Rush County Weather in October
Average highs run from 77°F on October 1 to 64°F on October 31, and lows from 47°F to 32°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 1.78 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
- 70°F
- Average low
- 39°F
- Precipitation
- 1.78 in
- Snowfall
- 0.1 in
- Record high
- 98°FOct 1, 1994
- Record low
- 12°FOct 27, 2020
- Chance of a freeze
- 98%
- Days of 90°F or more
- 2.1
- Daylight
- 11 h 47 min to 10 h 35 min
- Cloud cover
- 47%
- Humidity
- 60%
- Dew point
- 40°F
- Wind
- 11.9 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 | 77°F | 47°F | 98°F 1994 | 41°F 1972 | 19% | 0% |
| Oct 2 | 76°F | 46°F | 98°F 1994 | 40°F 2020 | 19% | 0% |
| Oct 3 | 76°F | 46°F | 95°F 1979 | 34°F 2020 | 19% | 0% |
| Oct 4 | 75°F | 45°F | 98°F 1969 | 39°F 2014 | 19% | 0% |
| Oct 5 | 75°F | 45°F | 91°F 2011 | 34°F 1991 | 19% | 0% |
| Oct 6 | 74°F | 44°F | 97°F 2024 | 31°F 1991 | 19% | 0% |
| Oct 7 | 74°F | 44°F | 89°F 1979 | 30°F 2012 | 19% | 0% |
| Oct 8 | 73°F | 43°F | 97°F 2020 | 29°F 2012 | 19% | 0% |
| Oct 9 | 73°F | 43°F | 95°F 1991 | 34°F 2016 | 19% | 0% |
| Oct 10 | 73°F | 42°F | 93°F 2020 | 32°F 1994 | 19% | 0% |
| Oct 11 | 72°F | 42°F | 92°F 2020 | 28°F 2019 | 19% | 0% |
| Oct 12 | 72°F | 41°F | 96°F 2015 | 28°F 2019 | 19% | 0% |
| Oct 13 | 71°F | 41°F | 85°F 2017 | 33°F 1969 | 19% | 0% |
| Oct 14 | 71°F | 40°F | 91°F 2015 | 25°F 1969 | 19% | 0% |
| Oct 15 | 70°F | 40°F | 84°F 1979 | 25°F 2018 | 19% | 0% |
| Oct 16 | 70°F | 39°F | 85°F 2012 | 25°F 2018 | 18% | 0% |
| Oct 17 | 70°F | 39°F | 95°F 2016 | 29°F 1969 | 18% | 0% |
| Oct 18 | 69°F | 38°F | 96°F 1991 | 30°F 1969 | 18% | 0% |
| Oct 19 | 69°F | 38°F | 88°F 2017 | 23°F 1972 | 18% | 0% |
| Oct 20 | 68°F | 37°F | 87°F 2023 | 26°F 1972 | 18% | 0% |
| Oct 21 | 68°F | 37°F | 94°F 2023 | 32°F 1990 | 18% | 0% |
| Oct 22 | 68°F | 36°F | 84°F 1992 | 31°F 1979 | 17% | 0% |
| Oct 23 | 67°F | 36°F | 90°F 2022 | 29°F 2020 | 17% | 0% |
| Oct 24 | 67°F | 35°F | 90°F 2022 | 22°F 1972 | 17% | 0% |
| Oct 25 | 66°F | 35°F | 90°F 2014 | 22°F 1972 | 17% | 0% |
| Oct 26 | 66°F | 35°F | 90°F 2014 | 17°F 2020 | 16% | 1% |
| Oct 27 | 65°F | 34°F | 88°F 1990 | 12°F 2020 | 16% | 1% |
| Oct 28 | 65°F | 34°F | 85°F 2016 | 21°F 2017 | 16% | 1% |
| Oct 29 | 65°F | 33°F | 89°F 2016 | 21°F 1991 | 16% | 1% |
| Oct 30 | 64°F | 33°F | 86°F 2024 | 16°F 1993 | 15% | 1% |
| Oct 31 | 64°F | 32°F | 83°F 1990 | 15°F 1993 | 15% | 1% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (CDT).
- October 1
- sunrise 7:33 AM, sunset 7:20 PM
- October 31
- sunrise 8:03 AM, sunset 6:38 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00140865 (Bison 3NW), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00143523, 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.