Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
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CXUS53 KIWX 011345
CLMSBN
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
945 AM EDT WED JUL 01 2026
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...THE SOUTH BEND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE 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 106 06/01/1934
LOW 35 06/11/1972
06/02/1956
06/16/1917
HIGHEST 92 06/30 MM MM 94 06/22
06/23
06/24
LOWEST 48 06/03 MM MM 38 06/01
06/02
AVG. MAXIMUM 78.9 79.4 -0.5 83.1
AVG. MINIMUM 59.4 58.1 1.3 62.3
MEAN 69.1 68.8 0.3
DAYS MAX >= 90 3 3.5 -0.5 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 10.06 4.04 6.02 5.01
DAILY AVG. 0.34 0.13 0.21 0.17
DAYS >= .01 13 11.0 2.0 11
DAYS >= .10 12 7.4 4.6 7
DAYS >= .50 9 2.7 6.3 5
DAYS >= 1.00 4 0.9 3.1 2
GREATEST
24 HR. TOTAL 1.75 06/21 TO 06/21
SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
TOTAL MM MM
TOTALS 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
SINCE 7/1 94.8 64.5 30.3 38.1
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 23 44 -21 19
SINCE 7/1 5872 6402 -530 5602
COOLING TOTAL 158 156 2 260
SINCE 1/1 217 212 5 295
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.3
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 39/280 DATE 06/11
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 56/280 DATE 06/11
SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.35
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 15
NUMBER OF DAYS PC 15
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 0
AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 71
WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM 8 MIXED PRECIP 0
HEAVY RAIN 10 RAIN 11
LIGHT RAIN 16 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 2
HAZE 3
- INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.
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...SECOND WETTEST JUNE ON RECORD WITH NOTABLE SEVERE STORMS...
JUNE 2026 WAS BOOKENDED BY WARM SPELLS AND FEATURED NUMEROUS ROUNDS
OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS AS EVIDENCED BY A SECOND GREATEST JUNE
TOTAL RAINFALL ON RECORD: 10.06 INCHES (OVERALL JUNE RECORD IS 10.86
IN 1993). THIS IS VERY IMPRESSIVE, ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING THAT THE
RAINFALL THIS MONTH WAS FROM VERY HEAVY RAINFALL PRODUCING
THUNDERSTORMS RATHER THAN TROPICAL REMNANTS. THERE WERE FOUR DAYS
THIS MONTH WITH RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF 1": JUNE 9 (1.36"),
JUNE 11 (1.48"), JUNE 17 (1.52"), AND JUNE 21 (1.75"). EPISODES OF
URBAN FLOODING WERE NOTED IN SOUTH BEND THROUGHOUT JUNE, WITH FLOOD
ADVISORIES ISSUED ON JUNE 11, 17 AND 22. OTHERWISE, AREA WATERWAYS
HANDLED THIS SURPLUS OF RAIN RATHER WELL AS RIVERS ROSE INTO ACTION
STAGE BUT REMAINED BELOW MINOR FLOOD STAGE THIS MONTH. THIS COULD BE
ATTRIBUTED TO MAY`S RAINFALL BEING 2.50 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. A
SECOND FACTOR COULD BE THE SPREAD OUT NATURE OF THE RAIN; MEASURABLE
RAINFALL OCCURRED ON 13 DAYS THIS MONTH. ONE DAILY RAINFALL RECORD
WAS SET: 1.75" ON THE 21ST EXCEEDED 1.70 SET IN 2020. (JUNE 17
MISSED THE RECORD OF 1.58" SET IN 2014 BY 0.02"). SOUTH BEND`S
ANNUAL PRECIPITATION TOTAL TO DATE IS 26.86 INCHES (NINE DAYS OF
MISSING DATA, HOWEVER) WHICH RANKS AS THE 5TH WETTEST, AND IS THE
WETTEST SINCE 27.28 IN 2018.
TO FURTHER PUT INTO CONTEXT HOW IMPRESSIVE 10"+ OF RAINFALL IS IN
JUST ONE MONTH, THE 10.06" THAT FELL IN JUNE 2026 RANKS AS THE 4TH
WETTEST MONTH EVER IN SOUTH BEND`S 133 YEARS OF WEATHER RECORDS! THE
ONLY TIMES THERE WERE HIGHER MONTHLY RAINFALL AMOUNTS WERE IN
SEPTEMBER 2008 (13.92"), AUGUST 2016 (12.81"), AND JUNE 1993
(10.86").
THE MONTH BEGAN WITH DAILY TEMPERATURES JUST A FEW DEGREES ABOVE
NORMAL, BUT THEN TRENDED WELL-ABOVE NORMAL BY JUNE 8-10 WHEN HIGHS
WERE WELL INTO THE 80S AND WE RECORDED OUR FIRST 90-DEGREE DAY OF
THE YEAR ON THE 10TH. REFRESHINGLY COOLER FROM THE 14TH THROUGH
27TH. THERE WERE TWO DAYS IN THAT SPAN WITH HIGHS ONLY IN THE 60S.
THE END OF JUNE FEATURED AN EXTREME HEAT WARNING WHERE HIGHS SURGED
INTO THE LOW TO MID 90S FOR SEVERAL DAYS. A NEW RECORD WARM LOW WAS
SET ON JUNE 30TH; 76 DEGREES AT SOUTH BEND TIED THE DAILY RECORD SET
BACK IN 1970. WITH THE TEMPERATURE FLUCTUATIONS IN JUNE, THE AVERAGE
TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 69.1 DEGREES, WHICH IS 0.3 DEGREES
ABOVE NORMAL.
SEVERE WEATHER ON JUNE 11TH WAS NOTABLE AS 14 TORNADOES WERE
SURVEYED ACROSS OUR 37-COUNTY FORECAST AREA. THIS APPEARS TO BE THE
GREATEST SINGLE-DAY OUTBREAKS WITHIN OUR FORECAST AREA SINCE AUGUST
24, 2016 WHICH ALSO HAD 14 TORNADOES. VISIT WEATHER.GOV/IWX/EVENTS
TO READ MORE ABOUT PAST SEVERE WEATHER EVENTS.
BROWN/JOHNSON
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