South Bend, IN: December

31 December 2025: December 2025 averaged 26.8°F in South Bend, IN (2 days missing), the coldest December since 2017, 44th coldest of 128.

December 2025

Mean temperature: 26.8°F; Coldest since 2017; 44th coldest of 128
Precipitation: 3.22 in; Wettest since 2021; 45th wettest of 130

A normal December in South Bend, IN (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 30.8°F, between 25.3°F and 35.2°F in eight years of ten and 2.23 in of precipitation, between 1.62 in and 3.57 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every December in South Bend, IN since 1893: 26.8°F in 2025; the lowest is 17.1°F, in 2000.

Normal range, 25.3 to 35.2°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every December in South Bend, IN from 1893 to 2025, 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
2025	26.8	85	35.3	73	18.7	98	3.22	45	2
2024	32.9	26	38.7	40	27	25	2.81	52	0
2023	39.3	2	44.7	5	33.9	1	2.77	54	0
2022	30.5	53	36.3	61	24.6	48	1.52	105	0
2021	37.1	6	45.5	1	28.6	13	3.86	23	0
2020	32.5	35	39.4	29	25.6	36	2.37	66	0
2019	35.2	13	43.1	7	27.3	24	2.18	76	0
2018	32.7	29	39.7	27	25.7	34	2.75	55	0
2017	25.5	98	32.9	96	18.1	102	1.36	113	0
2016	25.4	99	31.3	110	19.5	88	1.99	83	0
2015	39.4	1	45.5	1	33.4	2	4.12	15	0
2014	33.2	24	38.7	40	27.7	21	1.47	108	0
2013	26.1	90	32.9	96	19.3	91	2.33	68	0
2012	36.3	8	42.5	8	30.2	9	3.43	35	0
2011	35.1	14	41.2	17	29	11	2.62	58	0
2010	24.7	104	30.5	113	19	94	1.63	103	0
2009	27.6	79	33.2	90	21.9	71	1.88	92	0
2008	26	91	34.3	83	17.7	104	3.79	24	0
2007	29.5	60	34.9	76	24.1	53	3.03	46	0
2006	35.6	10	42.5	8	28.6	13	3.55	31	0
2005	24	106	29.2	118	18.9	95	1.79	96	0
2004	29.2	67	36.4	60	22.1	69	2.21	74	0
2003	32.1	37	38	45	26.2	30	1.70	100	0
2002	28.7	72	35.5	69	21.9	71	1.80	95	0
2001	35	16	41.4	15	28.7	12	2.25	70	0
2000	17.1	128	25.3	128	8.9	129	2.29	69	0
1999	31.9	40	39	35	24.7	46	2.66	56	0
1998	34.6	19	42.3	11	26.8	28	2.04	81	0
1997	30.6	52	35.1	74	26.2	30	2.14	78	0
1996	29.4	63	34.5	80	24.3	52	2.90	51	0
1995	26	91	33.1	92	18.8	96	1.89	90	0
1994	35.1	14	41.5	14	28.6	13	2.50	64	0
1993	29.7	59	35.5	69	23.8	56	1.50	106	0
1992	30.9	50	36.8	57	25	41	3.99	20	0
1991	32.1	37	39	35	25.2	40	1.67	101	0
1990	31.8	42	39.5	28	24.1	53	5.04	3	0
1989	17.6	127	25.3	128	10	127	1.83	93	0
1988	28.8	70	36.2	63	21.4	77	2.91	50	0
1987	32.7	29	37.9	46	27.6	22	4.12	15	0
1986	31.2	45	36.2	63	26.1	33	1.67	101	0
1985	20.1	122	27.6	126	12.6	121	2.51	62	0
1984	34.4	21	41.8	13	27	25	4.42	11	0
1983	18.3	126	24.7	130	12	124	3.23	44	0
1982	39	3	44.9	4	33	3	3.40	37	0
1981	27.5	80	33.8	85	21.3	78	1.81	94	0
1980	31	49	37.4	50	24.7	46	3.91	22	0
1979	34.8	17	41.4	15	28.2	18	3.66	27	0
1978	29.4	63	35.4	71	23.5	57	4.43	10	0
1977	25.9	94	32.7	99	19.1	92	3.65	29	0
1976	22.7	115	31.4	108	14.1	119	2.21	74	0
1975	32.7	29	39.2	32	26.2	30	3.72	25	0
1974	32.9	26	37.6	49	28.2	18	3.00	47	0
1973	29.1	68	35.4	71	22.9	64	4.30	13	0
1972	28.8	70	34.6	79	23	62	4.78	6	0
1971	36	9	42.5	8	29.5	10	4.58	8	0
1970	30.4	55	37.7	48	23	62	1.78	98	0
1969	27.5	80	33.1	92	21.8	73	1.25	115	0
1968	27	84	33	94	21	81	3.42	36	0
1967	30.5	53	36.2	63	24.8	43	4.08	19	0
1966	29.9	56	34.9	76	24.9	42	4.73	7	0
1965	36.4	7	42.3	11	30.5	6	5.50	2	0
1964	27.5	80	34.5	80	20.4	83	2.54	61	0
1963	19.4	124	27.2	127	11.6	125	1.90	89	0
1962	24	106	31.7	103	16.2	112	2.64	57	0
1961	26.7	86	33.5	88	19.9	85	2.03	82	0
1960	24.8	103	31.6	104	17.9	103	0.87	121	0
1959	34.6	19	40.6	21	28.6	13	1.98	84	0
1958	20.6	121	28.5	121	12.6	121	1.15	118	0
1957	33.2	24	40.9	18	25.5	37	4.47	9	0
1956	33.5	23	39	35	28.1	20	1.43	110	0
1955	25.8	95	32.8	98	18.8	96	0.70	126	0
1954	29.4	63	35.6	68	23.1	61	2.80	53	0
1953	31.2	45	39.1	33	23.3	58	1.36	113	0
1952	31.8	42	37.2	52	26.5	29	1.97	85	0
1951	26.2	89	34.9	76	17.6	105	3.69	26	0
1950	20.8	120	29.5	117	12.1	123	2.97	48	0
1949	32.6	33	40.4	24	24.8	43	5.01	4	0
1948	29.5	60	37.3	51	21.7	75	3.26	43	0
1947	28.7	72	35.1	74	22.3	68	1.93	87	0
1946	32.3	36	40.6	21	23.9	55	3.66	27	0
1945	21.6	117	29.2	118	14.1	119	1.11	119	0
1944	23	113	30.2	114	15.9	113	1.24	116	0
1943	26	91	33.6	87	18.4	99	0.60	129	0
1942	23.5	109	31.1	111	15.8	114	2.57	60	0
1941	35.3	12	40.4	24	30.3	7	1.37	112	0
1940	32.9	26	38.8	39	27	25	2.22	73	0
1937	25.8	95	32.2	101	19.4	90	1.91	88	0
1936	32.7	29	40.8	20	24.5	51	2.51	62	0
1935	23.5	109	30.6	112	16.3	110	2.39	65	0
1934	25.4	99	32.5	100	18.2	101	2.24	72	0
1933	31.2	45	39.1	33	23.3	58	0.82	123	0
1932	29.3	66	38.3	43	20.3	84	4.11	17	0
1931	37.2	5	43.7	6	30.7	5	1.96	86	0
1930	28	78	34.2	84	21.8	73	0.84	122	0
1929	25.6	97	32.2	101	19.1	92	2.95	49	0
1928	31.9	40	39.3	31	24.6	48	2.09	79	0
1927	28.5	74	36.3	61	20.6	82	3.38	39	0
1926	25	102	31.6	104	18.4	99	1.89	90	0
1925	23.9	108	31.4	108	16.5	108	0.79	124	0
1924	21.6	117	28.3	122	14.8	117	3.44	34	0
1923	38.6	4	45.4	3	31.8	4	3.99	20	0
1922							1.24	116	8
1921	30.9	50	36.9	56	24.8	43	2.16	77	0
1920	31.2	45	37.2	52	25.3	39	3.59	30	0
1919	21.4	119	27.9	125	14.9	116	0.72	125	0
1918	35.4	11	40.5	23	30.3	7	4.37	12	0
1917	21.7	116	28.6	120	14.7	118	1.47	108	0
1916	25.1	101	33.7	86	16.5	108	2.34	67	0
1915	27.1	83	33	94	21.2	79	1.39	111	0
1914	23.2	112	29.6	115	16.8	107	2.06	80	0
1913	34.7	18	40.9	18	28.5	17	0.66	127	0
1912	32.6	33	39.8	26	25.4	38	0.90	120	0
1911	32.1	37	38.2	44	25.7	34	1.77	99	1
1910	23	113	29.6	115	16.3	110	2.59	59	0
1909	19.8	123	28.2	123	11.5	126	3.40	37	0
1908			37.8	47			1.60	104	4
1907	29.9	56	36.5	59	23.3	58	4.92	5	0
1906	29	69	36	66	22	70	4.09	18	0
1905	29.5	60	36.6	58	22.5	67	1.50	106	0
1904	23.4	111	31.5	106	15.4	115	1.79	96	0
1903	18.9	125	28	124	9.8	128	3.30	42	0
1902	26.4	88	33.2	90	19.5	88	3.31	40	0
1901	24.4	105	31.5	106	17.3	106	3.50	32	0
1900	29.9	56	37	54	22.9	64	0.62	128	0
1899	28.2	76	35.7	67	21.2	79	4.23	14	2
1898	26.6	87	33.3	89	19.9	85	2.25	70	0
1897	28.1	77	34.5	80	21.6	76	3.50	32	0
1896	31.8	42	39	35	24.6	48	0.37	130	0
1895			38.4	42	22.9	64	8.25	1	5
1894	34	22	39.4	29	27.5	23			2
1893	28.3	75	37	54	19.7	87	3.31	40	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2015	39.4
2023	39.3
1982	39
1923	38.6
1931	37.2
2021	37.1
1965	36.4
2012	36.3
1971	36
2006	35.6

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
2000	17.1
1989	17.6
1983	18.3
1903	18.9
1963	19.4
1909	19.8
1985	20.1
1958	20.6
1950	20.8
1919	21.4

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1895	8.25
1965	5.50
1990	5.04
1949	5.01
1907	4.92
1972	4.78
1966	4.73
1971	4.58
1957	4.47
1978	4.43

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1896	0.37
1943	0.60
1900	0.62
1913	0.66
1955	0.70
1919	0.72
1925	0.79
1933	0.82
1930	0.84
1960	0.87

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 64°F; 28 December 2025
Coldest night: 1°F; 15 December 2025
Wettest day: 1.90 in; 28 December 2025

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December 2025 brought 3.22 in of precipitation in South Bend, IN, the wettest December since 2021, 45th wettest of 130.
The hottest day of December 2025 in South Bend, IN: 64°F on Sunday 28 December 2025.
The coldest night of December 2025 in South Bend, IN: a low of 1°F on Monday 15 December 2025.
The wettest day of December 2025 in South Bend, IN: 1.90 in on Sunday 28 December 2025.