We were lucky, Monday night's torrential rainfall had somewhere to go

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SOUTH BEND, Ind -- Two to more than four inches of rain fell across portions of St. Joseph and LaPorte counties, from midday Monday through Tuesday morning. This same system cause flash flooding in parts of Northwest Indiana and Chicagoland.

24 Hour Rainfall Totals 8/18 to 8/19/25 CoCoRaHS

A four-inch rainfall use to be rare, but has now become a regular occurrence, each summer. This is a direct link to climate change. A warmer atmosphere holds more water. What goes up, must come down.

Climate Central

To Monday night's rainfall in perspective, if four inches of rain had fallen at the South Bend airport -- the official climate reporting site with over 100 years of data -- i