NWS Northern Indiana Late Summer Heat Yields Warmest Day of the Year

Late Summer Heat Yields Warmest Day of the Year

A ridge of high pressure across the central and eastern United States brought a blast of late summer heat to the northern Indiana, southwest lower Michigan and northwest Ohio areas. This brought a return to temperatures in 90s.

During the peak of the heat on September 10th, many locations recorded their highest temperature of the year. Below is a list (and map) of the recorded high temperatures on September 10th.

State	Location	Station Type	High Temp
IN	GOSHEN MUNI AP	ASOS	99
OH	LIMA ALLEN COUNTY AP	ASOS	99
OH	DEFIANCE AP	ASOS	98
IN	GOSHEN	COOP	97
IN	SOUTH BEND MICHIANA RGNL AP	ASOS	97
IN	FT WAYNE INTL AP	ASOS	95
IN	NORTHERN INDIANA WFO	COOP	95
IN	WANATAH 2 WNW	COOP	95
MI	BENTON HARBOR AIRPORT ASOS	ASOS	94
OH	HICKSVILLE	COOP	93
IN	CHALMERS 5 W	COOP	93
IN	WINAMAC 2 SSE	COOP	93
IN	FRANCESVILLE	COOP	93
IN	LAPORTE	COOP	93
MI	COLDWATER ST SCHOOL	COOP	93
IN	HUNTINGTON	COOP	92
IN	ROCHESTER	COOP	92
IN	PLYMOUTH	COOP	92
IN	HARTFORD CITY 4 ESE	COOP	91
IN	MARION 2 N	COOP	91
IN	GARRETT	COOP	91
IN	HUNTINGTON	COOP	91
IN	DECATUR 1 N	COOP	91
OH	VAN WERT 1 S	COOP	91
OH	PAULDING	COOP	91
OH	BRYAN 2 SE	COOP	91
IN	WOODBURN 3N	COOP	91
IN	BLUFFTON 1 N	COOP	90
OH	DEFIANCE	COOP	90
IN	KNOX WWTP	COOP	90
OH	MONTPELIER	COOP	90
OH	LIMA WWTP	COOP	90
IN	ANGOLA	COOP	87
OH	WAUSEON WTP	COOP	87

Fort Wayne and South Bend recorded their highest temperature of 2013 on September 10th. Below is a chart of the years when the highest temperature of the year occurred in September.

2013 had the 4th latest warmest day of the year at Fort Wayne and T-3rd latest warmest day of the year at South Bend. September 10th was the warmest September day at Fort Wayne since September 3rd, 2011 and the warmest September day at South Bend since September 6th, 1954. Check out more info in the graphic below.

Along with the record heat during the day, warm nights yielded record warm low temperatures. The low on September 10th at South Bend was 74F. This broke the daily record warm low temperature of 72F set in 1983. This also ranked as T-3rd warmest September low temperature on record. The low at Fort Wayne was 73F, which tied the daily record warm low temperature set in 1947. This also ranked as the T-6th warmest September low temperature on record.

Published 9/11/2013
NG/CEO