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CXUS53 KIWX 011313
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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
913 AM EDT TUE APR 01 2025
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..THE SOUTH BEND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH 2025
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1893 TO 2025
WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR'S
VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S)
NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
HIGH 85 03/21/2012
03/31/1981
07/14/1936
LOW -13 03/08/1943
HIGHEST 78 03/14 MM MM 74 03/04
03/28
LOWEST 16 03/01 MM MM 21 03/20
AVG. MAXIMUM 54.8 46.2 8.6 54.1
AVG. MINIMUM 31.7 27.2 4.5 34.1
MEAN 43.2 36.7 6.5
DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0
DAYS MAX <= 32 0 3.5 -3.5 0
DAYS MIN <= 32 19 21.1 -2.1 15
DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.1 -0.1 0
PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
MAXIMUM 7.96 1976
MINIMUM 0.54 1958
TOTALS 5.16 2.35 2.81 4.34
DAILY AVG. 0.17 0.08 0.09 0.14
DAYS >= .01 12 12.4 -0.4 12
DAYS >= .10 10 6.0 4.0 6
DAYS >= .50 5 1.3 3.7 3
DAYS >= 1.00 1 0.2 0.8 1
GREATEST
24 HR. TOTAL 1.25 03/04 TO 03/04
SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
TOTAL 33.9 1960
TOTALS 0.4 6.8 -6.4 0.4
SINCE 7/1 38.1 63.5 -25.4 30.3
SNOWDEPTH AVG. T -1
DAYS >= 1.0 0 2.0 -2.0 0
GREATEST
SNOW DEPTH T 2
24 HR TOTAL 0.4 03/05 TO 03/05
DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL 666 879 -213 640
SINCE 7/1 4888 5612 -724 4841
COOLING TOTAL 0 2 -2 0
SINCE 1/1 0 2 -2 0
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 11.5
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 45/200 DATE 03/30
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 61/180 DATE 03/30
SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.46
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 12
NUMBER OF DAYS PC 11
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 8
AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 62
WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM 4 MIXED PRECIP 0
HEAVY RAIN 5 RAIN 7
LIGHT RAIN 11 FREEZING RAIN 0
LT FREEZING RAIN 1 HAIL 0
HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 2
LIGHT SNOW 8 SLEET 0
FOG 14 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 2
HAZE 13
- INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.
..TOP 15 WARMEST AND WETTEST MARCH ON RECORD
MARCH 2025 WAS VERY MILD AND WET, WITH A NOTABLE AMOUNT OF RAIN BUT
A LACK OF SNOW. THE MONTH WAS NOTICABLY WARMER THAN NORMAL, WITH
SEVERAL DAYS WITH HIGHS IN THE UPPER 60S TO MID 70S DURING THE
MIDDLE AND END OF THE MONTH. MANY THESE WARMER DAYS ALSO BROUGHT
ABOUT PERIODS OF ACTIVE WEATHER. THE MIDDLE TO END OF THE MONTH WAS
ESPECIALLY ACTIVE, WITH SEVERAL AREAS OF LOW PRESSURE MOVING THROUGH
THE MIDWEST AND GREAT LAKES REGIONS. THESE AREAS OF LOW PRESSURE
BROUGHT PERIODS OF STORMS TO THE AREA, WITH SEVERE WEATHER OCCURRING
ON MARCH 19TH AND MARCH 30TH. STRAIGHTLINE WIND DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED
WITH BOTH SEVERE WEATHER EVENT AND A FEW ISOLATED TORNADOES OCCURED
TOO.
MILD TEMPERATURES LED TO MARCH 2025 RANKING AS THE 14TH WARMEST ON
RECORD (RECORDS BEGAN IN 1893). THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS 43.2
DEGREES, WHICH IS 6.5 DEGREES ABOVE THE NORMAL AVERAGE TEMPERATURES
OF 36.7 DEGREES. THE WARMEST HIGH TEMPERATURE THIS MONTH WAS 78
DEGREES, WHICH OCCURRED ON MARCH 14TH AND MARCH 28TH.
WITH ALL OF THE ACTIVE WEATHER TOWARDS THE LATTER HALF OF THE MONTH,
PRECIPITATION WAS NOT HARD TO COME BY IN SOUTH BEND. AN ASTOUNDING
5.16" OF PRECIPITATION FELL THIS MONTH, WHICH IS 2.81" ABOVE NORMAL
AND RANKS AS THE 7TH WETTEST MARCH ON RECORD! THE HIGHEST DAILY
PRECIPITATION TOTAL OCCURRED ON MARCH 4TH WHEN 1.25" FELL. THIS SET
A NEW DAILY RECORD RAINFALL FOR MARCH 4TH, AS THE 1.25" MEASURED
BROKE THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 1.18" SET IN 1976. THERE WERE ALSO
SEVERAL DAYS THIS MONTH WITH RAIN TOTALS AT OR OVER A HALF INCH THAT
HELPED CONTRIBUTE TO THE OVERALL TOTAL. SOUTH BEND HAS ONLY HAD A
MONTHLY PRECIPITATION TOTAL OF 5" OR MORE IN MARCH 8 TIMES IN THE
CITY'S 132-YEAR HISTORY OF RECORDS.
WITH SUCH MILD TEMPERATURES THIS MONTH, IT IS NO SURPRISE THAT
SNOWFALL WAS SIGNIFICANTLY LACKING. IN FACT, ONLY ONE DAY HAS
MEASURABLE SNOW IN THE ENTIRE MONTH. 0.4" FELL ON MARCH 4TH, WHICH
IS THE ENTIRE MONTHLY TOTAL. THIS IS 6.4" BELOW NORMAL FOR THE MONTH
AND TIES WITH 2024 FOR THE 11TH LEAST SNOWY MARCH ON RECORD. WHILE
THERE CAN BE SNOWSTORMS IN MARCH, THEY HAVE BEEN HARD TO COME BY IN
THE PAST DECADE. WITH THE LARGE TEMPERATURE SWINGS THAT TYPICALLY
OCCUR IN THE TRANSITION FROM WINTER TO SPRING, IT IS ALSO NOT
UNUSUAL TO HAVE A LACK OF SNOW IN MARCH. THE LAST TIME MARCH
SNOWFALL WAS ABOVE NORMAL IN SOUTH BEND WAS IN 2023; IN THE PAST 25
YEARS, ONLY 9 YEARS HAVE HAS MARCH SNOWFALL ABOVE AVERAGE.
JOHNSON
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