Minot Weather in October
Average highs run from 64°F on October 1 to 51°F on October 31, and lows from 46°F to 37°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 4.90 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
- 58°F
- Average low
- 41°F
- Precipitation
- 4.90 in
- Record high
- 90°FOct 13, 1930
- Record low
- 20°FOct 28, 1936
- Chance of a freeze
- 81%
- Daylight
- 11 h 43 min to 10 h 15 min
- Cloud cover
- 66%
- Humidity
- 80%
- Dew point
- 41°F
- Wind
- 4.7 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 | 64°F | 46°F | 87°F 1898 | 30°F 1925 | 30% | 0% |
| Oct 2 | 63°F | 46°F | 87°F 1922 | 30°F 1925 | 31% | 0% |
| Oct 3 | 63°F | 45°F | 83°F 1898 | 32°F 1897 | 31% | 0% |
| Oct 4 | 63°F | 45°F | 82°F 1898 | 30°F 1899 | 31% | 0% |
| Oct 5 | 62°F | 45°F | 83°F 1900 | 32°F 1963 | 31% | 0% |
| Oct 6 | 62°F | 44°F | 85°F 1910 | 30°F 1984 | 31% | 0% |
| Oct 7 | 61°F | 44°F | 86°F 1947 | 28°F 1965 | 31% | 0% |
| Oct 8 | 61°F | 44°F | 80°F 1947 | 29°F 1938 | 31% | 0% |
| Oct 9 | 60°F | 43°F | 88°F 1909 | 30°F 1919 | 31% | 0% |
| Oct 10 | 60°F | 43°F | 84°F 1909 | 29°F 1895 | 31% | 0% |
| Oct 11 | 60°F | 43°F | 76°F 1899 | 25°F 1895 | 31% | 0% |
| Oct 12 | 59°F | 42°F | 86°F 1930 | 27°F 1956 | 31% | 0% |
| Oct 13 | 59°F | 42°F | 90°F 1930 | 26°F 1908 | 31% | 0% |
| Oct 14 | 58°F | 42°F | 84°F 1930 | 25°F 1937 | 31% | 0% |
| Oct 15 | 58°F | 41°F | 84°F 1897 | 28°F 1937 | 31% | 0% |
| Oct 16 | 58°F | 41°F | 84°F 1947 | 27°F 1939 | 31% | 0% |
| Oct 17 | 57°F | 41°F | 87°F 1947 | 24°F 1937 | 31% | 0% |
| Oct 18 | 57°F | 41°F | 85°F 1947 | 22°F 1900 | 31% | 0% |
| Oct 19 | 56°F | 40°F | 83°F 1910 | 24°F 1922 | 31% | 0% |
| Oct 20 | 56°F | 40°F | 76°F 1916 | 26°F 1900 | 31% | 0% |
| Oct 21 | 56°F | 40°F | 82°F 1979 | 22°F 1972 | 31% | |
| Oct 22 | 55°F | 39°F | 85°F 1979 | 23°F 1895 | 31% | |
| Oct 23 | 55°F | 39°F | 80°F 1947 | 26°F 1930 | 31% | |
| Oct 24 | 54°F | 39°F | 79°F 1963 | 24°F 1895 | 31% | |
| Oct 25 | 54°F | 39°F | 82°F 1963 | 23°F 1907 | 31% | |
| Oct 26 | 54°F | 38°F | 80°F 1963 | 23°F 1905 | 31% | |
| Oct 27 | 53°F | 38°F | 78°F 1963 | 21°F 1907 | 31% | |
| Oct 28 | 53°F | 38°F | 78°F 1947 | 20°F 1936 | 31% | |
| Oct 29 | 52°F | 37°F | 74°F 1989 | 24°F 2001 | 31% | |
| Oct 30 | 52°F | 37°F | 75°F 1989 | 22°F 1928 | 31% | |
| Oct 31 | 51°F | 37°F | 72°F 1901 | 20°F 1895 | 31% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (EDT).
- October 1
- sunrise 6:39 AM, sunset 6:22 PM
- October 31
- sunrise 7:17 AM, sunset 5:32 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00174566 (Lewiston), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00174566, 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.