United States · 1991–2020 normal

Valdez in
October.

Typical October weather in Valdez: 6.6°C by day, 0.8°C at night, 210 mm of rain over 16.4 wet days. These are measured 1991–2020 station normals, not a forecast.

Typical high6.6°C
Typical low0.8°C
Rain210 mm
Wet days16.4

Comfort score 5 this month (June leads the year at 53). Daylight is calculated as 9 h 53 from latitude 61.13°. Open-water sea temperature is 9.3°C (40 km from the place centre).

Event window

Long northern nights in October

At 61.1° the calculated mid-month daylight is 9 h 53. That darkness, not an aurora observation, is why this latitude is sought for northern or southern lights in October. Typical nights are 0.8°C.

The evidence behind this page

One month,
from the same station.

Place identity
GeoNames 5877389
NOAA station
USW00026442 · VALDEZ WSO
Station distance
0.2 km from the place centre
Coverage
Good coverage · 23 usable years
Important limit
Historical climate is not a forecast. Nearby stations can miss mountains, coasts, and local microclimates.