October
October · September · May
United States · 1991–2020
October leads for comfortable weather in Cave City: typically 22.6°C by day, 8.5°C at night, with 94 mm of rain. Based on measured 1991–2020 NOAA station history.
October · September · May
August · July · September
October · April · November
The weakest month is January, scoring 5 against October’s 72 — days reach only 8.7°C, 15° below the 24°C the score treats as ideal, and nights drop to -1.9°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 | 8.7°C | -1.9°C | 115 mm | 8.8 | 9 h 52 | 5 | Good coverage |
| February | 11.8°C | -0.3°C | 99 mm | 8.2 | 10 h 46 | 18 | Good coverage |
| March | 16.3°C | 3.1°C | 132 mm | 10.3 | 11 h 51 | 33 | Good coverage |
| April | 22.4°C | 7.7°C | 121 mm | 10 | 13 h 06 | 63 | Good coverage |
| May | 26.6°C | 12.9°C | 143 mm | 9.6 | 14 h 08 | 67 | Good coverage |
| June | 30.3°C | 17.4°C | 129 mm | 10.4 | 14 h 42 | 55 | Good coverage |
| July | 32°C | 19.3°C | 115 mm | 8.1 | 14 h 29 | 50 | Good coverage |
| August | 32.2°C | 18.6°C | 80 mm | 6.2 | 13 h 35 | 57 | Good coverage |
| September | 28.8°C | 14.4°C | 98 mm | 6.8 | 12 h 22 | 71 | Good coverage |
| October | 22.6°C | 8.5°C | 94 mm | 7 | 11 h 10 | 72 | Good coverage |
| November | 15.5°C | 3.3°C | 101 mm | 9 | 10 h 08 | 36 | Good coverage |
| December | 10.2°C | -0.4°C | 129 mm | 10.4 | 9 h 37 | 7 | Good coverage |
| Month | Record high | Record low | Wettest day | Wettest / driest month | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 22.8°C2 Jan 2006 | -31.7°C24 Jan 1963 | 87 mm10 Jan 1974 | 258 mm1972 · driest 17 mm in 1986 | 54 |
| February | 27.2°C23 Feb 1996 | -22.8°C2 Feb 1965 | 96 mm27 Feb 1962 | 273 mm1962 · driest 16 mm in 1968 | 54 |
| March | 30.6°C26 Mar 2007 | -18.9°C5 Mar 1960 | 148 mm12 Mar 1975 | 354 mm1975 · driest 32 mm in 1966 | 54 |
| April | 32.8°C27 Apr 1989 | -7.8°C8 Apr 2007 | 110 mm4 Apr 1968 | 249 mm1998 · driest 24 mm in 1976 | 54 |
| May | 34.4°C29 May 1987 | -2.8°C1 May 1963 | 137 mm7 May 1984 | 324 mm1983 · driest 46 mm in 1987 | 54 |
| June | 39.4°C23 Jun 1988 | 3.3°C1 Jun 1966 | 115 mm10 Jun 1981 | 318 mm1998 · driest 22 mm in 1956 | 54 |
| July | 40.6°C9 Jul 1988 | 8.9°C7 Jul 1972 | 86 mm26 Jul 1985 | 310 mm1971 · driest 13 mm in 1999 | 53 |
| August | 40.6°C16 Aug 2007 | 5.0°C29 Aug 1986 | 84 mm25 Aug 1982 | 306 mm1974 · driest 14 mm in 2008 | 54 |
| September | 39.4°C5 Sep 1954 | 0.6°C26 Sep 2001 | 126 mm3 Sep 1974 | 240 mm1974 · driest 14 mm in 2008 | 54 |
| October | 35.0°C2 Oct 1953 | -5.6°C24 Oct 1981 | 82 mm5 Oct 1995 | 201 mm1975 · driest 0 mm in 1963 | 54 |
| November | 28.9°C1 Nov 2004 | -15.0°C30 Nov 1976 | 119 mm27 Nov 1973 | 251 mm1973 · driest 20 mm in 1976 | 55 |
| December | 24.4°C11 Dec 2007 | -26.1°C22 Dec 1989 | 97 mm8 Dec 1978 | 367 mm1978 · driest 21 mm in 1965 | 54 |
| Month | Days 25°C+ | Days 30°C+ | Frost nights | Heavy rain (10 mm+) | Snow days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 2 |
| February | <1 | 0 | 16 | 3 | <1 |
| March | 3 | <1 | 11 | 4 | <1 |
| April | 11 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| May | 22 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| June | 28 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| July | 30 | 25 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| August | 30 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| September | 25 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| October | 12 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| November | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 0 |
| December | 0 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 2 |
| Month | Warm & dry days | Wet days | Washouts | Week with 3+ wet days | Daytime mean has ranged |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2% | 28% | 11% | 34% | 3.3–10.6°C |
| February | 5% | 32% | 13% | 38% | 5.7–13.7°C |
| March | 20% | 34% | 13% | 47% | 11.9–18.4°C |
| April | 45% | 33% | 13% | 42% | 18.7–23.8°C |
| May | 64% | 31% | 14% | 38% | 23.5–28.3°C |
| June | 70% | 30% | 13% | 34% | 28.0–31.7°C |
| July | 72% | 28% | 13% | 29% | 29.5–33.1°C |
| August | 78% | 22% | 9% | 21% | 29.1–33.2°C |
| September | 75% | 23% | 10% | 23% | 25.3–30.8°C |
| October | 52% | 21% | 8% | 20% | 19.1–24.1°C |
| November | 17% | 30% | 12% | 35% | 12.1–17.3°C |
| December | 2% | 31% | 13% | 39% | 5.6–12.3°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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