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CXUS53 KIWX 011933
CLMSBN
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
333 PM EDT SAT AUG 01 2026
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..THE SOUTH BEND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF JULY 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 109 07/24/1934
LOW 42 07/02/2001
07/15/1930
HIGHEST 94 07/01 MM MM 96 07/24
LOWEST 49 07/23 MM MM 58 07/18
AVG. MAXIMUM 84.8 82.7 2.1 85.7
AVG. MINIMUM 64.7 62.1 2.6 66.0
MEAN 74.8 72.4 2.4
DAYS MAX >= 90 6 5.2 0.8 8
DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0
DAYS MIN <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0
DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0
PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
MAXIMUM 8.66 2006
MINIMUM 0.02 1946
TOTALS 1.89 3.78 -1.89 3.04
DAILY AVG. 0.07 0.12 -0.05 0.10
DAYS >= .01 8 9.5 -1.5 12
DAYS >= .10 4 6.5 -2.5 8
DAYS >= .50 2 2.6 -0.6 2
DAYS >= 1.00 0 0.8 -0.8 0
GREATEST
24 HR. TOTAL 0.75 07/27 TO 07/27
SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
TOTAL 0.0 MM
TOTALS 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
SINCE 7/1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 0
DAYS >= 1.0 0 0.0 0.0 0
GREATEST
SNOW DEPTH 0
24 HR TOTAL 0.0
DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL 2 7 -5 0
SINCE 7/1 2 0 2 MM
COOLING TOTAL 312 236 76 345
SINCE 1/1 529 448 81 295
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.2
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 35/330 DATE 07/03
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 48/330 DATE 07/03
SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.25
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 22
NUMBER OF DAYS PC 8
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 1
AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 74
WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM 9 MIXED PRECIP 0
HEAVY RAIN 7 RAIN 6
LIGHT RAIN 11 FREEZING RAIN 0
LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0
HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0
LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0
FOG 18 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 1
HAZE 12
- INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.
..A HOT AND DRY JULY
SOUTH BEND STARTED JULY HOT AND HUMID WITH A TYPICAL SUMMERTIME
HEATWAVE, INCLUDING SEVERAL DAYS WITH HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S TO MID
90S. OVERALL, THE FIRST HALF OF THE MONTH WAS HOT WITH 18 STRAIGHT
DAYS OF ABOVE NORMAL AVERAGE TEMPERATURES. THIS WAS FOLLOWED BY A
LEAN TOWARDS NEAR TO SLIGHTLY NELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES TO FINISH
OUT THE MONTH. THERE WERE 6 DAYS IN JULY WITH HIGHS IN THE 90S,
WHICH EXCEEDS THE MONTHLY AVERAGE OF 4. OVERALL, JULY AVERAGED 74.8
DEGREES, WHICH IS 2.4 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL AND TIES FOR THE 30TH
WARMEST JULY ON RECORD.
PRECIPITATION-WISE, JULY BROUGHT 2 DAYS OF GREATER THAN 0.5 INCH OF
RAIN: JULY 4TH (0.63") AND 27TH (0.75"). HOWEVER, RAINFALL WAS HARD
TO COME BY OUTSIDE OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS THROUGHOUT THE
MONTH. THERE WERE ONLY 8 DAYS WITH MEASURABLE RAINFALL IN JULY. THIS
LED TO SOUTH BEND ONLY GETTING ABOUT 50% OF THEIR NORMAL RAINFALL
FOR THE MONTH. OVERALL, 1.89" OF RAIN FELL, WHICH IS 1.89" BELOW
NORMAL AND RANKS AS THE 27TH DRIEST JULY ON RECORD. THIS WAS THE
DRIEST JULY SINCE 2014. THERE WERE 2 DAYS OF MISSING PRECIPITATION
REPORTS THIS MONTH ON JULY 3RD AND JULY 9TH.
OVERALL, JULY WAS A RELATIVELY QUIET MONTH SEVERE WEATHER-WISE WITH
2 DAMAGING WIND EVENTS ACROSS OUR FORECAST AREA ON JULY 3RD AND JULY
27TH. A TORNADO WAS SURVEYED ON THE 27TH IN GRANT COUNTY, IN. VISIT
WEATHER.GOV/IWX/EVENTS TO READ MORE ABOUT PAST SEVERE WEATHER EVENTS.
JULY HAD 2 DAILY RECORD WARM LOWS SET AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MONTH.
ON JULY 1ST, A LOW OF 77 DEGREES BROKE THE OLD RECORD WARM LOW OF 74
FROM 1931. ON JULY 2ND, A LOW OF 76 DEGREES BROKE THE OLD RECORD
WARM LOW OF 76 FROM 1898.
ROLLER/JOHNSON
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