Climate averages 1991–2020
South Bend weather
in March.
A cold, moderately wet month: the 9th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cold month in South Bend: daytime highs average 7.8°C and nights cool to about -1.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 72 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 54 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kalamazoo (87 km away). In March its highs average 6.8°C, 1.0°C cooler than South Bend, with 68 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, South Bend ranks joint 414th of 498 for the warmest March highs and joint 234th of 498 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 498 cities is 14.9°C; South Bend is 7.2°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 6.9°C to 14.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 72 mm to 102 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Kalamazoo in MarchUnited States · 87 kmHigh 6.8°C · Low -2.7°C · 68 mm rain
- Gary in MarchUnited States · 92 kmHigh 6.3°C · Low -1.2°C · 77 mm rain
- Hammond in MarchUnited States · 104 kmHigh 6.6°C · Low -1.2°C · 77 mm rain
- Fort Wayne in MarchUnited States · 112 kmHigh 8.4°C · Low -1.6°C · 80 mm rain
- Chicago in MarchUnited States · 118 kmHigh 6.0°C · Low -1.6°C · 71 mm rain
- Evanston in MarchUnited States · 126 kmHigh 4.8°C · Low -1.5°C · 66 mm rain
- Cicero in MarchUnited States · 126 kmHigh 7.2°C · Low -1.5°C · 71 mm rain
- Wyoming in MarchUnited States · 144 kmHigh 6.2°C · Low -3.3°C · 63 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.