Fort Wayne, like most of the Midwest, has a humid continental climate with four distinct seasons. Precipitation is fairly evenly distributed throughout the year.
The National Weather Service, which maintains an observation station in the control tower of Fort Wayne International Airport (elevation 791 feet), reports the record highest temperature in the city was 106°F on July 14, 1936, and June 29, 1988, and the record lowest temperature was -24°F on January 12, 1918. The wettest month on record was 11.00 inches in July 1986. The greatest 24-hour rainfall was 4.93 inches on August 1, 1926. The snowiest month on record was 29.5 inches in January 1982. The greatest 24-hour snowfall was 12.6 inches on March 10, 1964.
The average annual precipitation (based on the period 1971-2000) ranges from 36.55 inches at the airport to 37.90 inches at the Fort Wayne Disposal Plant (elevation 740 feet). Comparison of observations at the "official" stations with those taken at local television stations (WANE-TV and WPTA-TV), as well as volunteer observers and National Weather Service "spotters," has shown that rainfall can vary dramatically during summer thunderstorms because of typically scattered precipitation throughout the city.
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