October
October · May · September
United States · 1991–2020
October leads for comfortable weather in Emerson: typically 23.1°C by day, 10.1°C at night, with 84 mm of rain. Based on measured 1991–2020 NOAA station history.
October · May · September
June · August · September
October · April · November
The weakest month is January, scoring 11 against October’s 79 — days reach only 11°C, 13° below the 24°C the score treats as ideal, and nights drop to -1.1°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°C | -1.1°C | 117 mm | 9.4 | 10 h 06 | 11 | Strong coverage |
| February | 13.5°C | 0.5°C | 122 mm | 9.6 | 10 h 54 | 21 | Strong coverage |
| March | 17.9°C | 4.2°C | 128 mm | 9.3 | 11 h 52 | 42 | Strong coverage |
| April | 22.8°C | 8.7°C | 113 mm | 8 | 12 h 59 | 69 | Strong coverage |
| May | 26.5°C | 14°C | 100 mm | 8 | 13 h 55 | 76 | Strong coverage |
| June | 29.9°C | 18.3°C | 100 mm | 8.6 | 14 h 25 | 60 | Strong coverage |
| July | 31.6°C | 20.3°C | 124 mm | 9.7 | 14 h 13 | 47 | Strong coverage |
| August | 31.3°C | 20°C | 104 mm | 7.4 | 13 h 25 | 53 | Strong coverage |
| September | 28.2°C | 16.7°C | 103 mm | 6.9 | 12 h 21 | 70 | Strong coverage |
| October | 23.1°C | 10.1°C | 84 mm | 5.8 | 11 h 16 | 79 | Strong coverage |
| November | 17.4°C | 3.9°C | 100 mm | 7 | 10 h 20 | 45 | Strong coverage |
| December | 12.5°C | 0.9°C | 114 mm | 9 | 9 h 53 | 20 | 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 | 25.6°C5 Jan 2026 | -21.1°C24 Jan 1963 | 98 mm25 Jan 1964 | 244 mm1972 · driest 0 mm in 2025 | 65 |
| February | 27.8°C23 Feb 2018 | -16.7°C5 Feb 1996 | 107 mm13 Feb 2025 | 301 mm2020 · driest 13 mm in 1978 | 64 |
| March | 31.1°C17 Mar 2016 | -13.9°C5 Mar 1960 | 135 mm13 Mar 1963 | 294 mm1964 · driest 48 mm in 2007 | 64 |
| April | 33.3°C24 Apr 1970 | -3.3°C8 Apr 2007 | 99 mm5 Apr 1957 | 264 mm1964 · driest 0 mm in 2024 | 64 |
| May | 35.0°C25 May 1996 | 1.7°C12 May 1952 | 77 mm20 May 1959 | 256 mm1973 · driest 12 mm in 2007 | 65 |
| June | 40.0°C29 Jun 1952 | 6.1°C3 Jun 1956 | 71 mm17 Jun 2003 | 250 mm1989 · driest 4 mm in 1988 | 65 |
| July | 41.1°C2 Jul 2012 | 11.1°C15 Jul 1967 | 135 mm11 Jul 2005 | 360 mm2005 · driest 8 mm in 1952 | 66 |
| August | 39.4°C17 Aug 1954 | 10.6°C27 Aug 1952 | 150 mm12 Aug 1991 | 241 mm2014 · driest 15 mm in 1968 | 64 |
| September | 38.9°C2 Sep 1957 | 1.1°C30 Sep 1967 | 159 mm27 Sep 2024 | 309 mm2009 · driest 0 mm in 2019 | 64 |
| October | 37.2°C3 Oct 2019 | -8.3°C17 Oct 2003 | 114 mm1 Oct 1958 | 275 mm1995 · driest 0 mm in 1963 | 63 |
| November | 29.4°C3 Nov 1961 | -11.1°C24 Nov 1970 | 85 mm22 Nov 1991 | 220 mm2015 · driest 0 mm in 2020 | 63 |
| December | 26.1°C10 Dec 2007 | -18.9°C13 Dec 1962 | 137 mm12 Dec 1961 | 319 mm1961 · driest 5 mm in 2023 | 64 |
| Month | Days 25°C+ | Days 30°C+ | Frost nights | Heavy rain (10 mm+) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | <1 | 0 | 16 | 4 |
| February | <1 | 0 | 13 | 4 |
| March | 4 | <1 | 7 | 4 |
| April | 12 | 2 | <1 | 4 |
| May | 22 | 7 | 0 | 3 |
| June | 27 | 17 | 0 | 4 |
| July | 30 | 24 | 0 | 4 |
| August | 30 | 22 | 0 | 3 |
| September | 24 | 11 | 0 | 3 |
| October | 11 | 1 | <1 | 3 |
| November | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 |
| December | <1 | 0 | 13 | 4 |
The best month has moved. On the 1961–1990 numbers the strongest month here was May (scoring 79); on 2011–2025 it is October (87). 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 | 4% | 31% | 13% | 36% | 7.9–13.9°C |
| February | 10% | 32% | 14% | 38% | 9.7–16.9°C |
| March | 30% | 30% | 13% | 32% | 14.5–21.0°C |
| April | 56% | 26% | 13% | 31% | 21.1–24.9°C |
| May | 71% | 26% | 11% | 28% | 24.3–28.6°C |
| June | 73% | 27% | 11% | 30% | 27.8–31.7°C |
| July | 69% | 31% | 13% | 37% | 29.9–33.2°C |
| August | 75% | 25% | 11% | 25% | 29.7–32.8°C |
| September | 76% | 23% | 10% | 26% | 26.1–30.3°C |
| October | 63% | 18% | 8% | 17% | 20.4–24.9°C |
| November | 28% | 23% | 10% | 25% | 14.5–19.6°C |
| December | 6% | 28% | 12% | 32% | 9.5–15.3°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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