October
October · April · May
United States · 1991–2020
October leads for comfortable weather in Cope: typically 24.2°C by day, 12.2°C at night, with 85 mm of rain. Based on measured 1991–2020 NOAA station history.
October · April · May
September · May · June
November · March · October
The weakest month is January, scoring 34 against October’s 85 — days reach only 14.6°C, 9° below the 24°C the score treats as ideal, and nights drop to 2.6°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 | 14.6°C | 2.6°C | 94 mm | 8 | 10 h 10 | 34 | Strong coverage |
| February | 16.9°C | 4.2°C | 92 mm | 7.3 | 10 h 56 | 45 | Strong coverage |
| March | 21°C | 7.2°C | 99 mm | 7.3 | 11 h 53 | 63 | Strong coverage |
| April | 25.3°C | 11.1°C | 78 mm | 6.9 | 12 h 58 | 79 | Strong coverage |
| May | 28.9°C | 15.9°C | 93 mm | 7.1 | 13 h 52 | 70 | Strong coverage |
| June | 31.7°C | 20.1°C | 134 mm | 9.8 | 14 h 21 | 46 | Strong coverage |
| July | 33.2°C | 21.9°C | 139 mm | 9.5 | 14 h 10 | 37 | Strong coverage |
| August | 32°C | 21.4°C | 138 mm | 9.9 | 13 h 23 | 41 | Strong coverage |
| September | 29.3°C | 18.6°C | 121 mm | 7.3 | 12 h 20 | 60 | Strong coverage |
| October | 24.2°C | 12.2°C | 85 mm | 5.7 | 11 h 17 | 85 | Strong coverage |
| November | 18.9°C | 6.8°C | 75 mm | 5.7 | 10 h 23 | 60 | Strong coverage |
| December | 15.2°C | 3.7°C | 91 mm | 7.4 | 9 h 57 | 39 | 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 | 27.8°C29 Jan 1957 | -16.7°C21 Jan 1985 | 102 mm3 Jan 2022 | 285 mm2023 · driest 6 mm in 2026 | 74 |
| February | 29.4°C19 Feb 1956 | -13.3°C12 Feb 1973 | 165 mm10 Feb 1973 | 285 mm2021 · driest 20 mm in 1957 | 72 |
| March | 33.3°C18 Mar 1963 | -12.2°C3 Mar 1980 | 159 mm15 Mar 2003 | 327 mm2003 · driest 15 mm in 2004 | 72 |
| April | 35.0°C7 Apr 1967 | -2.2°C20 Apr 1983 | 102 mm14 Apr 2023 | 218 mm1998 · driest 4 mm in 1972 | 74 |
| May | 38.9°C31 May 1953 | 1.7°C2 May 1963 | 143 mm19 May 1969 | 279 mm2012 · driest 16 mm in 2015 | 73 |
| June | 42.2°C26 Jun 1952 | 8.9°C3 Jun 1967 | 183 mm28 Jun 1997 | 295 mm1971 · driest 27 mm in 2008 | 73 |
| July | 42.8°C24 Jul 1952 | 12.8°C1 Jul 1958 | 120 mm9 Jul 2022 | 329 mm2013 · driest 27 mm in 1954 | 73 |
| August | 41.7°C21 Aug 1983 | 12.2°C8 Aug 1957 | 160 mm31 Aug 2023 | 391 mm2024 · driest 27 mm in 2025 | 74 |
| September | 39.4°C3 Sep 1957 | 2.8°C30 Sep 1967 | 212 mm3 Sep 2016 | 349 mm2000 · driest 3 mm in 2025 | 74 |
| October | 37.2°C6 Oct 1954 | -4.4°C30 Oct 1952 | 119 mm8 Oct 2016 | 303 mm1990 · driest 0 mm in 2024 | 74 |
| November | 33.9°C1 Nov 1961 | -8.3°C25 Nov 1970 | 226 mm7 Nov 2024 | 261 mm1985 · driest 0 mm in 2025 | 74 |
| December | 27.8°C19 Dec 1967 | -13.9°C13 Dec 1962 | 90 mm16 Dec 1970 | 213 mm2009 · driest 8 mm in 2001 | 74 |
| Month | Days 25°C+ | Days 30°C+ | Frost nights | Heavy rain (10 mm+) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | <1 | 0 | 12 | 3 |
| February | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 |
| March | 9 | <1 | 4 | 3 |
| April | 17 | 4 | <1 | 3 |
| May | 27 | 14 | 0 | 3 |
| June | 26 | 20 | 0 | 4 |
| July | 30 | 28 | 0 | 4 |
| August | 30 | 24 | 0 | 4 |
| September | 27 | 14 | 0 | 3 |
| October | 15 | 2 | <1 | 2 |
| November | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| December | <1 | 0 | 9 | 3 |
| Month | Warm & dry days | Wet days | Washouts | Week with 3+ wet days | Daytime mean has ranged |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 14% | 26% | 11% | 28% | 11.7–17.6°C |
| February | 26% | 27% | 12% | 30% | 14.0–20.0°C |
| March | 49% | 26% | 11% | 27% | 18.5–23.6°C |
| April | 72% | 23% | 9% | 21% | 23.6–27.1°C |
| May | 75% | 25% | 11% | 26% | 27.4–30.8°C |
| June | 70% | 30% | 14% | 38% | 29.5–34.0°C |
| July | 69% | 32% | 13% | 40% | 31.3–35.0°C |
| August | 69% | 32% | 13% | 36% | 30.2–34.3°C |
| September | 76% | 24% | 9% | 22% | 27.8–31.4°C |
| October | 74% | 17% | 7% | 15% | 22.6–26.4°C |
| November | 43% | 19% | 7% | 16% | 17.2–21.8°C |
| December | 19% | 24% | 10% | 25% | 13.3–18.0°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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