Climate averages 1991–2020
South Bend weather
in April.
A cool, wet month: the 7th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a cool month in South Bend: daytime highs average 14.7°C and nights cool to about 4.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 102 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes April a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 18 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kalamazoo (87 km away). In April its highs average 13.7°C, 0.9°C cooler than South Bend, with 100 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, South Bend ranks joint 368th of 498 for the warmest April highs and joint 376th of 498 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 498 cities is 19.4°C; South Bend is 4.7°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 6.0°C to 20.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 102 mm to 114 mm.
The annual picture
April in context
Monthly precipitation
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
South Bend climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -0.3°C-7.5°C | -7.5°C | 68 | 10.8 | 9.510 h |
| February | 1.7°C-6.7°C | -6.7°C | 55 | 8.4 | 10.611 h |
| March | 7.8°C-1.8°C | -1.8°C | 72 | 10.9 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 14.7°C4.1°C | 4.1°C | 102 | 12.5 | 13.313 h |
| May | 20.7°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 114 | 13.0 | 14.515 h |
| June | 25.8°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 106 | 11.8 | 15.115 h |
| July | 27.6°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 104 | 11.7 | 14.915 h |
| August | 26.7°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 97 | 10.9 | 13.914 h |
| September | 23.1°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 83 | 9.8 | 12.513 h |
| October | 16.3°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 84 | 10.5 | 11.111 h |
| November | 8.8°C1.7°C | 1.7°C | 73 | 9.7 | 9.910 h |
| December | 2.6°C-3.7°C | -3.7°C | 61 | 10.4 | 9.29 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
April in nearby cities
- Kalamazoo in AprilUnited States · 87 kmHigh 13.7°C · Low 3.5°C · 100 mm rain
- Gary in AprilUnited States · 92 kmHigh 12.8°C · Low 4.9°C · 107 mm rain
- Hammond in AprilUnited States · 104 kmHigh 13.1°C · Low 4.9°C · 110 mm rain
- Fort Wayne in AprilUnited States · 112 kmHigh 15.2°C · Low 4.4°C · 101 mm rain
- Chicago in AprilUnited States · 118 kmHigh 12.3°C · Low 4.4°C · 114 mm rain
- Evanston in AprilUnited States · 126 kmHigh 10.9°C · Low 4.4°C · 108 mm rain
- Cicero in AprilUnited States · 126 kmHigh 13.7°C · Low 4.4°C · 114 mm rain
- Wyoming in AprilUnited States · 144 kmHigh 13.2°C · Low 3.0°C · 101 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for South Bend) is explained once on the South Bend year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.