The Fort Wayne, Indiana 2021 Climate Summary from the National Weather Service.
Fort Wayne, Indiana (January 3, 2022) – Both Fort Wayne and South Bend experienced a top-ten warmest year in 2021. Records began in the 1890s at both sites. Hey, Fort Wayne: remember all that rain in the summer and fall? Well, it propelled us to one of the top-10 wettest years on record. Hey, South Bend: Did you miss the snow in 2021? Sure, there were a couple instances of lake effect snow, but snow was well below normal with only 39 inches observed in 2021.
See the full annual climate summary at the top of our website: weather.gov/iwx.
Learn more about climate normals at climate.gov
And the complete 2021 Annual Climate Summary from the National Weather Service:
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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
845 PM EST SUN JAN 02 2022
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...THE FORT WAYNE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE YEAR OF 2021...
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1897 TO 2021
WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S
VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE
NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
HIGH 106 06/28/2012
06/25/1988
07/14/1936
LOW -24 01/12/1918
HIGHEST 92 08/24 MM MM 95
06/12
LOWEST -6 02/17 MM MM 0
AVG. MAXIMUM 61.9 60.3 1.6 61.8
AVG. MINIMUM 42.9 41.4 1.5 42.0
MEAN 52.5 50.9 1.6
DAYS MAX >= 90 7 15.7 -8.7 25
DAYS MAX = .01 133 135.4 -2.4 133
DAYS >= .10 75 77.3 -2.3 71
DAYS >= .50 34 25.2 8.8 25
DAYS >= 1.00 11 8.9 2.1 8
SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
TOTAL 68.6 2014
TOTALS 35.2 33.6 1.6 18.8
SINCE 7/1 2.6 9.6 -7.0 MM
SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 0
DAYS >= TRACE 57 34.0 23.0 51
DAYS >= 1.0 8 10.7 -2.7 8
GREATEST
SNOW DEPTH 15 02/16 3
DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL 5483 5968 -485 5606
SINCE 7/1 1848 2257 -409 MM
COOLING TOTAL 1062 849 213 938
SINCE 1/1 1062 849 213 MM
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.7
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 46/260 DATE 12/11
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 61/250 DATE 12/11
SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.65
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 67
NUMBER OF DAYS PC 139
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 159
AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 72
WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM 47 MIXED PRECIP 2
HEAVY RAIN 29 RAIN 40
LIGHT RAIN 143 FREEZING RAIN 1
LT FREEZING RAIN 7 HAIL 0
HEAVY SNOW 3 SNOW 10
LIGHT SNOW 57 SLEET 4
FOG 190 FOG W/VIS
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