Zip 46615 (South Bend, IN) Climate

South Bend, IN has a humid continental climate with four distinct seasons. Summers are warm and often humid with temperatures reaching the mid-80s. Winters are cold with temperature lows sometimes dropping down to minus 10 degrees Fahrenheit. Spring brings mild temperatures and lots of rainfall, while Fall is cool and generally dry. Overall, South Bend experiences all four seasons but has relatively mild weather compared to other parts of the country due to its proximity to Lake Michigan.

South Bend (zip 46615), Indiana gets 40 inches of rain, on average, per year. The US average is 38 inches of rain per year.

South Bend (zip 46615) averages 64 inches of snow per year. The US average is 28 inches of snow per year.

On average, there are 173 sunny days per year in South Bend (zip 46615). The US average is 205 sunny days.

South Bend (zip 46615) gets some kind of precipitation, on average, 142 days per year. Precipitation is rain, snow, sleet, or hail that falls to the ground. In order for precipitation to be counted you have to get at least .01 inches on the ground to measure.

Weather Highlights

Summer High: the July high is around 83 degrees
Winter Low: the January low is 16
Rain: averages 40 inches of rain a year
Snow: averages 64 inches of snow a year

Bestplaces Comfort Index

The annual BestPlaces Comfort Index for the 46615 zip code is 6.6 (10=best), which means it is one of the least comfortable places in Indiana.

9.1 Summer - 3.9 Winter

June, August and July are the most pleasant months in the 46615 zip code, while January and December are the least comfortable months.

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Climate

YOU SHOULD KNOW

Many people confuse weather and climate but they are different. Weather is the conditions of the atmosphere over a short period of time, and climate is how the atmosphere is over long periods of time.

Weather is how the atmosphere is behaving and its effects upon life and human activities. Weather can change from minute-to-minute. Most people think of weather in terms of temperature, humidity, precipitation, cloudiness, brightness, visibility, wind, and atmospheric pressure.

Climate is the description of the long-term pattern of weather in a place. Climate can mean the average weather for a particular region and time period taken over 30 years. Climate is the average of weather over time.

July is the hottest month for the 46615 zip code with an average high temperature of 82.6°, which ranks it as one of the coolest places in Indiana. In the 46615 zip code, there are 4 comfortable months with high temperatures in the range of 70-85°. The most pleasant months of the year for the 46615 zip code are June, August and September.

In the 46615 zip code, there are 8.4 days annually when the high temperature is over 90°, which is cooler than most places in Indiana.

January has the coldest nighttime temperatures for the 46615 zip code with an average of 15.8°. This is one of the coldest places in Indiana.

In the 46615 zip code, there are 135.9 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below freezing, which is one of the coldest places in Indiana.

In the 46615 zip code, there are 7.1 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below zero°, which is colder than most places in Indiana.

The humidity is usually comfortable in the 46615 zip code but some summer months can be sticky or muggy. July is the most humid month, though humidity is low for most of the year. The most humid months are July, August and June.

May is the wettest month in the 46615 zip code with 4.3 inches of rain, and the driest month is February with 2.1 inches. The wettest season is Autumn with 31% of yearly precipitation and 18% occurs in Spring, which is the driest season. The annual rainfall of 39.8 inches in the 46615 zip code means that it is drier than most places in Indiana.

December is the rainiest month in the 46615 zip code with 14.9 days of rain, and September is the driest month with only 9.6 rainy days. There are 141.9 rainy days annually in the 46615 zip code, which is one of the rainiest places in Indiana. The rainiest season is Spring when it rains 29% of the time and the driest is Autumn with only a 22% chance of a rainy day.

An annual snowfall of 64.1 inches in the 46615 zip code means that it is one of the snowiest places in Indiana. January is the snowiest month in the 46615 zip code with 20.2 inches of snow, and 6 months of the year have significant snowfall.

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