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CXUS53 KIWX 011315
CLMSBN
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
815 AM EST SUN FEB 01 2026
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..THE SOUTH BEND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY 2026
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1893 TO 2026
WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR'S
VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S)
NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
HIGH 68 01/25/1950
LOW -22 01/20/1943
01/25/1897
HIGHEST 62 01/09 MM MM 48 01/30
LOWEST -8 01/24 MM MM -5 01/21
AVG. MAXIMUM 28.8 31.2 -2.4 30.0
AVG. MINIMUM 14.3 17.0 -2.7 15.7
MEAN 21.5 24.1 -2.6
DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0
DAYS MAX <= 32 20 16.8 3.2 18
DAYS MIN <= 32 27 27.6 -0.6 31
DAYS MIN <= 0 5 3.2 1.8 3
PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
MAXIMUM 5.34 2008
MINIMUM 0.44 1945
TOTALS 2.02 2.66 -0.64 1.58
DAILY AVG. 0.07 0.09 -0.02 0.05
DAYS >= .01 21 16.8 4.2 15
DAYS >= .10 8 7.0 1.0 3
DAYS >= .50 0 1.2 -1.2 1
DAYS >= 1.00 0 0.3 -0.3 0
GREATEST
24 HR. TOTAL 0.43 01/14 TO 01/14
SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
TOTAL 86.1 1978
TOTALS 38.6 21.6 17.0 14.4
SINCE 7/1 75.7 40.6 35.1 24.9
SNOWDEPTH AVG. 5 1
DAYS >= 1.0 9 6.6 2.4 5
GREATEST
SNOW DEPTH 17 01/15
24 HR TOTAL 12.6 01/14 TO 01/14
DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL 1342 1268 74 1301
SINCE 7/1 3632 3675 -43 3168
COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0 0
SINCE 1/1 0 0 0 0
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 11.1
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 36/250 DATE 01/09
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 55/240 DATE 01/09
SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.73
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 4
NUMBER OF DAYS PC 12
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 15
AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 76
WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM 0 MIXED PRECIP 0
HEAVY RAIN 0 RAIN 0
LIGHT RAIN 3 FREEZING RAIN 0
LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0
HEAVY SNOW 6 SNOW 9
LIGHT SNOW 22 SLEET 0
FOG 26 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 4
HAZE 20
- INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.
8TH SNOWIEST JANUARY ON RECORD
RECENT MEMORY WILL FIXATE ON THE ARCTIC CHILL THAT DESCENDED OVER
THE MIDWEST DURING THE FINAL TWO WEEKS OF JANUARY. HOWEVER, RECALL
THE MILD STRETCH THAT OCCURRED FROM THE 4TH THROUGH 14TH FEATURING
HIGHS IN THE 40S AND EVEN TWO DAYS IN THE 60S. AS MILD AIR WAS
DISPLACED, 12.6 INCHES OF SNOW WAS RECORDED ON THE 14TH AND NUMEROUS
CLIPPERS AND BOUTS OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW FOLLOWED.
ONE TEMPERATURE RECORD WAS ABSOLUTELY SHATTERED DURING THE
AFORMENTIONED MILD STRETCH. THE HIGH OF 62 DEGREES ON JANUARY 9TH
BROKE THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 51 SET IN 2020. THE PRECEDING DAY'S
HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 60 NEARLY REACHED THE RECORD OF 61 SET IN 1965.
THROUGH THE FIRST TWO WEEKS OF JANUARY, THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR
THE MONTH WAS 8.1 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL (AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 33).
IT WAS NOT UNTIL JANUARY 26 THAT THIS DEPARTURE WAS ERASED AND THE
MONTHLY AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS 0.3 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. JANUARY
ENDED WITH AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 21.5 DEGREES WHICH WAS 2.6
DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. THIS RANKS AS THE 36TH COLDEST ON RECORD.
SNOW CONTINUED TO PILE UP WITH A MONTHLY TOTAL OF 38.6 INCHES. THIS
IS 17 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL. THIS RANKS AS THE 8TH MOST FOR JANUARY
AND THIS IS THE MOST SINCE 46.6 INCHES FELL IN JANUARY 2014. THROUGH
JULY 1, THIS YEAR'S SNOW TOTAL NOW STANDS AT 75.7 INCHES, WHICH IS
35.1 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL. THIS IS THE MOST SINCE 78.7 INCHES ENDING
JANUARY 31, 2011. THIS RANKS AS THE 6TH MOST ON RECORD.
STRICTLY SPEAKING, SINCE DECEMBER 1, THE SNOW TOTAL STANDS AT 48.6
INCHES WHICH IS 13.3 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL. THIS RANKS AS THE MOST
SINCE 2017-2018 (54.4 INCHES) AND TIES 1966-1967 AS THE 15TH MOST ON
RECORD. A NEW DAILY RECORD SNOWFALL WAS SET ON THE 12TH WHEN 12.6
INCHES WAS RECORDED, BREAKING THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 6.0 INCHES IN
1985.
CHARACTERISTIC OF CLIPPERS AND LAKE EFFECT SNOW WHICH PRODUCE DRY,
FLUFFY SNOW, PRECIPITATION WAS ONLY 2.02 INCHES FOR THE MONTH. THIS
IS 0.64 INCHES BELOW NORMAL AND RANKS AS THE 60TH DRIEST ON RECORD.
BROWN
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