Plains Weather in October
Average highs run from 79°F on October 1 to 65°F on October 31, and lows from 48°F to 35°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 2.22 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
- 72°F
- Average low
- 41°F
- Precipitation
- 2.22 in
- Snowfall
- 0.2 in
- Record high
- 99°FOct 16, 2016
- Record low
- 8°FOct 31, 2019
- Chance of a freeze
- 85%
- Days of 90°F or more
- 1.8
- Daylight
- 11 h 47 min to 10 h 39 min
- Cloud cover
- 45%
- Humidity
- 56%
- Dew point
- 39°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 | 79°F | 48°F | 95°F 1963 | 27°F 1985 | 15% | 0% |
| Oct 2 | 78°F | 48°F | 95°F 2000 | 32°F 2009 | 15% | 0% |
| Oct 3 | 78°F | 47°F | 97°F 2018 | 32°F 2009 | 15% | 0% |
| Oct 4 | 77°F | 47°F | 96°F 2018 | 31°F 1999 | 15% | 0% |
| Oct 5 | 77°F | 46°F | 95°F 1956 | 26°F 1932 | 15% | 0% |
| Oct 6 | 76°F | 46°F | 93°F 1921 | 31°F 2001 | 15% | 0% |
| Oct 7 | 76°F | 45°F | 93°F 1934 | 26°F 1952 | 15% | 0% |
| Oct 8 | 75°F | 45°F | 94°F 1979 | 23°F 2000 | 15% | 0% |
| Oct 9 | 75°F | 44°F | 94°F 1921 | 21°F 2000 | 15% | 0% |
| Oct 10 | 74°F | 44°F | 91°F 1920 | 22°F 2000 | 15% | 0% |
| Oct 11 | 74°F | 43°F | 94°F 1975 | 19°F 2019 | 15% | 0% |
| Oct 12 | 73°F | 43°F | 94°F 1975 | 21°F 1946 | 15% | 1% |
| Oct 13 | 73°F | 42°F | 93°F 1968 | 29°F 1986 | 15% | 1% |
| Oct 14 | 72°F | 42°F | 96°F 1968 | 29°F 1969 | 14% | 1% |
| Oct 15 | 72°F | 41°F | 91°F 1968 | 24°F 1952 | 14% | 1% |
| Oct 16 | 71°F | 41°F | 99°F 2016 | 29°F 1969 | 14% | 1% |
| Oct 17 | 71°F | 41°F | 99°F 2016 | 23°F 1948 | 14% | 1% |
| Oct 18 | 71°F | 40°F | 95°F 2003 | 26°F 1948 | 14% | 1% |
| Oct 19 | 70°F | 40°F | 93°F 2003 | 22°F 1989 | 14% | 1% |
| Oct 20 | 70°F | 39°F | 92°F 1975 | 23°F 1976 | 14% | 1% |
| Oct 21 | 69°F | 39°F | 91°F 2003 | 22°F 1945 | 14% | 1% |
| Oct 22 | 69°F | 38°F | 88°F 1947 | 23°F 1936 | 14% | 1% |
| Oct 23 | 68°F | 38°F | 90°F 2003 | 23°F 1938 | 14% | 1% |
| Oct 24 | 68°F | 37°F | 88°F 2012 | 22°F 1980 | 14% | 1% |
| Oct 25 | 67°F | 37°F | 91°F 1959 | 19°F 1975 | 14% | 1% |
| Oct 26 | 67°F | 37°F | 89°F 1922 | 22°F 1957 | 14% | 1% |
| Oct 27 | 66°F | 36°F | 91°F 1922 | 22°F 1957 | 14% | 2% |
| Oct 28 | 66°F | 36°F | 89°F 2016 | 19°F 1919 | 14% | 2% |
| Oct 29 | 65°F | 35°F | 90°F 1950 | 11°F 2019 | 14% | 2% |
| Oct 30 | 65°F | 35°F | 89°F 1950 | 9°F 1925 | 13% | 2% |
| Oct 31 | 65°F | 35°F | 89°F 2016 | 8°F 2019 | 13% | 2% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (CDT).
- October 1
- sunrise 7:38 AM, sunset 7:25 PM
- October 31
- sunrise 8:06 AM, sunset 6:45 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00145171 (Meade), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00147922, 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.