October
October · April · May
United States · 1991–2020
October leads for comfortable weather in Franklin Center: typically 25.2°C by day, 10.4°C at night, with 55 mm of rain. Based on measured 1991–2020 NOAA station history.
October · April · May
August · July · September
March · November · April
The weakest month is January, scoring 35 against October’s 84 — days reach only 13.6°C, 10° below the 24°C the score treats as ideal, and nights drop to -1.7°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 | 13.6°C | -1.7°C | 21 mm | 2.5 | 10 h 13 | 35 | Strong coverage |
| February | 15.7°C | 0.2°C | 28 mm | 3.4 | 10 h 58 | 45 | Strong coverage |
| March | 20.6°C | 4.5°C | 39 mm | 4.1 | 11 h 53 | 68 | Strong coverage |
| April | 25.5°C | 9.1°C | 39 mm | 3.4 | 12 h 57 | 83 | Strong coverage |
| May | 29.6°C | 14.7°C | 77 mm | 5.5 | 13 h 49 | 73 | Strong coverage |
| June | 33.2°C | 19.5°C | 85 mm | 5.4 | 14 h 18 | 52 | Strong coverage |
| July | 35.1°C | 21.4°C | 47 mm | 3.9 | 14 h 06 | 50 | Strong coverage |
| August | 34.4°C | 20.8°C | 51 mm | 4.3 | 13 h 21 | 52 | Strong coverage |
| September | 30.4°C | 16.6°C | 67 mm | 4.6 | 12 h 20 | 70 | Strong coverage |
| October | 25.2°C | 10.4°C | 55 mm | 4.2 | 11 h 19 | 84 | Strong coverage |
| November | 18.5°C | 3.4°C | 34 mm | 2.6 | 10 h 26 | 61 | Strong coverage |
| December | 14°C | -0.9°C | 25 mm | 3 | 10 h 00 | 38 | 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 | 30.0°C30 Jan 1943 | -23.3°C4 Jan 1947 | 29 mm30 Jan 1964 | 62 mm1939 · driest 0 mm in 1969 | 110 |
| February | 33.3°C21 Feb 1917 | -23.9°C2 Feb 1985 | 56 mm19 Feb 1997 | 114 mm1997 · driest 0 mm in 2008 | 111 |
| March | 40.6°C23 Mar 2026 | -15.0°C2 Mar 1943 | 133 mm22 Mar 2000 | 154 mm2000 · driest 0 mm in 1920 | 112 |
| April | 40.0°C26 Apr 2012 | -6.7°C4 Apr 1920 | 90 mm24 Apr 1924 | 204 mm1915 · driest 0 mm in 1984 | 113 |
| May | 43.3°C23 May 1953 | -1.7°C14 May 1985 | 114 mm24 May 2013 | 225 mm1982 · driest 3 mm in 1967 | 110 |
| June | 45.6°C20 Jun 1934 | 4.4°C3 Jun 1919 | 128 mm20 Jun 1939 | 198 mm1967 · driest 0 mm in 1952 | 108 |
| July | 45.6°C14 Jul 1933 | 11.1°C5 Jul 1915 | 134 mm6 Jul 1948 | 208 mm1948 · driest 0 mm in 1970 | 109 |
| August | 46.1°C12 Aug 1936 | 7.8°C31 Aug 1915 | 149 mm15 Aug 2005 | 424 mm1971 · driest 0 mm in 2000 | 107 |
| September | 42.2°C1 Sep 1952 | 1.7°C29 Sep 1916 | 99 mm3 Sep 1972 | 328 mm1980 · driest 0 mm in 1939 | 110 |
| October | 38.9°C1 Oct 1977 | -7.2°C31 Oct 2019 | 90 mm15 Oct 1941 | 290 mm2018 · driest 0 mm in 1992 | 114 |
| November | 32.8°C3 Nov 1945 | -15.6°C29 Nov 1911 | 70 mm16 Nov 2004 | 206 mm2004 · driest 0 mm in 2005 | 105 |
| December | 30.6°C25 Dec 2021 | -19.4°C22 Dec 1983 | 51 mm6 Dec 1926 | 111 mm1991 · driest 0 mm in 1917 | 110 |
| Month | Days 25°C+ | Days 30°C+ | Frost nights | Heavy rain (10 mm+) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1 | 0 | 22 | <1 |
| February | 3 | <1 | 14 | <1 |
| March | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 |
| April | 18 | 8 | 1 | 1 |
| May | 24 | 16 | 0 | 3 |
| June | 29 | 25 | 0 | 3 |
| July | 30 | 28 | 0 | 1 |
| August | 30 | 27 | 0 | 2 |
| September | 26 | 18 | 0 | 2 |
| October | 17 | 7 | <1 | 2 |
| November | 6 | <1 | 8 | 1 |
| December | 1 | 0 | 19 | <1 |
The best month has moved. On the 1961–1990 numbers the strongest month here was October (scoring 84); on 2011–2025 it is April (84). 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 | 19% | 8% | 2% | 4% | 8.9–16.7°C |
| February | 32% | 10% | 3% | 5% | 12.3–19.5°C |
| March | 56% | 9% | 3% | 5% | 16.3–23.4°C |
| April | 76% | 12% | 5% | 10% | 22.4–28.0°C |
| May | 79% | 18% | 8% | 15% | 26.7–31.9°C |
| June | 84% | 16% | 8% | 11% | 30.8–36.3°C |
| July | 87% | 13% | 5% | 9% | 32.8–37.6°C |
| August | 87% | 13% | 6% | 10% | 31.9–37.7°C |
| September | 84% | 15% | 7% | 12% | 28.0–34.1°C |
| October | 77% | 13% | 6% | 12% | 22.8–28.0°C |
| November | 47% | 8% | 3% | 5% | 15.8–21.9°C |
| December | 21% | 8% | 2% | 5% | 10.9–16.6°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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