October
October · April · September
United States · 1991–2020
October leads for comfortable weather in Cone: typically 24.3°C by day, 8.8°C at night, with 44 mm of rain. Based on measured 1991–2020 NOAA station history.
October · April · September
August · July · September
March · October · November
The weakest month is January, scoring 29 against October’s 85 — days reach only 12.4°C, 12° below the 24°C the score treats as ideal, and nights drop to -3.1°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 | 12.4°C | -3.1°C | 20 mm | 2.5 | 10 h 08 | 29 | Strong coverage |
| February | 15°C | -1.7°C | 22 mm | 2.8 | 10 h 55 | 40 | Strong coverage |
| March | 19.7°C | 2.6°C | 36 mm | 3.7 | 11 h 52 | 63 | Strong coverage |
| April | 24.4°C | 7°C | 46 mm | 3.6 | 12 h 59 | 82 | Strong coverage |
| May | 28.5°C | 13°C | 73 mm | 5.7 | 13 h 54 | 74 | Strong coverage |
| June | 32.3°C | 18°C | 76 mm | 6.3 | 14 h 23 | 58 | Strong coverage |
| July | 33.9°C | 19.8°C | 61 mm | 4.6 | 14 h 12 | 54 | Strong coverage |
| August | 33.5°C | 19.2°C | 51 mm | 4.7 | 13 h 24 | 57 | Strong coverage |
| September | 29.5°C | 15.1°C | 69 mm | 4.8 | 12 h 20 | 75 | Strong coverage |
| October | 24.3°C | 8.8°C | 44 mm | 4.4 | 11 h 17 | 85 | Strong coverage |
| November | 17.7°C | 2.3°C | 28 mm | 2.9 | 10 h 22 | 56 | Strong coverage |
| December | 12.7°C | -2.2°C | 25 mm | 2.7 | 9 h 55 | 32 | 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 | 30.6°C31 Jan 1911 | -23.3°C11 Jan 1918 | 51 mm8 Jan 1939 | 100 mm1949 · driest 0 mm in 1924 | 133 |
| February | 33.3°C12 Feb 2017 | -25.6°C12 Feb 1899 | 84 mm27 Feb 1895 | 97 mm1895 · driest 0 mm in 1914 | 132 |
| March | 37.2°C22 Mar 2026 | -18.9°C2 Mar 1922 | 60 mm23 Mar 2000 | 152 mm2007 · driest 0 mm in 1950 | 133 |
| April | 39.4°C26 Apr 2012 | -8.3°C1 Apr 1899 | 114 mm6 Apr 1900 | 262 mm1997 · driest 0 mm in 1913 | 133 |
| May | 43.9°C25 May 2000 | -2.2°C1 May 1909 | 95 mm23 May 1954 | 349 mm2015 · driest 1 mm in 1916 | 133 |
| June | 45.0°C28 Jun 1994 | 3.9°C3 Jun 1919 | 147 mm30 Jun 1913 | 241 mm1899 · driest 0 mm in 1901 | 134 |
| July | 43.3°C15 Jul 2020 | 8.9°C4 Jul 1906 | 97 mm4 Jul 2010 | 244 mm2010 · driest 1 mm in 1970 | 133 |
| August | 43.3°C12 Aug 1936 | 5.6°C31 Aug 1915 | 128 mm31 Aug 1993 | 213 mm1920 · driest 0 mm in 1899 | 129 |
| September | 42.2°C7 Sep 1948 | 0.0°C21 Sep 1983 | 146 mm12 Sep 2008 | 244 mm1936 · driest 0 mm in 1910 | 131 |
| October | 38.3°C4 Oct 2000 | -8.9°C31 Oct 2019 | 127 mm20 Oct 1983 | 262 mm1983 · driest 0 mm in 2024 | 131 |
| November | 33.3°C10 Nov 2006 | -15.6°C23 Nov 1957 | 52 mm16 Nov 2004 | 172 mm2004 · driest 0 mm in 1915 | 131 |
| December | 28.9°C12 Dec 1937 | -21.1°C19 Dec 1909 | 67 mm23 Dec 1932 | 102 mm1991 · driest 0 mm in 1966 | 130 |
| Month | Days 25°C+ | Days 30°C+ | Frost nights | Heavy rain (10 mm+) | Snow days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1 | 0 | 25 | <1 | <1 |
| February | 3 | <1 | 19 | <1 | <1 |
| March | 9 | 2 | 9 | 1 | <1 |
| April | 16 | 7 | 2 | 1 | <1 |
| May | 23 | 14 | <1 | 3 | 0 |
| June | 29 | 23 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| July | 31 | 28 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| August | 30 | 27 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| September | 26 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| October | 16 | 6 | 1 | 1 | <1 |
| November | 5 | <1 | 10 | 1 | <1 |
| December | <1 | 0 | 23 | <1 | <1 |
The best month has moved. On the 1961–1990 numbers the strongest month here was April (scoring 86); on 2011–2025 it is October (86). 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 | 14% | 8% | 2% | 4% | 8.0–15.3°C |
| February | 27% | 9% | 2% | 5% | 10.8–18.6°C |
| March | 49% | 9% | 3% | 5% | 15.9–22.6°C |
| April | 71% | 12% | 4% | 9% | 21.1–27.2°C |
| May | 76% | 19% | 8% | 19% | 25.3–30.5°C |
| June | 82% | 18% | 8% | 15% | 29.6–34.9°C |
| July | 85% | 16% | 7% | 12% | 31.3–36.1°C |
| August | 83% | 16% | 7% | 14% | 31.0–35.9°C |
| September | 82% | 16% | 7% | 14% | 27.0–32.3°C |
| October | 71% | 14% | 6% | 11% | 21.1–26.6°C |
| November | 40% | 9% | 3% | 5% | 14.4–20.7°C |
| December | 15% | 8% | 2% | 4% | 8.7–15.6°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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