South Bend, IN: 2026

10 October 2026: 2026 so far averaged 54.8°F in South Bend, IN (1 day missing), the warmest 1 January to 10 October since 2024, tied 16th warmest of 127 (with 2020 and 1934).

2026 so far, to 10 October 2026

Mean temperature: 54.8°F; Warmest since 2024; 16th warmest of 127
Precipitation: 38.23 in; Wettest since 2018; 7th wettest of 127

A normal 1 January to 10 October in South Bend, IN (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 53.3°F, between 51.3°F and 55.2°F in eight years of ten and 30.62 in of precipitation, between 26.14 in and 37.99 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every 1 January to 10 October in South Bend, IN since 1894: 54.8°F in 2026; the highest is 57.8°F, in 1921.

Normal range, 51.3 to 55.2°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every 1 January to 10 October in South Bend, IN from 1894 to 2026, ranked: the mean temperature, the mean high and the mean low from the warmest, the precipitation from the wettest; a year missing more than a tenth of its days is not ranked.

Year	Mean, °F	Rank	High, °F	Rank	Low, °F	Rank	Precipitation, in	Rank	Days missing
2026	54.8	16	64.7	24	45	20	38.23	7	1
2025	54.6	21	64.9	15	44.3	30	26.15	98	0
2024	57	2	67.2	3	46.7	5	32.63	33	0
2023	55.6	9	65.5	9	45.8	10	32.42	35	0
2022	53.7	46	63.8	46	43.7	49	26.37	93	0
2021	55.6	9	65.2	11	46	9	31.65	41	0
2020	54.8	16	64.6	26	45	20	30.56	54	0
2019	52.5	79	61.8	91	43.1	65	36.44	13	0
2018	53.3	56	62.7	72	43.9	40	42.73	3	0
2017	54.7	19	64.6	26	44.9	22	30.67	53	0
2016	54.4	25	64.2	38	44.6	26	39.16	5	0
2015	52	91	61.8	91	42.2	89	28.44	66	0
2014	50.6	122	60.5	117	40.6	122	34.97	21	2
2013	53.2	60	62.8	69	43.6	51	32.19	37	0
2012	56.9	3	67.2	3	46.6	7	27.27	82	0
2011	53.1	64	62.5	76	43.8	45	35.82	16	0
2010	54.7	19	64.2	38	45.2	17	25.93	99	0
2009	51.5	101	61.2	102	41.7	104	35.40	19	0
2008	52.3	85	62.1	84	42.4	84	37.96	9	0
2007	54.6	21	64.4	29	44.8	24	32.30	36	0
2006	54.5	24	63.7	48	45.2	17	35.05	20	0
2005	54.4	25	64.3	32	44.6	26	22.62	116	0
2004	52.8	71	62.3	79	43.3	60	28.66	65	0
2003	51.3	106	61.2	102	41.5	110	26.35	94	0
2002	55.1	13	64.8	22	45.4	14	24.45	108	0
2001	53.2	60	62.6	74	43.8	45	29.78	58	0
2000	53.8	40	63.2	60	44.3	30	31.36	45	0
1999	54.2	29	64.3	32	44.1	35	26.16	97	0
1998	56	6	65.1	13	46.8	4	30.49	55	0
1997	51.1	113	60.7	113	41.5	110	27.01	88	0
1996	51	115	60.7	113	41.4	113	35.87	15	0
1995	53.8	40	63.3	58	44.3	30	32.89	31	0
1994	51.5	101	61.7	93	41.4	113	28.28	70	0
1993	52.5	79	61.4	99	43.6	51	38.29	6	0
1992	52.3	85	61.7	93	42.9	70	27.71	75	0
1991	56.2	4	66.1	7	46.4	8	27.21	84	0
1990	54.3	28	63.4	57	45.2	17	42.79	2	0
1989	52.5	79	62.1	84	42.9	70	29.37	60	0
1988	53.4	53	64.3	32	42.6	80	25.01	106	0
1987	55	15	64.6	26	45.5	13	26.94	89	0
1986	53.4	53	62.8	69	44.1	35	31.51	44	0
1985	53.3	56	62.6	74	44	38	27.51	77	0
1984	52.6	76	61.1	105	44	38	25.33	103	0
1983	55.8	7	64.8	22	46.7	5	22.89	114	0
1982	51.1	113	60.1	125	42.2	89	31.83	40	0
1981	53.3	56	62.3	79	44.3	30	32.71	32	0
1980	53.8	40	62.8	69	44.9	22	36.19	14	0
1979	51.2	110	60.2	123	42.2	89	35.62	18	0
1978	50.9	119	60.3	120	41.4	113	32.54	34	0
1977	54	33	63.6	53	44.4	29	39.54	4	0
1976	53.9	35	64.3	32	43.5	55	47.61	1	0
1975	53.1	64	62.1	84	44.1	35	35.72	17	0
1974	53.5	50	63	63	43.9	40	28.95	62	0
1973	56.1	5	64.7	24	47.5	2	27.03	87	0
1972	51	115	60.3	120	41.6	109	32.12	38	0
1971	51.9	94	61.3	100	42.5	81	22.65	115	0
1970	51.4	105	60.1	125	42.8	74	30.82	51	0
1969	52.4	82	61.6	96	43.2	62	28.80	63	0
1968	51.9	94	60.9	109	42.9	70	30.78	52	0
1967	51.7	99	60.4	118	42.9	70	27.43	79	0
1966	51	115	60.2	123	41.7	104	28.68	64	0
1965	51.3	106	60.7	113	42	96	33.40	28	0
1964	53.6	48	63.6	53	43.5	55	31.08	47	0
1963	50.6	122	61	107	40.2	126	19.72	125	0
1962	51.7	99	61.2	102	42.2	89	27.62	76	0
1961	52.2	87	61.7	93	42.7	78	28.44	66	0
1960	51.3	106	60.7	113	42	96	29.88	57	0
1959	53.5	50	63.7	48	43.2	62	30.96	48	0
1958	51.2	110	60.9	109	41.5	110	25.59	101	0
1957	52.2	87	62	88	42.5	81	27.88	73	0
1956	52	91	62.3	79	41.7	104	21.85	119	0
1955	54.4	25	64.9	15	43.9	40	31.14	46	0
1954	53.7	46	63.7	48	43.7	49	37.98	8	0
1953	54.1	30	64.4	29	43.9	40	23.27	113	0
1952	53	67	63.3	58	42.8	74	23.34	112	0
1951	51.5	101	61.3	100	41.7	104	34.11	25	0
1950	51.2	110	61	107	41.3	116	37.62	10	0
1949	53.9	35	64.4	29	43.4	58	30.91	50	0
1948	51.3	106	61.9	90	40.8	121	27.36	80	0
1947	50.9	119	60.9	109	40.9	120	36.59	12	0
1946	53.9	35	65.5	9	42.3	87	22.47	117	0
1945	51.8	98	61.6	96	42.1	95	31.62	42	0
1944	53.5	50	63.1	62	43.8	45	28.41	68	0
1943	51	115	61.6	96	40.5	123	34.48	22	0
1942	52.8	71	62.5	76	43.1	65	26.20	96	1
1941	53.8	40	64	42	43.6	51	25.89	100	0
1940									60
1938									163
1937	52.6	76	62.9	68	42.2	89	31.91	39	1
1936	52.6	76	64.1	40	41	118	21.12	123	0
1935	52.9	70	62.7	72	43	68	28.32	69	0
1934	54.8	16	66.3	6	43.4	58	21.29	122	4
1933	55.6	9	66.6	5	44.5	28	31.59	43	1
1932	54.1	30	64.9	15	43.3	60	25.56	102	1
1931	55.2	12	64.9	15	45.6	12	33.20	30	1
1930	54.1	30	65	14	43.1	65	21.77	120	0
1929	51.5	101	62.4	78	40.5	123	33.78	27	0
1928	52.7	73	63	63	41.8	102	27.34	81	22
1927	53.4	53	63.2	60	43.6	51	30.95	49	0
1926	51.9	94	61.1	105	42.4	84	30.38	56	5
1925	53.8	40	64.9	15	42.8	74	24.66	107	0
1924	49.9	125	59.3	127	40.4	125	29.47	59	0
1923	52.4	82	62.2	82	42.7	78	26.34	95	0
1922			67.3	2	46.9	3	24.12	110	31
1921	57.8	1	67.4	1	48.3	1	26.91	90	11
1920	52.2	87	62	88	41.9	99	20.39	124	7
1919	55.1	13	64.9	15	45.4	14	25.24	104	5
1918	52.4	82	63	63	41.8	102	24.38	109	0
1917	50	124	60.3	120	39.7	128	15.45	126	0
1916	53.3	56	63.6	53	43	68	26.80	91	0
1915	51.9	94	60.9	109	42.8	74	29.34	61	0
1914	53.9	35	63.8	46	43.9	40	27.12	86	0
1913	54	33	64.1	40	43.8	45	27.51	77	0
1912	49.3	126	58.8	129	39.8	127	33.29	29	0
1911	53.9	35	63.5	56	44.3	30	26.53	92	1
1910	53	67	64.3	32	41.7	104	27.17	85	0
1909	52.1	90	62.2	82	41.9	99	33.83	26	0
1908	53.8	40	64.9	15	42.3	87	27.91	72	5
1907	50.7	121	60.4	118	41	118	34.21	24	0
1906	53.2	60	64	42	42.4	84	25.21	105	0
1905							34.47	23	31
1904	48.4	127	58.9	128	38.1	129	27.95	71	1
1903	52.7	73	63	63	42.5	81	36.87	11	4
1902	52	91	62.1	84	41.9	99			4
1901	52.7	73	63.7	48	42	96	21.64	121	3
1900	53.6	48	63.7	48	43.5	55	27.85	74	7
1899	53.1	64	63	63	43.2	62	22.30	118	1
1898	55.8	7	65.8	8	45.7	11	27.25	83	4
1897	53	67	63.9	44	42.2	89	23.53	111	2
1896			65.2	11	44.7	25			33
1895	53.2	60	64.3	32	41.2	117	14.88	127	7
1894	54.6	21	63.9	44	45.4	14			9

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1921	57.8
2024	57
2012	56.9
1991	56.2
1973	56.1
1998	56
1983	55.8
1898	55.8
2023	55.6
2021	55.6
More years share the last value

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1904	48.4
1912	49.3
1924	49.9
1917	50
2014	50.6
1963	50.6
1907	50.7
1978	50.9
1947	50.9
1996	51
More years share the last value

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1976	47.61
1990	42.79
2018	42.73
1977	39.54
2016	39.16
1993	38.29
2026	38.23
1954	37.98
2008	37.96
1950	37.62

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1895	14.88
1917	15.45
1963	19.72
1920	20.39
1936	21.12
1934	21.29
1901	21.64
1930	21.77
1956	21.85
1899	22.30

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 94°F; 1 July 2026
Coldest night: -10°F; 1 February 2026
Wettest day: 1.75 in; 21 June 2026

Month by month

Month	Mean temperature	Precipitation
January	21.5°F 34th coldest of 124	2.02 in 60th driest of 129
February	29.8°F 32nd warmest of 127	1.43 in 43rd driest of 127
March	44.1°F 8th warmest of 132	5.32 in 7th wettest of 130
April	53.8°F 7th warmest of 131	6.33 in 5th wettest of 131
May	58°F 50th coldest of 130
June	69.1°F 65th warmest of 131	10.06 in 2nd wettest of 129
July	74.8°F 32nd warmest of 131
August	71.7°F 62nd warmest of 131	4.11 in 43rd wettest of 129
September	68°F 17th warmest of 130	4.36 in 33rd wettest of 130
October so far	60.1°F 35th warmest of 128	1.01 in 55th wettest of 130

Hot days and freezes

South Bend, IN has had 13 days at 90°F or above in 2026 through 10 October (1 day missing), the most by that date since 2025, tied 71st most of 129 (with 2016, 2006, 1989 and 2 other years).
South Bend, IN has had 73 freezing nights (a low of 32°F or below) in 2026 through 10 October (1 day missing), the most by that date since 2025, 114th most of 129.
The last freeze of spring 2026 in South Bend, IN came on Saturday 2 May 2026, the latest since 2021, tied 59th latest of 129 (with 1932, 1909 and 1908).

Daily records set

Date	Record	Value	Before	Check
2 May	Coldest night	28°F	29°F 1907	Provisional
9 March	Warmest day	73°F	70°F 2000	Provisional
6 March	Warmest day	76°F	71°F 1973	Provisional
9 January	Warmest day	62°F	51°F 2020	Provisional

Daily records set and not listed: 0

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2026 so far brought 38.23 in of precipitation in South Bend, IN (8 days missing), the wettest 1 January to 10 October since 2018, 7th wettest of 127.
The hottest day of 2026 so far in South Bend, IN: 94°F on Wednesday 1 July 2026.
The coldest night of 2026 so far in South Bend, IN: a low of -10°F on Sunday 1 February 2026.
The wettest day of 2026 so far in South Bend, IN: 1.75 in on Sunday 21 June 2026.