Finney County climate

Finney County Weather in October

NOAA 1991-2020 normals for Garden City Exp Stn, 8.7 km from Finney County

Average highs run from 78°F on October 1 to 64°F on October 31, and lows from 47°F to 33°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 1.34 in over about 5 wet days.

October day by day

The normal high and low for each date, and the record, in °F.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Finney County, in °F, with the record for each date.020406080100120151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Record high
  • Record low

October at a glance

Average high
71°F
Average low
40°F
Precipitation
1.34 in
Snowfall
0.8 in
Record high
100°FOct 17, 2016
Record low
5°FOct 31, 2019
Chance of a freeze
94%
Days of 90°F or more
1.9
Daylight
11 h 47 min to 10 h 37 min
Cloud cover
47%
Humidity
55%
Dew point
38°F
Wind
11.6 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.

DateNormal highNormal lowRecord highRecord lowChance wetChance of snow
Oct 178°F47°F95°F 200028°F 198516%0%
Oct 278°F46°F96°F 197933°F 199916%0%
Oct 377°F46°F96°F 196729°F 200916%0%
Oct 477°F45°F93°F 198729°F 199916%0%
Oct 576°F45°F95°F 194726°F 199116%0%
Oct 676°F44°F93°F 197530°F 200116%0%
Oct 775°F44°F94°F 194928°F 200016%0%
Oct 875°F43°F95°F 197924°F 200016%1%
Oct 974°F43°F93°F 202123°F 200015%1%
Oct 1074°F42°F92°F 195325°F 200915%1%
Oct 1173°F42°F97°F 197517°F 201915%1%
Oct 1273°F41°F97°F 197524°F 197715%1%
Oct 1372°F41°F95°F 196826°F 198615%1%
Oct 1472°F41°F97°F 196828°F 196915%1%
Oct 1571°F40°F89°F 194823°F 195215%1%
Oct 1671°F40°F98°F 201622°F 201815%1%
Oct 1770°F39°F100°F 201626°F 198014%1%
Oct 1870°F39°F93°F 200324°F 198914%1%
Oct 1969°F38°F95°F 200320°F 198914%1%
Oct 2069°F38°F93°F 200320°F 198214%1%
Oct 2169°F37°F92°F 200326°F 199014%1%
Oct 2268°F37°F87°F 199125°F 194914%1%
Oct 2368°F37°F91°F 200325°F 202013%1%
Oct 2467°F36°F86°F 201420°F 198013%1%
Oct 2567°F36°F91°F 195215°F 201913%1%
Oct 2666°F35°F88°F 195216°F 202013%1%
Oct 2766°F35°F83°F 198217°F 202013%1%
Oct 2865°F34°F91°F 201612°F 201913%1%
Oct 2965°F34°F92°F 195011°F 201913%1%
Oct 3064°F34°F90°F 196811°F 201912%2%
Oct 3164°F33°F90°F 20165°F 201912%2%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 0.01 inch of precipitation on each date at Finney County, in percent, and of at least 0.1 inch of snowfall.051015201102030
  • Chance of a wet day
  • Chance of snowfall

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (CDT).

October 1
sunrise 7:39 AM, sunset 7:26 PM
October 31
sunrise 8:08 AM, sunset 6:45 PM

Every day of October: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00142980 (Garden City Exp Stn), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USW00023064, 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.