South Bend, IN: October

9 October 2026: October 2026 so far averaged 59.2°F in South Bend, IN, the warmest 1 to 9 October since 2025, 48th warmest of 126.

October 2026 so far, to 9 October 2026

Mean temperature: 59.2°F; Warmest since 2025; 48th warmest of 126
Precipitation: 1.01 in; Wettest since 2023; 49th wettest of 129

A normal 1 to 9 October in South Bend, IN (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 56.2°F, between 51.8°F and 64.5°F in eight years of ten and 0.77 in of precipitation, between 0.12 in and 1.96 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every 1 to 9 October in South Bend, IN since 1894: 59.2°F in 2026; the highest is 69.8°F, in 2007.

Normal range, 51.8 to 64.5°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every 1 to 9 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	59.2	48	71.2	33	47.2	57	1.01	49	0
2025	64.6	11	77.6	5	51.7	25	0.70	66	0
2024	60.4	35	72.9	22	48	49	trace	117	0
2023	62.1	21	72.7	25	51.6	27	2.05	14	0
2022	54.6	87	68.2	67	40.9	112	trace	117	0
2021	68.8	2	76.2	13	61.3	1	1.16	43	0
2020	53.9	94	65.1	90	42.7	95	1.08	46	0
2019	61.9	22	71	37	52.9	18	0.88	52	0
2018	65.5	8	76.1	14	54.9	9	2.20	13	0
2017	65.9	7	76.9	9	55	7	0.67	68	0
2016	60.9	27	70.8	38	51.1	32	1.01	49	0
2015	55.2	82	64.2	92	46.1	64	0.12	102	0
2014	54.2	89	63.4	96	45	79	4.05	5	0
2013	64.4	13	74	19	54.9	9	1.15	44	0
2012	51.6	109	60.7	113	42.6	96	0.50	80	0
2011	59.4	45	74.2	18	44.7	82	0.00	122	0
2010	54.2	89	68.8	61	39.6	119	0.12	102	0
2009	50.5	116	57.9	125	43.1	92	1.93	18	0
2008	53.6	96	63.2	98	43.9	86	0.54	78	0
2007	69.8	1	80.8	1	58.9	2	0.79	55	0
2006	58	55	70.7	40	45.3	71	1.43	37	0
2005	62.3	20	72.1	28	52.6	19	0.55	77	0
2004	53.4	99	66.3	82	40.4	115	0.72	62	0
2003	49.9	120	62.4	104	37.4	124	0.26	94	0
2002	60.8	31	70.4	43	51.2	31	0.75	59	0
2001	55.6	78	65.4	87	45.7	68	1.78	20	0
2000	52.3	105	60.8	112	43.9	86	1.72	23	0
1999	51.8	107	60	117	43.7	89	0.86	53	0
1998	55.1	85	62.7	101	47.6	56	1.52	30	0
1997	63.9	16	76.4	11	51.4	30	0.32	89	0
1996	52.2	106	62.1	107	42.3	100	0.24	96	0
1995	57.8	57	67.2	77	48.3	47	0.32	89	0
1994	56.7	70	66.8	80	46.7	61	1.03	47	0
1993	55.7	77	68.2	67	43.1	92	0.63	71	0
1992	57.2	62	69	56	45.3	71	0.11	104	0
1991	58.3	53	68.1	69	48.6	45	4.07	4	0
1990	59.1	49	68.8	61	49.3	42	4.93	2	0
1989	48.8	123	60.1	116	37.6	123	0.08	110	0
1988	50.9	113	59.4	118	42.4	98	1.67	27	0
1987	48.8	123	57.9	125	39.8	117	1.54	29	0
1986	57.9	56	65.9	85	50	39	3.05	9	0
1985	52.6	102	61.2	111	44	85	0.79	55	0
1984	59.4	45	68.9	58	49.9	40	2.00	15	0
1983	60.9	27	71.7	32	50.1	37	0.10	107	0
1982	64.4	13	75.2	16	53.7	15	0.26	94	0
1981	51.5	110	61.9	109	41.1	108	0.37	83	0
1980	55.4	80	65.3	88	45.6	69	1.59	28	0
1979	55.4	80	63	99	47.9	52	3.24	7	0
1978	53.8	95	62.6	103	45.1	75	1.71	24	0
1977	51.4	111	60.7	113	42.2	101	1.49	32	0
1976	57.1	65	68.3	65	45.9	65	2.00	15	0
1975	56.1	73	68.9	58	43.2	91	0.08	110	0
1974	51.3	112	62.8	100	39.8	117	0.11	104	0
1973	63.8	17	73.7	21	53.9	13	1.45	35	0
1972	56.4	71	65.7	86	47.1	58	0.28	92	0
1971	60.9	27	69.6	49	52.3	20	1.03	47	0
1970	59.4	45	68.1	69	50.7	36	0.33	88	0
1969	61.9	22	72.8	24	51.1	32	0.93	51	0
1968	55.2	82	62.7	101	47.7	53	0.73	61	0
1967	61.3	26	70.6	41	52	23	0.37	83	0
1966	55.8	76	66.1	83	45.6	69	0.34	86	0
1965	50.4	117	58.4	124	42.4	98	0.63	71	0
1964	48.9	122	59.4	118	38.3	120	0.72	62	0
1963	63.1	19	78.2	3	48	49	0.00	122	0
1962	60.4	35	67.6	74	53.3	16	1.51	31	0
1961	57.2	62	67.2	77	47.1	58	trace	117	0
1960	54.8	86	67.9	72	41.8	103	0.11	104	0
1959	61.7	24	71.1	34	52.3	20	2.71	11	0
1958	57.3	59	69.6	49	45.1	75	0.72	62	0
1957	54.1	92	67.6	74	40.6	114	trace	117	0
1956	55.6	78	69.4	52	41.8	103	0.04	113	0
1955	60.4	35	70.8	38	50.1	37	4.45	3	0
1954	60.2	39	68.7	63	51.7	25	3.29	6	0
1953	56.3	72	71.1	34	41.6	105	0.17	100	0
1952	47.9	125	58.6	123	37.2	125	0.10	107	0
1951	60.3	38	69	56	51.6	27	1.69	25	0
1950	57.1	65	66.4	81	47.7	53	0.34	86	0
1949	64.6	11	75.3	15	53.9	13	1.69	25	0
1948	52.9	101	62.2	106	43.7	89	0.64	70	0
1947	60.5	33	72.9	22	48.1	48	trace	117	0
1946	60.6	32	77.3	8	43.9	86	0.00	122	0
1945	50.7	115	60.2	115	41.1	108	0.63	71	0
1944	58.2	54	65.3	88	51.1	32	3.11	8	0
1943	56.1	73	70.2	44	41.9	102	0.00	122	0
1942	59.5	44	72	29	47	60	0.78	57	0
1941	61.6	25	69.8	47	53.3	16	5.57	1	0
1940	58.8	50	72.3	26	45.3	71	1.43	37	0
1937			69.6	49			1.30	40	1
1936	58.7	51	68.7	63	48.7	43	1.18	42	0
1935	46.1	126	56.4	127	35.7	127	0.20	97	0
1934	59.6	43	70.6	41	48.6	45	0.00	122	0
1933	53.6	96	66.1	83	41	110	2.91	10	0
1932	57	68	67.7	73	46.3	62	1.47	34	0
1931	66.3	6	77.4	7	55.2	6	0.38	81	0
1930	57.3	59	68.9	58	45.8	66	0.70	66	0
1929	49.6	121	62	108	37.1	126	0.65	69	0
1928									8
1927	60.9	27	71.1	34	50.8	35	0.62	75	0
1926	60.5	33	69.2	53	51.8	24	1.48	33	0
1925	53.5	98	61.9	109	45.1	75	1.74	22	0
1924	58.4	52	68.1	69	48.7	43	1.45	35	0
1923	51.8	107	63.3	97	40.2	116	0.00	122	0
1922	67.3	3	76.9	9	57.8	3	1.42	39	0
1921							1.81	19	8
1920	56.9	69	69.2	53	44.6	84	0.00	122	0
1919	67.1	4	76.4	11	57.8	3	1.98	17	0
1918	56.1	73	67	79	45.2	74	0.08	110	0
1917	50.4	117	59.3	121	41.4	106	0.28	92	0
1916	63.6	18	77.6	5	49.7	41	0.20	97	0
1915	50.9	113	59.3	121	42.6	96	1.19	41	0
1914	66.7	5	78.1	4	55.3	5	0.09	109	0
1913	64.8	10	75.2	16	54.4	12	0.29	91	0
1912	59.8	42	71.9	31	47.7	53	0.72	62	0
1911	54.5	88	64.1	94	44.9	80	1.10	45	0
1910	60	41	72	29	48	49	2.56	12	0
1909	57.5	58	72.2	27	42.8	94	0.01	116	0
1908	54	93	70.2	44	37.8	122	0.04	113	0
1907	57.1	65	69.1	55	45.1	75	0.58	76	0
1906	57.3	59	69.9	46	44.8	81	0.35	85	0
1905	65.3	9	79.1	2	51.6	27	0.13	101	0
1904	52.6	102	64.1	94	41	110	0.74	60	0
1903	60.2	39	68.3	65	52.1	22	1.75	21	0
1902	55.2	82	64.2	92	46.2	63	0.38	81	0
1901	57.2	62	69.7	48	44.7	82	0.18	99	0
1900					54.6	11	0.86	53	1
1899	54.2	89	67.4	76	40.9	112	0.00	122	0
1898	64.4	13	73.8	20	55	7	0.77	58	0
1897							0.04	113	2
1896	50.3	119	62.4	104	38.1	121			0
1895	53.1	100	64.7	91	41.4	106	0.54	78	0
1894	52.6	102	59.4	118	45.8	66	0.63	71	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2007	69.8
2021	68.8
1922	67.3
1919	67.1
1914	66.7
1931	66.3
2017	65.9
2018	65.5
1905	65.3
1913	64.8

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1935	46.1
1952	47.9
1989	48.8
1987	48.8
1964	48.9
1929	49.6
2003	49.9
1896	50.3
1965	50.4
1917	50.4

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1941	5.57
1990	4.93
1955	4.45
1991	4.07
2014	4.05
1954	3.29
1979	3.24
1944	3.11
1986	3.05
1933	2.91

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
2011	0.00
1963	0.00
1946	0.00
1943	0.00
1934	0.00
1923	0.00
1920	0.00
1899	0.00
2024	trace
2022	trace
More years share the last value

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 80°F; 1 October 2026
Coldest night: 43°F; 6 October 2026, 5 October 2026, 3 October 2026
Wettest day: 0.66 in; 1 October 2026

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October 2026 so far brought 1.01 in of precipitation in South Bend, IN, the wettest 1 to 9 October since 2023, tied 49th wettest of 129 (with 2016).
The hottest day of October 2026 so far in South Bend, IN: 80°F on Thursday 1 October 2026.
The coldest night of October 2026 so far in South Bend, IN: a low of 43°F on Tuesday 6 October 2026, Monday 5 October 2026 and Saturday 3 October 2026.
The wettest day of October 2026 so far in South Bend, IN: 0.66 in on Thursday 1 October 2026.