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CXUS53 KIWX 011500
CLMFWA
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
950 AM EST TUE MAR 1 2011
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...THE FORT WAYNE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY 2011...
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1897 TO 2011
WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR'S
VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S)
NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
HIGH 73 02/25/2000
LOW -19 02/09/1899
HIGHEST 58 02/17 MM MM 40 02/21
LOWEST -13 02/10 MM MM 3 02/15
AVG. MAXIMUM 33.5 35.4 -1.9 31.8
AVG. MINIMUM 17.6 19.2 -1.6 19.4
MEAN 25.5 27.3 -1.8
DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0
DAYS MAX <= 32 11 11.3 -0.3 16
DAYS MIN <= 32 26 23.7 2.3 28
DAYS MIN <= 0 3 3.0 0.0 0
PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
MAXIMUM 6.84 1990
MINIMUM 0.20 1920
TOTALS 3.21 1.94 1.27 1.06
DAILY AVG. 0.11 0.07 0.04 0.04
DAYS >= .01 14 10.4 3.6 14
DAYS >= .10 6 4.9 1.1 3
DAYS >= .50 2 1.2 0.8 0
DAYS >= 1.00 1 0.2 0.8 0
GREATEST
24 HR. TOTAL 1.31 02/27 TO 02/28
SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
TOTAL 19.0 2008
TOTALS 18.3 7.6 10.7 12.1
SINCE 7/1 45.3 29.3 16.0 29.3
SNOWDEPTH AVG. 5 MM MM 1
DAYS >= 1.0 6 2.3 3.7 5
GREATEST
SNOW DEPTH 13 02/06 6
24 HR TOTAL 4.9 MM
DEGREE_DAYS
HEATING TOTAL 1099 1063 36 1097
SINCE 7/1 4840 4674 166 4610
COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0 0
SINCE 1/1 0 0 0 0
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.8
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 43/060 DATE 02/01
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 54/060 DATE 02/01
SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 4
NUMBER OF DAYS PC 9
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 15
AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 76
WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM 2 MIXED PRECIP 0
HEAVY RAIN 2 RAIN 1
LIGHT RAIN 4 FREEZING RAIN 1
LT FREEZING RAIN 6 HAIL 0
HEAVY SNOW 3 SNOW 6
LIGHT SNOW 13 SLEET 4
FOG 16 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.
&&
...COLD AND WET WITH NEAR RECORD SNOWFALL AT FORT WAYNE...
THE COLD AND SNOWY WINTER CONTINUED THROUGH FEBRUARY AS TEMPERATURES
AVERAGED BELOW NORMAL WHILE PRECIPITATION AND SNOWFALL WERE ABOVE
NORMAL. THERE WERE TWO DAILY RECORDS SET DURING THE MONTH...ONE FOR
DAILY SNOWFALL AND ONE FOR WARM LOW TEMPERATURES.
THE MONTH BEGAN WITH A STRONG WINTER STORM SYSTEM THAT BROUGHT
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS...HEAVY SNOW...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET TO MUCH
OF THE AREA. WHILE THE BRUNT OF HEAVIEST SNOW FELL ACROSS PORTIONS
OF NORTHEAST ILLINOIS...FAR NORTHWEST INDIANA AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST
LOWER MICHIGAN...THE ENTIRE AREA EXPERIENCED SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
IN SOME FORM. FORT WAYNE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT RECORDED 6.1 INCHES
OF SNOW...PLUS FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND ICING AS A RESULT.
SUSTAINED WINDS REACHED 25 TO 35 MPH AND WIND GUSTS WERE AS HIGH AS
54 MPH. THE HIGHEST WIND GUST FOR THE MONTH AT FORT WAYNE OCCURRED
DURING THIS STORM. THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS
CREATED WHITE OUT AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS...LED TO SNOW DRIFTS IN
EXCESS OF 4 FEET IN SOME AREAS...AND CLOSED MANY ROADS.
YET ANOTHER POTENT WINTER STORM SYSTEM AFFECTED THE AREA ON THE
25TH. THIS STORM BROUGHT 5 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW TO MANY AREAS NEAR
FORT WAYNE. OFFICIALLY AT THE AIRPORT...ONLY 3.5 INCHES OF SNOW WAS
RECORDED. HOWEVER...SOME AREAS JUST NORTH OF THE AIRPORT PICKED UP
OVER 6 INCHES OF SNOW.
TEMPERATURES WERE GENERALLY WELL BELOW NORMAL THROUGH THE FIRST 11
DAYS OF THE MONTH. THREE DAYS EXPERIENCED LOW TEMPERATURES BELOW
ZERO WITH THE COLDEST READING OF 13 BELOW ZERO OCCURRING ON THE
MORNING OF THE 10TH. THIS COLD STRETCH WAS FOLLOWED BY A PLEASANT
WARM UP THAT STRETCHED THROUGH THE 19TH. THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURE OF
FEBRUARY OCCURRED ON THE 17TH WHEN THE HIGH WAS 58 DEGREES. THERE
WERE 2 DAYS IN THE 50S THIS MONTH...THE 17TH AND 18TH. THIS STRETCH
OF WARM TEMPERATURES HELPED RAISE THE MONTHLY AVERAGE TEMPERATURE.
HOWEVER...MORE SEASONABLE AIR ARRIVED ON THE 20TH AND TEMPERATURES
GENERALLY REMAINED NEAR OR BELOW NORMAL FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE
MONTH.
WHILE HEAVY SNOW OCCURRED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE
MONTH...A COMBINATION OF RAIN AND SNOW FELL OVER THE REMAINDER OF
THE MONTH. THIS PRECIPITATION ALONG WITH MELTING SNOW COMBINED TO
CREATE FLOODING TOWARD THE END OF THE MONTH. MEASURABLE
PRECIPITATION OCCURRED ON 8 OUT OF THE LAST 9 DAYS IN FEBRUARY. WELL
OVER HALF OF THE TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH FELL IN THESE
LAST 9 DAYS WITH 1.23 INCHES OF RAIN FALLING DURING THE EARLY
MORNING HOURS ON FEBRUARY 28TH. THIS WAS THE SECOND HIGHEST AMOUNT
OF PRECIPITATION RECORDED ON THIS DATE. WITH THE GROUND ALREADY
SATURATED FROM THE SNOW MELT DURING THE MIDDLE OF THE MONTH...THE
ADDITIONAL RAIN AND NEW SNOW MELT LED TO RAPID RISES ON MANY AREA
RIVERS...WITH LOWLAND FLOODING AND SOME URBAN FLOODING AS WELL WHERE
STORM DRAINS WERE CLOGGED.
THE AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE WAS 25.5 DEGREES...1.8 DEGREES BELOW
NORMAL. PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH WAS 3.21 INCHES...1.27 INCHES
ABOVE NORMAL. THIS RANKS AS THE 18TH WETTEST FEBRUARY ON RECORD IN
THE FORT WAYNE AREA. SNOWFALL FOR THE MONTH WAS 18.3 INCHES...10.7
INCHES ABOVE NORMAL. THIS RANKS AS THE SNOWIEST FEBRUARY ON RECORD
IN THE FORT WAYNE AREA DURING NON LEAP YEARS. HOWEVER...2008 REMAINS
THE OFFICIAL SNOWIEST FEBRUARY ON RECORD AS 19 INCHES FELL DURING
THE 29 DAYS OF THAT MONTH.
THERE WERE TWO DIFFERENT DAILY RECORDS SET AT FORT WAYNE IN
FEBRUARY. A RECORD SNOWFALL OF 4.9 INCHES WAS SET ON FEBRUARY
1ST...BREAKING THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 3.9 INCHES SET IN 2008. A
RECORD WARM LOW TEMPERATURE OCCURRED ON FEBRUARY 17TH WHEN THE LOW
WAS ONLY 43 DEGREES. THIS TIED THE PREVIOUS WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE
ON THIS DATE FROM 1897.
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LASHLEY