October
October · April · May
United States · 1991–2020
October leads for comfortable weather in Bethel: typically 24.6°C by day, 9.3°C at night, with 86 mm of rain. Based on measured 1991–2020 NOAA station history.
October · April · May
September · August · July
October · November · March
The weakest month is January, scoring 15 against October’s 79 — days reach only 12.5°C, 11° below the 24°C the score treats as ideal, and nights drop to -0.5°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 | 12.5°C | -0.5°C | 134 mm | 8.6 | 10 h 09 | 15 | Strong coverage |
| February | 14.9°C | 1°C | 155 mm | 8.7 | 10 h 56 | 23 | Strong coverage |
| March | 19.5°C | 4.4°C | 144 mm | 8.5 | 11 h 53 | 46 | Strong coverage |
| April | 24.1°C | 8.3°C | 123 mm | 7.7 | 12 h 58 | 71 | Strong coverage |
| May | 27.9°C | 13.3°C | 118 mm | 7.7 | 13 h 52 | 68 | Strong coverage |
| June | 31.2°C | 18.1°C | 118 mm | 9.1 | 14 h 22 | 54 | Strong coverage |
| July | 32.7°C | 20.2°C | 120 mm | 9.3 | 14 h 10 | 44 | Strong coverage |
| August | 32.4°C | 19.6°C | 99 mm | 7.9 | 13 h 24 | 51 | Strong coverage |
| September | 29.9°C | 16.2°C | 90 mm | 5.5 | 12 h 20 | 68 | Strong coverage |
| October | 24.6°C | 9.3°C | 86 mm | 5.2 | 11 h 17 | 79 | Strong coverage |
| November | 18.4°C | 3.5°C | 120 mm | 6.5 | 10 h 23 | 46 | Strong coverage |
| December | 13.9°C | 0.8°C | 131 mm | 9.3 | 9 h 57 | 22 | 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 | 27.8°C15 Jan 1907 | -20.6°C27 Jan 1940 | 115 mm12 Jan 1905 | 396 mm1972 · driest 15 mm in 1981 | 127 |
| February | 28.9°C25 Feb 1930 | -23.3°C13 Feb 1899 | 116 mm10 Feb 2020 | 436 mm2020 · driest 20 mm in 1898 | 125 |
| March | 32.2°C24 Mar 1929 | -14.4°C14 Mar 1993 | 198 mm30 Mar 1977 | 463 mm1976 · driest 10 mm in 1918 | 126 |
| April | 36.7°C19 Apr 1927 | -6.1°C8 Apr 1990 | 145 mm4 Apr 1974 | 464 mm1979 · driest 0 mm in 1976 | 128 |
| May | 36.7°C28 May 1904 | 0.0°C4 May 1971 | 169 mm8 May 2003 | 427 mm2003 · driest 0 mm in 1936 | 129 |
| June | 42.8°C28 Jun 1931 | 3.9°C1 Jun 1972 | 117 mm22 Jun 1997 | 304 mm1989 · driest 8 mm in 1988 | 129 |
| July | 42.8°C3 Jul 1933 | 8.9°C31 Jul 1990 | 125 mm6 Jul 1916 | 453 mm1916 · driest 18 mm in 1952 | 130 |
| August | 41.7°C26 Aug 1943 | 7.8°C23 Aug 1950 | 135 mm6 Aug 1917 | 291 mm1917 · driest 4 mm in 1929 | 127 |
| September | 42.8°C6 Sep 1925 | 1.7°C30 Sep 1967 | 142 mm17 Sep 2004 | 274 mm1906 · driest 0 mm in 1899 | 128 |
| October | 37.8°C4 Oct 2019 | -5.0°C30 Oct 1952 | 140 mm5 Oct 1995 | 315 mm1918 · driest 0 mm in 2016 | 126 |
| November | 31.7°C2 Nov 2016 | -15.0°C25 Nov 1950 | 111 mm17 Nov 2014 | 401 mm1929 · driest 5 mm in 1924 | 127 |
| December | 26.7°C7 Dec 1951 | -17.8°C13 Dec 1962 | 128 mm9 Dec 1919 | 390 mm1919 · driest 1 mm in 1980 | 125 |
| Month | Days 25°C+ | Days 30°C+ | Frost nights | Heavy rain (10 mm+) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | <1 | 0 | 18 | 4 |
| February | <1 | 0 | 14 | 5 |
| March | 6 | <1 | 8 | 4 |
| April | 16 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| May | 25 | 11 | 0 | 4 |
| June | 29 | 22 | 0 | 4 |
| July | 30 | 27 | 0 | 4 |
| August | 30 | 26 | 0 | 3 |
| September | 27 | 17 | 0 | 3 |
| October | 17 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| November | 2 | <1 | 10 | 4 |
| December | <1 | 0 | 16 | 4 |
| Month | Warm & dry days | Wet days | Washouts | Week with 3+ wet days | Daytime mean has ranged |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10% | 27% | 14% | 28% | 9.8–16.7°C |
| February | 18% | 29% | 16% | 33% | 12.1–18.4°C |
| March | 40% | 28% | 16% | 29% | 16.4–23.0°C |
| April | 65% | 24% | 13% | 24% | 22.1–26.7°C |
| May | 75% | 24% | 11% | 25% | 26.3–30.3°C |
| June | 72% | 28% | 13% | 32% | 29.6–33.9°C |
| July | 69% | 31% | 14% | 37% | 31.0–34.8°C |
| August | 75% | 26% | 12% | 25% | 30.8–34.5°C |
| September | 81% | 19% | 9% | 16% | 28.2–32.9°C |
| October | 74% | 16% | 8% | 13% | 22.6–27.0°C |
| November | 37% | 21% | 11% | 18% | 16.6–21.2°C |
| December | 11% | 27% | 14% | 31% | 11.4–16.8°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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