Chugach Census Area Weather in October
Average highs run from 51°F on October 1 to 39°F on October 31, and lows from 39°F to 29°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 7.98 in over about 19 wet days.
October day by day
The normal high and low for each date, and the record, in °F.
- Normal low
- Normal high
- Record high
- Record low
October at a glance
- Average high
- 45°F
- Average low
- 34°F
- Precipitation
- 7.98 in
- Snowfall
- 9.1 in
- Record high
- 69°FOct 1, 1954
- Record low
- 5°FOct 27, 1935
- Chance of a freeze
- 99%
- Daylight
- 11 h 23 min to 8 h 35 min
- Cloud cover
- 75%
- Humidity
- 88%
- Dew point
- 28°F
- Wind
- 9.2 mph
Every day of the month
A wet day has at least 0.01 inch of precipitation; snow means at least 0.1 inch of snowfall.
| Date | Normal high | Normal low | Record high | Record low | Chance wet | Chance of snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1 | 51°F | 39°F | 69°F 1954 | 21°F 1946 | 67% | 6% |
| Oct 2 | 50°F | 38°F | 69°F 1924 | 25°F 1930 | 67% | 6% |
| Oct 3 | 50°F | 38°F | 63°F 1967 | 22°F 1962 | 67% | 7% |
| Oct 4 | 50°F | 38°F | 61°F 1963 | 23°F 1962 | 67% | 7% |
| Oct 5 | 49°F | 38°F | 62°F 1959 | 23°F 1954 | 66% | 8% |
| Oct 6 | 49°F | 37°F | 58°F 1941 | 22°F 1954 | 66% | 8% |
| Oct 7 | 49°F | 37°F | 59°F 1950 | 23°F 1928 | 66% | 9% |
| Oct 8 | 48°F | 37°F | 59°F 1950 | 23°F 1924 | 65% | 10% |
| Oct 9 | 48°F | 37°F | 56°F 1967 | 21°F 1939 | 65% | 10% |
| Oct 10 | 48°F | 36°F | 59°F 1926 | 17°F 1939 | 64% | 11% |
| Oct 11 | 47°F | 36°F | 67°F 1926 | 19°F 1942 | 64% | 12% |
| Oct 12 | 47°F | 36°F | 57°F 1932 | 20°F 1942 | 64% | 13% |
| Oct 13 | 46°F | 35°F | 56°F 1984 | 20°F 1927 | 63% | 13% |
| Oct 14 | 46°F | 35°F | 62°F 1926 | 18°F 1920 | 63% | 14% |
| Oct 15 | 46°F | 35°F | 58°F 1937 | 16°F 1920 | 62% | 15% |
| Oct 16 | 45°F | 34°F | 57°F 2003 | 10°F 1930 | 62% | 16% |
| Oct 17 | 45°F | 34°F | 53°F 1921 | 16°F 1920 | 61% | 17% |
| Oct 18 | 44°F | 34°F | 54°F 1925 | 14°F 1939 | 61% | 18% |
| Oct 19 | 44°F | 33°F | 54°F 1942 | 11°F 1959 | 61% | 18% |
| Oct 20 | 43°F | 33°F | 53°F 1942 | 18°F 1929 | 60% | 19% |
| Oct 21 | 43°F | 33°F | 55°F 1942 | 12°F 1956 | 60% | 20% |
| Oct 22 | 43°F | 32°F | 55°F 1942 | 14°F 1941 | 59% | 21% |
| Oct 23 | 42°F | 32°F | 53°F 1930 | 9°F 1941 | 59% | 22% |
| Oct 24 | 42°F | 32°F | 50°F 1938 | 12°F 1958 | 58% | 23% |
| Oct 25 | 41°F | 31°F | 50°F 1926 | 9°F 1935 | 58% | 24% |
| Oct 26 | 41°F | 31°F | 50°F 1947 | 11°F 1935 | 57% | 25% |
| Oct 27 | 40°F | 30°F | 49°F 1924 | 5°F 1935 | 57% | 26% |
| Oct 28 | 40°F | 30°F | 50°F 1962 | 9°F 1935 | 57% | 27% |
| Oct 29 | 40°F | 30°F | 50°F 1962 | 11°F 1956 | 56% | 28% |
| Oct 30 | 39°F | 29°F | 48°F 1962 | 11°F 1971 | 56% | 29% |
| Oct 31 | 39°F | 29°F | 48°F 1963 | 8°F 1975 | 55% | 30% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (AKDT).
- October 1
- sunrise 7:53 AM, sunset 7:16 PM
- October 31
- sunrise 9:11 AM, sunset 5:46 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USW00026442 (Valdez WSO), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USW00026442, every year on file, quality-flagged values removed. Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine: 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.