South Bend, IN: January

31 January 2026: January 2026 averaged 21.5°F in South Bend, IN, the coldest January since 2022, 34th coldest of 124.

January 2026

Mean temperature: 21.5°F; Coldest since 2022; 34th coldest of 124
Precipitation: 2.02 in; Driest since 2025; 60th driest of 129

A normal January in South Bend, IN (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 24.4°F, between 19.9°F and 31.7°F in eight years of ten and 2.47 in of precipitation, between 1.53 in and 4.84 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every January in South Bend, IN since 1894: 21.5°F in 2026; the lowest is 10.6°F, in 1918.

Normal range, 19.9 to 31.7°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every January 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	21.5	91	28.8	98	14.3	89	2.02	70	0
2025	22.8	82	30	85	15.7	78	1.58	93	0
2024	26.7	47	31.4	72	22.1	27	4.53	10	0
2023	33.9	5	39.1	8	28.7	2	2.41	53	0
2022	21.1	94	28.9	97	13.3	97	1.13	114	0
2021	28.8	33	33.9	49	23.8	15	2.33	58	0
2020	32.1	8	37.9	15	26.2	7	4.82	6	0
2019	21	96	28.2	100	13.7	95	1.78	80	0
2018	23.7	75	31	79	16.5	75	1.93	73	0
2017	29.7	20	35.4	30	24	13	3.34	28	0
2016	24.7	62	32.3	63	17.1	67	1.60	92	0
2015	22.5	84	30.1	84	14.9	87	1.92	74	0
2014	16.3	116	25.6	115	7.8	120	3.12	32	2
2013	27.7	39	35.1	34	20.3	40	5.00	5	0
2012	29.4	23	37	18	21.8	34	2.97	35	0
2011	21.2	93	27.8	103	14.6	88	2.16	66	0
2010	23	80	29	96	16.9	69	1.22	110	0
2009	15.6	118	24.2	122	7	121	1.57	95	0
2008	24.7	62	32.8	58	16.6	73	5.34	2	0
2007	29	28	34.4	44	23.6	17	3.50	24	0
2006	35.8	1	41.7	3	30	1	2.87	39	0
2005	23.9	72	31.1	78	16.7	72	5.10	4	0
2004	21.1	94	27.8	103	14.3	89	1.56	97	0
2003	20.3	99	26.8	108	13.8	94	1.21	111	0
2002	32.6	7	39.2	7	26.1	8	2.48	49	0
2001	24.6	66	31.3	73	18	57	0.83	122	0
2000	25.5	56	33.1	53	17.9	58	2.57	46	0
1999	22.7	83	30.4	81	15	86	3.06	34	0
1998	31.6	10	36.6	22	26.6	6	3.76	19	0
1997	20.6	98	28.5	99	12.7	101	2.63	42	0
1996	24.1	69	31.7	69	16.5	75	1.66	84	0
1995	25.3	57	32	67	18.5	53	2.46	50	0
1994	16.2	117	24.1	123	8.4	118	2.46	50	0
1993	28.3	35	34.5	41	22	29	3.35	27	0
1992	29.1	27	34.9	37	23.3	19	1.64	85	0
1991	24.1	69	30.4	81	17.9	58	1.64	85	0
1990	34	4	41	4	27	4	2.36	57	0
1989	33.4	6	41	4	25.7	9	1.58	93	0
1988	21.3	92	29.4	91	13.1	98	2.21	62	0
1987	25.3	57	31.6	70	18.9	50	2.31	59	0
1986	25.7	53	32.6	59	18.9	50	1.24	109	0
1985	19.6	105	26.3	111	12.9	99	2.58	44	0
1984	18.5	111	25.8	114	11.1	111	0.86	121	0
1983	29.3	25	34.5	41	24.1	12	0.77	123	0
1982	15.6	118	24.4	121	6.8	122	2.95	36	0
1981	23.4	79	31.6	70	15.1	85	0.68	125	0
1980	27	45	33.8	50	20.3	40	1.52	100	0
1979	17.9	113	24.5	120	11.2	110	3.22	31	0
1978	18.4	112	24.8	117	12.1	103	4.03	16	0
1977	12.2	122	20.2	126	4.3	125	1.63	88	0
1976	21.6	89	29.7	88	13.5	96	2.21	62	0
1975	30	17	36.3	25	23.6	17	4.58	9	0
1974	27.9	38	35.1	34	20.6	39	3.24	30	0
1973	29.8	19	36.5	24	23.2	20	1.64	85	0
1972	23.9	72	31.2	75	16.6	73	1.82	76	0
1971	20	102	27.9	101	12	104	1.55	98	0
1970	16.8	114	24.6	119	9	117	1.34	106	0
1969	22.2	85	29.3	92	15.2	82	3.61	21	0
1968	22.2	85	29.2	95	15.3	80	2.06	68	0
1967	29	28	35.4	30	22.6	25	3.56	22	0
1966	20.3	99	27.8	103	12.8	100	1.54	99	0
1965	24.7	62	32.5	60	16.9	69	4.74	7	0
1964	29.3	25	36.6	22	21.9	32	1.57	95	0
1963	13.3	121	20.8	125	5.8	124	1.28	107	0
1962	19.1	107	26.5	109	11.7	108	3.36	26	0
1961	21.7	88	29.5	89	14	92	0.95	118	0
1960	27.3	42	33.1	53	21.5	36	4.23	15	0
1959	18.6	110	27.5	106	9.7	115	5.28	3	0
1958	24.7	62	31.2	75	18.1	54	1.48	102	0
1957	19.4	106	26.9	107	11.8	106	2.52	47	0
1956	25.6	54	33.5	51	17.6	62	1.05	116	0
1955	23.9	72	31.2	75	16.5	75	2.20	64	0
1954	26.6	48	34	48	19.1	49	1.63	88	0
1953	28.9	32	35	36	22.8	24	2.39	55	0
1952	27.6	40	35.7	29	19.6	45	2.08	67	0
1951	25.8	52	32.9	56	18.7	52	2.17	65	0
1950	31.1	12	40.4	6	21.9	32	4.62	8	0
1949	30	17	38	13	22	29	3.96	17	0
1948	16.7	115	25.5	116	7.9	119	1.91	75	0
1947	27.2	43	35.3	32	19.2	48	2.61	43	0
1946	26.4	49	34.6	40	18.1	54	2.05	69	0
1945	19	109	26.1	112	11.9	105	0.44	127	0
1944	30.6	15	38.1	11	23	21	0.96	117	0
1943	20.8	97	29.8	86	11.8	106	1.61	91	0
1942	24.2	68	31.3	73	17.1	67	2.31	59	0
1941	26.4	49	32.4	61	20.3	40	1.72	81	0
1938	25.2	59	32.9	56	17.5	66	1.80	79	0
1937	28.1	36	36.8	20	19.4	47	2.70	41	0
1936	19.1	107	26.5	109	11.7	108	1.14	113	0
1935	27.2	43	34.4	44	20	44	2.58	44	0
1934	31.4	11	39	10	23.8	15	1.26	108	0
1933	34.9	2	42.7	1	27	4	2.00	72	0
1932	34.5	3	42.1	2	27.5	3	2.40	54	1
1931	30.4	16	36.8	20	23.9	14	0.55	126	0
1930	20.2	101	27.9	101	12.4	102	4.42	13	0
1929	19.7	104	29.5	89	9.9	114	4.37	14	0
1928	25.6	54	33.3	52	17.8	60	1.51	101	0
1927	24.1	69	30.6	80	17.6	62	1.71	82	0
1926	24.8	61	33.1	53	16.9	69	1.07	115	1
1925	22	87	29.8	86	14.2	91	0.43	128	0
1924	19.8	103	29.3	92	10.4	112	1.67	83	0
1923	28.7	34	34.5	41	22.9	23	0.90	119	0
1922							1.48	102	20
1921	31.9	9	38.1	11	25.6	10	1.62	90	0
1920			24.1	123	10.4	112	1.81	77	4
1919	29	28	35.8	28	22.2	26	0.31	129	0
1918	10.6	124	18.1	128	3.1	127	2.37	56	0
1917	23.7	75	32.1	64	15.2	82	0.69	124	0
1916	29.6	21	38	13	21.2	37	4.53	10	0
1915	22.9	81	30.2	83	15.7	78	2.23	61	0
1914	31.1	12	37.4	16	24.9	11	3.11	33	0
1913	29.6	21	37.1	17	22.1	27	3.31	29	0
1912	11.2	123	18.9	127	3.5	126	1.39	104	0
1911	27.6	40	34.9	37	20.3	40	1.81	77	0
1910	23.5	78	31.9	68	15.2	82	2.91	37	0
1909	28.1	36	35.3	32	20.9	38	4.46	12	0
1908			34.8	39	17.6	62	1.36	105	4
1907	26.9	46	34.3	46	19.5	46	3.42	25	0
1906	31	14	39.1	8	23	21	2.42	52	0
1905							2.85	40	31
1904	15.6	118	24.7	118	6.5	123	3.76	19	0
1903	23.7	75	32.1	64	15.3	80	2.91	37	0
1902	24.6	66	32.1	64	17.6	62	1.16	112	2
1901	26.1	51	34.1	47	18.1	54	2.51	48	0
1900	29	28	36.1	26	22	29	0.87	120	0
1899	25.1	60	32.4	61	17.8	60	2.01	71	0
1898			35.9	27			3.52	23	4
1897	21.6	89	29.3	92	13.9	93	5.53	1	0
1896									15
1895			26.1	112	9.5	116	3.77	18	4
1894	29.4	23	36.9	19	21.8	34			0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2006	35.8
1933	34.9
1932	34.5
1990	34
2023	33.9
1989	33.4
2002	32.6
2020	32.1
1921	31.9
1998	31.6

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1918	10.6
1912	11.2
1977	12.2
1963	13.3
2009	15.6
1982	15.6
1904	15.6
1994	16.2
2014	16.3
1948	16.7

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1897	5.53
2008	5.34
1959	5.28
2005	5.10
2013	5.00
2020	4.82
1965	4.74
1950	4.62
1975	4.58
2024	4.53
More years share the last value

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1919	0.31
1925	0.43
1945	0.44
1931	0.55
1981	0.68
1917	0.69
1983	0.77
2001	0.83
1984	0.86
1900	0.87

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 62°F; 9 January 2026
Coldest night: -8°F; 24 January 2026
Wettest day: 0.43 in; 14 January 2026

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January 2026 brought 2.02 in of precipitation in South Bend, IN, the driest January since 2025, 60th driest of 129.
The hottest day of January 2026 in South Bend, IN: 62°F on Friday 9 January 2026.
The coldest night of January 2026 in South Bend, IN: a low of -8°F on Saturday 24 January 2026.
The wettest day of January 2026 in South Bend, IN: 0.43 in on Wednesday 14 January 2026.