October
October · April · March
United States · 1991–2020
October leads for comfortable weather in Four Corner Windmill: typically 26.1°C by day, 11.2°C at night, with 36 mm of rain. Based on measured 1991–2020 NOAA station history.
October · April · March
July · June · August
November · March · February
The weakest month is January, scoring 43 against October’s 86 — days reach only 15.2°C, 9° below the 24°C the score treats as ideal, and nights drop to -0.2°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 | 15.2°C | -0.2°C | 28 mm | 3 | 10 h 19 | 43 | Strong coverage |
| February | 17.6°C | 2°C | 21 mm | 2.4 | 11 h 02 | 56 | Good coverage |
| March | 21.8°C | 6°C | 23 mm | 2.7 | 11 h 54 | 77 | Strong coverage |
| April | 26.9°C | 10.4°C | 37 mm | 2.4 | 12 h 54 | 82 | Strong coverage |
| May | 30.8°C | 15.8°C | 58 mm | 4.5 | 13 h 44 | 72 | Strong coverage |
| June | 33.4°C | 19.7°C | 54 mm | 3.4 | 14 h 10 | 57 | Good coverage |
| July | 34.4°C | 21°C | 34 mm | 3.5 | 14 h | 54 | Strong coverage |
| August | 34.5°C | 20.5°C | 49 mm | 3.7 | 13 h 17 | 53 | Strong coverage |
| September | 30.8°C | 16.9°C | 63 mm | 4 | 12 h 19 | 69 | Strong coverage |
| October | 26.1°C | 11.2°C | 36 mm | 2.8 | 11 h 21 | 86 | Strong coverage |
| November | 20.1°C | 4.8°C | 25 mm | 2.3 | 10 h 31 | 69 | Strong coverage |
| December | 15.6°C | 1°C | 21 mm | 2.6 | 10 h 07 | 47 | Good 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 | 29.4°C9 Jan 1969 | -16.7°C2 Jan 1979 | 56 mm17 Jan 2007 | 155 mm2007 · driest 0 mm in 2002 | 53 |
| February | 32.2°C12 Feb 2017 | -13.3°C4 Feb 1989 | 66 mm20 Feb 1997 | 102 mm1992 · driest 0 mm in 2019 | 50 |
| March | 35.0°C29 Mar 1967 | -15.0°C2 Mar 1980 | 64 mm19 Mar 1979 | 131 mm1979 · driest 0 mm in 1975 | 55 |
| April | 40.0°C26 Apr 2012 | -4.4°C12 Apr 1997 | 79 mm13 Apr 2019 | 153 mm2019 · driest 0 mm in 1998 | 54 |
| May | 42.2°C25 May 2000 | 0.6°C3 May 2013 | 68 mm25 May 2014 | 160 mm2015 · driest 0 mm in 2000 | 54 |
| June | 43.3°C28 Jun 1998 | 6.7°C1 Jun 1964 | 87 mm22 Jun 2014 | 170 mm2000 · driest 0 mm in 2001 | 51 |
| July | 42.8°C13 Jul 1998 | 11.1°C2 Jul 1984 | 123 mm31 Jul 1990 | 219 mm1990 · driest 0 mm in 2011 | 53 |
| August | 41.7°C10 Aug 1970 | 11.7°C26 Aug 1966 | 96 mm17 Aug 2001 | 221 mm1974 · driest 0 mm in 1994 | 54 |
| September | 41.1°C5 Sep 2000 | 0.0°C24 Sep 1989 | 101 mm21 Sep 2018 | 320 mm1974 · driest 0 mm in 2000 | 55 |
| October | 37.8°C9 Oct 1979 | -7.8°C31 Oct 2019 | 105 mm4 Oct 1966 | 200 mm1974 · driest 0 mm in 1988 | 55 |
| November | 32.8°C1 Nov 2010 | -11.7°C29 Nov 1976 | 69 mm15 Nov 2001 | 92 mm2001 · driest 0 mm in 1987 | 56 |
| December | 28.9°C22 Dec 1981 | -17.2°C24 Dec 1989 | 54 mm8 Dec 1980 | 101 mm1991 · driest 0 mm in 1973 | 51 |
| Month | Days 25°C+ | Days 30°C+ | Frost nights | Heavy rain (10 mm+) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1 | 0 | 17 | <1 |
| February | 4 | <1 | 10 | <1 |
| March | 10 | 2 | 4 | <1 |
| April | 20 | 9 | <1 | 1 |
| May | 26 | 17 | 0 | 2 |
| June | 28 | 24 | 0 | 2 |
| July | 29 | 27 | 0 | 1 |
| August | 28 | 27 | 0 | 1 |
| September | 26 | 19 | 0 | 2 |
| October | 19 | 7 | <1 | 1 |
| November | 6 | <1 | 6 | <1 |
| December | 1 | 0 | 14 | <1 |
The best month has moved. On the 1961–1990 numbers the strongest month here was April (scoring 84); 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 | 24% | 9% | 2% | 6% | 11.4–18.1°C |
| February | 37% | 10% | 2% | 6% | 13.2–19.8°C |
| March | 61% | 8% | 2% | 3% | 17.0–24.9°C |
| April | 82% | 10% | 4% | 5% | 23.7–28.7°C |
| May | 82% | 16% | 7% | 13% | 28.1–32.4°C |
| June | 88% | 12% | 5% | 7% | 30.8–35.8°C |
| July | 87% | 12% | 4% | 11% | 32.0–36.7°C |
| August | 87% | 13% | 5% | 10% | 31.9–36.3°C |
| September | 82% | 16% | 7% | 14% | 27.9–32.8°C |
| October | 80% | 11% | 4% | 8% | 23.1–27.6°C |
| November | 55% | 8% | 2% | 6% | 17.5–22.4°C |
| December | 26% | 8% | 2% | 6% | 12.0–17.9°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.
The evidence behind this page