October
October · April · May
United States · 1991–2020
October leads for comfortable weather in Beacon: typically 25.9°C by day, 11.7°C at night, with 98 mm of rain. Based on measured 1991–2020 NOAA station history.
October · April · May
September · May · August
November · March · April
The weakest month is January, scoring 27 against October’s 77 — days reach only 15.2°C, 9° below the 24°C the score treats as ideal, and nights drop to 2°C.
Month by month
The bars show the comfort score. Day and night temperatures come from daily observed highs and lows; rain is the historical monthly estimate.
| Month | Day | Night | Rain | Wet days | Daylight | Comfort | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 15.2°C | 2°C | 144 mm | 8.6 | 10 h 17 | 27 | Strong coverage |
| February | 17.6°C | 3.8°C | 120 mm | 7.6 | 11 h 01 | 43 | Strong coverage |
| March | 21.5°C | 6.7°C | 141 mm | 7.4 | 11 h 53 | 58 | Strong coverage |
| April | 25.2°C | 10.2°C | 113 mm | 6.6 | 12 h 55 | 73 | Strong coverage |
| May | 29°C | 15.1°C | 103 mm | 6.9 | 13 h 45 | 70 | Strong coverage |
| June | 31.9°C | 19.3°C | 136 mm | 9.1 | 14 h 12 | 47 | Strong coverage |
| July | 32.9°C | 20.9°C | 147 mm | 10.8 | 14 h 02 | 37 | Strong coverage |
| August | 32.6°C | 20.7°C | 129 mm | 9.5 | 13 h 18 | 43 | Strong coverage |
| September | 30.4°C | 18°C | 109 mm | 6.5 | 12 h 19 | 60 | Strong coverage |
| October | 25.9°C | 11.7°C | 98 mm | 5 | 11 h 20 | 77 | Strong coverage |
| November | 20.3°C | 5.8°C | 127 mm | 6.4 | 10 h 30 | 55 | Strong coverage |
| December | 16.5°C | 3.4°C | 136 mm | 8 | 10 h 05 | 36 | Strong coverage |
What has changed
Each bar compares the 2011–2025 daytime average for that month against the same month in 1961–1990, measured at the same station. Months where the older record is too thin to compare are left blank.
| Month | Record high | Record low | Wettest day | Wettest / driest month | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.6°C1 Jan 2022 | -18.3°C21 Jan 1985 | 175 mm6 Jan 1946 | 403 mm1936 · driest 23 mm in 1981 | 95 |
| February | 30.0°C13 Feb 1962 | -12.8°C5 Feb 1996 | 211 mm25 Feb 1961 | 515 mm1961 · driest 27 mm in 1947 | 96 |
| March | 31.7°C25 Mar 1954 | -9.4°C13 Mar 1993 | 213 mm16 Mar 1938 | 414 mm2001 · driest 17 mm in 2004 | 93 |
| April | 35.6°C22 Apr 1987 | -2.2°C3 Apr 1987 | 213 mm27 Apr 1964 | 419 mm1964 · driest 18 mm in 1987 | 95 |
| May | 37.8°C27 May 1953 | 2.8°C5 May 2013 | 102 mm15 May 2014 | 290 mm1952 · driest 13 mm in 2007 | 96 |
| June | 42.2°C28 Jun 1954 | 8.9°C3 Jun 1956 | 126 mm5 Jun 1928 | 345 mm1999 · driest 10 mm in 1931 | 97 |
| July | 41.1°C25 Jul 1952 | 13.3°C15 Jul 1967 | 222 mm7 Jul 1994 | 545 mm1994 · driest 18 mm in 2000 | 95 |
| August | 40.6°C30 Aug 1954 | 10.0°C29 Aug 1992 | 124 mm24 Aug 2008 | 340 mm1939 · driest 6 mm in 2024 | 96 |
| September | 39.4°C4 Sep 1951 | 3.3°C29 Sep 1967 | 390 mm29 Sep 1998 | 525 mm1998 · driest 0 mm in 2025 | 95 |
| October | 37.8°C6 Oct 1954 | -2.2°C20 Oct 2022 | 183 mm5 Oct 1995 | 327 mm1995 · driest 0 mm in 2016 | 95 |
| November | 32.8°C3 Nov 1987 | -11.7°C25 Nov 1970 | 159 mm24 Nov 2001 | 487 mm1948 · driest 6 mm in 1949 | 97 |
| December | 30.0°C8 Dec 1951 | -15.0°C25 Dec 1983 | 121 mm15 Dec 2009 | 418 mm2009 · driest 29 mm in 1980 | 97 |
| Month | Days 25°C+ | Days 30°C+ | Frost nights | Heavy rain (10 mm+) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | <1 | 0 | 14 | 4 |
| February | 2 | 0 | 10 | 4 |
| March | 9 | <1 | 5 | 4 |
| April | 18 | 2 | <1 | 3 |
| May | 28 | 14 | 0 | 3 |
| June | 29 | 24 | 0 | 4 |
| July | 31 | 28 | 0 | 5 |
| August | 31 | 27 | 0 | 4 |
| September | 28 | 19 | 0 | 3 |
| October | 20 | 5 | <1 | 2 |
| November | 6 | <1 | 6 | 4 |
| December | 2 | 0 | 12 | 4 |
| Month | Warm & dry days | Wet days | Washouts | Week with 3+ wet days | Daytime mean has ranged |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 18% | 27% | 13% | 28% | 12.6–18.5°C |
| February | 29% | 27% | 15% | 30% | 14.3–21.0°C |
| March | 51% | 25% | 14% | 24% | 18.8–24.2°C |
| April | 71% | 22% | 12% | 21% | 23.7–27.4°C |
| May | 76% | 23% | 12% | 25% | 27.9–31.2°C |
| June | 69% | 29% | 12% | 34% | 30.4–34.0°C |
| July | 62% | 36% | 16% | 46% | 31.4–35.0°C |
| August | 69% | 30% | 13% | 35% | 31.1–34.5°C |
| September | 76% | 22% | 9% | 21% | 28.7–32.6°C |
| October | 80% | 14% | 7% | 12% | 23.9–27.7°C |
| November | 48% | 20% | 10% | 17% | 18.3–22.9°C |
| December | 23% | 26% | 13% | 29% | 14.0–19.2°C |
A warm and dry day reaches 20°C with under 1 mm of rain; a wet day gets 1 mm or more; a washout gets 10 mm or more. The week column is the share of seven-day stretches in that month, across the station’s whole daily record, that contained three or more wet days — the odds a week-long trip is rained on repeatedly, counted rather than modelled. The last column is the 10th to 90th percentile of that month’s daytime average across individual years: a narrow band means the average is what you will get, a wide one means the average is a midpoint between years that felt quite different.
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