October
October · April · May
United States · 1991–2020
October leads for comfortable weather in Mitchell: typically 24°C by day, 10.1°C at night, with 82 mm of rain. Based on measured 1991–2020 NOAA station history.
October · April · May
September · June · August
October · April · November
The weakest month is January, scoring 26 against October’s 83 — days reach only 13.5°C, 10° below the 24°C the score treats as ideal, and nights drop to 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 | 13.5°C | 1°C | 111 mm | 7.1 | 10 h 10 | 26 | Good coverage |
| February | 15.3°C | 1.6°C | 101 mm | 6.2 | 10 h 57 | 35 | Good coverage |
| March | 19.3°C | 4.9°C | 125 mm | 6.7 | 11 h 53 | 51 | Good coverage |
| April | 23.9°C | 9.2°C | 73 mm | 5.3 | 12 h 57 | 82 | Good coverage |
| May | 27.8°C | 13.9°C | 82 mm | 6.1 | 13 h 51 | 76 | Strong coverage |
| June | 31.2°C | 18.6°C | 102 mm | 6.7 | 14 h 20 | 57 | Good coverage |
| July | 32.9°C | 20.6°C | 115 mm | 7.1 | 14 h 09 | 46 | Strong coverage |
| August | 32°C | 20.1°C | 118 mm | 7 | 13 h 23 | 49 | Good coverage |
| September | 29.2°C | 16.6°C | 104 mm | 5.3 | 12 h 20 | 68 | Good coverage |
| October | 24°C | 10.1°C | 82 mm | 4.7 | 11 h 18 | 83 | Strong coverage |
| November | 18.9°C | 4.4°C | 79 mm | 5 | 10 h 24 | 56 | Good coverage |
| December | 14.6°C | 1.7°C | 101 mm | 6.8 | 9 h 58 | 32 | Strong coverage |
| Month | Record high | Record low | Wettest day | Wettest / driest month | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.0°C26 Jan 1952 | -19.4°C21 Jan 1985 | 121 mm19 Jan 1936 | 301 mm1925 · driest 26 mm in 1981 | 99 |
| February | 28.3°C25 Feb 1930 | -13.9°C3 Feb 1917 | 109 mm25 Feb 1961 | 277 mm1929 · driest 15 mm in 1930 | 99 |
| March | 32.2°C24 Mar 1929 | -11.7°C4 Mar 1980 | 131 mm2 Mar 2007 | 323 mm1980 · driest 18 mm in 1916 | 100 |
| April | 35.0°C20 Apr 1925 | -3.3°C5 Apr 2000 | 100 mm9 Apr 1983 | 271 mm1936 · driest 2 mm in 1987 | 101 |
| May | 37.8°C30 May 1914 | 2.8°C4 May 1971 | 104 mm1 May 1953 | 256 mm1976 · driest 1 mm in 1936 | 103 |
| June | 43.3°C30 Jun 1959 | 4.4°C2 Jun 1972 | 106 mm12 Jun 2001 | 182 mm2004 · driest 12 mm in 2008 | 103 |
| July | 42.8°C1 Jul 2012 | 11.7°C3 Jul 2008 | 118 mm24 Jul 1997 | 320 mm1916 · driest 12 mm in 1980 | 102 |
| August | 41.7°C20 Aug 1925 | 11.1°C9 Aug 2004 | 142 mm13 Aug 1940 | 327 mm1969 · driest 9 mm in 1987 | 101 |
| September | 42.2°C4 Sep 1925 | 2.2°C30 Sep 1967 | 183 mm4 Sep 1998 | 313 mm1929 · driest 4 mm in 1984 | 101 |
| October | 37.2°C5 Oct 1954 | -3.3°C30 Oct 1952 | 154 mm2 Oct 1929 | 265 mm1929 · driest 1 mm in 1987 | 102 |
| November | 32.2°C1 Nov 1961 | -12.8°C25 Nov 1950 | 114 mm6 Nov 1977 | 238 mm1948 · driest 0 mm in 1931 | 100 |
| December | 26.7°C13 Dec 1931 | -15.0°C26 Dec 1983 | 89 mm26 Dec 1943 | 224 mm1981 · driest 14 mm in 1988 | 102 |
| Month | Days 25°C+ | Days 30°C+ | Frost nights | Heavy rain (10 mm+) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | <1 | 0 | 15 | 4 |
| February | <1 | 0 | 12 | 4 |
| March | 5 | <1 | 7 | 4 |
| April | 14 | 2 | <1 | 3 |
| May | 24 | 10 | 0 | 3 |
| June | 28 | 20 | 0 | 3 |
| July | 28 | 25 | 0 | 4 |
| August | 30 | 24 | 0 | 4 |
| September | 26 | 15 | 0 | 3 |
| October | 14 | 1 | <1 | 2 |
| November | 4 | <1 | 7 | 2 |
| December | <1 | 0 | 13 | 4 |
| Month | Warm & dry days | Wet days | Washouts | Week with 3+ wet days | Daytime mean has ranged |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 13% | 26% | 13% | 28% | 10.5–17.0°C |
| February | 19% | 27% | 14% | 29% | 12.4–18.1°C |
| March | 40% | 26% | 13% | 26% | 16.3–22.4°C |
| April | 68% | 22% | 11% | 20% | 22.3–26.1°C |
| May | 76% | 23% | 10% | 22% | 26.4–30.2°C |
| June | 75% | 25% | 11% | 28% | 29.8–33.5°C |
| July | 71% | 29% | 13% | 34% | 31.1–34.6°C |
| August | 75% | 25% | 11% | 26% | 30.4–34.2°C |
| September | 79% | 20% | 9% | 20% | 27.5–31.7°C |
| October | 74% | 16% | 7% | 13% | 22.4–26.0°C |
| November | 40% | 18% | 8% | 15% | 16.9–21.4°C |
| December | 14% | 25% | 12% | 27% | 11.4–17.3°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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