Salcha climate

Salcha Weather in October

NOAA 1991-2020 normals for Eielson Fld, 18.5 km from Salcha

Average highs run from 46°F on October 1 to 20°F on October 31, and lows from 27°F to 3°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 0.87 in over about 10 wet days.

October day by day

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

Normal daily high and low temperature at Salcha, in °F, with the record for each date.-50-250255075100151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Record high
  • Record low

October at a glance

Average high
33°F
Average low
16°F
Precipitation
0.87 in
Snowfall
12.9 in
Record high
75°FOct 2, 2003
Record low
-36°FOct 31, 1975
Chance of a freeze
100%
Daylight
11 h 17 min to 7 h 59 min
Cloud cover
71%
Humidity
90%
Dew point
22°F
Wind
4.3 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.

DateNormal highNormal lowRecord highRecord lowChance wetChance of snow
Oct 146°F27°F70°F 200312°F 200631%15%
Oct 245°F26°F75°F 20038°F 197431%16%
Oct 345°F26°F63°F 19500°F 197431%17%
Oct 444°F25°F61°F 2001-7°F 197231%18%
Oct 543°F24°F61°F 19521°F 197031%19%
Oct 642°F24°F64°F 196910°F 199631%20%
Oct 742°F23°F64°F 19699°F 199831%21%
Oct 841°F22°F62°F 196912°F 196131%22%
Oct 940°F22°F64°F 2006-2°F 196131%23%
Oct 1039°F21°F62°F 1979-3°F 199631%24%
Oct 1138°F20°F62°F 1969-6°F 196132%25%
Oct 1237°F19°F61°F 1969-8°F 196132%26%
Oct 1337°F19°F68°F 19692°F 195132%26%
Oct 1436°F18°F63°F 1969-10°F 196532%27%
Oct 1535°F17°F58°F 1969-16°F 196532%28%
Oct 1634°F16°F58°F 1972-13°F 198832%29%
Oct 1733°F15°F49°F 1969-4°F 195932%29%
Oct 1832°F14°F53°F 1969-13°F 195932%30%
Oct 1931°F13°F49°F 1980-18°F 199232%31%
Oct 2030°F13°F48°F 1957-14°F 196531%31%
Oct 2129°F12°F54°F 1957-13°F 196531%32%
Oct 2228°F11°F51°F 1957-13°F 198831%32%
Oct 2327°F10°F50°F 1987-15°F 199631%33%
Oct 2426°F9°F58°F 1998-17°F 199631%33%
Oct 2525°F8°F52°F 2002-26°F 199631%33%
Oct 2624°F7°F47°F 1992-28°F 199631%34%
Oct 2723°F6°F41°F 1964-28°F 199630%34%
Oct 2822°F6°F45°F 1954-19°F 195330%34%
Oct 2922°F5°F50°F 2002-28°F 197530%34%
Oct 3021°F4°F48°F 1970-31°F 197529%34%
Oct 3120°F3°F52°F 1970-36°F 197529%34%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 0.01 inch of precipitation on each date at Salcha, in percent, and of at least 0.1 inch of snowfall.0102030401102030
  • Chance of a wet day
  • Chance of snowfall

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (AKDT).

October 1
sunrise 7:58 AM, sunset 7:15 PM
October 31
sunrise 9:31 AM, sunset 5:30 PM

Every day of October: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00502707 (Eielson Fld), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00502707, 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.