Custer County Weather in October
Average highs run from 67°F on October 1 to 55°F on October 31, and lows from 31°F to 22°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 0.95 in over about 5 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
- 61°F
- Average low
- 26°F
- Precipitation
- 0.95 in
- Snowfall
- 8.4 in
- Record high
- 82°FOct 9, 1910
- Record low
- -12°FOct 30, 1993
- Chance of a freeze
- 100%
- Daylight
- 11 h 47 min to 10 h 37 min
- Cloud cover
- 43%
- Humidity
- 51%
- Dew point
- 24°F
- Wind
- 7.8 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 | 67°F | 31°F | 81°F 1896 | 14°F 1985 | 16% | 2% |
| Oct 2 | 67°F | 31°F | 80°F 1896 | 14°F 1961 | 16% | 3% |
| Oct 3 | 67°F | 31°F | 81°F 1920 | 13°F 1959 | 16% | 3% |
| Oct 4 | 66°F | 30°F | 79°F 1896 | -1°F 1959 | 16% | 3% |
| Oct 5 | 66°F | 30°F | 78°F 1905 | 13°F 1991 | 16% | 3% |
| Oct 6 | 65°F | 29°F | 79°F 1932 | 14°F 1959 | 16% | 3% |
| Oct 7 | 65°F | 29°F | 79°F 2020 | 11°F 1955 | 16% | 4% |
| Oct 8 | 65°F | 29°F | 80°F 1963 | 9°F 1992 | 16% | 4% |
| Oct 9 | 64°F | 28°F | 82°F 1910 | -3°F 1990 | 16% | 4% |
| Oct 10 | 64°F | 28°F | 77°F 1910 | 14°F 1905 | 16% | 4% |
| Oct 11 | 63°F | 28°F | 80°F 1950 | -11°F 1946 | 16% | 4% |
| Oct 12 | 63°F | 27°F | 82°F 1950 | 9°F 1977 | 16% | 5% |
| Oct 13 | 63°F | 27°F | 79°F 1950 | 3°F 1969 | 16% | 5% |
| Oct 14 | 62°F | 27°F | 77°F 1950 | 9°F 1914 | 16% | 5% |
| Oct 15 | 62°F | 26°F | 76°F 2016 | -2°F 2018 | 16% | 5% |
| Oct 16 | 61°F | 26°F | 77°F 1991 | 9°F 1898 | 16% | 6% |
| Oct 17 | 61°F | 26°F | 76°F 1954 | 4°F 1999 | 16% | 6% |
| Oct 18 | 61°F | 25°F | 76°F 1958 | 0°F 1968 | 16% | 6% |
| Oct 19 | 60°F | 25°F | 78°F 1921 | 5°F 1976 | 16% | 6% |
| Oct 20 | 60°F | 25°F | 77°F 2003 | 4°F 1910 | 16% | 6% |
| Oct 21 | 59°F | 24°F | 77°F 2003 | -2°F 1990 | 16% | 7% |
| Oct 22 | 59°F | 24°F | 78°F 2003 | -7°F 1979 | 16% | 7% |
| Oct 23 | 59°F | 24°F | 76°F 2003 | -4°F 1906 | 16% | 7% |
| Oct 24 | 58°F | 24°F | 78°F 2014 | -6°F 1945 | 16% | 7% |
| Oct 25 | 58°F | 23°F | 78°F 2014 | -10°F 1932 | 16% | 8% |
| Oct 26 | 57°F | 23°F | 76°F 1977 | -3°F 1997 | 16% | 8% |
| Oct 27 | 57°F | 23°F | 75°F 2016 | -10°F 2020 | 16% | 8% |
| Oct 28 | 57°F | 22°F | 73°F 1950 | -8°F 1976 | 16% | 8% |
| Oct 29 | 56°F | 22°F | 74°F 1915 | -5°F 1976 | 16% | 8% |
| Oct 30 | 56°F | 22°F | 79°F 1933 | -12°F 1993 | 16% | 9% |
| Oct 31 | 55°F | 22°F | 69°F 1999 | -11°F 2019 | 16% | 9% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (MDT).
- October 1
- sunrise 6:57 AM, sunset 6:44 PM
- October 31
- sunrise 7:26 AM, sunset 6:03 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00058931 (Westcliffe), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00058931, 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.