October
October · May · April
United States · 1991–2020
October leads for comfortable weather in Startex: typically 22.6°C by day, 10.5°C at night, with 91 mm of rain. Based on measured 1991–2020 NOAA station history.
October · May · April
June · September · August
October · April · November
The weakest month is January, scoring 17 against October’s 77 — days reach only 11.4°C, 13° below the 24°C the score treats as ideal, and nights drop to 0.4°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 | 11.4°C | 0.4°C | 105 mm | 8.7 | 10 h 03 | 17 | Strong coverage |
| February | 13.7°C | 1.9°C | 98 mm | 7.8 | 10 h 52 | 29 | Strong coverage |
| March | 17.8°C | 5.3°C | 114 mm | 8.8 | 11 h 52 | 46 | Strong coverage |
| April | 22.7°C | 9.5°C | 103 mm | 8.3 | 13 h 01 | 72 | Strong coverage |
| May | 26.6°C | 14.4°C | 103 mm | 8.3 | 13 h 58 | 76 | Strong coverage |
| June | 30.4°C | 18.9°C | 99 mm | 8.6 | 14 h 29 | 58 | Strong coverage |
| July | 32.2°C | 20.9°C | 122 mm | 9.3 | 14 h 17 | 44 | Strong coverage |
| August | 31.2°C | 20.4°C | 118 mm | 8.7 | 13 h 28 | 50 | Strong coverage |
| September | 28°C | 17.1°C | 95 mm | 6.4 | 12 h 21 | 72 | Strong coverage |
| October | 22.6°C | 10.5°C | 91 mm | 6 | 11 h 15 | 77 | Strong coverage |
| November | 17°C | 4.9°C | 97 mm | 6.9 | 10 h 17 | 46 | Strong coverage |
| December | 12.5°C | 1.8°C | 116 mm | 8.2 | 9 h 49 | 22 | 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 | 26.1°C31 Jan 1975 | -21.1°C30 Jan 1966 | 111 mm9 Jan 2024 | 262 mm2024 · driest 7 mm in 1981 | 64 |
| February | 27.2°C4 Feb 2025 | -13.3°C25 Feb 1967 | 136 mm6 Feb 2020 | 244 mm2020 · driest 14 mm in 1978 | 64 |
| March | 31.7°C23 Mar 1995 | -11.7°C3 Mar 1980 | 99 mm21 Mar 2017 | 289 mm1980 · driest 29 mm in 1985 | 64 |
| April | 33.9°C27 Apr 1986 | -4.4°C8 Apr 2007 | 112 mm27 Apr 2023 | 287 mm1964 · driest 18 mm in 1976 | 64 |
| May | 36.1°C28 May 1967 | -0.6°C8 May 1989 | 83 mm27 May 1986 | 319 mm2020 · driest 28 mm in 1965 | 64 |
| June | 40.6°C29 Jun 2012 | 4.4°C1 Jun 1972 | 107 mm16 Jun 1969 | 257 mm1994 · driest 3 mm in 2008 | 64 |
| July | 41.7°C1 Jul 2012 | 12.2°C1 Jul 1979 | 119 mm7 Jul 2005 | 367 mm2013 · driest 19 mm in 1993 | 64 |
| August | 40.6°C10 Aug 2007 | 11.1°C29 Aug 1968 | 237 mm26 Aug 1995 | 441 mm1995 · driest 20 mm in 1999 | 63 |
| September | 36.7°C2 Sep 2011 | 2.2°C30 Sep 1967 | 113 mm27 Sep 2024 | 296 mm1975 · driest 4 mm in 2005 | 63 |
| October | 36.7°C3 Oct 2019 | -3.9°C29 Oct 1976 | 114 mm12 Oct 1990 | 260 mm1964 · driest 0 mm in 2000 | 64 |
| November | 29.4°C2 Nov 1974 | -11.1°C25 Nov 1970 | 83 mm2 Nov 2015 | 232 mm2015 · driest 19 mm in 2017 | 64 |
| December | 26.1°C10 Dec 2007 | -15.0°C26 Dec 1985 | 84 mm9 Dec 2004 | 291 mm2018 · driest 10 mm in 1965 | 64 |
| Month | Days 25°C+ | Days 30°C+ | Frost nights | Heavy rain (10 mm+) | Snow days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | <1 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 1 |
| February | <1 | 0 | 12 | 3 | <1 |
| March | 4 | <1 | 6 | 4 | <1 |
| April | 11 | 1 | <1 | 4 | 0 |
| May | 23 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| June | 28 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| July | 30 | 25 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| August | 30 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| September | 24 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| October | 10 | <1 | <1 | 2 | 0 |
| November | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | <1 |
| December | <1 | 0 | 14 | 4 | <1 |
The best month has moved. On the 1961–1990 numbers the strongest month here was May (scoring 79); on 2011–2025 it is October (82). 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 | 5% | 28% | 11% | 33% | 8.0–13.5°C |
| February | 12% | 28% | 13% | 32% | 10.3–15.8°C |
| March | 32% | 29% | 13% | 31% | 15.1–20.6°C |
| April | 58% | 25% | 11% | 28% | 20.6–24.7°C |
| May | 69% | 29% | 11% | 31% | 24.7–28.3°C |
| June | 72% | 27% | 11% | 32% | 28.1–32.0°C |
| July | 69% | 31% | 12% | 38% | 29.8–33.7°C |
| August | 73% | 27% | 10% | 30% | 28.8–32.3°C |
| September | 77% | 22% | 10% | 20% | 26.0–29.9°C |
| October | 63% | 19% | 8% | 20% | 20.8–24.8°C |
| November | 27% | 23% | 10% | 23% | 15.1–19.6°C |
| December | 7% | 26% | 12% | 30% | 9.4–14.8°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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