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How windy is South Bend?
South Bend right now
41°FOvercast skies
- Today43°F / 38°FRain
- Tomorrow46°F / 36°FClouds
- Monday49°F / 34°FClouds
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Across a typical year, the wind in South Bend averages about 9 mph.
January is the windiest month, at about 10.5 mph, and August the calmest, at about 6.5 mph. There’s no wind at all about 10% of the time. That makes it the joint 44th windiest of the 124 US cities we track.
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The strongest average wind in the forecast for the next 48 hours is about 11 mph.
South Bend averages about 9 mph of wind and is calm about 10% of the time, so the lake breeze does take the odd night off.
Live 48-hour forecast from OpenWeatherMap, refreshed about every half hour. Alerts from the National Weather Service.
The wind at a glance
| Average wind speed, all year | 9 mph |
|---|---|
| Windiest month | January, 10.5 mph |
| Calmest month | August, 6.5 mph |
| Hours with no wind at all | 10% |
Average wind speeds across every hour of a typical year, not gusts.
Cities with about the same wind
- Fort Wayne, Indiana: about 9 mph
- Providence, Rhode Island: about 9 mph
- Rochester, New York: about 9 mph
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Source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, hourly, 1991 to 2020, station USW00014848. Average wind speed, not gusts.