South Bend, IN: May

31 May 2026: May 2026 averaged 58°F in South Bend, IN, the coldest May since 2019, tied 50th coldest of 130 (with 1956 and 1901).

May 2026

Mean temperature: 58°F; Coldest since 2019; 50th coldest of 130

A normal May in South Bend, IN (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 59.8°F, between 56°F and 64.7°F in eight years of ten and 4.16 in of precipitation, between 1.59 in and 7.26 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every May in South Bend, IN since 1894: 58°F in 2026; the lowest is 51.7°F, in 1907.

Normal range, 56 to 64.7°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every May 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	58	79	69.9	71	46	98	1.70	111	0
2025	58.1	78	69	79	47.2	78	2.08	101	0
2024	64	15	76.2	11	51.9	22	3.49	62	0
2023	61.2	41	73.6	32	48.9	54	1.80	107	0
2022	63.4	20	73.3	34	53.5	10	3.13	71	0
2021	58.9	68	70.1	68	47.7	70	2.97	77	0
2020	58.6	71	68.2	86	48.9	54	4.58	41	0
2019	57.2	90	67.7	93	46.6	91	7.22	4	0
2018	65.7	6	76.6	8	54.8	6	8.33	1	0
2017	56.8	95	66.7	102	46.9	84	4.92	35	0
2016	58.4	73	69.8	74	47	81	2.49	85	0
2015	63.2	21	73.6	32	52.7	15	6.01	16	0
2014	60.7	45	72	48	49.4	50	5.10	32	0
2013	62.9	24	74.5	23	51.3	31	3.25	67	0
2012	64.7	11	76.6	8	52.7	15	2.14	100	0
2011	60.4	52	70.1	68	50.7	37	7.59	3	0
2010	61.3	40	71.2	57	51.4	28	6.04	15	0
2009	59.2	65	70.4	67	48	66	2.82	79	0
2008	56	106	67.2	98	44.7	115	2.64	83	0
2007	64.6	13	77.2	6	52	20	1.70	111	0
2006	57.6	85	68	90	47.3	75	5.45	26	0
2005	57.2	90	68.5	84	45.8	101	1.06	129	0
2004	61.8	38	72.1	46	51.5	25	5.67	21	0
2003	56	106	66	111	45.9	100	6.34	12	0
2002	54.3	118	64.6	121	44	119	5.75	20	0
2001	61.2	41	71.7	51	50.6	39	4.31	45	0
2000	61.4	39	71.3	54	51.5	25	4.60	40	0
1999	62.7	26	74.4	25	50.9	33	1.64	118	0
1998	65	8	76.5	10	53.5	10	2.49	85	0
1997	52.5	126	62.3	129	42.6	122	3.77	57	0
1996	57.3	88	66.6	103	48	66	8.09	2	0
1995	57.9	82	68.6	83	47.2	78	3.67	58	0
1994	57.4	86	69.9	71	44.9	113	0.80	130	0
1993	60.7	45	72.1	46	49.2	51	2.34	95	0
1992	58.4	73	70.5	64	46.3	95	1.17	127	0
1991	67.4	2	78	5	56.9	1	4.01	53	0
1990	56.7	97	66.5	108	46.8	86	6.86	7	0
1989	57.1	92	68.1	88	46.2	96	2.72	82	0
1988	62.1	32	75.9	14	48.4	61	1.40	122	0
1987	64.7	11	76.2	11	53.1	12	3.50	61	0
1986	59.9	57	69.9	71	49.9	46	3.42	63	0
1985	63	23	74.8	22	51.3	31	1.50	121	0
1984	56	106	65.3	117	46.8	86	4.02	52	0
1983	55.3	113	64.9	118	45.6	102	4.83	36	0
1982	66	4	76.2	11	55.8	3	5.51	23	0
1981	56.6	98	66.6	103	46.5	94	6.79	8	0
1980	62	34	73.3	34	50.8	34	1.65	117	0
1979	58.5	72	69.3	76	47.6	72	3.03	75	0
1978	59.5	63	69	79	50	44	3.35	64	0
1977	68.6	1	81.3	1	56	2	1.92	104	0
1976	57	94	67.4	95	46.6	91	6.67	10	0
1975	63.2	21	74.3	26	52	20	2.08	101	0
1974	57.3	88	66.5	108	48.1	65	4.82	37	0
1973	56.1	103	65.4	116	46.8	86	3.61	60	0
1972	59.9	57	70.9	61	49	53	3.01	76	0
1971	56.3	102	67.7	93	44.9	113	1.64	118	0
1970	61	43	70.5	64	51.4	28	3.35	64	0
1969	59.4	64	70.6	63	48.3	62	4.26	46	0
1968	55.2	115	64.8	119	45.6	102	2.44	91	0
1967	54.3	118	63.5	125	45	112	1.57	120	0
1966	52.1	129	62	131	42.3	127	3.89	56	0
1965	64.2	14	75.6	15	52.8	14	1.67	116	0
1964	63.5	18	75.4	19	51.5	25	1.32	123	0
1963	56.5	99	67.8	92	45.3	109	2.48	88	0
1962	64.9	9	75.6	15	54.2	8	2.19	99	0
1961	54.1	122	65.9	112	42.4	124	1.19	126	0
1960	56.8	95	66.9	99	46.8	86	1.83	106	0
1959	63.6	16	74.5	23	52.7	15	2.28	96	0
1958	58.9	68	72.3	43	45.4	108	1.76	109	0
1957	58.4	73	68.8	81	48	66	2.37	94	0
1956	58	79	69.2	78	46.8	86	4.73	38	0
1955	60.5	48	72.9	39	48.2	64	2.20	98	0
1954	54.3	118	65.9	112	42.7	121	2.47	90	0
1953	60.5	48	71.8	50	49.2	51	2.75	81	0
1952	56.1	103	66.6	103	45.6	102	4.09	50	0
1951	60	56	72.2	45	47.9	69	3.67	58	0
1950	59.9	57	72.4	41	47.3	75	2.41	93	0
1949	59.8	60	72.6	40	46.9	84	3.24	68	0
1948	54.7	117	66.2	110	43.2	120	5.29	30	0
1947	52.7	125	63.4	126	41.9	129	5.94	18	0
1946	56.5	99	67.4	95	45.5	105	4.06	51	0
1945	52.4	127	62.1	130	42.6	122	5.55	22	0
1944	63.6	16	74.2	27	53.1	12	4.26	46	0
1943	56.4	101	65.8	114	47	81	6.28	13	0
1942	60.5	48	71.3	54	49.7	48	3.11	72	0
1941	62.1	32	74.1	29	50.1	43	2.43	92	0
1940	55	116	65.6	115	44.3	116	4.73	38	0
1937	59.2	65	71.2	57	47.3	75	3.07	74	0
1936	62.7	26	75.2	20	50.2	42	1.88	105	0
1935	52.9	124	63.4	126	42.4	124	6.74	9	0
1934	65.5	7	80.6	2	50.3	41	1.09	128	0
1933	61.9	35	71.7	51	52.1	19	5.97	17	0
1932	60.3	53	72.4	41	48.3	62	2.63	84	0
1931	56	106	66.9	99	45.1	111	5.37	29	0
1930	61	43	72	48	50	44	2.48	88	0
1929	56	106	66.9	99	45.2	110	3.96	54	0
1928	58.9	68	71.2	57	46.6	91	1.79	108	0
1927	57.4	86	67.4	95	47.4	74	5.39	27	0
1926	60.3	53	73	37	47.6	72	5.01	33	0
1925	55.3	113	68.5	84	42.2	128	1.70	111	0
1924	53.2	123	64	123	42.4	124	3.24	68	0
1923	57.8	84	70	70	45.5	105	3.23	70	0
1922	64.9	9	75.6	15	54	9	5.39	27	1
1921	62.5	28	73.9	30	51.6	24	2.78	80	1
1920	58.4	73	69.3	76	47	81	1.68	115	1
1919	57.1	92	68.1	88	46.1	97	4.18	48	1
1918	65.8	5	77	7	54.7	7	5.47	24	0
1917	52.3	128	63.6	124	41	130	2.49	85	0
1916	60.6	47	71.3	54	49.9	46	4.93	34	0
1915	55.4	111	64.7	120	46	98	4.35	43	0
1914	62.5	28	73.1	36	51.9	22	5.17	31	0
1913	59.7	62	70.5	64	48.8	57	5.81	19	0
1912	61.9	35	73	37	50.8	34	5.47	24	0
1911	66.5	3	78.1	4	55	5	1.70	111	0
1910	54.3	118	64.5	122	44.1	118	4.33	44	0
1909	56.1	103	66.6	103	45.5	105	3.34	66	0
1908	60.5	48	70.7	62	50.4	40	7.17	5	0
1907	51.7	130	62.5	128	40.8	131	4.13	49	0
1906	60.2	55	71.5	53	48.9	54	2.21	97	0
1905	57.9	82	68.2	86	47.7	70	6.46	11	0
1904	59	67	69.8	74	48.5	60	3.95	55	1
1903	63.5	18	75.6	15	51.4	28	1.25	125	0
1902	62.3	31	73.7	31	50.8	34	6.94	6	0
1901	58	79	68.8	81	47.1	80	1.96	103	0
1900	62.9	24	75.1	21	50.7	37	1.74	110	0
1899	62.4	30	72.3	43	52.6	18	4.52	42	0
1898	59.8	60	71	60	48.6	58	2.97	77	0
1897	55.4	111	66.6	103	44.2	117	3.09	73	0
1896			79	3	55.2	4			5
1895	61.9	35	74.2	27	49.5	49	1.30	124	0
1894	58.3	77	68	90	48.6	58	6.15	14	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1977	68.6
1991	67.4
1911	66.5
1982	66
1918	65.8
2018	65.7
1934	65.5
1998	65
1962	64.9
1922	64.9

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1907	51.7
1966	52.1
1917	52.3
1945	52.4
1997	52.5
1947	52.7
1935	52.9
1924	53.2
1961	54.1
2002	54.3
More years share the last value

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
2018	8.33
1996	8.09
2011	7.59
2019	7.22
1908	7.17
1902	6.94
1990	6.86
1981	6.79
1935	6.74
1976	6.67

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1994	0.80
2005	1.06
1934	1.09
1992	1.17
1961	1.19
1903	1.25
1895	1.30
1964	1.32
1988	1.40
1985	1.50

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 85°F; 17 May 2026
Coldest night: 28°F; 2 May 2026
Wettest day: 0.31 in; 23 May 2026

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The hottest day of May 2026 in South Bend, IN: 85°F on Sunday 17 May 2026.
The coldest night of May 2026 in South Bend, IN: a low of 28°F on Saturday 2 May 2026.
The wettest day of May 2026 in South Bend, IN: 0.31 in on Saturday 23 May 2026.