October
October · April · May
United States · 1991–2020
October leads for comfortable weather in Dickens: typically 25.1°C by day, 8.7°C at night, with 45 mm of rain. Based on measured 1991–2020 NOAA station history.
October · April · May
July · August · September
March · November · October
The weakest month is January, scoring 32 against October’s 83 — days reach only 13.2°C, 11° below the 24°C the score treats as ideal, and nights drop to -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 | 13.2°C | -3°C | 19 mm | 2 | 10 h 09 | 32 | Strong coverage |
| February | 15.5°C | -1.4°C | 22 mm | 2.7 | 10 h 56 | 42 | Strong coverage |
| March | 20.2°C | 2.8°C | 34 mm | 3.3 | 11 h 52 | 65 | Strong coverage |
| April | 25°C | 7.2°C | 49 mm | 3.5 | 12 h 58 | 80 | Strong coverage |
| May | 29.2°C | 13.3°C | 71 mm | 4.9 | 13 h 53 | 73 | Strong coverage |
| June | 33.3°C | 18.3°C | 84 mm | 6 | 14 h 22 | 54 | Strong coverage |
| July | 35.2°C | 20°C | 60 mm | 4.2 | 14 h 11 | 50 | Strong coverage |
| August | 34.7°C | 19.5°C | 57 mm | 4.6 | 13 h 24 | 52 | Strong coverage |
| September | 30.2°C | 15.2°C | 64 mm | 5 | 12 h 20 | 73 | Strong coverage |
| October | 25.1°C | 8.7°C | 45 mm | 3.9 | 11 h 17 | 83 | Strong coverage |
| November | 18.5°C | 2.2°C | 30 mm | 2.7 | 10 h 22 | 59 | Strong coverage |
| December | 13.5°C | -2.2°C | 27 mm | 2.3 | 9 h 56 | 34 | Strong coverage |
| Month | Record high | Record low | Wettest day | Wettest / driest month | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.0°C4 Jan 2006 | -23.3°C4 Jan 1947 | 42 mm19 Jan 1990 | 65 mm2004 · driest 0 mm in 2003 | 92 |
| February | 34.4°C12 Feb 2017 | -27.2°C8 Feb 1933 | 42 mm4 Feb 2010 | 84 mm1938 · driest 0 mm in 1916 | 91 |
| March | 38.9°C22 Mar 2026 | -19.4°C6 Mar 1943 | 64 mm23 Mar 2000 | 132 mm2007 · driest 0 mm in 1940 | 90 |
| April | 41.1°C26 Apr 2012 | -6.7°C1 Apr 1954 | 108 mm26 Apr 2002 | 194 mm1915 · driest 0 mm in 2011 | 92 |
| May | 43.9°C25 May 2000 | -0.6°C3 May 2013 | 88 mm30 May 1914 | 316 mm1914 · driest 2 mm in 1945 | 93 |
| June | 47.2°C28 Jun 1994 | 6.1°C14 Jun 1947 | 88 mm29 Jun 2010 | 224 mm2004 · driest 0 mm in 2001 | 93 |
| July | 43.9°C18 Jul 1916 | 10.6°C5 Jul 1915 | 151 mm1 Jul 2017 | 187 mm1926 · driest 0 mm in 1947 | 93 |
| August | 44.4°C27 Aug 2019 | 7.2°C31 Aug 1915 | 119 mm29 Aug 1996 | 217 mm1920 · driest 0 mm in 2000 | 91 |
| September | 42.2°C6 Sep 2000 | 0.0°C24 Sep 1989 | 89 mm19 Sep 1991 | 283 mm1936 · driest 0 mm in 1956 | 91 |
| October | 40.0°C3 Oct 2000 | -10.6°C31 Oct 2019 | 109 mm18 Oct 1960 | 186 mm1941 · driest 0 mm in 1952 | 92 |
| November | 33.9°C1 Nov 1945 | -12.2°C29 Nov 1911 | 58 mm8 Nov 1920 | 188 mm2004 · driest 0 mm in 1989 | 90 |
| December | 30.6°C4 Dec 1954 | -22.2°C23 Dec 1989 | 62 mm4 Dec 1930 | 117 mm1991 · driest 0 mm in 1917 | 90 |
| Month | Days 25°C+ | Days 30°C+ | Frost nights | Heavy rain (10 mm+) | Snow days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1 | 0 | 24 | <1 | <1 |
| February | 4 | <1 | 18 | <1 | <1 |
| March | 9 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 |
| April | 17 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| May | 24 | 15 | <1 | 3 | 0 |
| June | 29 | 24 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| July | 30 | 28 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| August | 30 | 28 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| September | 26 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| October | 18 | 8 | 1 | 1 | <1 |
| November | 6 | <1 | 11 | 1 | <1 |
| December | 1 | 0 | 23 | <1 | <1 |
| Month | Warm & dry days | Wet days | Washouts | Week with 3+ wet days | Daytime mean has ranged |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 21% | 8% | 2% | 3% | 9.9–16.5°C |
| February | 34% | 10% | 2% | 6% | 12.4–19.9°C |
| March | 58% | 9% | 3% | 5% | 17.1–24.3°C |
| April | 75% | 13% | 5% | 11% | 23.0–28.7°C |
| May | 78% | 19% | 8% | 20% | 26.7–32.4°C |
| June | 82% | 18% | 8% | 14% | 31.0–36.4°C |
| July | 86% | 14% | 5% | 11% | 33.1–37.5°C |
| August | 84% | 16% | 6% | 13% | 32.5–37.5°C |
| September | 83% | 16% | 7% | 13% | 28.5–33.8°C |
| October | 77% | 14% | 6% | 12% | 22.9–28.3°C |
| November | 48% | 9% | 3% | 5% | 15.9–22.3°C |
| December | 21% | 9% | 2% | 5% | 10.7–17.0°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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