Climate averages 1991–2020
South Bend weather
in January.
A freezing month with moderate precipitation: the coolest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a freezing month in South Bend: daytime highs average -0.3°C and nights cool to about -7.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 68 mm of precipitation on roughly 11 days, which makes January a month with moderate precipitation (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 32 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kalamazoo (87 km away). In January its highs average -0.8°C, 0.6°C cooler than South Bend, with 70 mm of precipitation.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, South Bend ranks joint 438th of 498 for the warmest January highs and joint 205th of 498 for the driest January (precipitation, lowest first). The mean January high of those 498 cities is 9.5°C; South Bend is 9.8°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.0°C to 1.7°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 68 mm to 55 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | -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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Kalamazoo in JanuaryUnited States · 87 kmHigh -0.8°C · Low -7.7°C · 70 mm precipitation
- Gary in JanuaryUnited States · 92 kmHigh -0.5°C · Low -6.8°C · 66 mm precipitation
- Hammond in JanuaryUnited States · 104 kmHigh -0.5°C · Low -7.2°C · 63 mm precipitation
- Fort Wayne in JanuaryUnited States · 112 kmHigh 0.3°C · Low -7.4°C · 69 mm precipitation
- Chicago in JanuaryUnited States · 118 kmHigh -0.7°C · Low -7.4°C · 62 mm precipitation
- Evanston in JanuaryUnited States · 126 kmHigh -1.0°C · Low -7.0°C · 58 mm precipitation
- Cicero in JanuaryUnited States · 126 kmHigh -0.6°C · Low -7.8°C · 62 mm precipitation
- Wyoming in JanuaryUnited States · 144 kmHigh -1.1°C · Low -8.1°C · 62 mm precipitation
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.