Otero County Weather in October
Average highs run from 78°F on October 1 to 64°F on October 31, and lows from 41°F to 26°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 0.93 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
- 71°F
- Average low
- 33°F
- Precipitation
- 0.93 in
- Snowfall
- 2.1 in
- Record high
- 95°FOct 3, 2018
- Record low
- 0°FOct 31, 2019
- Chance of a freeze
- 100%
- Days of 90°F or more
- 1.1
- Daylight
- 11 h 47 min to 10 h 38 min
- Cloud cover
- 43%
- Humidity
- 46%
- Dew point
- 31°F
- Wind
- 8.9 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 | 78°F | 41°F | 92°F 1963 | 30°F 1985 | 18% | 0% |
| Oct 2 | 78°F | 40°F | 94°F 1954 | 29°F 2009 | 18% | 0% |
| Oct 3 | 77°F | 39°F | 95°F 2018 | 32°F 1999 | 17% | 0% |
| Oct 4 | 77°F | 39°F | 92°F 1963 | 28°F 1999 | 17% | 1% |
| Oct 5 | 76°F | 38°F | 94°F 1947 | 28°F 1985 | 17% | 1% |
| Oct 6 | 76°F | 38°F | 93°F 1993 | 29°F 2001 | 17% | 1% |
| Oct 7 | 75°F | 37°F | 92°F 1956 | 27°F 1970 | 17% | 1% |
| Oct 8 | 75°F | 36°F | 92°F 1979 | 25°F 1992 | 17% | 1% |
| Oct 9 | 74°F | 36°F | 92°F 2020 | 27°F 1970 | 17% | 1% |
| Oct 10 | 74°F | 35°F | 92°F 1972 | 20°F 2019 | 17% | 1% |
| Oct 11 | 73°F | 35°F | 95°F 2015 | 16°F 2019 | 17% | 1% |
| Oct 12 | 73°F | 34°F | 95°F 1975 | 14°F 1969 | 16% | 1% |
| Oct 13 | 72°F | 34°F | 91°F 1989 | 14°F 1969 | 16% | 1% |
| Oct 14 | 72°F | 33°F | 94°F 2020 | 24°F 2018 | 16% | 1% |
| Oct 15 | 71°F | 33°F | 90°F 2016 | 22°F 2018 | 16% | 1% |
| Oct 16 | 71°F | 32°F | 93°F 1991 | 25°F 1966 | 16% | 1% |
| Oct 17 | 70°F | 32°F | 92°F 1991 | 26°F 1948 | 16% | 2% |
| Oct 18 | 70°F | 31°F | 90°F 2009 | 23°F 1968 | 16% | 2% |
| Oct 19 | 69°F | 31°F | 90°F 2003 | 19°F 1989 | 16% | 2% |
| Oct 20 | 69°F | 30°F | 91°F 1947 | 24°F 1976 | 16% | 2% |
| Oct 21 | 68°F | 30°F | 90°F 2003 | 25°F 1987 | 16% | 2% |
| Oct 22 | 68°F | 29°F | 88°F 2016 | 21°F 1996 | 16% | 2% |
| Oct 23 | 67°F | 29°F | 91°F 1973 | 25°F 1996 | 16% | 2% |
| Oct 24 | 67°F | 29°F | 87°F 2014 | 21°F 1980 | 16% | 2% |
| Oct 25 | 67°F | 28°F | 88°F 1959 | 16°F 2020 | 16% | 3% |
| Oct 26 | 66°F | 28°F | 87°F 1979 | 10°F 2020 | 15% | 3% |
| Oct 27 | 66°F | 28°F | 85°F 2016 | 3°F 2020 | 15% | 3% |
| Oct 28 | 65°F | 27°F | 86°F 2016 | 13°F 1997 | 15% | 3% |
| Oct 29 | 65°F | 27°F | 90°F 1950 | 13°F 1991 | 15% | 3% |
| Oct 30 | 64°F | 27°F | 87°F 1950 | 4°F 2019 | 15% | 3% |
| Oct 31 | 64°F | 26°F | 86°F 2016 | 0°F 2019 | 15% | 4% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (MDT).
- October 1
- sunrise 6:51 AM, sunset 6:38 PM
- October 31
- sunrise 7:19 AM, sunset 5:57 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USW00003063 (La Junta 17 Wsw), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USW00023067, 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.