October
October · April · May
United States · 1991–2020
October leads for comfortable weather in Smithdale: typically 24°C by day, 9.2°C at night, with 101 mm of rain. Based on measured 1991–2020 NOAA station history.
October · April · May
August · September · July
October · April · November
The weakest month is January, scoring 11 against October’s 78 — days reach only 11.8°C, 12° below the 24°C the score treats as ideal, and nights drop to -1.2°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 | 11.8°C | -1.2°C | 144 mm | 7.9 | 10 h 06 | 11 | Strong coverage |
| February | 14.8°C | 0.8°C | 147 mm | 8.6 | 10 h 54 | 23 | Strong coverage |
| March | 18.9°C | 4.2°C | 136 mm | 8.9 | 11 h 52 | 44 | Strong coverage |
| April | 23.6°C | 8.8°C | 135 mm | 7.2 | 12 h 59 | 70 | Strong coverage |
| May | 27.3°C | 13.5°C | 123 mm | 8.3 | 13 h 55 | 69 | Strong coverage |
| June | 30.8°C | 17.8°C | 119 mm | 8.5 | 14 h 25 | 56 | Strong coverage |
| July | 32.4°C | 20.2°C | 117 mm | 8.7 | 14 h 14 | 46 | Strong coverage |
| August | 32.4°C | 19.8°C | 99 mm | 7.4 | 13 h 26 | 51 | Strong coverage |
| September | 29.6°C | 15.9°C | 111 mm | 5.7 | 12 h 21 | 67 | Strong coverage |
| October | 24°C | 9.2°C | 101 mm | 5.4 | 11 h 16 | 78 | Strong coverage |
| November | 17.8°C | 3.2°C | 118 mm | 6.9 | 10 h 20 | 43 | Strong coverage |
| December | 13.2°C | 0.2°C | 146 mm | 8.5 | 9 h 53 | 17 | 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 | 26.7°C29 Jan 2002 | -27.2°C13 Jan 1918 | 127 mm3 Jan 1982 | 313 mm1937 · driest 32 mm in 1986 | 117 |
| February | 29.4°C23 Feb 1996 | -21.7°C1 Feb 1936 | 113 mm17 Feb 2023 | 364 mm1939 · driest 4 mm in 2013 | 118 |
| March | 31.7°C24 Mar 1929 | -15.0°C3 Mar 1980 | 120 mm19 Mar 2000 | 461 mm1980 · driest 17 mm in 1918 | 117 |
| April | 33.3°C18 Apr 2006 | -6.1°C1 Apr 1987 | 134 mm16 Apr 1921 | 340 mm1920 · driest 11 mm in 1986 | 117 |
| May | 35.6°C21 May 1941 | -1.1°C1 May 1908 | 104 mm27 May 1924 | 280 mm2003 · driest 9 mm in 1941 | 118 |
| June | 40.0°C26 Jun 1914 | 4.4°C7 Jun 1998 | 84 mm3 Jun 1909 | 318 mm1997 · driest 14 mm in 1988 | 115 |
| July | 43.3°C30 Jul 1952 | 8.9°C13 Jul 1918 | 140 mm7 Jul 1916 | 355 mm1916 · driest 15 mm in 1907 | 117 |
| August | 42.2°C15 Aug 2007 | 8.9°C29 Aug 1992 | 112 mm1 Aug 1941 | 332 mm1914 · driest 9 mm in 2024 | 118 |
| September | 41.7°C6 Sep 1925 | 1.1°C22 Sep 1918 | 229 mm25 Sep 1980 | 361 mm1980 · driest 0 mm in 2019 | 118 |
| October | 36.7°C3 Oct 1911 | -7.2°C21 Oct 1913 | 156 mm16 Oct 1932 | 259 mm1995 · driest 0 mm in 1938 | 116 |
| November | 31.7°C3 Nov 2003 | -16.7°C26 Nov 1950 | 141 mm8 Nov 2000 | 398 mm1929 · driest 1 mm in 1924 | 118 |
| December | 26.7°C2 Dec 1933 | -20.6°C23 Dec 1989 | 143 mm25 Dec 1973 | 331 mm1990 · driest 8 mm in 2010 | 119 |
| Month | Days 25°C+ | Days 30°C+ | Frost nights | Heavy rain (10 mm+) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | <1 | 0 | 18 | 4 |
| February | <1 | 0 | 13 | 4 |
| March | 5 | <1 | 8 | 4 |
| April | 13 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| May | 23 | 9 | 0 | 4 |
| June | 28 | 20 | 0 | 4 |
| July | 30 | 26 | 0 | 4 |
| August | 30 | 25 | 0 | 4 |
| September | 25 | 16 | 0 | 3 |
| October | 15 | 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 | 6% | 30% | 16% | 34% | 7.7–14.9°C |
| February | 14% | 31% | 15% | 39% | 10.6–17.3°C |
| March | 32% | 30% | 15% | 36% | 14.6–21.3°C |
| April | 59% | 26% | 13% | 28% | 21.3–25.4°C |
| May | 69% | 29% | 13% | 34% | 25.2–29.2°C |
| June | 72% | 29% | 13% | 33% | 28.9–33.0°C |
| July | 69% | 31% | 13% | 35% | 30.4–34.1°C |
| August | 75% | 25% | 11% | 25% | 30.2–34.3°C |
| September | 78% | 21% | 10% | 18% | 27.4–32.0°C |
| October | 68% | 18% | 9% | 16% | 22.0–26.3°C |
| November | 30% | 24% | 12% | 24% | 15.0–19.9°C |
| December | 7% | 29% | 15% | 36% | 9.5–15.2°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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