October
October · May · September
United States · 1991–2020
October leads for comfortable weather in Shelbyville: typically 23°C by day, 9°C at night, with 95 mm of rain. Based on measured 1991–2020 NOAA station history.
October · May · September
August · September · June
October · April · November
The weakest month is January, scoring 5 against October’s 74 — days reach only 9.6°C, 14° below the 24°C the score treats as ideal, and nights drop to -1.4°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 | 9.6°C | -1.4°C | 124 mm | 9.3 | 10 h 00 | 5 | Strong coverage |
| February | 12.2°C | 0.2°C | 143 mm | 9.9 | 10 h 51 | 13 | Strong coverage |
| March | 16.9°C | 3.9°C | 139 mm | 10.5 | 11 h 52 | 35 | Strong coverage |
| April | 22.1°C | 8.5°C | 124 mm | 9.6 | 13 h 02 | 64 | Strong coverage |
| May | 26.4°C | 13.7°C | 130 mm | 9.5 | 14 h 01 | 70 | Strong coverage |
| June | 30.2°C | 18.1°C | 126 mm | 9.8 | 14 h 32 | 55 | Strong coverage |
| July | 31.9°C | 20.2°C | 131 mm | 9.9 | 14 h 20 | 45 | Strong coverage |
| August | 31.7°C | 19.4°C | 107 mm | 7.7 | 13 h 30 | 52 | Strong coverage |
| September | 28.8°C | 15.6°C | 102 mm | 6.8 | 12 h 21 | 70 | Strong coverage |
| October | 23°C | 9°C | 95 mm | 7.1 | 11 h 14 | 74 | Strong coverage |
| November | 16.2°C | 3.1°C | 111 mm | 7.8 | 10 h 15 | 38 | Strong coverage |
| December | 11.2°C | 0°C | 151 mm | 10.2 | 9 h 46 | 8 | 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 | 25.6°C1 Jan 1952 | -28.9°C21 Jan 1985 | 116 mm23 Jan 2002 | 320 mm1957 · driest 18 mm in 1986 | 72 |
| February | 27.8°C23 Feb 2023 | -21.7°C18 Feb 1958 | 119 mm5 Feb 2004 | 312 mm1994 · driest 24 mm in 1978 | 72 |
| March | 29.4°C29 Mar 2007 | -16.1°C3 Mar 1980 | 137 mm15 Mar 2025 | 369 mm1973 · driest 58 mm in 2003 | 74 |
| April | 33.3°C30 Apr 1987 | -6.1°C2 Apr 2004 | 102 mm5 Apr 1983 | 284 mm2011 · driest 6 mm in 1976 | 73 |
| May | 35.6°C18 May 1962 | -1.1°C4 May 1971 | 125 mm10 May 2004 | 332 mm2003 · driest 19 mm in 2005 | 74 |
| June | 42.2°C30 Jun 2012 | 3.3°C1 Jun 1966 | 105 mm1 Jun 1959 | 322 mm1989 · driest 2 mm in 1988 | 74 |
| July | 41.7°C28 Jul 1952 | 9.4°C10 Jul 1961 | 112 mm27 Jul 1972 | 336 mm1972 · driest 12 mm in 1983 | 74 |
| August | 40.6°C17 Aug 1954 | 8.3°C13 Aug 1964 | 170 mm29 Aug 1963 | 323 mm2021 · driest 1 mm in 1953 | 73 |
| September | 40.6°C6 Sep 1954 | 0.0°C30 Sep 1967 | 132 mm22 Sep 1992 | 284 mm2021 · driest 6 mm in 2019 | 74 |
| October | 36.7°C1 Oct 2019 | -7.8°C29 Oct 1952 | 149 mm18 Oct 1972 | 268 mm1984 · driest 0 mm in 1963 | 74 |
| November | 30.6°C2 Nov 2016 | -12.8°C24 Nov 1970 | 110 mm30 Nov 1996 | 294 mm1986 · driest 9 mm in 2022 | 74 |
| December | 25.0°C2 Dec 1982 | -22.8°C22 Dec 1989 | 151 mm9 Dec 1966 | 352 mm1990 · driest 22 mm in 1965 | 73 |
| Month | Days 25°C+ | Days 30°C+ | Frost nights | Heavy rain (10 mm+) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | 0 | 18 | 4 |
| February | <1 | 0 | 15 | 4 |
| March | 3 | 0 | 9 | 4 |
| April | 10 | <1 | 2 | 4 |
| May | 21 | 6 | 0 | 4 |
| June | 28 | 18 | 0 | 4 |
| July | 30 | 25 | 0 | 4 |
| August | 30 | 23 | 0 | 3 |
| September | 24 | 13 | 0 | 3 |
| October | 12 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| November | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 |
| December | 0 | 0 | 17 | 5 |
The best month has moved. On the 1961–1990 numbers the strongest month here was September (scoring 76); on 2011–2025 it is October (81). 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 | 3% | 30% | 13% | 38% | 6.4–13.0°C |
| February | 9% | 35% | 14% | 44% | 8.7–16.0°C |
| March | 26% | 33% | 15% | 42% | 13.9–20.0°C |
| April | 53% | 29% | 13% | 34% | 20.2–24.7°C |
| May | 66% | 30% | 13% | 38% | 24.9–28.3°C |
| June | 71% | 29% | 12% | 36% | 28.7–32.3°C |
| July | 70% | 30% | 13% | 36% | 30.3–33.8°C |
| August | 76% | 24% | 10% | 26% | 30.1–33.4°C |
| September | 76% | 23% | 10% | 22% | 26.9–31.0°C |
| October | 61% | 21% | 9% | 19% | 21.3–25.2°C |
| November | 24% | 27% | 12% | 31% | 13.4–19.1°C |
| December | 5% | 30% | 15% | 37% | 8.8–14.1°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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