Routt County Weather in October
Average highs run from 67°F on October 1 to 51°F on October 31, and lows from 31°F to 22°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 2.22 in over about 9 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
- 59°F
- Average low
- 26°F
- Precipitation
- 2.22 in
- Snowfall
- 6.9 in
- Record high
- 89°FOct 10, 1910
- Record low
- -16°FOct 27, 1919
- Chance of a freeze
- 100%
- Daylight
- 11 h 45 min to 10 h 29 min
- Cloud cover
- 52%
- Humidity
- 62%
- Dew point
- 23°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 | 67°F | 31°F | 81°F 1976 | 13°F 1985 | 30% | 4% |
| Oct 2 | 67°F | 30°F | 81°F 2015 | 14°F 1977 | 30% | 5% |
| Oct 3 | 66°F | 30°F | 80°F 1909 | 15°F 1919 | 30% | 5% |
| Oct 4 | 66°F | 30°F | 80°F 2010 | 14°F 1919 | 30% | 5% |
| Oct 5 | 65°F | 29°F | 81°F 2024 | 12°F 1919 | 30% | 6% |
| Oct 6 | 65°F | 29°F | 81°F 1918 | 14°F 1910 | 30% | 6% |
| Oct 7 | 64°F | 29°F | 80°F 1980 | 11°F 1955 | 30% | 6% |
| Oct 8 | 64°F | 28°F | 84°F 1910 | 10°F 1992 | 29% | 7% |
| Oct 9 | 63°F | 28°F | 84°F 1908 | 7°F 1909 | 29% | 7% |
| Oct 10 | 63°F | 28°F | 89°F 1910 | 14°F 1919 | 29% | 7% |
| Oct 11 | 62°F | 28°F | 80°F 1910 | 6°F 1949 | 29% | 8% |
| Oct 12 | 61°F | 27°F | 79°F 1996 | 7°F 2019 | 29% | 8% |
| Oct 13 | 61°F | 27°F | 78°F 1996 | 12°F 1969 | 29% | 9% |
| Oct 14 | 60°F | 27°F | 78°F 1996 | 9°F 2018 | 29% | 9% |
| Oct 15 | 60°F | 26°F | 77°F 1958 | 5°F 1952 | 29% | 10% |
| Oct 16 | 59°F | 26°F | 77°F 2024 | 12°F 1967 | 29% | 10% |
| Oct 17 | 59°F | 26°F | 78°F 1991 | 5°F 1999 | 29% | 11% |
| Oct 18 | 58°F | 25°F | 77°F 2003 | 8°F 1897 | 29% | 11% |
| Oct 19 | 58°F | 25°F | 76°F 1958 | 8°F 1964 | 29% | 12% |
| Oct 20 | 57°F | 25°F | 76°F 1897 | 7°F 1976 | 30% | 13% |
| Oct 21 | 57°F | 25°F | 76°F 2023 | 8°F 1908 | 30% | 13% |
| Oct 22 | 56°F | 24°F | 75°F 2023 | -9°F 1908 | 30% | 14% |
| Oct 23 | 56°F | 24°F | 78°F 2003 | -15°F 1908 | 30% | 14% |
| Oct 24 | 55°F | 24°F | 74°F 1933 | 2°F 1920 | 30% | 15% |
| Oct 25 | 55°F | 24°F | 73°F 2016 | -4°F 1975 | 31% | 16% |
| Oct 26 | 54°F | 23°F | 76°F 2021 | 2°F 2020 | 31% | 16% |
| Oct 27 | 54°F | 23°F | 74°F 1894 | -16°F 1919 | 31% | 17% |
| Oct 28 | 53°F | 23°F | 76°F 1894 | -9°F 2020 | 31% | 18% |
| Oct 29 | 52°F | 22°F | 75°F 1950 | 0°F 1991 | 31% | 18% |
| Oct 30 | 52°F | 22°F | 72°F 1933 | 0°F 2019 | 31% | 19% |
| Oct 31 | 51°F | 22°F | 70°F 1894 | -10°F 2019 | 32% | 19% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (MDT).
- October 1
- sunrise 7:05 AM, sunset 6:50 PM
- October 31
- sunrise 7:37 AM, sunset 6:06 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00057936 (Steamboat Springs), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00057936, 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.