A Public Information Statement has been issued by the National Weather Service:
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
425 AM EDT SUN MAY 30 2010 /325 AM CDT SUN MAY 30 2010/
…A TOP FIVE WARMEST SPRING ON RECORD FOR NORTHERN INDIANA…
METEOROLOGICAL SPRING /MARCH 1ST THROUGH MAY 31ST/ IS COMING TO A CONCLUSION AFTER THIS HOLIDAY WEEKEND. FOR BOTH SOUTH BEND AND FORT WAYNE…THIS SPRING THROUGH MAY 29TH HAS RANKED IN THE TOP FIVE WARMEST. WITH MILD TEMPERATURES CONTINUING FOR THE FINAL TWO DAYS OF MAY…THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WILL ONLY INCH UP. BELOW ARE THE WARMEST FIVE METEOROLOGICAL SPRINGS FOR BOTH SOUTH BEND AND FORT WAYNE ALONG WITH THE SPRING 2010 AVERAGE TEMPERATURE THROUGH MAY 29TH.
TOP FIVE WARMEST METEOROLOGICAL SPRINGS – SOUTH BEND
RANK YEAR AVERAGE TEMPERATURE
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1. 1977 56.1 DEGREES
2. 1991 53.8 DEGREES
3. 1985 53.1 DEGREES
4. 2010 52.1 DEGREES
5. 1918 51.9 DEGREESTOP FIVE WARMEST METEOROLOGICAL SPRINGS – FORT WAYNE
RANK YEAR AVERAGE TEMPERATURE
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1. 1977 55.6 DEGREES
2. 1985 55.0 DEGREES
3. 2010 54.4 DEGREES
4. 1921 54.3 DEGREES
5. 1991 53.8 DEGREESTHE WARMTH HAS BEEN FAIRLY CONSISTENT THROUGHOUT THE SPRING PERIOD. FOLLOWING IS THE NUMBER OF DAYS THAT HAD AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 10 DEGREES OR GREATER ABOVE NORMAL.
SOUTH BEND 24 DAYS /26 PERCENT OF SPRING DAYS/
FORT WAYNE 29 DAYS /32 PERCENT OF SPRING DAYS/