October
October · April · May
85climate match
United States · 1991–2020
Best time to visit
Plains.
October leads for comfortable weather in Plains: typically 24.5°C by day, 7.5°C at night, with 34 mm of rain. Based on measured 1991–2020 NOAA station history.
Best comfortOctober
Typical high24.5°C
Typical low7.5°C
Rain in October34 mm
July
July · September · May
76climate match
March
March · October · April
86climate match
The weakest month is January, scoring 29 against October’s 85 — days reach only 12.7°C, 11° below the 24°C the score treats as ideal, and nights drop to -3.8°C.
Month by month
The whole year,
without the guesswork.
The bars show the comfort score. Day and night temperatures come from daily observed highs and lows; rain is the historical monthly estimate.
Jan
2912.7° / -3.8°
Feb
4215.6° / -1.9°
Mar
6320.1° / 1.9°
Apr
8224.5° / 5.8°
May
7629.1° / 12°
Jun
6133.6° / 17°
Jul
5834° / 18.8°
Aug
5933.3° / 18.1°
Sep
7629.5° / 14.1°
Oct
8524.5° / 7.5°
Nov
5417.8° / 0.7°
Dec
3213.3° / -3.2°
| Month | Day | Night | Rain | Wet days | Daylight | Comfort | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12.7°C | -3.8°C | 15 mm | 1.7 | 10 h 11 | 29 | Strong coverage |
| February | 15.6°C | -1.9°C | 14 mm | 2.1 | 10 h 57 | 42 | Good coverage |
| March | 20.1°C | 1.9°C | 29 mm | 2.6 | 11 h 53 | 63 | Strong coverage |
| April | 24.5°C | 5.8°C | 23 mm | 2.2 | 12 h 57 | 82 | Strong coverage |
| May | 29.1°C | 12°C | 41 mm | 3.7 | 13 h 51 | 76 | Good coverage |
| June | 33.6°C | 17°C | 55 mm | 4.6 | 14 h 20 | 61 | Strong coverage |
| July | 34°C | 18.8°C | 45 mm | 4.1 | 14 h 09 | 58 | Good coverage |
| August | 33.3°C | 18.1°C | 59 mm | 4.5 | 13 h 23 | 59 | Good coverage |
| September | 29.5°C | 14.1°C | 53 mm | 4.4 | 12 h 20 | 76 | Good coverage |
| October | 24.5°C | 7.5°C | 34 mm | 3.4 | 11 h 18 | 85 | Strong coverage |
| November | 17.8°C | 0.7°C | 20 mm | 2 | 10 h 24 | 54 | Good coverage |
| December | 13.3°C | -3.2°C | 16 mm | 2.3 | 9 h 58 | 32 | Strong coverage |
What has changed
Plains runs +0.9°C
on the 1961–1990 baseline.
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.
Jan
+0.4
Feb
-0.1
Mar
+1.4
Apr
+0.4
May
+0.5
Jun
+2.0
Jul
+1.5
Aug
+1.9
Sep
+1.3
Oct
+0.4
Nov
+0.2
Dec
+0.9
| Month | Record high | Record low | Wettest day | Wettest / driest month | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.8°C18 Jan 2000 | -24.4°C29 Jan 1948 | 33 mm23 Jan 1980 | 72 mm1949 · driest 0 mm in 1981 | 75 |
| February | 30.0°C11 Feb 2017 | -24.4°C1 Feb 1951 | 45 mm21 Feb 1961 | 73 mm1973 · driest 0 mm in 1971 | 77 |
| March | 37.2°C23 Mar 2026 | -15.6°C11 Mar 1948 | 70 mm18 Mar 1999 | 98 mm1999 · driest 0 mm in 2017 | 77 |
| April | 36.7°C22 Apr 1965 | -8.9°C9 Apr 1973 | 102 mm30 Apr 1999 | 122 mm1977 · driest 0 mm in 1983 | 78 |
| May | 41.7°C25 May 2000 | -3.9°C3 May 1967 | 97 mm5 May 2015 | 154 mm2015 · driest 0 mm in 1966 | 77 |
| June | 43.9°C26 Jun 1994 | 5.6°C2 Jun 1970 | 58 mm11 Jun 2009 | 165 mm2000 · driest 0 mm in 1994 | 78 |
| July | 42.8°C12 Jul 1998 | 10.0°C8 Jul 1952 | 155 mm5 Jul 1960 | 272 mm1960 · driest 0 mm in 1980 | 79 |
| August | 41.1°C16 Aug 1969 | 9.4°C30 Aug 1967 | 137 mm22 Aug 1966 | 293 mm1966 · driest 0 mm in 1982 | 77 |
| September | 40.0°C9 Sep 2023 | 1.1°C30 Sep 1984 | 141 mm26 Sep 1958 | 269 mm1958 · driest 0 mm in 1992 | 77 |
| October | 37.8°C1 Oct 1977 | -11.1°C31 Oct 2019 | 152 mm2 Oct 1955 | 268 mm1955 · driest 0 mm in 1988 | 78 |
| November | 31.1°C2 Nov 2016 | -18.9°C23 Nov 1957 | 70 mm16 Nov 2004 | 109 mm2004 · driest 0 mm in 1989 | 79 |
| December | 27.8°C26 Dec 2025 | -20.0°C23 Dec 1989 | 51 mm10 Dec 1982 | 82 mm1987 · driest 0 mm in 2024 | 78 |
| Month | Days 25°C+ | Days 30°C+ | Frost nights | Heavy rain (10 mm+) | Snow days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | <1 | 0 | 24 | <1 | <1 |
| February | 2 | <1 | 18 | <1 | <1 |
| March | 8 | <1 | 10 | <1 | 0 |
| April | 16 | 5 | 3 | <1 | 0 |
| May | 24 | 15 | <1 | 2 | 0 |
| June | 29 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| July | 29 | 27 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| August | 30 | 26 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| September | 25 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| October | 17 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| November | 3 | <1 | 12 | <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 | 15% | 6% | 1% | 3% | 8.8–15.5°C |
| February | 28% | 7% | 2% | 2% | 11.8–19.1°C |
| March | 53% | 7% | 2% | 3% | 16.8–22.9°C |
| April | 77% | 7% | 2% | 3% | 21.7–27.0°C |
| May | 82% | 15% | 6% | 13% | 26.8–31.4°C |
| June | 84% | 15% | 7% | 10% | 31.2–35.2°C |
| July | 84% | 16% | 6% | 11% | 31.1–36.3°C |
| August | 83% | 17% | 7% | 12% | 30.7–34.9°C |
| September | 83% | 15% | 6% | 11% | 27.2–31.8°C |
| October | 76% | 11% | 5% | 8% | 22.0–26.6°C |
| November | 45% | 7% | 2% | 3% | 14.3–20.9°C |
| December | 19% | 7% | 2% | 3% | 10.5–16.0°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.
The evidence behind this page
Nearby, measured,
and named.
- Place identity
- GeoNames 5528440
- NOAA station
- USC00417074 · PLAINS
- Station distance
- 0.2 km from the place centre
- Climate period
- 1991–2020
- Minimum month coverage
- 23 usable years
- Daylight
- Calculated from latitude 33.19°, mid-month, sunrise to sunset including refraction. Not a station measurement.
- Important limit
- Historical climate is not a forecast. Nearby stations can miss mountains, coasts, and local microclimates.