MP 77 - South BendIN022
Beside a road/1.5 mi away/698 ft/34 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Coming up. Rain is likely this afternoon, from about 3 PM (59%).
Now. Notre Dame is 55° and light rain at 5 AM. The dew point is 52°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the west-northwest at 15 mph, gusting to 33 mph.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 48° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 35° by 8 AM, under a mostly clear sky. Frost can form on the ground in sheltered spots.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 71°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 56°. The days ahead look dry. Frost is possible tomorrow morning, a low of 35°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 7:02 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:53 PM. The next full Moon is Monday, Oct 26. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 5 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 5:00 AM in Notre Dame, Indiana.
Air quality
Index 10, good, led by fine particles. Read at 4 AM from its reporting area, South Bend (IN), 4 miles off.
Good each day through Today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 27, good.
No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.
Precipitation
0.10 in in the last 24 hours, 0.75 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 4 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 6 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 7 miles Fri 11 PM.
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Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Notre Dame, IndianaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
The 6 instruments nearest Notre Dame, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.4 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
MP 77 - South BendIN022
Beside a road/1.5 mi away/698 ft/34 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
St. Joseph River At South Bend04101225
At a river or reservoir gauge/2.0 mi away/656 ft/76 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
South BendSBN
At an airfield/3.9 mi away/778 ft/46 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Citizen station FW9588FW9588
In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.1 mi away/819 ft/87 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
South Bend -WNDUSBSI3
At a cooperative observer's station/0.4 mi away/721 ft/11 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
South Bend 2.1 EIN-SJ-41
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.5 mi away/749 ft/17 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Station report
The nearest airport reporting now, 3.9 mi from Notre Dame, Indiana. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 4:43 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
Overcast at 1,400 ft; the ceiling is 1,400 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.
56.0 F with a dew point of 53.0 F, 90 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 700 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,400 ft.
From the west (280 degrees) at 23 mph, gusting 38 mph: force 5, a fresh breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 38 mph.
The full report of South Bend, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it
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Snow on the ground
Measured at South Bend -WNDU (SBSI3), 0.4 miles from here, read 12 Oct, 23:58. measured daily
23 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.