South Bend International Airport

KSBN · Indiana, United States

Climate South Bend International Airport 2020-2024

Climate and trends: average temperature, flight conditions, precipitation, wind speed and direction.

Calculated from historical METAR data of South Bend International Airport (KSBN) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 39.9 23 27 61 47 37
February 61.9 76 62 59 62 69
March 68.1 71 57 63 87 57
April 76.6 75 77 83 69
May 80.4 89 76 85 82
June 83.9 72 93 87 94
July 85.9 76 84 81 86
August 84.8 78 83 92 83
September 83.1 74 79 92 80
October 73.2 71 83 59 81
November 67.2 75 66 79 72
December 51.9 41 35 59 60
Average 71.3 57.0 67.6 73.7 77.8 74.1

VFR conditions during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the VFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 5 mi or more and a ceiling of 3,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Marginal VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 65.5 53 61 82 76 68
February 81.6 87 83 71 84 86
March 84.9 85 77 78 96 86
April 89.0 91 89 93 83
May 92.9 98 89 96 94
June 91.2 81 96 97 97
July 94.2 89 94 91 94
August 92.6 89 93 98 86
September 92.0 90 88 97 89
October 87.2 87 93 81 94
November 87.4 89 83 91 89
December 78.1 57 77 83 93
Average 86.0 75.4 83.3 86.8 91.1 88.6

Marginal VFR conditions or better during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the MVFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 3⅛ mi or more and a ceiling of 1,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 0.7 0 4 -2 1 3
February 3.9 9 6 2 -1 3
March 9.0 13 8 10 13 10
April 14.6 17 13 16 14
May 21.5 23 23 21 20
June 27.0 27 29 28 29
July 28.4 28 29 28 30
August 27.5 27 28 29 29
September 24.7 24 24 27 24
October 17.2 18 18 19 16
November 8.8 11 11 9 13
December 4.7 7 4 7 4
Average 14.6 7.1 16.6 16.1 16.4 16.1

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January -6.6 -5 -1 -10 -4 -3
February -5.1 -2 -3 -7 -9 -5
March -1.3 2 -1 0 1 1
April 3.7 5 4 5 3
May 10.6 10 13 10 10
June 15.6 15 15 18 15
July 18.0 17 19 19 18
August 16.5 17 18 19 14
September 14.3 15 14 15 13
October 7.6 8 6 11 6
November 0.6 1 2 1 4
December -3.7 2 -2 -1 -3
Average 5.2 -2.3 7.0 6.2 7.0 6.1

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 21.6 26 22 15 14 20
February 14.1 7 16 25 15 15
March 12.1 8 19 21 6 9
April 12.3 17 16 12 11
May 7.4 8 9 5 7
June 5.4 7 3 7 2
July 4.5 5 8 4 3
August 2.6 5 2 1 2
September 5.3 6 8 6 5
October 12.2 18 14 10 8
November 12.0 10 18 10 11
December 13.0 21 13 5 7
Average 10.1 13.2 12.2 12.0 7.5 7.8

Precipitation during daylight period

Percentage of observations with observed rain, drizzle, snow or hail. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Wind speed (knots)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 9.3 9 8 10 8 9
February 10.0 9 11 11 9 10
March 10.6 11 10 11 11 10
April 10.3 10 12 10 10
May 8.7 8 9 9 9
June 7.8 8 8 8 7
July 6.9 6 7 7 7
August 6.9 8 7 6 6
September 7.4 7 7 9 8
October 8.9 9 9 8 9
November 9.6 9 11 10 11
December 9.1 8 9 10 9
Average 8.8 9.8 8.3 9.3 8.6 8.5

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 232° 239° 252° 217° 226°
February 256° 247° 248° 266° 283°
March 242° 284° 266° 243° 245°
April 240° 225° 267° 297°
May 046° 170° 257° 332°
June 348° 269° 244° 211°
July 266° 254° 292° 279°
August 279° 260° 207° 298°
September 157° 259° 246° 234°
October 249° 240° 218° 235°
November 238° 224° 238° 232°
December 227° 186° 216° 238°

Prevailing wind direction

Average wind direction, weighed by wind speed. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.