Second Hottest 3 February Tied Monday

Fort Wayne, Ind. (Wane) – What a warm start to the work week we experienced all over the northeast Indiana and the northwestern Ohio! This weather may have had you to think of spring, even though Groundhog predicted six weeks more in the winter …

In Fort Wayne, Mercury climbed to 57 ° Monday. This makes this February 3rd for our hottest day of the year so far! In fact, we were tied to the second warmest 3 February in Fort Wayne’s story with weather registries dating back to 1897. We tie the 57 ° mark also achieved on February 3, 1931 and 2020. We eventually got shy for that record high temperature at The books for February 3rd, 60 ° put back just nine years ago in 2016.

Monday’s height of 57 ° is also our average high on April 6, so this was definitely a spring -like heat!

It may surprise you that we are actually behind for the plan for our first 50 ° day in 2025. Our average date we reach 50 ° for the first time in a year is 22 January. Temperatures have been at 50 ° or higher nine times on January 1st, when the latest occurrence on the books was in 2011. The last first 50 ° day we’ve ever seen was in 1978 when it didn’t get the hot until 20 .

However, February is not a stranger to 50 ° heat as we average three days at 50 ° or more during the month. Our record on the books is 14 days at 50 ° or higher, which was set eight years ago in 2017. Just last year we added 12 50 ° or higher days in February, which is the third most ever during the month in Fort Fort Wayne’s story.

Only 59 February -Days has been hotter than 57 ° in Fort Waynes recorded weather history. A total of 40 days in February has reached the threshold of 60 ° or more. Fort Wayne’s All-Time Hottest February temperature is 73 °, which was put back on February 25, 2000.

Unfortunately for your spring fans out there, the heat at this level was not intended to last as temperatures dip back closer to the average on Tuesday. Visit our Wane 15 Weather Side to track the latest numbers.