United States · 1991–2020 normal
Utqiagvik in
October.
Typical October weather in Utqiagvik: -3.6°C by day, -8.4°C at night, 14 mm of rain over 5.1 wet days. These are measured 1991–2020 station normals, not a forecast.
Typical high-3.6°C
Typical low-8.4°C
Rain14 mm
Wet days5.1
Comfort score 5 this month (July leads the year at 24). Daylight is calculated as 8 h 27 from latitude 71.29°. Open-water sea temperature is 0.5°C (10 km from the place centre).
Event window
Long northern nights in October
At 71.3° the calculated mid-month daylight is 8 h 27. That darkness, not an aurora observation, is why this latitude is sought for northern or southern lights in October. Typical nights are -8.4°C.
Event window
Frost-level nights in October
The measured night-time normal is -8.4°C, so frost is typical rather than exceptional this month.
The evidence behind this page
One month,
from the same station.
- Place identity
- GeoNames 5880054
- NOAA station
- USW00027502 · BARROW AP
- Station distance
- 1.8 km from the place centre
- Coverage
- Strong coverage · 30 usable years
- Important limit
- Historical climate is not a forecast. Nearby stations can miss mountains, coasts, and local microclimates.