South Bend, IN: March

31 March 2026: March 2026 averaged 44.1°F in South Bend, IN, the warmest March since 2024, tied 8th warmest of 132 (with 2024 and 1977).

March 2026

Mean temperature: 44.1°F; Warmest since 2024; 8th warmest of 132
Precipitation: 5.32 in; Wettest since 2023; 7th wettest of 130

A normal March in South Bend, IN (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 37.2°F, between 32.9°F and 42.4°F in eight years of ten and 2.14 in of precipitation, between 1.17 in and 3.68 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every March in South Bend, IN since 1894: 44.1°F in 2026; the highest is 52.8°F, in 2012.

Normal range, 32.9 to 42.4°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every March 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	44.1	8	55.3	6	32.8	18	5.32	7	0
2025	43.2	15	54.8	9	31.7	26	5.16	8	0
2024	44.1	8	54.1	13	34.1	9	4.34	15	0
2023	37.9	54	46.2	59	29.5	50	5.90	3	0
2022	40.3	33	50.1	32	30.4	40	3.22	42	0
2021	43.1	17	54.9	8	31.4	29	2.36	80	0
2020	40.9	29	50.7	27	31	34	2.23	84	0
2019	33	103	42.3	98	23.6	110	2.84	53	0
2018	34.2	90	43.4	84	25	97	1.78	103	0
2017	36.9	62	44.7	73	29	55	4.23	18	0
2016	42.5	21	52.2	22	32.9	17	4.17	19	0
2015	34.4	88	44.2	75	24.5	101	0.78	126	0
2014	30	123	39.8	111	20.3	130	1.69	106	0
2013	32	114	39.8	111	24.2	106	1.26	117	0
2012	52.8	1	62.7	1	42.8	1	1.67	107	0
2011	36.2	68	45.5	67	26.8	77	2.27	82	0
2010	41.7	23	52.4	21	31	34	1.72	105	0
2009	40.1	37	51.5	25	28.7	57	5.55	5	0
2008	34.2	90	42.7	93	25.8	90	2.50	70	0
2007	42.4	22	52.1	23	32.7	19	2.44	74	0
2006	37.6	57	46	61	29.3	52	3.08	45	0
2005	33	103	42.3	98	23.7	107	2.05	94	0
2004	41.5	25	49.4	37	33.5	13	3.37	39	0
2003	37.9	54	47.9	44	27.9	61	1.52	112	0
2002	34.2	90	43.4	84	25	97	2.77	59	0
2001	34.1	93	42.7	93	25.5	93	1.11	123	0
2000	44	11	54.5	11	33.6	11	1.81	102	0
1999	33.5	98	43.8	80	23.2	116	1.18	121	0
1998	38.6	49	45.9	62	31.2	33	3.62	35	0
1997	37.6	57	46.5	55	28.6	58	2.02	95	0
1996	32.3	110	42.3	98	22.3	123	1.24	118	0
1995	40.3	33	49.9	34	30.7	38	1.84	100	0
1994	36.6	64	46.5	55	26.6	82	0.80	125	0
1993	35	79	43	88	26.9	76	2.62	62	0
1992	37.4	59	46.6	54	28.2	59	2.93	50	0
1991	41.5	25	50.9	26	32	24	2.79	57	0
1990	40.8	30	49.4	37	32.3	23	2.79	57	0
1989	36.9	62	46.5	55	27.4	67	2.27	82	0
1988	37.3	61	47.1	50	27.5	65	3.03	46	0
1987	40	38	50.3	30	29.7	46	1.18	121	0
1986	40.3	33	50.5	28	30.2	42	2.09	92	0
1985	41.3	28	49.5	36	33	16	3.86	27	0
1984	29.9	124	36.4	128	23.5	113	2.10	90	0
1983	40.2	36	48.8	41	31.6	27	2.46	72	0
1982	35	79	42.7	93	27.4	67	4.54	12	0
1981	40.7	31	49.6	35	31.8	25	0.88	124	0
1980	35.5	75	43.3	86	27.7	63	3.74	32	0
1979	39.2	42	47.1	50	31.3	32	4.03	21	0
1978	31.2	117	38.6	120	23.7	107	2.37	77	0
1977	44.1	8	52	24	36.2	3	7.05	2	0
1976	43.6	13	53.7	14	33.4	14	7.96	1	0
1975	34.3	89	42.3	98	26.4	85	2.96	49	0
1974	39.6	40	47.5	48	31.6	27	2.81	55	0
1973	46.6	5	54.8	9	38.5	2	3.85	28	0
1972	33.4	101	42.1	102	24.6	100	3.63	34	0
1971	33.8	96	41.3	107	26.4	85	2.10	90	0
1970	32.3	110	39.5	113	25.1	96	2.81	55	0
1969	32.9	105	42	103	23.7	107	1.92	96	0
1968	39.7	39	49.2	39	30.2	42	1.24	118	0
1967	36.5	66	43.6	82	29.3	52	1.73	104	0
1966	39.1	43	47.9	44	30.2	42	2.58	65	0
1965	28.7	129	34.5	130	22.9	119	3.35	40	0
1964	35.8	71	44.4	74	27.2	71	5.01	9	0
1963	38.5	50	47.2	49	29.8	45	3.03	46	0
1962	34	94	41.4	106	26.6	82	1.82	101	0
1961	38.7	47	47.1	50	30.4	40	3.80	30	0
1960	23.7	132	32.9	131	14.5	132	2.15	87	0
1959	35.8	71	44.9	70	26.7	79	3.58	36	0
1958	34.9	83	42.9	90	27	74	0.54	128	0
1957	36.2	68	45.6	65	26.7	79	2.51	69	0
1956	34.7	86	44.1	78	25.3	95	1.59	111	0
1955	35.9	70	45.6	65	26.2	87	2.38	76	0
1954	33.3	102	41.8	104	24.7	99	4.03	21	0
1953	37.8	56	45.8	63	29.7	46	2.52	67	0
1952	35	79	42.8	91	27.3	69	2.50	70	0
1951	35.1	78	43.7	81	26.5	84	1.88	97	0
1950	31.4	115	39.1	117	23.6	110	3.47	38	0
1949	36.3	67	45.3	68	27.3	69	2.12	88	0
1948	35.5	75	45.1	69	25.9	89	4.79	11	0
1947	29.7	125	37.6	124	21.9	125	2.16	86	0
1946	47.4	2	59.1	2	35.7	4	3.89	26	0
1945	47.3	3	58.9	4	35.6	5	2.83	54	0
1944	30.4	121	38.2	122	22.5	122	5.56	4	0
1943	32.7	108	42.6	96	22.9	119	2.64	61	0
1942	38.1	53	45.7	64	30.6	39	2.52	67	0
1941	31.1	120	38.8	119	23.3	115	1.65	109	0
1940	30.2	122	36.9	127	23.5	113	2.11	89	0
1938	44	11	54.2	12	33.8	10	3.58	36	0
1937	32.1	112	40.5	109	23.6	110	1.31	116	0
1936	39.3	41	49	40	29.6	48	1.47	113	0
1935	42.7	19	52.6	17	32.7	19	4.28	17	0
1934	31.2	117	40.3	110	22.1	124	2.23	84	0
1933	35.6	73	43.5	83	27.8	62	2.93	50	0
1932	28.8	128	37	126	20.5	129	2.92	52	0
1931	33.5	98	39.5	113	27.5	65	3.09	43	0
1930	35	79	44.2	75	25.8	90	2.41	75	0
1929	43.3	14	53.3	15	33.3	15	4.53	13	0
1928	35.6	73	44.2	75	27.1	72	1.60	110	0
1927	41.4	27	50.2	31	32.7	19	2.59	63	0
1926	29.2	126	37.9	123	20.7	128	2.37	77	1
1925	39.1	43	50.5	28	27.7	63	2.69	60	0
1924	32.8	107	39.5	113	26	88	3.09	43	0
1923	33.5	98	42.8	91	24.3	104	2.56	66	0
1922	38.8	46	46.7	53	31	34	4.02	23	0
1921	45.3	6	56	5	34.6	7	3.98	24	0
1920	38.9	45	48.2	42	29.6	48	3.78	31	0
1919	38.4	51	47.6	46	29.3	52	2.37	77	0
1918	43.2	15	55	7	31.4	29	1.23	120	0
1917	37.4	59	46.5	55	28.2	59	1.39	115	0
1916	32.9	105	42.6	96	23.1	117	2.06	93	0
1915	32.5	109	40.7	108	24.4	103	0.41	130	0
1914	34.9	83	43.1	87	26.8	77	4.09	20	0
1913	34.7	86	44.9	70	24.5	101	4.80	10	0
1912	23.9	131	32.4	132	15.4	131	1.45	114	0
1911	34.9	83	43	88	26.7	79	1.86	98	0
1910	46.7	4	59.1	2	34.3	8	0.43	129	0
1909	33.8	96	41.7	105	25.8	90	1.66	108	0
1908	38.2	52	47.6	46	28.8	56	3.74	32	0
1907	41.7	23	52.6	17	30.9	37	3.91	25	0
1906	28.4	130	35.6	129	21.2	126	2.98	48	0
1905	38.7	47	48	43	29.4	51	2.59	63	0
1904	32.1	112	38.9	118	25.4	94	5.51	6	0
1903	42.6	20	52.5	19	32.7	19	1.86	98	0
1902	40.7	31	50.1	32	31.4	29			0
1901	35.5	75	43.9	79	27.1	72	4.32	16	0
1900	29.1	127	37.3	125	20.9	127	2.46	72	0
1899	31.4	115	38.6	120	24.3	104	3.81	29	0
1898	43	18	52.5	19	33.6	11	4.47	14	0
1897	36.6	64	46.2	59	27	74	3.31	41	0
1896	31.2	117	39.4	116	23.1	117	2.28	81	0
1895	33.9	95	44.9	70	22.8	121	0.75	127	0
1894	44.7	7	53	16	35.6	5			2

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2012	52.8
1946	47.4
1945	47.3
1910	46.7
1973	46.6
1921	45.3
1894	44.7
2026	44.1
2024	44.1
1977	44.1

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1960	23.7
1912	23.9
1906	28.4
1965	28.7
1932	28.8
1900	29.1
1926	29.2
1947	29.7
1984	29.9
2014	30

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1976	7.96
1977	7.05
2023	5.90
1944	5.56
2009	5.55
1904	5.51
2026	5.32
2025	5.16
1964	5.01
1913	4.80

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1915	0.41
1910	0.43
1958	0.54
1895	0.75
2015	0.78
1994	0.80
1981	0.88
2001	1.11
1999	1.18
1987	1.18

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 77°F; 30 March 2026, 26 March 2026
Coldest night: 16°F; 17 March 2026
Wettest day: 1.19 in; 6 March 2026

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March 2026 brought 5.32 in of precipitation in South Bend, IN (1 day missing), the wettest March since 2023, 7th wettest of 130.
The hottest day of March 2026 in South Bend, IN: 77°F on Monday 30 March 2026 and Thursday 26 March 2026.
The coldest night of March 2026 in South Bend, IN: a low of 16°F on Tuesday 17 March 2026.
The wettest day of March 2026 in South Bend, IN: 1.19 in on Friday 6 March 2026.