October
October · April · May
United States · 1991–2020
October leads for comfortable weather in Emerson: typically 25°C by day, 10.7°C at night, with 124 mm of rain. Based on measured 1991–2020 NOAA station history.
October · April · May
June · July · August
November · March · October
The weakest month is January, scoring 21 against October’s 73 — days reach only 12.7°C, 11° below the 24°C the score treats as ideal, and nights drop to 0.2°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 | 12.7°C | 0.2°C | 113 mm | 7.7 | 10 h 11 | 21 | Strong coverage |
| February | 15.1°C | 2.1°C | 125 mm | 8.1 | 10 h 57 | 30 | Strong coverage |
| March | 20°C | 6.2°C | 146 mm | 8.3 | 11 h 53 | 51 | Strong coverage |
| April | 23.9°C | 10.3°C | 149 mm | 7.6 | 12 h 57 | 71 | Strong coverage |
| May | 27.7°C | 15.7°C | 131 mm | 8.4 | 13 h 51 | 68 | Strong coverage |
| June | 31.4°C | 19.6°C | 99 mm | 7 | 14 h 19 | 55 | Good coverage |
| July | 33.6°C | 21.7°C | 86 mm | 6.1 | 14 h 08 | 46 | Strong coverage |
| August | 33.8°C | 21°C | 97 mm | 5.8 | 13 h 22 | 46 | Strong coverage |
| September | 30.6°C | 17.3°C | 96 mm | 5.4 | 12 h 20 | 63 | Strong coverage |
| October | 25°C | 10.7°C | 124 mm | 6.2 | 11 h 18 | 73 | Strong coverage |
| November | 18.7°C | 5.5°C | 115 mm | 6.8 | 10 h 24 | 51 | Strong coverage |
| December | 13.9°C | 1.6°C | 154 mm | 8.3 | 9 h 58 | 21 | 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 | 28.3°C25 Jan 1950 | -20.0°C12 Jan 1962 | 106 mm24 Jan 2024 | 289 mm2024 · driest 3 mm in 2003 | 74 |
| February | 31.1°C20 Feb 1986 | -19.4°C2 Feb 1951 | 110 mm16 Feb 2001 | 303 mm2018 · driest 25 mm in 1972 | 74 |
| March | 32.8°C22 Mar 1995 | -10.0°C9 Mar 1996 | 183 mm15 Mar 2024 | 314 mm1990 · driest 4 mm in 2019 | 74 |
| April | 35.6°C19 Apr 1987 | -3.9°C7 Apr 1971 | 298 mm5 Apr 1997 | 427 mm1991 · driest 17 mm in 1987 | 76 |
| May | 37.2°C30 May 1951 | 1.7°C12 May 1960 | 119 mm3 May 2009 | 293 mm2000 · driest 3 mm in 2012 | 75 |
| June | 38.3°C28 Jun 1952 | 7.2°C1 Jun 1966 | 249 mm8 Jun 1974 | 339 mm1974 · driest 9 mm in 2002 | 70 |
| July | 43.9°C24 Jul 2011 | 10.0°C15 Jul 1967 | 201 mm16 Jul 1961 | 281 mm1971 · driest 6 mm in 1993 | 78 |
| August | 42.8°C20 Aug 1999 | 8.3°C29 Aug 1986 | 127 mm17 Aug 2016 | 250 mm2008 · driest 4 mm in 1999 | 77 |
| September | 42.8°C1 Sep 2000 | 0.0°C29 Sep 1967 | 122 mm1 Sep 1974 | 320 mm1974 · driest 1 mm in 2019 | 75 |
| October | 36.1°C6 Oct 1954 | -4.4°C31 Oct 1993 | 200 mm30 Oct 2009 | 686 mm2009 · driest 0 mm in 1963 | 76 |
| November | 31.1°C13 Nov 1955 | -10.6°C29 Nov 1976 | 194 mm18 Nov 1969 | 325 mm2000 · driest 2 mm in 2020 | 75 |
| December | 30.6°C27 Dec 2015 | -19.4°C23 Dec 1989 | 148 mm20 Dec 2017 | 375 mm2018 · driest 13 mm in 1981 | 73 |
| Month | Days 25°C+ | Days 30°C+ | Frost nights | Heavy rain (10 mm+) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | <1 | 0 | 16 | 3 |
| February | 1 | 0 | 12 | 4 |
| March | 6 | <1 | 4 | 4 |
| April | 14 | 1 | <1 | 4 |
| May | 23 | 9 | 0 | 4 |
| June | 28 | 22 | 0 | 3 |
| July | 28 | 25 | 0 | 3 |
| August | 29 | 25 | 0 | 2 |
| September | 26 | 18 | 0 | 2 |
| October | 16 | 5 | <1 | 4 |
| November | 4 | 0 | 6 | 3 |
| December | <1 | 0 | 14 | 4 |
The best month has moved. On the 1961–1990 numbers the strongest month here was April (scoring 79); on 2011–2025 it is October (80). 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 | 14% | 25% | 11% | 28% | 10.1–16.1°C |
| February | 24% | 28% | 14% | 31% | 12.3–18.5°C |
| March | 45% | 27% | 13% | 27% | 17.6–22.5°C |
| April | 67% | 25% | 13% | 29% | 22.4–26.4°C |
| May | 74% | 26% | 13% | 28% | 26.2–29.9°C |
| June | 77% | 23% | 11% | 23% | 30.1–33.2°C |
| July | 78% | 22% | 9% | 20% | 31.9–36.3°C |
| August | 82% | 18% | 8% | 16% | 31.5–36.6°C |
| September | 81% | 19% | 8% | 16% | 28.2–32.8°C |
| October | 74% | 18% | 10% | 18% | 23.1–27.2°C |
| November | 40% | 23% | 11% | 24% | 16.2–21.3°C |
| December | 15% | 26% | 12% | 31% | 11.8–16.8°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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