Above average temperatures predicted as fall rolls into Michiana

"On the whole, it's looking like the region has increased chances for above average temperatures for the upcoming couple of months," Courtney Obergfell, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service northern Indiana office, said. "We can't really complain about this forecast. Eventually things will shift and the weather will have to move but not for the next week or so."

Need a refresher? Last winter featured (unofficially) the fifth most snowfall on record, more than 109 inches for those playing the home game, combined with 19 subzero days. The normal number of subzero days is 5.3 days. Prior to Dec. 12, South Bend hadn't been below zero in 1,035 days, according to the weather service. 

Spring and summer weren't immune, either. The weather service's northern Indiana office typically issues its first tornado warning in the region in the first week of May, but didn't issue one at all for its entire coverage area until the last day of June. Through the same time period, overall severe weather warnings were half what they were in 2013. The region typically sees between eight and 10 days a year with temperatures above 90 degrees. This year it has only happened three times — May 8, June 17 and Aug. 25.