October
October · April · May
United States · 1991–2020
October leads for comfortable weather in River Falls: typically 26.7°C by day, 10.9°C at night, with 89 mm of rain. Based on measured 1991–2020 NOAA station history.
October · April · May
September · May · June
November · October · February
The weakest month is January, scoring 34 against October’s 76 — days reach only 16.3°C, 8° below the 24°C the score treats as ideal, and nights drop to 1.3°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 | 16.3°C | 1.3°C | 127 mm | 7 | 10 h 19 | 34 | Strong coverage |
| February | 18.4°C | 2.7°C | 117 mm | 6.4 | 11 h 02 | 45 | Strong coverage |
| March | 22.5°C | 6.1°C | 137 mm | 6.4 | 11 h 54 | 61 | Strong coverage |
| April | 25.9°C | 9.8°C | 112 mm | 5.5 | 12 h 54 | 71 | Strong coverage |
| May | 29.5°C | 14.6°C | 97 mm | 5.8 | 13 h 44 | 70 | Strong coverage |
| June | 32.2°C | 19.4°C | 143 mm | 8.9 | 14 h 10 | 45 | Strong coverage |
| July | 33.1°C | 21°C | 154 mm | 9.8 | 14 h 00 | 36 | Strong coverage |
| August | 32.8°C | 20.8°C | 163 mm | 9.1 | 13 h 17 | 37 | Strong coverage |
| September | 30.9°C | 17.8°C | 120 mm | 5.6 | 12 h 19 | 58 | Strong coverage |
| October | 26.7°C | 10.9°C | 89 mm | 3.7 | 11 h 21 | 76 | Strong coverage |
| November | 21.6°C | 4.8°C | 109 mm | 4.9 | 10 h 31 | 62 | Strong coverage |
| December | 17.7°C | 2.7°C | 138 mm | 5.9 | 10 h 07 | 40 | Strong coverage |
| Month | Record high | Record low | Wettest day | Wettest / driest month | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.9°C12 Jan 1949 | -17.8°C21 Jan 1985 | 142 mm25 Jan 1978 | 291 mm1991 · driest 7 mm in 2005 | 81 |
| February | 30.6°C28 Feb 1962 | -12.2°C11 Feb 1973 | 197 mm10 Feb 1981 | 307 mm1939 · driest 20 mm in 1980 | 80 |
| March | 31.7°C18 Mar 1982 | -8.9°C3 Mar 1980 | 313 mm17 Mar 1990 | 446 mm1990 · driest 14 mm in 1955 | 81 |
| April | 36.1°C30 Apr 1943 | -2.8°C2 Apr 1987 | 312 mm10 Apr 1975 | 461 mm1975 · driest 0 mm in 1987 | 80 |
| May | 37.8°C31 May 1945 | 1.1°C4 May 1971 | 138 mm6 May 1953 | 318 mm1947 · driest 5 mm in 1962 | 79 |
| June | 40.6°C29 Jun 1954 | 6.7°C2 Jun 1984 | 218 mm4 Jun 1970 | 405 mm2017 · driest 8 mm in 1969 | 79 |
| July | 40.6°C25 Jul 1952 | 10.0°C12 Jul 1996 | 141 mm8 Jul 1940 | 414 mm1994 · driest 29 mm in 2006 | 79 |
| August | 40.6°C14 Aug 1954 | 12.2°C30 Aug 1968 | 115 mm31 Aug 1950 | 417 mm2005 · driest 20 mm in 1956 | 79 |
| September | 38.3°C7 Sep 1954 | 1.1°C30 Sep 1967 | 454 mm29 Sep 1998 | 725 mm1998 · driest 0 mm in 2008 | 78 |
| October | 37.2°C7 Oct 1954 | -2.2°C17 Oct 1977 | 325 mm4 Oct 1995 | 424 mm1995 · driest 0 mm in 1961 | 79 |
| November | 31.1°C1 Nov 1912 | -8.9°C25 Nov 1970 | 163 mm6 Nov 1912 | 335 mm1948 · driest 0 mm in 2016 | 79 |
| December | 28.9°C2 Dec 1982 | -16.7°C27 Dec 1983 | 180 mm10 Dec 2008 | 436 mm2015 · driest 0 mm in 2006 | 80 |
| Month | Days 25°C+ | Days 30°C+ | Frost nights | Heavy rain (10 mm+) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1 | 0 | 15 | 4 |
| February | 3 | 0 | 11 | 4 |
| March | 12 | <1 | 6 | 4 |
| April | 19 | 4 | <1 | 3 |
| May | 28 | 16 | 0 | 3 |
| June | 29 | 24 | 0 | 5 |
| July | 30 | 28 | 0 | 5 |
| August | 30 | 27 | 0 | 5 |
| September | 28 | 21 | 0 | 3 |
| October | 22 | 7 | <1 | 2 |
| November | 9 | <1 | 7 | 3 |
| December | 2 | 0 | 13 | 3 |
| Month | Warm & dry days | Wet days | Washouts | Week with 3+ wet days | Daytime mean has ranged |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 21% | 26% | 13% | 28% | 12.4–19.6°C |
| February | 31% | 26% | 14% | 28% | 14.4–20.8°C |
| March | 53% | 26% | 14% | 27% | 19.5–24.6°C |
| April | 74% | 21% | 11% | 18% | 24.4–27.8°C |
| May | 79% | 21% | 11% | 22% | 28.4–31.5°C |
| June | 70% | 30% | 14% | 37% | 30.9–34.5°C |
| July | 63% | 37% | 16% | 49% | 31.6–34.7°C |
| August | 69% | 31% | 14% | 36% | 31.4–34.9°C |
| September | 77% | 22% | 10% | 21% | 29.2–32.6°C |
| October | 81% | 14% | 7% | 10% | 24.9–28.1°C |
| November | 52% | 20% | 10% | 16% | 18.7–23.6°C |
| December | 25% | 24% | 11% | 27% | 14.3–20.1°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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