Nelson climate

Nelson Weather in October

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

Average highs run from 14°C on October 1 to 10°C on October 31, and lows from 7°C to 5°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 96 mm over about 19 wet days.

October day by day

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

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

October at a glance

Average high
12°C
Average low
6°C
Precipitation
96 mm
Reanalysis high
23°COct 1, 2011
Reanalysis low
-4°COct 29, 1997
Daylight
11 h 35 min to 9 h 30 min
Cloud cover
77%
Humidity
92%
Dew point
7°C
Wind
19.4 km/h

Every day of the month

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

DateNormal highNormal lowReanalysis highReanalysis lowChance wet
Oct 114°C7°C23°C 20113°C 201956%
Oct 214°C7°C20°C 20112°C 201955%
Oct 314°C7°C20°C 2011-1°C 199455%
Oct 414°C7°C18°C 2013-2°C 199455%
Oct 513°C7°C17°C 20111°C 199954%
Oct 613°C7°C17°C 20152°C 201855%
Oct 713°C7°C17°C 19951°C 201855%
Oct 813°C7°C20°C 19953°C 199354%
Oct 913°C7°C19°C 19952°C 200953%
Oct 1013°C6°C19°C 20181°C 201253%
Oct 1112°C6°C18°C 20052°C 200052%
Oct 1212°C6°C18°C 20012°C 201552%
Oct 1312°C6°C20°C 20182°C 199752%
Oct 1412°C6°C18°C 2017-2°C 199352%
Oct 1512°C6°C16°C 2001-3°C 199352%
Oct 1612°C6°C19°C 2017-3°C 199353%
Oct 1712°C6°C17°C 1997-3°C 199354%
Oct 1812°C6°C18°C 1997-3°C 199855%
Oct 1911°C6°C17°C 1997-2°C 199356%
Oct 2011°C5°C16°C 2001-1°C 199257%
Oct 2111°C5°C16°C 20130°C 200358%
Oct 2211°C5°C15°C 2013-1°C 200357%
Oct 2311°C5°C15°C 19960°C 199358%
Oct 2411°C5°C16°C 1995-1°C 201058%
Oct 2511°C5°C15°C 2013-3°C 201059%
Oct 2611°C5°C15°C 2005-1°C 201260%
Oct 2710°C5°C17°C 2005-1°C 201261%
Oct 2810°C5°C15°C 2014-4°C 199761%
Oct 2910°C5°C14°C 2009-4°C 199760%
Oct 3010°C5°C15°C 2001-2°C 200860%
Oct 3110°C5°C16°C 2014-3°C 199259%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Nelson, in percent.0204060801102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT+1).

October 1
sunrise 7:10 AM, sunset 6:45 PM
October 31
sunrise 7:07 AM, sunset 4:37 PM

Every day of October: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

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.