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CXUS53 KIWX 010903  
CLMSBN  
 
CLIMATE REPORT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA  
503 AM EDT TUE JUL 01 2025  
   
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..THE SOUTH BEND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE 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 106 06/01/1934  
LOW 35 06/11/1972  
06/02/1956  
06/16/1917  
HIGHEST 94 06/22 MM MM 94 06/17  
06/23  
06/24  
LOWEST 38 06/01 MM MM 43 06/11  
06/02  
AVG. MAXIMUM 83.1 79.4 3.7 83.2  
AVG. MINIMUM 62.3 58.1 4.2 61.5  
MEAN 72.7 68.8 3.9  
DAYS MAX >= 90 9 3.5 5.5 9  
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 10.86 1993  
MINIMUM 0.48 1988  
TOTALS 5.01 4.04 0.97 4.87  
DAILY AVG. 0.17 0.13 0.04 0.16  
DAYS >= .01 11 11.0 0.0 11  
DAYS >= .10 7 7.4 -0.4 8  
DAYS >= .50 5 2.7 2.3 4  
DAYS >= 1.00 2 0.9 1.1 2  
GREATEST  
24 HR. TOTAL 1.12 06/04 TO 06/04  
 
SNOWFALL (INCHES)  
RECORDS  
TOTAL MM MM  
TOTALS 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0  
SINCE 7/1 38.1 64.5 -26.4 30.3  
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 19 44 -25 17  
SINCE 7/1 5602 6402 -800 4948  
COOLING TOTAL 260 156 104 245  
SINCE 1/1 295 212 83 306    
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WIND (MPH)  
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.9  
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 37/210 DATE 06/18  
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 52/210 DATE 06/18  
 
SKY COVER  
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM  
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.28  
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 22  
NUMBER OF DAYS PC 4  
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 4  
 
AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 70  
 
WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH  
THUNDERSTORM 8 MIXED PRECIP 0  
HEAVY RAIN 8 RAIN 6  
LIGHT RAIN 12 FREEZING RAIN 0  
LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0  
HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0  
LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0  
FOG 15 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 0  
HAZE 8  
 
- INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.  
R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.  
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.  
T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.  
 

   
..FIRST SUMMER HEAT WAVE
 
 
WHILE JUNE 1 WAS NOTABLY COOL (DAILY AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS 11  
DEGREES BELOW NORMAL), THE REMINDER OF THE MONTH WAS WARMER THAN  
NORMAL. ONLY SIX DAYS THIS MONTH SAW AN AVERAGE DAILY TEMPERATURE  
BELOW NORMAL. DURING A LATE-MONTH HEAT WAVE, SOUTH BEND SET THREE  
RECORD WARM MINIMUM TEMPERATURES (JUNE 22, 23, 24) AND RECORDED A  
HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 90 OR GREATER FOR SEVEN STRAIGHT DAYS.  
 
THE LONGEST STRETCH OF 90S ON RECORD IS 15 DAYS BACK IN 1901. JUNE  
OF LAST YEAR SAW AN SEVEN-DAY STRETCH END ON JUNE 22ND. EARLY JULY  
2020 RECORDED EIGHT STRAIGHT 90-DEGREE DAYS. THE TOTAL NUMBER OF 90  
DEGREE DAYS THIS MONTH IS NINE, MATCHING THAT OF JUNE 2024 AND IS  
ABOVE THE AVERAGE OF FOUR.  
 
THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 72.7 DEGREES WHICH IS 3.9  
DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THIS RANKS AS THE 10TH WARMEST JUNE OF RECORD.  
THIS WAS THE WARMEST JUNE SINCE 2021 (73.0 DEGREE AVERAGE) AND WAS  
ONLY SLIGHTLY WARMER THAN JUNE 2024 (72.4 DEGREE AVERAGE).  
 
WHILE 90-DEGREE DAYS CERTAINLY NUDGED THE MONTH'S AVERAGE  
TEMPERATURE ABOVE NORMAL, OVERNIGHT LOWS CARRIED NOTABLE WEIGHT. THE  
MONTH'S AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE OF 62.3 DEGREES TIES AS THE 8TH  
WARMEST ON RECORD.  
 
AMID THE HOT AND STEAMY CONDITIONS, PASSING THUNDERSTORMS BUBBLED UP  
AT TIMES AND RAINFALL RATES WERE VERY EFFICIENT. FOR EXAMPLE, 1.01"  
OF RAIN WAS RECORDED ON THE 27TH BUT 0.98" OF THIS TOTAL WAS  
RECORDED IN ONE HOUR DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. ON THE EVENING  
ON JUNE 17, SLOW-MOVING THUNDERSTORMS BECAME ANCHORED OVER NEARBY  
GRANGER, IN, RESULTING IN A COCORAHS REPORT OF 4.92 INCHES IN A  
MANNER OF ABOUT 3 TO 4 HOURS. THE SOUTH BEND AIRPORT RECORDED 0.00"  
THIS DAY.  
 
ALL TOLD, THE MONTH'S PRECIPITATION TOTALED 5.01 INCHES WHICH IS  
0.97 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL. THIS RANKS AS THE 30TH WETTEST JUNE ON  
RECORD. THIS IS THE MOST JUNE RAINFALL SINCE 9.67 INCHES IN 2021.  
 
BROWN  

 
 
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