Polk County Weather in October
Average highs run from 62°F on October 1 to 44°F on October 31, and lows from 41°F to 27°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 2.09 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
- 53°F
- Average low
- 34°F
- Precipitation
- 2.09 in
- Snowfall
- 1.5 in
- Record high
- 90°FOct 1, 2025
- Record low
- -2°FOct 26, 1919
- Chance of a freeze
- 100%
- Daylight
- 11 h 40 min to 10 h 00 min
- Cloud cover
- 67%
- Humidity
- 74%
- Dew point
- 34°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 | 62°F | 41°F | 90°F 2025 | 23°F 2003 | 30% | 2% |
| Oct 2 | 61°F | 40°F | 88°F 1992 | 13°F 1989 | 30% | 2% |
| Oct 3 | 61°F | 40°F | 86°F 2025 | 19°F 1989 | 30% | 2% |
| Oct 4 | 60°F | 39°F | 86°F 2025 | 16°F 1935 | 30% | 2% |
| Oct 5 | 60°F | 39°F | 89°F 2025 | 14°F 1935 | 30% | 2% |
| Oct 6 | 59°F | 38°F | 89°F 2011 | 15°F 1989 | 30% | 2% |
| Oct 7 | 59°F | 38°F | 86°F 1975 | 17°F 1990 | 29% | 2% |
| Oct 8 | 58°F | 37°F | 85°F 2003 | 16°F 1989 | 29% | 3% |
| Oct 9 | 58°F | 37°F | 84°F 1938 | 16°F 1897 | 29% | 3% |
| Oct 10 | 57°F | 37°F | 83°F 1934 | 15°F 1932 | 29% | 3% |
| Oct 11 | 56°F | 36°F | 84°F 2024 | 19°F 1893 | 29% | 3% |
| Oct 12 | 56°F | 36°F | 84°F 2015 | 12°F 1917 | 29% | 3% |
| Oct 13 | 55°F | 35°F | 88°F 2015 | 13°F 1917 | 28% | 3% |
| Oct 14 | 55°F | 35°F | 80°F 1962 | 19°F 1923 | 28% | 4% |
| Oct 15 | 54°F | 34°F | 80°F 1962 | 16°F 1992 | 28% | 4% |
| Oct 16 | 53°F | 34°F | 80°F 1953 | 10°F 1952 | 28% | 4% |
| Oct 17 | 53°F | 33°F | 80°F 1910 | 9°F 1952 | 28% | 4% |
| Oct 18 | 52°F | 33°F | 76°F 1945 | 5°F 1992 | 28% | 5% |
| Oct 19 | 52°F | 33°F | 78°F 1953 | 6°F 1992 | 27% | 5% |
| Oct 20 | 51°F | 32°F | 79°F 1953 | 10°F 1916 | 27% | 5% |
| Oct 21 | 50°F | 32°F | 81°F 1947 | 10°F 1913 | 27% | 5% |
| Oct 22 | 50°F | 31°F | 75°F 1901 | 5°F 1936 | 27% | 6% |
| Oct 23 | 49°F | 31°F | 79°F 1963 | 3°F 1917 | 27% | 6% |
| Oct 24 | 48°F | 30°F | 78°F 1989 | 3°F 1917 | 26% | 6% |
| Oct 25 | 48°F | 30°F | 79°F 1989 | 9°F 1933 | 26% | 7% |
| Oct 26 | 47°F | 29°F | 76°F 1989 | -2°F 1919 | 26% | 7% |
| Oct 27 | 47°F | 29°F | 76°F 1990 | 6°F 1919 | 26% | 7% |
| Oct 28 | 46°F | 28°F | 74°F 1983 | -1°F 1919 | 26% | 8% |
| Oct 29 | 45°F | 28°F | 71°F 1891 | 4°F 1919 | 26% | 8% |
| Oct 30 | 45°F | 27°F | 72°F 1950 | 9°F 1906 | 25% | 8% |
| Oct 31 | 44°F | 27°F | 69°F 1950 | 5°F 1984 | 25% | 9% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (CDT).
- October 1
- sunrise 7:25 AM, sunset 7:05 PM
- October 31
- sunrise 8:09 AM, sunset 6:09 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00216787 (Red Lake Falls), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00211891, 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.