Mount Crested Butte Weather in October
Average highs run from 61°F on October 1 to 48°F on October 31, and lows from 27°F to 17°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 1.71 in over about 8 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
- 54°F
- Average low
- 22°F
- Precipitation
- 1.71 in
- Snowfall
- 8.5 in
- Record high
- 80°FOct 1, 2015
- Record low
- -5°FOct 27, 2020
- Chance of a freeze
- 100%
- Daylight
- 11 h 46 min to 10 h 34 min
- Cloud cover
- 51%
- Humidity
- 63%
- Dew point
- 19°F
- Wind
- 5.4 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 | 61°F | 27°F | 80°F 2015 | 22°F 2009 | 26% | 6% |
| Oct 2 | 60°F | 27°F | 75°F 2024 | 18°F 2009 | 26% | 6% |
| Oct 3 | 60°F | 26°F | 75°F 2025 | 24°F 2019 | 26% | 7% |
| Oct 4 | 59°F | 26°F | 78°F 2024 | 24°F 2013 | 26% | 7% |
| Oct 5 | 59°F | 26°F | 75°F 2017 | 22°F 1998 | 26% | 7% |
| Oct 6 | 59°F | 25°F | 76°F 2020 | 19°F 2013 | 25% | 8% |
| Oct 7 | 58°F | 25°F | 78°F 2020 | 19°F 2007 | 25% | 8% |
| Oct 8 | 58°F | 25°F | 76°F 2020 | 19°F 2012 | 25% | 9% |
| Oct 9 | 57°F | 24°F | 75°F 2020 | 22°F 2009 | 25% | 9% |
| Oct 10 | 57°F | 24°F | 74°F 2020 | 13°F 2019 | 25% | 10% |
| Oct 11 | 57°F | 24°F | 72°F 1999 | 9°F 2019 | 25% | 10% |
| Oct 12 | 56°F | 23°F | 72°F 2015 | 14°F 2019 | 25% | 11% |
| Oct 13 | 56°F | 23°F | 73°F 2015 | 14°F 2008 | 25% | 11% |
| Oct 14 | 55°F | 23°F | 73°F 2015 | 19°F 2003 | 25% | 12% |
| Oct 15 | 55°F | 23°F | 73°F 2011 | 16°F 2017 | 25% | 12% |
| Oct 16 | 54°F | 22°F | 73°F 2015 | 13°F 2018 | 25% | 13% |
| Oct 17 | 54°F | 22°F | 71°F 2003 | 10°F 1999 | 25% | 13% |
| Oct 18 | 54°F | 22°F | 74°F 2003 | 20°F 1998 | 25% | 14% |
| Oct 19 | 53°F | 21°F | 74°F 2003 | 17°F 1999 | 25% | 14% |
| Oct 20 | 53°F | 21°F | 72°F 2003 | 19°F 1999 | 25% | 15% |
| Oct 21 | 52°F | 21°F | 76°F 2003 | 16°F 2007 | 26% | 15% |
| Oct 22 | 52°F | 20°F | 76°F 2003 | 12°F 2007 | 26% | 16% |
| Oct 23 | 51°F | 20°F | 70°F 2003 | 10°F 2008 | 26% | 16% |
| Oct 24 | 51°F | 19°F | 69°F 2014 | 15°F 2001 | 26% | 17% |
| Oct 25 | 51°F | 19°F | 74°F 2021 | 13°F 2019 | 26% | 18% |
| Oct 26 | 50°F | 19°F | 67°F 1999 | 2°F 2020 | 27% | 18% |
| Oct 27 | 50°F | 18°F | 71°F 2016 | -5°F 2020 | 27% | 19% |
| Oct 28 | 49°F | 18°F | 68°F 2016 | 5°F 2010 | 27% | 19% |
| Oct 29 | 49°F | 18°F | 68°F 2018 | 9°F 2019 | 27% | 20% |
| Oct 30 | 48°F | 17°F | 68°F 2001 | -2°F 2019 | 27% | 20% |
| Oct 31 | 48°F | 17°F | 65°F 2014 | -5°F 2019 | 28% | 21% |
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 7:34 AM, sunset 6:08 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00051959 (Crested Butte), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USW00093073, 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.