000 CDUS43 KIWX 180536 CLIFWA CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 135 AM EDT TUE APR 18 2006 ................................... ...THE FORT WAYNE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 17 2006... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1911 TO 2006 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 60 429 PM 85 2002 60 0 75 MINIMUM 44 636 AM 26 2001 38 6 47 AVERAGE 52 49 3 61 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.29 2.56 1963 0.12 0.17 T MONTH TO DATE 3.55 1.98 1.57 0.20 SINCE MAR 1 5.53 4.84 0.69 1.66 SINCE JAN 1 10.18 8.83 1.35 9.09 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 MONTH TO DATE T SINCE OCT 1 27.1 SINCE JUL 1 27.1 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 13 15 -2 4 MONTH TO DATE 214 310 -96 200 SINCE MAR 1 1023 1145 -122 1125 SINCE JUL 1 5188 5819 -631 5565 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 3 0 3 0 SINCE MAR 1 3 1 2 0 SINCE JAN 1 3 1 2 0 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 29 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (70) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 33 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (50) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 15.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 1200 AM LOWEST 43 1200 PM AVERAGE 68 .......................................................... THE FORT WAYNE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 61 87 2002 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 39 23 1990 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 18 2006.........SUNRISE 657 AM EDT SUNSET 824 PM EDT APRIL 19 2006.........SUNRISE 656 AM EDT SUNSET 825 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. ................................... ...THE SOUTH BEND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 17 2006... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1940 TO 2006 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 64 532 PM 85 1977 59 5 77 MINIMUM 45 720 AM 25 2001 38 7 52 AVERAGE 55 49 6 65 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.09 1.07 1969 0.13 -0.04 T MONTH TO DATE 1.69 2.05 -0.36 0.10 SINCE MAR 1 4.77 4.94 -0.17 2.15 SINCE JAN 1 8.59 9.19 -0.60 9.17 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 SINCE OCT 1 38.0 SINCE JUL 1 38.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 10 16 -6 0 MONTH TO DATE 236 320 -84 186 SINCE MAR 1 1076 1164 -88 1170 SINCE JUL 1 5343 5862 -519 5644 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 3 0 3 2 SINCE MAR 1 3 1 2 2 SINCE JAN 1 3 1 2 2 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 20 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (80) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 26 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (70) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 86 1200 AM LOWEST 28 500 PM AVERAGE 57 .......................................................... THE SOUTH BEND CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 60 87 2004 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 38 24 1990 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 18 2006.........SUNRISE 701 AM EDT SUNSET 829 PM EDT APRIL 19 2006.........SUNRISE 659 AM EDT SUNSET 830 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$