Cool and Wet Summer of 2004

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
841 AM EST WED SEP 1 2004

...A VERY COOL AUGUST CAPS OFF A COOL SUMMER SEASON...

THE SUMMER OF 2004 WILL BE REMEMBERED AS COOL AND WET IN NORTHERN
INDIANA. METEOROLOGICAL SUMMER IS DEFINED AS THE MONTHS OF
JUNE...JULY...AND AUGUST. THIS YEAR THESE THREE MONTHS WERE
CHARACTERIZED BY A PERSISTENT TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE OVER THE
EASTERN HALF OF NORTH AMERICA WHICH BROUGHT MUCH COOLER THAN NORMAL
TEMPERATURES TO NORTHERN INDIANA. IN ADDITION TO THE COOL AIR THIS
PATTERN ALSO BROUGHT FREQUENT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE
REGION.

THE FOLLOWING STATISTICS WERE COLLECTED FOR SOUTH BEND AND FORT
WAYNE FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST AND THE SUMMER SEASON.


...SOUTH BEND...

SOUTH BEND CLIMATE RECORDS DATE BACK TO 1940.

...AUGUST 2004...

THE MONTH OF AUGUST 2004 WILL GO DOWN AS THE SECOND COOLEST ON
RECORD WITH AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 67.3 DEGREES WHICH IS 3.7
DEGREES BELOW AVERAGE. THIS IS JUST BEHIND THE ALL TIME RECORD
COOLEST AUGUST OF 1966 WHICH SAW AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 67.2
DEGREES. THE HIGH TEMPERATURE ON AUGUST 12TH WAS ONLY 61 DEGREES
WHICH SET A NEW RECORD FOR THE COOLEST DAILY MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE IN
THE MONTH OF AUGUST.

...SUMMER 2004...

THE SUMMER OF 2004 WAS THE 6TH COOLEST ON RECORD IN SOUTH BEND WITH
AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 68.6 DEGREES. THIS IS 2.4 DEGREES BELOW
AVERAGE. THE COOLEST SUMMER ON RECORD WAS IN 1992 WITH AN AVERAGE
TEMPERATURE OF 67.5 DEGREES. THERE WAS ONLY 1 DAY WITH A HIGH
TEMPERATURE IN THE 90S. IF NO MORE 90 DEGREE TEMPERATURES ARE
RECORDED THIS YEAR THIS WOULD TIE THE RECORD OF FEWEST DAYS WITH A 
HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 90 DEGREES OR HIGHER IN SOUTH BEND AT 1...WHICH
ALSO OCCURRED IN 1967 AND 1982.

14.83 INCHES OF RAIN FELL IN SOUTH BEND DURING THE SUMMER OF 2004.
THIS IS THE 8TH WETTEST SUMMER ON RECORD. THE WETTEST SUMMER ON
RECORD WAS IN 1995 WHEN 17.15 INCHES OF RAIN FELL.


...FORT WAYNE...

FORT WAYNE CLIMATE RECORDS DATE BACK TO 1911.

...AUGUST 2004...

AUGUST 2004 TIED FOR THE 3RD COOLEST ON RECORD IN FORT WAYNE WITH AN
AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 67.2 DEGREES WHICH IS 3.9 DEGREES BELOW
NORMAL. THE ALL TIME RECORD COOLEST AUGUST WAS IN 1915 WITH AN
AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 65.6 DEGREES.

...SUMMER 2004...

THE SUMMER OF 2004 WAS THE 4TH COOLEST ON RECORD IN FORT WAYNE WITH
AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 68.6 DEGREES. THIS IS 2.8 DEGREES BELOW
NORMAL. THE COOLEST SUMMER ON RECORD WAS 1915 WHICH HAD AN AVERAGE
TEMPERATURE OF 67.1 DEGREES. THERE WAS ONLY 1 DAY WITH A HIGH
TEMPERATURE IN THE 90S. IF NO MORE 90 DEGREE TEMPERATURES ARE
RECORDED THIS YEAR THIS WOULD TIE THE RECORD FOR THE FEWEST DAYS
WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES OF 90 OR HIGHER IN FORT WAYNE AT 1...WHICH
ALSO OCCURRED IN 1915...1958...AND 1979.

16.00 INCHES OF RAIN FELL DURING THE SUMMER OF 2004 IN FORT WAYNE.
THIS IS THE 6TH WETTEST SUMMER ON RECORD. THE WETTEST SUMMER ON
RECORD WAS 1986 WHEN 18.70 INCHES OF RAIN FELL.

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