Gunnison Weather in October
Average highs run from 66°F on October 1 to 53°F on October 31, and lows from 27°F to 17°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 0.73 in over about 6 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
- 60°F
- Average low
- 22°F
- Precipitation
- 0.73 in
- Snowfall
- 1.2 in
- Record high
- 82°FOct 1, 1938
- Record low
- -11°FOct 31, 2019
- Chance of a freeze
- 100%
- Daylight
- 11 h 46 min to 10 h 36 min
- Cloud cover
- 44%
- Humidity
- 54%
- Dew point
- 22°F
- Wind
- 8.3 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.
| Date | Normal high | Normal low | Record high | Record low | Chance wet | Chance of snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1 | 66°F | 27°F | 82°F 1938 | 10°F 1893 | 24% | 1% |
| Oct 2 | 65°F | 27°F | 80°F 1948 | 9°F 2009 | 24% | 1% |
| Oct 3 | 65°F | 27°F | 81°F 1948 | 11°F 1950 | 23% | 1% |
| Oct 4 | 65°F | 26°F | 79°F 1948 | 12°F 1908 | 23% | 2% |
| Oct 5 | 64°F | 26°F | 78°F 1907 | 9°F 2013 | 22% | 2% |
| Oct 6 | 64°F | 25°F | 78°F 1934 | 5°F 2013 | 22% | 2% |
| Oct 7 | 64°F | 25°F | 80°F 1934 | 9°F 1976 | 22% | 2% |
| Oct 8 | 63°F | 25°F | 78°F 1907 | 9°F 1992 | 21% | 2% |
| Oct 9 | 63°F | 24°F | 77°F 1950 | 6°F 1975 | 21% | 2% |
| Oct 10 | 62°F | 24°F | 78°F 1910 | 8°F 1893 | 20% | 2% |
| Oct 11 | 62°F | 23°F | 79°F 1950 | 4°F 2019 | 20% | 3% |
| Oct 12 | 62°F | 23°F | 78°F 1950 | 3°F 2019 | 20% | 3% |
| Oct 13 | 61°F | 23°F | 77°F 1955 | 5°F 2019 | 20% | 3% |
| Oct 14 | 61°F | 22°F | 75°F 1958 | 2°F 1893 | 19% | 3% |
| Oct 15 | 61°F | 22°F | 76°F 1958 | 5°F 1975 | 19% | 4% |
| Oct 16 | 60°F | 22°F | 77°F 1936 | 6°F 1975 | 19% | 4% |
| Oct 17 | 60°F | 21°F | 76°F 1991 | 5°F 1917 | 19% | 4% |
| Oct 18 | 59°F | 21°F | 76°F 1991 | 5°F 1917 | 19% | 4% |
| Oct 19 | 59°F | 21°F | 76°F 1940 | 2°F 1976 | 19% | 5% |
| Oct 20 | 58°F | 20°F | 75°F 1940 | 5°F 1976 | 19% | 5% |
| Oct 21 | 58°F | 20°F | 78°F 1954 | 2°F 1911 | 19% | 5% |
| Oct 22 | 57°F | 20°F | 75°F 1939 | 5°F 1996 | 18% | 5% |
| Oct 23 | 57°F | 19°F | 75°F 1954 | 4°F 1958 | 18% | 6% |
| Oct 24 | 57°F | 19°F | 70°F 1940 | 0°F 1906 | 18% | 6% |
| Oct 25 | 56°F | 19°F | 72°F 1940 | -6°F 1932 | 18% | 6% |
| Oct 26 | 56°F | 18°F | 72°F 1913 | 6°F 1893 | 18% | 7% |
| Oct 27 | 55°F | 18°F | 71°F 1937 | 2°F 1997 | 18% | 7% |
| Oct 28 | 55°F | 18°F | 69°F 1913 | 3°F 1919 | 18% | 7% |
| Oct 29 | 54°F | 17°F | 72°F 1910 | 2°F 1917 | 18% | 8% |
| Oct 30 | 54°F | 17°F | 75°F 1950 | 2°F 2019 | 18% | 8% |
| Oct 31 | 53°F | 17°F | 70°F 1950 | -11°F 2019 | 18% | 8% |
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 6:50 PM
- October 31
- sunrise 7:33 AM, sunset 6:09 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00053662 (Gunnison 3SW), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00053662, 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.