Dartmouth climate

Dartmouth Weather in October

NASA POWER reanalysis for the half-degree grid cell around Dartmouth, 1991-2020; a grid cell is an area average and can differ from a thermometer in town by several degrees

Average highs run from 16°C on October 1 to 11°C on October 31, and lows from 11°C to 6°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 124 mm over about 12 wet days.

October day by day

The normal high and low for each date, and the record, in °C.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Dartmouth, in °C, with the record for each date.-100102030151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Record high
  • Record low

October at a glance

Average high
14°C
Average low
8°C
Precipitation
124 mm
Record high
28°COct 6, 1946
Record low
-6°COct 22, 1974
Daylight
11 h 43 min to 10 h 13 min
Cloud cover
65%
Humidity
83%
Dew point
8°C
Wind
16.9 km/h

Every day of the month

A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.

DateNormal highNormal lowRecord highRecord lowChance wet
Oct 116°C11°C23°C 20021°C 194538%
Oct 216°C10°C25°C 19682°C 197439%
Oct 316°C10°C23°C 19951°C 194739%
Oct 416°C10°C24°C 19831°C 199240%
Oct 516°C10°C24°C 19461°C 199239%
Oct 615°C10°C28°C 19461°C 195537%
Oct 715°C9°C24°C 19470°C 196536%
Oct 815°C9°C23°C 1970-2°C 195436%
Oct 915°C9°C22°C 1950-1°C 197536%
Oct 1015°C9°C23°C 1961-1°C 196336%
Oct 1115°C9°C22°C 2003-1°C 198635%
Oct 1214°C8°C22°C 2003-1°C 195635%
Oct 1314°C8°C21°C 2003-1°C 199435%
Oct 1414°C8°C22°C 1954-2°C 197236%
Oct 1514°C8°C21°C 1971-1°C 198037%
Oct 1614°C8°C25°C 1968-2°C 198037%
Oct 1713°C8°C23°C 19470°C 197836%
Oct 1813°C8°C22°C 1947-1°C 197836%
Oct 1913°C7°C24°C 1963-2°C 197236%
Oct 2013°C7°C24°C 1963-2°C 197137%
Oct 2113°C7°C18°C 1965-5°C 197439%
Oct 2212°C7°C20°C 1979-6°C 197440%
Oct 2312°C7°C18°C 1958-2°C 196940%
Oct 2412°C7°C22°C 1963-3°C 197840%
Oct 2512°C6°C19°C 1957-2°C 197440%
Oct 2612°C6°C19°C 1963-3°C 195642%
Oct 2712°C6°C24°C 1946-3°C 195643%
Oct 2811°C6°C21°C 1947-3°C 197643%
Oct 2911°C6°C22°C 1971-2°C 196542%
Oct 3011°C6°C19°C 1994-3°C 198543%
Oct 3111°C6°C20°C 1956-3°C 194443%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Dartmouth, in percent.010203040501102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (ADT).

October 1
sunrise 7:12 AM, sunset 6:55 PM
October 31
sunrise 7:51 AM, sunset 6:04 PM

Every day of October: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station CA008205090, every year on file, quality-flagged values removed. Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine, and temperature and precipitation: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-24. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.