Baxter climate

Baxter Weather in October

NOAA 1991-2020 normals for Brainerd, 6 km from Baxter

Average highs run from 63°F on October 1 to 47°F on October 31, and lows from 40°F to 28°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 2.98 in over about 10 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 Baxter, in °F, with the record for each date.020406080100151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Record high
  • Record low

October at a glance

Average high
55°F
Average low
34°F
Precipitation
2.98 in
Snowfall
0.7 in
Record high
89°FOct 1, 2023
Record low
11°FOct 31, 1996
Chance of a freeze
100%
Daylight
11 h 41 min to 10 h 07 min
Cloud cover
66%
Humidity
74%
Dew point
35°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.

DateNormal highNormal lowRecord highRecord lowChance wetChance of snow
Oct 163°F40°F89°F 202324°F 200334%1%
Oct 263°F40°F88°F 202320°F 200334%1%
Oct 362°F39°F85°F 202521°F 199934%1%
Oct 462°F39°F86°F 202523°F 202034%1%
Oct 561°F38°F87°F 201128°F 199934%1%
Oct 661°F38°F81°F 201124°F 199934%1%
Oct 760°F37°F85°F 200324°F 200134%1%
Oct 860°F37°F84°F 201018°F 200034%1%
Oct 959°F37°F82°F 202021°F 200033%1%
Oct 1059°F36°F82°F 202422°F 201433%2%
Oct 1158°F36°F85°F 201524°F 201433%2%
Oct 1258°F35°F78°F 199619°F 201233%2%
Oct 1357°F35°F68°F 200019°F 200932%2%
Oct 1456°F35°F67°F 200524°F 200932%2%
Oct 1556°F34°F68°F 199620°F 200232%2%
Oct 1655°F34°F72°F 201217°F 200232%3%
Oct 1755°F33°F77°F 202424°F 200131%3%
Oct 1854°F33°F75°F 202123°F 202231%3%
Oct 1954°F33°F83°F 200017°F 202231%3%
Oct 2053°F32°F76°F 200319°F 199931%3%
Oct 2153°F32°F80°F 202422°F 201830%4%
Oct 2252°F31°F72°F 202424°F 202130%4%
Oct 2351°F31°F74°F 202217°F 200230%4%
Oct 2451°F31°F71°F 199814°F 200230%4%
Oct 2550°F30°F66°F 200022°F 202029%5%
Oct 2650°F30°F67°F 200012°F 202029%5%
Oct 2749°F29°F66°F 199911°F 202029%5%
Oct 2849°F29°F73°F 202422°F 200729%5%
Oct 2948°F29°F69°F 202220°F 202328%6%
Oct 3048°F28°F69°F 200816°F 199628%6%
Oct 3147°F28°F70°F 199911°F 199628%6%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 0.01 inch of precipitation on each date at Baxter, in percent, and of at least 0.1 inch of snowfall.0102030401102030
  • Chance of a wet day
  • Chance of snowfall

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (CDT).

October 1
sunrise 7:16 AM, sunset 6:57 PM
October 31
sunrise 7:57 AM, sunset 6:04 PM

Every day of October: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00210939 (Brainerd), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USW00094938, 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.