Platteville Weather in October
Average highs run from 75°F on October 1 to 61°F on October 31, and lows from 43°F to 31°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 1.06 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
- 68°F
- Average low
- 37°F
- Precipitation
- 1.06 in
- Snowfall
- 3.3 in
- Record high
- 92°FOct 17, 1926
- Record low
- -5°FOct 28, 1917
- Chance of a freeze
- 99%
- Daylight
- 11 h 45 min to 10 h 29 min
- Cloud cover
- 51%
- Humidity
- 47%
- Dew point
- 27°F
- Wind
- 7.6 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 | 75°F | 43°F | 90°F 1980 | 22°F 1985 | 20% | 1% |
| Oct 2 | 75°F | 42°F | 88°F 1953 | 26°F 1961 | 20% | 2% |
| Oct 3 | 74°F | 42°F | 89°F 1925 | 27°F 1959 | 20% | 2% |
| Oct 4 | 74°F | 41°F | 91°F 1922 | 22°F 1999 | 19% | 2% |
| Oct 5 | 73°F | 41°F | 89°F 1947 | 25°F 1969 | 19% | 2% |
| Oct 6 | 73°F | 41°F | 89°F 1993 | 23°F 1995 | 19% | 2% |
| Oct 7 | 72°F | 40°F | 91°F 1934 | 20°F 1948 | 19% | 2% |
| Oct 8 | 72°F | 40°F | 88°F 1979 | 20°F 1992 | 19% | 2% |
| Oct 9 | 71°F | 39°F | 86°F 1915 | 20°F 1909 | 19% | 2% |
| Oct 10 | 71°F | 39°F | 88°F 1926 | 22°F 2019 | 19% | 3% |
| Oct 11 | 70°F | 38°F | 87°F 1962 | 15°F 2019 | 18% | 3% |
| Oct 12 | 70°F | 38°F | 90°F 1996 | 15°F 2019 | 18% | 3% |
| Oct 13 | 69°F | 38°F | 87°F 1950 | 0°F 1969 | 18% | 3% |
| Oct 14 | 69°F | 37°F | 86°F 1950 | 2°F 1969 | 18% | 3% |
| Oct 15 | 68°F | 37°F | 86°F 1926 | 6°F 1969 | 18% | 3% |
| Oct 16 | 68°F | 36°F | 86°F 1995 | 14°F 2018 | 18% | 4% |
| Oct 17 | 67°F | 36°F | 92°F 1926 | 2°F 1948 | 18% | 4% |
| Oct 18 | 67°F | 36°F | 86°F 1921 | 15°F 1916 | 17% | 4% |
| Oct 19 | 66°F | 35°F | 86°F 2003 | 15°F 1968 | 17% | 4% |
| Oct 20 | 66°F | 35°F | 88°F 2003 | 16°F 1911 | 17% | 4% |
| Oct 21 | 65°F | 35°F | 85°F 1921 | 16°F 1990 | 17% | 5% |
| Oct 22 | 65°F | 34°F | 85°F 2003 | 13°F 1996 | 17% | 5% |
| Oct 23 | 65°F | 34°F | 86°F 2003 | 16°F 1920 | 17% | 5% |
| Oct 24 | 64°F | 34°F | 84°F 2003 | 8°F 1942 | 17% | 5% |
| Oct 25 | 64°F | 33°F | 89°F 1926 | 10°F 1942 | 17% | 6% |
| Oct 26 | 63°F | 33°F | 85°F 2017 | 1°F 1997 | 17% | 6% |
| Oct 27 | 63°F | 32°F | 82°F 1926 | 2°F 2020 | 17% | 6% |
| Oct 28 | 62°F | 32°F | 81°F 1933 | -5°F 1917 | 17% | 7% |
| Oct 29 | 62°F | 32°F | 82°F 1924 | 6°F 1917 | 16% | 7% |
| Oct 30 | 61°F | 31°F | 85°F 1968 | 4°F 2019 | 16% | 7% |
| Oct 31 | 61°F | 31°F | 78°F 1968 | 3°F 1991 | 16% | 7% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (MDT).
- October 1
- sunrise 6:56 AM, sunset 6:41 PM
- October 31
- sunrise 7:28 AM, sunset 5:57 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00053553 (Greeley Unc), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00055116, 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.