Climate averages 1991–2020
South Bend weather
in July.
A warm, wet month: the warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a warm month in South Bend: daytime highs average 27.6°C and nights cool to about 18.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 104 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes July a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 53 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kalamazoo (87 km away). In July its highs average 27.1°C, 0.6°C cooler than South Bend, with 101 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, South Bend ranks joint 386th of 498 for the warmest July highs and joint 403rd of 498 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 498 cities is 30.3°C; South Bend is 2.7°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 1.0°C to 26.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 104 mm to 97 mm.
The annual picture
July 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 | 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Kalamazoo in JulyUnited States · 87 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 17.9°C · 101 mm rain
- Gary in JulyUnited States · 92 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 20.3°C · 98 mm rain
- Hammond in JulyUnited States · 104 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 20.2°C · 97 mm rain
- Fort Wayne in JulyUnited States · 112 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 18.4°C · 91 mm rain
- Chicago in JulyUnited States · 118 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 20.2°C · 92 mm rain
- Evanston in JulyUnited States · 126 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 20.7°C · 86 mm rain
- Cicero in JulyUnited States · 126 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 19.6°C · 92 mm rain
- Wyoming in JulyUnited States · 144 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 17.8°C · 96 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.