Russia · 1991–2020 normal
Dikson in
October.
Typical October weather in Dikson: -4.3°C by day, -8.6°C at night, 38 mm of rain over 11.7 wet days. These are measured 1991–2020 station normals, not a forecast.
Typical high-4.3°C
Typical low-8.6°C
Rain38 mm
Wet days11.7
Comfort score 5 this month (July leads the year at 25). Daylight is calculated as 7 h 53 from latitude 73.51°. Open-water sea temperature is 0.2°C (13 km from the place centre).
Event window
Long northern nights in October
At 73.5° the calculated mid-month daylight is 7 h 53. That darkness, not an aurora observation, is why this latitude is sought for northern or southern lights in October. Typical nights are -8.6°C.
Event window
Frost-level nights in October
The measured night-time normal is -8.6°C, so frost is typical rather than exceptional this month.
The evidence behind this page
One month,
from the same station.
- Place identity
- GeoNames 1507390
- NOAA station
- RSM00020674 · DIKSON
- Station distance
- 4.2 km from the place centre
- Coverage
- Strong coverage · 30 usable years
- Important limit
- Historical climate is not a forecast. Nearby stations can miss mountains, coasts, and local microclimates.