Fort Wayne climate — normals and trends
Fort Wayne (United States) has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Dfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 10.0 °C and it receives 964 mm of precipitation per year.
These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.
The warmest month is July (22.8 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-4.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Fort Wayne averages 117 frost days, 21 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 125 rainy days per year.
Fort Wayne has warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.24 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 131 to 103 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 40.0 °C (on 25 June 1988) and the coldest -30.5 °C (on 19 January 1994).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
Climate normals · ERA5
Fort WayneIndiana
- coords
- 41.13°, -85.13°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
10.0°C
Average daily high
14.7°C
Average daily low
5.5°C
Annual rainfall
964mm
Sunshine / day
8.6h
Mean relative humidity
72%
Average peak wind
19.5km/h
Seasonal range
26.8°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
117 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
21 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
125 d/yr
Annual snowfall
71.9 cm
Average feels-like high
12.7 °C
Average feels-like low
2.5 °C
Average peak gust
39.2 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
23 d/yr
Solar radiation
14.6 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.1 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.41 · p = < 0.001
Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).
A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.
Records for the period
Hottest day
40.0 °C
25 June 1988
Coldest day
-30.5 °C
19 January 1994
Wettest day
80 mm
27 June 2015
Windiest day
53.3 km/h
19 March 1948
Strongest gust
108.4 km/h
19 March 1948
Hottest feels-like
44.0 °C
14 July 1995
Coldest feels-like
-37.2 °C
24 December 1983
Snowiest day
26.3 cm
2 January 1999
Sunniest day
14.8 h
5 June 1941
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | -1.4 °C | -1.1 °C | 42 mm | -22 mm |
| Feb | 2.0 °C | +0.4 °C | 39 mm | -21 mm |
| Mar | 12.9 °C | +5.2 °C | 117 mm | +32 mm |
| Apr | 16.2 °C | +1.4 °C | 102 mm | +1 mm |
| May | 19.7 °C | -1.1 °C | 115 mm | +13 mm |
| Jun | 27.6 °C | +1.7 °C | 107 mm | +8 mm |
| Jul | 29.5 °C | +1.8 °C | 139 mm | +54 mm |
| Aug | 26.7 °C | -0.1 °C | 34 mm | -46 mm |
| Sep | 26.4 °C | +3.1 °C | 24 mm | -45 mm |
| Oct | 19.8 °C | +3.0 °C | 46 mm | -25 mm |
| Nov | 9.2 °C | +0.3 °C | 61 mm | -17 mm |
| Dec | 2.0 °C | -0.3 °C | 58 mm | -12 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Fort Wayne?
Fort Wayne has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 10.0 °C and it receives 964 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Fort Wayne?
The hottest day measured in Fort Wayne between 1940 and 2025 was 25 June 1988, reaching 40.0 °C.
What is the coldest day in Fort Wayne?
The coldest day measured in Fort Wayne between 1940 and 2025 was 19 January 1994, at -30.5 °C.
Does it snow in Fort Wayne?
Yes. Fort Wayne gets on average 71.9 cm of snow per year and has around 117 frost days.
Has the climate of Fort Wayne warmed?
Yes: Fort Wayne warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Fort Wayne?
The wettest day measured in Fort Wayne between 1940 and 2025 was 27 June 2015, with 80 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Fort Wayne?
The windiest day measured in Fort Wayne between 1940 and 2025 was 19 March 1948, with winds reaching 53.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Fort Wayne?
The warmest month in Fort Wayne is July (22.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (-4.0 °C).
How much does it rain in Fort Wayne?
Fort Wayne receives on average 964 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 125 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Fort Wayne?
Fort Wayne gets on average 8.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,139 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Fort Wayne?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Fort Wayne between 1940 and 2025 was 2 January 1999, with 26.3 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Fort Wayne?
Yes: Fort Wayne has on average 23 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Fort Wayne?
In Fort Wayne, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 44.0 °C on 14 July 1995, and the lowest was -37.2 °C on 24 December 1983.
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