. DURING THIS STRETCH, RECORD
RIVER FLOODING OCCURRED ALONG THE WABASH RIVER IN ADAMS COUNTY AT
LINN GROVE. AN AUTOMATED GAUGE RECORDED A WATER LEVEL OF 14.86 FEET,
EXCEEDING THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 14.8 SET IN 2003. ELSEWHERE,
INSTANCES OF URBAN AND LOW-LYING FLOODING WERE NOTED.
BROWN
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