Moorhead Weather in October
Average highs run from 64°F on October 1 to 46°F on October 31, and lows from 42°F to 29°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 2.51 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
- 55°F
- Average low
- 36°F
- Precipitation
- 2.51 in
- Snowfall
- 0.7 in
- Record high
- 97°FOct 11, 2015
- Record low
- 5°FOct 31, 1951
- Chance of a freeze
- 99%
- Daylight
- 11 h 41 min to 10 h 04 min
- Cloud cover
- 66%
- Humidity
- 71%
- Dew point
- 35°F
- Wind
- 11.6 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 | 42°F | 96°F 2023 | 21°F 2003 | 28% | 1% |
| Oct 2 | 64°F | 41°F | 90°F 2023 | 21°F 1993 | 28% | 1% |
| Oct 3 | 63°F | 41°F | 92°F 2025 | 18°F 1989 | 28% | 1% |
| Oct 4 | 62°F | 41°F | 87°F 1975 | 22°F 2004 | 28% | 1% |
| Oct 5 | 62°F | 40°F | 93°F 1963 | 21°F 1952 | 28% | 2% |
| Oct 6 | 61°F | 40°F | 90°F 1993 | 19°F 1976 | 28% | 2% |
| Oct 7 | 61°F | 39°F | 87°F 1975 | 19°F 1952 | 28% | 2% |
| Oct 8 | 60°F | 39°F | 86°F 2003 | 20°F 1964 | 28% | 2% |
| Oct 9 | 59°F | 39°F | 84°F 2010 | 18°F 1964 | 28% | 2% |
| Oct 10 | 59°F | 38°F | 86°F 1955 | 23°F 1985 | 28% | 2% |
| Oct 11 | 58°F | 38°F | 97°F 2015 | 20°F 2006 | 28% | 3% |
| Oct 12 | 58°F | 37°F | 84°F 1956 | 18°F 2018 | 28% | 3% |
| Oct 13 | 57°F | 37°F | 81°F 1956 | 17°F 1979 | 28% | 3% |
| Oct 14 | 56°F | 36°F | 86°F 1962 | 22°F 1992 | 28% | 3% |
| Oct 15 | 56°F | 36°F | 83°F 1953 | 18°F 1952 | 28% | 3% |
| Oct 16 | 55°F | 36°F | 81°F 1956 | 17°F 1952 | 28% | 4% |
| Oct 17 | 55°F | 35°F | 82°F 1945 | 13°F 1952 | 28% | 4% |
| Oct 18 | 54°F | 35°F | 79°F 1953 | 10°F 1972 | 28% | 4% |
| Oct 19 | 53°F | 34°F | 84°F 2003 | 13°F 1972 | 28% | 5% |
| Oct 20 | 53°F | 34°F | 82°F 1953 | 22°F 2011 | 28% | 5% |
| Oct 21 | 52°F | 33°F | 87°F 1947 | 17°F 1987 | 28% | 5% |
| Oct 22 | 52°F | 33°F | 80°F 1992 | 13°F 1976 | 28% | 6% |
| Oct 23 | 51°F | 33°F | 80°F 1963 | 12°F 1892 | 28% | 6% |
| Oct 24 | 50°F | 32°F | 78°F 1989 | 13°F 1955 | 28% | 6% |
| Oct 25 | 50°F | 32°F | 83°F 1989 | 12°F 1892 | 28% | 7% |
| Oct 26 | 49°F | 31°F | 79°F 1989 | 7°F 1976 | 28% | 7% |
| Oct 27 | 49°F | 31°F | 75°F 1944 | 10°F 1976 | 28% | 8% |
| Oct 28 | 48°F | 30°F | 68°F 1950 | 14°F 1952 | 28% | 8% |
| Oct 29 | 47°F | 30°F | 78°F 1950 | 13°F 1988 | 28% | 9% |
| Oct 30 | 47°F | 29°F | 75°F 1950 | 10°F 1991 | 28% | 9% |
| Oct 31 | 46°F | 29°F | 74°F 1999 | 5°F 1951 | 27% | 10% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (CDT).
- October 1
- sunrise 7:26 AM, sunset 7:07 PM
- October 31
- sunrise 8:08 AM, sunset 6:12 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00215586 (Moorhead), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USW00014914, 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.