Greenland · 1991–2020 normal
Qaqortoq in
October.
Typical October weather in Qaqortoq: 5.1°C by day, 0.3°C at night, 125 mm of rain over 8.5 wet days. These are measured 1991–2020 station normals, not a forecast.
Typical high5.1°C
Typical low0.3°C
Rain125 mm
Wet days8.5
Comfort score 5 this month (July leads the year at 27). Daylight is calculated as 9 h 55 from latitude 60.72°. Open-water sea temperature is 2.4°C (12 km from the place centre).
Event window
Long northern nights in October
At 60.7° the calculated mid-month daylight is 9 h 55. That darkness, not an aurora observation, is why this latitude is sought for northern or southern lights in October. Typical nights are 0.3°C.
The evidence behind this page
One month,
from the same station.
- Place identity
- GeoNames 3420846
- NOAA station
- GLE00147301 · QAQORTOQ
- Station distance
- 0.8 km from the place centre
- Coverage
- Strong coverage · 28 usable years
- Important limit
- Historical climate is not a forecast. Nearby stations can miss mountains, coasts, and local microclimates.