October
October · May · September
United States · 1991–2020
October leads for comfortable weather in Ratcliff: typically 22.9°C by day, 10.3°C at night, with 101 mm of rain. Based on measured 1991–2020 NOAA station history.
October · May · September
June · August · September
October · April · March
The weakest month is January, scoring 11 against October’s 75 — days reach only 9.1°C, 15° below the 24°C the score treats as ideal, and nights drop to -1.4°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 | 9.1°C | -1.4°C | 88 mm | 6 | 10 h 01 | 11 | Strong coverage |
| February | 12.1°C | 0.5°C | 74 mm | 6.1 | 10 h 51 | 26 | Strong coverage |
| March | 17.1°C | 4.9°C | 111 mm | 8 | 11 h 52 | 44 | Strong coverage |
| April | 22.2°C | 9.5°C | 122 mm | 7.6 | 13 h 02 | 68 | Strong coverage |
| May | 26.3°C | 14.8°C | 129 mm | 9 | 14 h 00 | 73 | Strong coverage |
| June | 30.6°C | 19.3°C | 101 mm | 7.4 | 14 h 31 | 57 | Strong coverage |
| July | 33.1°C | 21.4°C | 103 mm | 7.1 | 14 h 19 | 45 | Strong coverage |
| August | 32.9°C | 20.7°C | 97 mm | 6.3 | 13 h 29 | 49 | Strong coverage |
| September | 28.8°C | 16.6°C | 100 mm | 5.8 | 12 h 21 | 70 | Strong coverage |
| October | 22.9°C | 10.3°C | 101 mm | 6.4 | 11 h 14 | 75 | Strong coverage |
| November | 16°C | 4.2°C | 124 mm | 7.1 | 10 h 15 | 38 | Strong coverage |
| December | 10.4°C | 0.1°C | 102 mm | 6.7 | 9 h 47 | 16 | 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°C11 Jan 1909 | -26.7°C12 Jan 1918 | 141 mm24 Jan 1949 | 304 mm1949 · driest 6 mm in 1943 | 129 |
| February | 31.1°C12 Feb 1962 | -27.2°C12 Feb 1899 | 78 mm27 Feb 1945 | 267 mm2018 · driest 12 mm in 1947 | 128 |
| March | 35.0°C24 Mar 1929 | -13.9°C3 Mar 1943 | 113 mm19 Mar 2008 | 355 mm2008 · driest 24 mm in 1910 | 129 |
| April | 35.6°C19 Apr 2006 | -4.4°C5 Apr 1920 | 147 mm16 Apr 1939 | 432 mm1927 · driest 25 mm in 1987 | 129 |
| May | 39.4°C31 May 1934 | -1.1°C1 May 1903 | 168 mm10 May 1943 | 360 mm2015 · driest 21 mm in 2012 | 129 |
| June | 43.3°C22 Jun 1936 | 7.2°C1 Jun 1983 | 124 mm13 Jun 1928 | 277 mm1935 · driest 3 mm in 1953 | 128 |
| July | 46.1°C29 Jul 1930 | 10.0°C5 Jul 1906 | 139 mm16 Jul 1970 | 311 mm1950 · driest 9 mm in 1916 | 128 |
| August | 47.2°C10 Aug 1936 | 8.3°C29 Aug 1986 | 150 mm19 Aug 1915 | 301 mm1915 · driest 2 mm in 1899 | 126 |
| September | 42.8°C3 Sep 1939 | 1.1°C27 Sep 1942 | 187 mm22 Sep 2025 | 306 mm2009 · driest 0 mm in 1928 | 127 |
| October | 37.8°C1 Oct 1953 | -6.1°C30 Oct 1917 | 110 mm29 Oct 1991 | 346 mm1984 · driest 4 mm in 2005 | 129 |
| November | 31.1°C22 Nov 1927 | -10.6°C24 Nov 1950 | 140 mm5 Nov 1994 | 317 mm1994 · driest 0 mm in 1949 | 129 |
| December | 27.2°C30 Dec 1951 | -20.0°C23 Dec 1989 | 169 mm3 Dec 1982 | 281 mm1971 · driest 5 mm in 1950 | 127 |
| Month | Days 25°C+ | Days 30°C+ | Frost nights | Heavy rain (10 mm+) | Snow days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | 0 | 20 | 3 | <1 |
| February | <1 | 0 | 15 | 3 | <1 |
| March | 4 | <1 | 6 | 4 | <1 |
| April | 10 | 1 | <1 | 4 | 0 |
| May | 21 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| June | 28 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| July | 30 | 26 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| August | 30 | 25 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| September | 25 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| October | 12 | 3 | <1 | 3 | 0 |
| November | 2 | <1 | 7 | 4 | 0 |
| December | <1 | 0 | 17 | 3 | <1 |
| Month | Warm & dry days | Wet days | Washouts | Week with 3+ wet days | Daytime mean has ranged |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7% | 20% | 8% | 16% | 6.9–13.8°C |
| February | 15% | 23% | 10% | 21% | 9.3–16.5°C |
| March | 34% | 25% | 12% | 24% | 14.5–21.7°C |
| April | 57% | 28% | 13% | 30% | 21.0–25.3°C |
| May | 68% | 30% | 14% | 34% | 25.0–29.4°C |
| June | 74% | 26% | 11% | 27% | 29.5–34.1°C |
| July | 77% | 23% | 10% | 21% | 31.7–36.6°C |
| August | 79% | 21% | 9% | 20% | 30.9–37.0°C |
| September | 79% | 21% | 10% | 19% | 27.3–33.1°C |
| October | 68% | 19% | 9% | 18% | 21.9–27.1°C |
| November | 30% | 21% | 10% | 19% | 14.1–19.7°C |
| December | 8% | 21% | 10% | 19% | 8.6–14.1°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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