Mankato Weather in October
Average highs run from 74°F on October 1 to 61°F on October 31, and lows from 47°F to 34°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 1.98 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
- 67°F
- Average low
- 41°F
- Precipitation
- 1.98 in
- Snowfall
- 0.4 in
- Record high
- 98°FOct 1, 1924
- Record low
- 3°FOct 27, 1997
- Chance of a freeze
- 97%
- Days of 90°F or more
- 0.7
- Daylight
- 11 h 46 min to 10 h 31 min
- Cloud cover
- 51%
- Humidity
- 64%
- Dew point
- 40°F
- Wind
- 11.4 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 | 74°F | 47°F | 98°F 1924 | 22°F 1958 | 19% | 0% |
| Oct 2 | 73°F | 46°F | 97°F 1997 | 33°F 2004 | 19% | 0% |
| Oct 3 | 73°F | 46°F | 95°F 1916 | 33°F 1980 | 19% | 0% |
| Oct 4 | 72°F | 45°F | 95°F 2018 | 31°F 1999 | 19% | 0% |
| Oct 5 | 72°F | 45°F | 96°F 1921 | 28°F 1915 | 18% | 0% |
| Oct 6 | 72°F | 45°F | 95°F 2024 | 22°F 1952 | 18% | 0% |
| Oct 7 | 71°F | 44°F | 92°F 1916 | 22°F 1952 | 18% | 0% |
| Oct 8 | 71°F | 44°F | 92°F 1980 | 23°F 2000 | 18% | 0% |
| Oct 9 | 70°F | 44°F | 92°F 2010 | 25°F 2000 | 18% | 0% |
| Oct 10 | 70°F | 43°F | 92°F 1920 | 26°F 2009 | 18% | 0% |
| Oct 11 | 69°F | 43°F | 94°F 1975 | 25°F 2009 | 18% | 0% |
| Oct 12 | 69°F | 42°F | 96°F 1975 | 18°F 1917 | 18% | 0% |
| Oct 13 | 69°F | 42°F | 93°F 1975 | 25°F 2019 | 18% | 0% |
| Oct 14 | 68°F | 42°F | 91°F 1968 | 24°F 1969 | 17% | 0% |
| Oct 15 | 68°F | 41°F | 89°F 1921 | 22°F 1952 | 17% | 0% |
| Oct 16 | 67°F | 41°F | 88°F 1991 | 24°F 2018 | 17% | 0% |
| Oct 17 | 67°F | 40°F | 93°F 1991 | 13°F 1922 | 17% | 0% |
| Oct 18 | 66°F | 40°F | 85°F 1914 | 23°F 1922 | 17% | 1% |
| Oct 19 | 66°F | 39°F | 90°F 1958 | 13°F 1917 | 17% | 1% |
| Oct 20 | 66°F | 39°F | 90°F 1975 | 19°F 1916 | 17% | 1% |
| Oct 21 | 65°F | 39°F | 89°F 2015 | 23°F 1916 | 17% | 1% |
| Oct 22 | 65°F | 38°F | 88°F 1975 | 21°F 1912 | 17% | 1% |
| Oct 23 | 64°F | 38°F | 87°F 1915 | 13°F 1917 | 17% | 1% |
| Oct 24 | 64°F | 37°F | 90°F 2022 | 21°F 1955 | 16% | 1% |
| Oct 25 | 63°F | 37°F | 88°F 2011 | 21°F 1975 | 16% | 1% |
| Oct 26 | 63°F | 36°F | 86°F 1990 | 18°F 2020 | 16% | 1% |
| Oct 27 | 62°F | 36°F | 89°F 1922 | 3°F 1997 | 16% | 1% |
| Oct 28 | 62°F | 35°F | 87°F 1922 | 15°F 2020 | 16% | 1% |
| Oct 29 | 61°F | 35°F | 88°F 1915 | 10°F 1913 | 16% | 1% |
| Oct 30 | 61°F | 34°F | 86°F 1915 | 9°F 1917 | 16% | 1% |
| Oct 31 | 61°F | 34°F | 80°F 1975 | 13°F 2019 | 16% | 1% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (CDT).
- October 1
- sunrise 7:29 AM, sunset 7:15 PM
- October 31
- sunrise 8:01 AM, sunset 6:32 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00144982 (Mankato), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00147542, 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.