October
October · April · May
United States · 1991–2020
October leads for comfortable weather in Walnut Grove: typically 23.1°C by day, 10.1°C at night, with 86 mm of rain. Based on measured 1991–2020 NOAA station history.
October · April · May
September · August · June
October · April · November
The weakest month is January, scoring 20 against October’s 79 — days reach only 12.1°C, 12° 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 | 12.1°C | 0.2°C | 106 mm | 7.8 | 10 h 08 | 20 | Good coverage |
| February | 13.9°C | 1.3°C | 125 mm | 7.6 | 10 h 55 | 25 | Good coverage |
| March | 19°C | 5°C | 137 mm | 7.7 | 11 h 52 | 47 | Good coverage |
| April | 23.6°C | 8.9°C | 75 mm | 6.9 | 12 h 59 | 78 | Good coverage |
| May | 27.5°C | 13.9°C | 76 mm | 6.7 | 13 h 53 | 77 | Good coverage |
| June | 30.9°C | 18.5°C | 112 mm | 8.6 | 14 h 23 | 55 | Good coverage |
| July | 32.4°C | 20.5°C | 121 mm | 8.7 | 14 h 11 | 45 | Good coverage |
| August | 31.6°C | 20.3°C | 117 mm | 8.2 | 13 h 24 | 49 | Good coverage |
| September | 28.5°C | 16.6°C | 99 mm | 6 | 12 h 20 | 71 | Good coverage |
| October | 23.1°C | 10.1°C | 86 mm | 5.4 | 11 h 17 | 79 | Good coverage |
| November | 17.6°C | 4.1°C | 95 mm | 6.1 | 10 h 22 | 48 | Good coverage |
| December | 12.6°C | 0.7°C | 96 mm | 6.5 | 9 h 55 | 25 | Good coverage |
| Month | Record high | Record low | Wettest day | Wettest / driest month | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.2°C12 Jan 1949 | -21.7°C21 Jan 1985 | 118 mm11 Jan 1972 | 297 mm1936 · driest 30 mm in 1927 | 95 |
| February | 31.1°C22 Feb 1927 | -23.3°C13 Feb 1899 | 181 mm27 Feb 1902 | 341 mm1902 · driest 16 mm in 1978 | 94 |
| March | 32.2°C23 Mar 1907 | -12.8°C4 Mar 1943 | 154 mm17 Mar 1990 | 312 mm1942 · driest 22 mm in 2004 | 96 |
| April | 35.0°C27 Apr 1986 | -4.4°C8 Apr 2007 | 121 mm2 Apr 1936 | 288 mm1936 · driest 10 mm in 2012 | 99 |
| May | 37.8°C29 May 1941 | -0.6°C4 May 1897 | 93 mm15 May 1976 | 296 mm2003 · driest 6 mm in 1951 | 99 |
| June | 40.6°C27 Jun 1952 | 6.7°C1 Jun 1972 | 113 mm23 Jun 1900 | 396 mm1900 · driest 13 mm in 1979 | 97 |
| July | 43.3°C8 Jul 1927 | 11.1°C15 Jul 1967 | 108 mm1 Jul 2003 | 296 mm1984 · driest 15 mm in 1983 | 98 |
| August | 40.6°C16 Aug 1954 | 10.6°C22 Aug 1927 | 122 mm11 Aug 1982 | 273 mm1901 · driest 5 mm in 1935 | 97 |
| September | 39.4°C18 Sep 1931 | 1.1°C30 Sep 1967 | 106 mm7 Sep 2004 | 323 mm2004 · driest 0 mm in 1904 | 95 |
| October | 36.7°C6 Oct 1954 | -5.0°C30 Oct 1952 | 124 mm1 Oct 1965 | 245 mm1898 · driest 0 mm in 1951 | 96 |
| November | 30.6°C2 Nov 1974 | -15.0°C25 Nov 1950 | 120 mm27 Nov 1948 | 439 mm1948 · driest 6 mm in 2012 | 96 |
| December | 26.1°C1 Dec 1933 | -17.8°C13 Dec 1962 | 95 mm15 Dec 1972 | 232 mm1953 · driest 18 mm in 1988 | 94 |
| Month | Days 25°C+ | Days 30°C+ | Frost nights | Heavy rain (10 mm+) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | 0 | 17 | 4 |
| February | <1 | 0 | 13 | 4 |
| March | 6 | <1 | 7 | 4 |
| April | 13 | 2 | <1 | 3 |
| May | 24 | 9 | 0 | 3 |
| June | 28 | 20 | 0 | 4 |
| July | 30 | 25 | 0 | 3 |
| August | 30 | 23 | 0 | 4 |
| September | 26 | 12 | 0 | 3 |
| October | 12 | <1 | <1 | 2 |
| November | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 |
| December | <1 | 0 | 15 | 3 |
| Month | Warm & dry days | Wet days | Washouts | Week with 3+ wet days | Daytime mean has ranged |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8% | 28% | 14% | 29% | 9.0–15.4°C |
| February | 14% | 29% | 15% | 33% | 11.1–17.6°C |
| March | 38% | 28% | 15% | 29% | 16.0–22.4°C |
| April | 63% | 24% | 11% | 23% | 21.4–25.9°C |
| May | 75% | 23% | 10% | 24% | 25.6–30.4°C |
| June | 72% | 27% | 11% | 29% | 28.7–33.7°C |
| July | 69% | 31% | 14% | 39% | 30.4–35.0°C |
| August | 74% | 26% | 12% | 27% | 29.6–34.1°C |
| September | 79% | 21% | 9% | 20% | 26.8–31.5°C |
| October | 70% | 17% | 7% | 14% | 21.7–26.3°C |
| November | 33% | 20% | 9% | 17% | 15.7–20.5°C |
| December | 10% | 27% | 13% | 28% | 9.8–15.8°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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