October
October · May · June
United States · 1991–2020
October leads for comfortable weather in Newcastle: typically 24.3°C by day, 10.8°C at night, with 37 mm of rain. Based on measured 1991–2020 NOAA station history.
October · May · June
June · September · July
October · April · May
The weakest month is December, scoring 18 against October’s 91 — days reach only 12.7°C, 11° below the 24°C the score treats as ideal.
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 | 13°C | 3.2°C | 156 mm | 9.6 | 9 h 43 | 19 | Strong coverage |
| February | 14.7°C | 4.4°C | 150 mm | 8.8 | 10 h 41 | 29 | Strong coverage |
| March | 17°C | 5.7°C | 143 mm | 8.9 | 11 h 50 | 40 | Strong coverage |
| April | 19.6°C | 7.1°C | 70 mm | 5.8 | 13 h 10 | 64 | Strong coverage |
| May | 24.4°C | 10.8°C | 42 mm | 4.2 | 14 h 16 | 89 | Strong coverage |
| June | 29.4°C | 14.3°C | 12 mm | 1.4 | 14 h 52 | 81 | Strong coverage |
| July | 33.2°C | 17.5°C | 0 mm | 0 | 14 h 38 | 65 | Strong coverage |
| August | 32.7°C | 17°C | 1 mm | 0.2 | 13 h 41 | 68 | Strong coverage |
| September | 29.9°C | 14.9°C | 8 mm | 0.9 | 12 h 24 | 80 | Strong coverage |
| October | 24.3°C | 10.8°C | 37 mm | 2.6 | 11 h 07 | 91 | Strong coverage |
| November | 17.3°C | 6.6°C | 86 mm | 6.3 | 10 h | 53 | Strong coverage |
| December | 12.7°C | 2.8°C | 158 mm | 9.2 | 9 h 27 | 18 | 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 | 27.2°C9 Jan 1962 | -8.3°C18 Jan 1937 | 121 mm10 Jan 1995 | 586 mm1909 · driest 0 mm in 2015 | 112 |
| February | 25.6°C15 Feb 1943 | -6.1°C27 Feb 1962 | 101 mm19 Feb 1986 | 447 mm1986 · driest 0 mm in 2020 | 112 |
| March | 33.9°C11 Mar 1910 | -6.7°C28 Mar 1938 | 102 mm16 Mar 2020 | 426 mm1991 · driest 0 mm in 1926 | 118 |
| April | 33.3°C25 Apr 1946 | -4.4°C12 Apr 2022 | 98 mm8 Apr 1935 | 253 mm1942 · driest 0 mm in 1949 | 118 |
| May | 38.9°C31 May 1950 | -3.9°C8 May 1933 | 75 mm16 May 1996 | 142 mm1998 · driest 0 mm in 1976 | 118 |
| June | 43.3°C16 Jun 1961 | -1.1°C9 Jun 1936 | 50 mm16 Jun 1929 | 75 mm2011 · driest 0 mm in 1987 | 115 |
| July | 45.0°C15 Jul 1972 | 2.2°C29 Jul 1919 | 52 mm9 Jul 1974 | 76 mm1974 · driest 0 mm in 1975 | 118 |
| August | 43.9°C10 Aug 1978 | 5.0°C4 Aug 1919 | 31 mm15 Aug 1976 | 41 mm1976 · driest 0 mm in 1994 | 118 |
| September | 42.8°C3 Sep 1950 | 1.1°C15 Sep 1906 | 51 mm12 Sep 1918 | 102 mm1918 · driest 0 mm in 1987 | 114 |
| October | 40.0°C8 Oct 1928 | -3.3°C29 Oct 1922 | 137 mm13 Oct 1962 | 352 mm1962 · driest 0 mm in 1913 | 116 |
| November | 31.7°C1 Nov 1965 | -3.9°C19 Nov 1977 | 96 mm21 Nov 1950 | 354 mm1950 · driest 0 mm in 1929 | 113 |
| December | 26.7°C15 Dec 1924 | -15.0°C9 Dec 2013 | 102 mm20 Dec 1981 | 477 mm1955 · driest 0 mm in 1989 | 114 |
| Month | Days 25°C+ | Days 30°C+ | Frost nights | Heavy rain (10 mm+) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 |
| February | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| March | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| April | 4 | <1 | <1 | 2 |
| May | 13 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| June | 21 | 13 | 0 | <1 |
| July | 26 | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| August | 26 | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| September | 22 | 15 | 0 | <1 |
| October | 13 | 4 | <1 | 1 |
| November | 1 | 0 | <1 | 3 |
| December | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 |
The best month has moved. On the 1961–1990 numbers the strongest month here was May (scoring 88); on 2011–2025 it is October (90). 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% | 34% | 19% | 42% | 10.3–14.8°C |
| February | 11% | 33% | 18% | 42% | 12.2–17.1°C |
| March | 27% | 30% | 16% | 35% | 13.8–19.7°C |
| April | 51% | 19% | 9% | 18% | 17.6–23.0°C |
| May | 79% | 11% | 4% | 8% | 21.3–27.1°C |
| June | 94% | 5% | 1% | 2% | 27.2–32.4°C |
| July | 100% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 31.7–36.1°C |
| August | 99% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 31.1–34.9°C |
| September | 95% | 4% | 1% | 2% | 27.3–32.5°C |
| October | 78% | 11% | 5% | 10% | 22.0–27.3°C |
| November | 33% | 22% | 12% | 29% | 14.7–21.2°C |
| December | 4% | 30% | 16% | 36% | 10.5–15.5°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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