Climate averages 1991–2020
South Bend weather
in November.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a cool month in South Bend: daytime highs average 8.8°C and nights cool to about 1.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 73 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes November a moderately wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 53 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kalamazoo (87 km away). In November its highs average 8.0°C, 0.8°C cooler than South Bend, with 71 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, South Bend ranks joint 419th of 498 for the warmest November highs and joint 286th of 498 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 498 cities is 15.2°C; South Bend is 6.5°C cooler than that mean.
From November to December, average highs fall by 6.1°C to 2.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 73 mm to 61 mm.
The annual picture
November 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 | 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, selected | 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
November in nearby cities
- Kalamazoo in NovemberUnited States · 87 kmHigh 8.0°C · Low 1.4°C · 71 mm rain
- Gary in NovemberUnited States · 92 kmHigh 8.6°C · Low 2.8°C · 73 mm rain
- Hammond in NovemberUnited States · 104 kmHigh 8.6°C · Low 2.5°C · 72 mm rain
- Fort Wayne in NovemberUnited States · 112 kmHigh 9.3°C · Low 1.5°C · 77 mm rain
- Chicago in NovemberUnited States · 118 kmHigh 8.4°C · Low 2.4°C · 72 mm rain
- Evanston in NovemberUnited States · 126 kmHigh 7.9°C · Low 2.8°C · 67 mm rain
- Cicero in NovemberUnited States · 126 kmHigh 8.6°C · Low 1.9°C · 72 mm rain
- Wyoming in NovemberUnited States · 144 kmHigh 7.7°C · Low 1.3°C · 68 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.