Archuleta County Weather in October
Average highs run from 74°F on October 1 to 61°F on October 31, and lows from 35°F to 24°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 1.48 in over about 7 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
- 68°F
- Average low
- 29°F
- Precipitation
- 1.48 in
- Snowfall
- 1.0 in
- Record high
- 89°FOct 3, 1955
- Record low
- 0°FOct 24, 1906
- Chance of a freeze
- 100%
- Daylight
- 11 h 47 min to 10 h 39 min
- Cloud cover
- 40%
- Humidity
- 50%
- Dew point
- 25°F
- Wind
- 6.7 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 | 74°F | 35°F | 85°F 1957 | 17°F 1961 | 24% | 1% |
| Oct 2 | 73°F | 34°F | 85°F 2010 | 12°F 2009 | 24% | 1% |
| Oct 3 | 73°F | 34°F | 89°F 1955 | 15°F 1924 | 24% | 1% |
| Oct 4 | 73°F | 33°F | 82°F 1925 | 19°F 1924 | 24% | 1% |
| Oct 5 | 72°F | 33°F | 80°F 1907 | 17°F 1995 | 23% | 1% |
| Oct 6 | 72°F | 33°F | 82°F 2020 | 14°F 1951 | 23% | 1% |
| Oct 7 | 71°F | 32°F | 82°F 1979 | 15°F 1951 | 23% | 1% |
| Oct 8 | 71°F | 32°F | 87°F 1910 | 11°F 1992 | 23% | 2% |
| Oct 9 | 71°F | 31°F | 83°F 1910 | 16°F 1982 | 23% | 2% |
| Oct 10 | 70°F | 31°F | 81°F 1956 | 11°F 1951 | 22% | 2% |
| Oct 11 | 70°F | 31°F | 82°F 1950 | 10°F 2019 | 22% | 2% |
| Oct 12 | 69°F | 30°F | 85°F 1950 | 11°F 2019 | 22% | 2% |
| Oct 13 | 69°F | 30°F | 86°F 1955 | 12°F 1951 | 22% | 2% |
| Oct 14 | 69°F | 30°F | 84°F 1955 | 14°F 1951 | 22% | 2% |
| Oct 15 | 68°F | 29°F | 81°F 1950 | 12°F 1951 | 21% | 2% |
| Oct 16 | 68°F | 29°F | 77°F 1926 | 12°F 1956 | 21% | 3% |
| Oct 17 | 67°F | 29°F | 79°F 1974 | 11°F 1956 | 21% | 3% |
| Oct 18 | 67°F | 28°F | 81°F 1974 | 8°F 1968 | 21% | 3% |
| Oct 19 | 66°F | 28°F | 81°F 1921 | 10°F 1976 | 21% | 3% |
| Oct 20 | 66°F | 27°F | 79°F 2003 | 9°F 1976 | 21% | 3% |
| Oct 21 | 66°F | 27°F | 79°F 2003 | 5°F 1910 | 21% | 3% |
| Oct 22 | 65°F | 27°F | 79°F 2003 | 10°F 1910 | 21% | 4% |
| Oct 23 | 65°F | 27°F | 77°F 1960 | 7°F 1951 | 21% | 4% |
| Oct 24 | 64°F | 26°F | 76°F 2003 | 0°F 1906 | 22% | 4% |
| Oct 25 | 64°F | 26°F | 80°F 1955 | 8°F 1906 | 22% | 4% |
| Oct 26 | 63°F | 26°F | 77°F 2008 | 8°F 1975 | 21% | 4% |
| Oct 27 | 63°F | 25°F | 77°F 1952 | 8°F 1930 | 21% | 5% |
| Oct 28 | 63°F | 25°F | 80°F 1926 | 4°F 1955 | 21% | 5% |
| Oct 29 | 62°F | 25°F | 80°F 1926 | 9°F 2009 | 21% | 5% |
| Oct 30 | 62°F | 24°F | 74°F 1928 | 5°F 1989 | 21% | 5% |
| Oct 31 | 61°F | 24°F | 72°F 2014 | 0°F 2019 | 21% | 6% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (MDT).
- October 1
- sunrise 7:04 AM, sunset 6:51 PM
- October 31
- sunrise 7:32 AM, sunset 6:11 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00292608 (Dulce), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00292608, 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.