October
October · September · April
United States · 1991–2020
October leads for comfortable weather in Cereal: typically 23.3°C by day, 8.1°C at night, with 41 mm of rain. Based on measured 1991–2020 NOAA station history.
October · September · April
August · July · September
April · October · March
The weakest month is January, scoring 25 against October’s 84 — days reach only 11.2°C, 13° below the 24°C the score treats as ideal, and nights drop to -3.3°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 | 11.2°C | -3.3°C | 17 mm | 2.1 | 10 h 06 | 25 | Strong coverage |
| February | 13.7°C | -1.8°C | 15 mm | 2.7 | 10 h 54 | 36 | Strong coverage |
| March | 18.3°C | 2.4°C | 32 mm | 3.5 | 11 h 52 | 58 | Strong coverage |
| April | 23°C | 6.6°C | 39 mm | 3.6 | 12 h 59 | 80 | Strong coverage |
| May | 27.6°C | 12.6°C | 73 mm | 5.5 | 13 h 55 | 76 | Strong coverage |
| June | 32.3°C | 17.8°C | 70 mm | 6.4 | 14 h 25 | 60 | Strong coverage |
| July | 33.5°C | 19.9°C | 60 mm | 4.8 | 14 h 14 | 55 | Strong coverage |
| August | 32.7°C | 19.1°C | 54 mm | 4.8 | 13 h 26 | 60 | Strong coverage |
| September | 28.7°C | 14.9°C | 51 mm | 4.7 | 12 h 21 | 81 | Strong coverage |
| October | 23.3°C | 8.1°C | 41 mm | 4 | 11 h 16 | 84 | Strong coverage |
| November | 16.5°C | 1.7°C | 21 mm | 2.6 | 10 h 20 | 51 | Strong coverage |
| December | 11.5°C | -2.5°C | 19 mm | 2.5 | 9 h 53 | 27 | 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 | 28.9°C9 Jan 1909 | -21.7°C17 Jan 1930 | 39 mm8 Jan 1939 | 79 mm1949 · driest 0 mm in 1967 | 118 |
| February | 31.7°C12 Feb 2017 | -22.2°C8 Feb 1933 | 89 mm17 Feb 1911 | 148 mm1911 · driest 0 mm in 1970 | 118 |
| March | 36.7°C27 Mar 2026 | -18.9°C2 Mar 1922 | 82 mm27 Mar 1929 | 124 mm2007 · driest 0 mm in 1950 | 117 |
| April | 38.9°C26 Apr 2012 | -9.4°C4 Apr 1920 | 60 mm24 Apr 1911 | 164 mm1915 · driest 0 mm in 1909 | 117 |
| May | 42.2°C25 May 2000 | -4.4°C1 May 1909 | 134 mm4 May 2001 | 336 mm2015 · driest 3 mm in 2013 | 117 |
| June | 44.4°C27 Jun 2011 | 3.9°C2 Jun 1917 | 162 mm5 Jun 1985 | 265 mm1921 · driest 0 mm in 2011 | 117 |
| July | 43.3°C15 Jul 2020 | 10.0°C5 Jul 1924 | 178 mm8 Jul 1960 | 298 mm1960 · driest 0 mm in 2003 | 117 |
| August | 41.7°C27 Aug 2019 | 7.2°C31 Aug 1915 | 70 mm28 Aug 1998 | 204 mm1974 · driest 0 mm in 2000 | 116 |
| September | 38.9°C2 Sep 2014 | 0.6°C28 Sep 1908 | 86 mm13 Sep 1989 | 208 mm1926 · driest 0 mm in 2000 | 116 |
| October | 37.2°C4 Oct 2000 | -8.3°C31 Oct 1991 | 85 mm2 Oct 1998 | 174 mm1923 · driest 0 mm in 1952 | 117 |
| November | 32.2°C2 Nov 1950 | -16.1°C3 Nov 1991 | 82 mm3 Nov 2024 | 184 mm2024 · driest 0 mm in 1950 | 118 |
| December | 27.8°C30 Dec 1921 | -20.6°C19 Dec 1924 | 44 mm11 Dec 1946 | 72 mm1946 · driest 0 mm in 2010 | 118 |
| Month | Days 25°C+ | Days 30°C+ | Frost nights | Heavy rain (10 mm+) | Snow days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | <1 | 0 | 25 | <1 | 1 |
| February | 2 | <1 | 19 | <1 | 1 |
| March | 6 | <1 | 9 | 1 | <1 |
| April | 14 | 4 | 2 | 1 | <1 |
| May | 22 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| June | 28 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| July | 30 | 27 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| August | 30 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| September | 25 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| October | 15 | 4 | 2 | 1 | <1 |
| November | 3 | <1 | 11 | <1 | <1 |
| December | <1 | 0 | 24 | <1 | 1 |
| Month | Warm & dry days | Wet days | Washouts | Week with 3+ wet days | Daytime mean has ranged |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12% | 7% | 2% | 3% | 7.4–14.8°C |
| February | 24% | 10% | 1% | 5% | 10.6–18.3°C |
| March | 47% | 9% | 3% | 5% | 15.3–21.9°C |
| April | 69% | 12% | 4% | 10% | 21.1–25.7°C |
| May | 75% | 20% | 8% | 20% | 25.3–30.1°C |
| June | 80% | 20% | 8% | 17% | 29.8–34.7°C |
| July | 84% | 16% | 6% | 14% | 31.1–35.7°C |
| August | 83% | 17% | 6% | 14% | 30.4–34.9°C |
| September | 81% | 17% | 6% | 15% | 26.9–32.0°C |
| October | 72% | 13% | 5% | 10% | 20.9–26.5°C |
| November | 40% | 8% | 2% | 5% | 13.9–20.3°C |
| December | 14% | 8% | 2% | 4% | 8.8–15.1°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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