000 CDUS43 KIWX 050532 CLIFWA CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 131 AM EDT FRI MAY 5 2006 ................................... ...THE FORT WAYNE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 4 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 72 259 PM 87 1949 67 5 60 MINIMUM 50 1159 PM 27 2005 45 5 27 AVERAGE 61 56 5 44 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 1.44 1990 0.12 -0.12 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.47 0.48 -0.01 0.01 SINCE MAR 1 6.71 6.88 -0.17 3.62 SINCE JAN 1 11.36 10.87 0.49 11.05 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 SINCE OCT 1 27.1 SINCE JUL 1 27.1 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 4 9 -5 21 MONTH TO DATE 22 39 -17 89 SINCE MAR 1 1184 1353 -169 1413 SINCE JUL 1 5349 6027 -678 5853 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 3 -3 0 SINCE MAR 1 3 11 -8 5 SINCE JAN 1 3 11 -8 5 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 18 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (270) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 24 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (250) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.4 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 84 400 AM LOWEST 38 300 PM AVERAGE 61 .......................................................... THE FORT WAYNE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 68 89 1952 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 45 29 1973 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 5 2006...........SUNRISE 634 AM EDT SUNSET 842 PM EDT MAY 6 2006...........SUNRISE 633 AM EDT SUNSET 843 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 MAY 4 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 65 536 PM 89 1949 66 -1 61 MINIMUM 48 1125 PM 26 2005 44 4 26 AVERAGE 57 55 2 44 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 0.75 1990 0.11 -0.11 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.57 0.44 0.13 0.01 SINCE MAR 1 6.06 6.95 -0.89 3.20 SINCE JAN 1 9.88 11.20 -1.32 10.22 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 8 10 -2 21 MONTH TO DATE 31 43 -12 95 SINCE MAR 1 1248 1385 -137 1463 SINCE JUL 1 5515 6083 -568 5937 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 4 -4 0 SINCE MAR 1 3 15 -12 7 SINCE JAN 1 3 15 -12 7 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 17 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (300) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 22 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (290) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 78 1200 AM LOWEST 40 500 PM AVERAGE 59 .......................................................... THE SOUTH BEND CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 67 90 1949 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 44 30 1968 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 5 2006...........SUNRISE 637 AM EDT SUNSET 848 PM EDT MAY 6 2006...........SUNRISE 636 AM EDT SUNSET 849 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$