CXUS53 KIWX 011255 CLMFWA CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 855 AM EDT MON APR 01 2024 ................................... ...THE FORT WAYNE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH 2024... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1897 TO 2024 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR'S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 87 03/21/2012 LOW -10 03/01/1967 HIGHEST 73 03/13 MM MM 63 03/31 LOWEST 21 03/21 MM MM 18 03/15 03/19 AVG. MAXIMUM 54.9 47.8 7.1 47.8 AVG. MINIMUM 34.6 29.4 5.2 29.9 MEAN 44.8 38.6 6.2 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 2.7 -2.7 1 DAYS MIN <= 32 13 20.5 -7.5 21 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.1 -0.1 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 7.10 1913 MINIMUM 0.48 2001 TOTALS 4.12 2.81 1.31 4.86 DAILY AVG. 0.13 0.09 0.04 0.16 DAYS >= .01 10 11.7 -1.7 14 DAYS >= .10 6 6.3 -0.3 7 DAYS >= .50 2 1.9 0.1 4 DAYS >= 1.00 1 0.4 0.6 2 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 2.12 03/14 TO 03/14 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 19.5 1964 TOTALS 0.7 4.6 -3.9 4.1 SINCE 7/1 11.6 32.8 -21.2 21.7 SNOWDEPTH AVG. T 0 DAYS >= 1.0 0 1.5 -1.5 2 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH T 1 24 HR TOTAL 0.4 03/22 TO 03/22 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 619 819 -200 799 SINCE 7/1 4432 5315 -883 4757 COOLING TOTAL 0 1 -1 0 SINCE 1/1 0 1 -1 0 ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 11.4 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 37/260 DATE 03/16 37/250 03/19 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 53/250 DATE 03/19 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.69 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 2 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 17 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 12 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 67 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 4 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 3 RAIN 5 LIGHT RAIN 12 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 1 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 4 SLEET 0 FOG 12 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 2 HAZE 2 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && ...A WET AND TOP 10 WARMEST MARCH... MUCH LIKE FEBRUARY, ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES CONTINUED THROUGH MARCH, ESPECIALLY DURING THE FIRST HALF OF THE MONTH. 14 OF THE FIRST 15 DAYS OF MARCH HAD AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE ABOVE NORMAL. TYPICALLY, THERE ARE 6 DAYS WITH A HIGH TEMPERATURE AT OR ABOVE 60 DEGREES IN MARCH; THIS YEAR, THERE WERE 11 60+ DEGREE DAYS IN FORT WAYNE (THIS INCLUDES TWO DAYS WITH HIGHS IN THE 70S). ONE NEW HIGH TEMPERATURE RECORD WAS SET THIS MONTH; THE HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 73 DEGREES ON MARCH 13 TIED THE RECORD DAILY HIGH SET IN 2007. OVERALL, THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR MARCH WAS 44.8 DEGREES, WHICH IS 6.2 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THIS WAS THE WARMEST MARCH SINCE 2012. MARCH 2024 RANKS AS THE 7TH WARMEST MARCH ON RECORD. RECORDS DATE BACK TO 1897. ALTHOUGH MANY DAYS THIS MONTH DID NOT HAVE MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION, THE MONTH OVERALL WAS STILL ABOVE AVERAGE. THIS IS BECAUSE MUCH OF THE MONTH'S RAINFALL FELL IN ONE DAY! MARCH 14TH MEASURED 2.12"! THIS WAS THE MOST RAIN IN 24 HOURS IN FORT WAYNE SINCE JULY 5, 2022, WHICH HAD 2.83". MARCH 14TH ALSO SET A NEW DAILY RAINFALL RECORD, BREAKING THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 0.94" SET IN 1997. MARCH 14, 2024 WAS THE 5TH WETTEST MARCH DAY ON RECORD! OVERALL, THE MONTH TOTALED 4.12 INCHES OF RAIN, WHICH IS 1.31 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL. THIS WAS THE 25TH WETTEST MARCH ON RECORD. DUE TO THE WARM TEMPERATURES, SNOWFALL WAS NOTABLY LACKING IN MARCH. ONLY 0.7" OF SNOW WAS MEASURED THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE MONTH, WHICH IS 3.9" BELOW AVERAGE. THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL OCCASIONS WHERE ONLY A TRACE OF SNOW HAS BEEN RECORDED IN MARCH, SO THIS IS NOT A RECORD. MARCH 2024 TIES FOR THE 22ND LEAST SNOWIEST ON RECORD AND IS THE LEAST SNOWIEST MARCH SINCE 2021. JOHNSON $$