October
October · September · May
United States · 1991–2020
October leads for comfortable weather in Arkola: typically 23.4°C by day, 8.9°C at night, with 111 mm of rain. Based on measured 1991–2020 NOAA station history.
October · September · May
July · June · August
October · April · March
The weakest month is January, scoring 15 against October’s 73 — days reach only 10.5°C, 13° below the 24°C the score treats as ideal, and nights drop to -2.4°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 | 10.5°C | -2.4°C | 83 mm | 5.9 | 10 h 02 | 15 | Strong coverage |
| February | 13.2°C | -0.4°C | 79 mm | 6.6 | 10 h 52 | 27 | Strong coverage |
| March | 18.1°C | 3.8°C | 119 mm | 7.7 | 11 h 52 | 45 | Strong coverage |
| April | 22.7°C | 8.3°C | 139 mm | 7.9 | 13 h 01 | 65 | Strong coverage |
| May | 26.3°C | 13.6°C | 156 mm | 8.7 | 13 h 59 | 68 | Strong coverage |
| June | 30.6°C | 18.1°C | 118 mm | 7.6 | 14 h 30 | 57 | Strong coverage |
| July | 33.2°C | 20.1°C | 106 mm | 7.1 | 14 h 18 | 47 | Strong coverage |
| August | 33.3°C | 19.3°C | 99 mm | 6.4 | 13 h 28 | 50 | Strong coverage |
| September | 29.3°C | 15.1°C | 108 mm | 5.9 | 12 h 21 | 69 | Strong coverage |
| October | 23.4°C | 8.9°C | 111 mm | 6.7 | 11 h 14 | 73 | Strong coverage |
| November | 16.7°C | 3°C | 127 mm | 6.6 | 10 h 16 | 38 | Strong coverage |
| December | 11.9°C | -0.9°C | 114 mm | 7.1 | 9 h 48 | 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 | 28.9°C23 Jan 1943 | -25.6°C18 Jan 1930 | 112 mm24 Jan 1949 | 285 mm1949 · driest 2 mm in 2003 | 103 |
| February | 32.2°C22 Feb 1996 | -28.9°C2 Feb 1951 | 112 mm12 Feb 1950 | 295 mm2018 · driest 10 mm in 2006 | 101 |
| March | 35.0°C31 Mar 1974 | -15.6°C4 Mar 2002 | 129 mm8 Mar 2008 | 506 mm2008 · driest 11 mm in 1954 | 103 |
| April | 34.4°C19 Apr 2006 | -7.2°C1 Apr 2022 | 133 mm29 Apr 1924 | 348 mm1927 · driest 17 mm in 1987 | 103 |
| May | 37.2°C31 May 2003 | 0.0°C1 May 1960 | 138 mm3 May 1990 | 451 mm2015 · driest 27 mm in 1972 | 102 |
| June | 43.3°C22 Jun 1936 | 6.7°C1 Jun 1972 | 154 mm16 Jun 1935 | 408 mm1935 · driest 0 mm in 1953 | 103 |
| July | 43.9°C17 Jul 1980 | 9.4°C22 Jul 1970 | 134 mm27 Jul 1969 | 326 mm1969 · driest 0 mm in 1943 | 103 |
| August | 45.0°C3 Aug 1935 | 7.8°C22 Aug 1956 | 114 mm12 Aug 1957 | 333 mm2020 · driest 0 mm in 1980 | 102 |
| September | 45.6°C8 Sep 1922 | -1.1°C27 Sep 1985 | 178 mm1 Sep 2020 | 302 mm2009 · driest 1 mm in 1928 | 103 |
| October | 39.4°C3 Oct 1922 | -6.7°C29 Oct 1952 | 104 mm31 Oct 1972 | 439 mm1984 · driest 0 mm in 1964 | 103 |
| November | 30.6°C17 Nov 2016 | -14.4°C29 Nov 1976 | 149 mm18 Nov 1921 | 374 mm1996 · driest 9 mm in 2017 | 103 |
| December | 27.8°C24 Dec 1955 | -21.7°C23 Dec 1989 | 166 mm3 Dec 1982 | 322 mm2015 · driest 1 mm in 1950 | 103 |
| Month | Days 25°C+ | Days 30°C+ | Frost nights | Heavy rain (10 mm+) | Snow days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | 0 | 22 | 3 | <1 |
| February | <1 | <1 | 16 | 3 | <1 |
| March | 4 | <1 | 9 | 4 | <1 |
| April | 11 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| May | 21 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| June | 29 | 20 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| July | 30 | 26 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| August | 30 | 25 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| September | 25 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| October | 14 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| November | 2 | <1 | 10 | 3 | 0 |
| December | <1 | 0 | 19 | 3 | <1 |
The best month has moved. On the 1961–1990 numbers the strongest month here was April (scoring 76); on 2011–2025 it is October (78). Both are scored the same way, from the same station — only the climate underneath changed.
| Month | Warm & dry days | Wet days | Washouts | Week with 3+ wet days | Daytime mean has ranged |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9% | 20% | 8% | 18% | 8.2–14.5°C |
| February | 19% | 23% | 9% | 23% | 10.2–17.3°C |
| March | 38% | 25% | 11% | 24% | 14.9–21.9°C |
| April | 61% | 26% | 13% | 28% | 21.0–25.8°C |
| May | 70% | 28% | 15% | 32% | 25.0–29.2°C |
| June | 77% | 23% | 12% | 23% | 29.3–33.7°C |
| July | 79% | 21% | 9% | 19% | 31.7–36.3°C |
| August | 81% | 20% | 9% | 17% | 31.2–36.3°C |
| September | 80% | 19% | 9% | 16% | 27.7–32.8°C |
| October | 70% | 19% | 9% | 18% | 21.8–27.6°C |
| November | 33% | 20% | 10% | 17% | 14.3–20.3°C |
| December | 11% | 20% | 10% | 19% | 9.5–15.0°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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