United States · 1991–2020 normal
Gateway in
October.
Typical October weather in Gateway: 6.4°C by day, -2.2°C at night, 35 mm of rain over 6.3 wet days. These are measured 1991–2020 station normals, not a forecast.
Typical high6.4°C
Typical low-2.2°C
Rain35 mm
Wet days6.3
Comfort score 8 this month (July leads the year at 72). Daylight is calculated as 9 h 51 from latitude 61.57°.
Event window
Long northern nights in October
At 61.6° the calculated mid-month daylight is 9 h 51. That darkness, not an aurora observation, is why this latitude is sought for northern or southern lights in October. Typical nights are -2.2°C.
Event window
Frost-level nights in October
The measured night-time normal is -2.2°C, so frost is typical rather than exceptional this month.
The evidence behind this page
One month,
from the same station.
- Place identity
- GeoNames 5862727
- NOAA station
- USC00505733 · MATANUSKA EXP FARM
- Station distance
- 1 km from the place centre
- Coverage
- Strong coverage · 28 usable years
- Important limit
- Historical climate is not a forecast. Nearby stations can miss mountains, coasts, and local microclimates.