Polk County Weather in October
Average highs run from 76°F on October 1 to 64°F on October 31, and lows from 50°F to 39°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 3.79 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
- 70°F
- Average low
- 45°F
- Precipitation
- 3.79 in
- Record high
- 93°FOct 2, 1976
- Record low
- 18°FOct 31, 1993
- Chance of a freeze
- 79%
- Daylight
- 11 h 48 min to 10 h 38 min
- Cloud cover
- 50%
- Humidity
- 72%
- Dew point
- 47°F
- Wind
- 9.8 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 | 76°F | 50°F | 92°F 1953 | 32°F 1985 | 27% | 0% |
| Oct 2 | 75°F | 50°F | 93°F 1976 | 34°F 1985 | 27% | 0% |
| Oct 3 | 75°F | 49°F | 91°F 1969 | 30°F 1987 | 27% | 0% |
| Oct 4 | 75°F | 49°F | 90°F 1951 | 32°F 1968 | 27% | 0% |
| Oct 5 | 74°F | 49°F | 93°F 1981 | 31°F 1979 | 27% | 0% |
| Oct 6 | 74°F | 48°F | 88°F 1963 | 30°F 1964 | 28% | 0% |
| Oct 7 | 73°F | 48°F | 92°F 1963 | 29°F 1952 | 28% | 0% |
| Oct 8 | 73°F | 47°F | 92°F 1979 | 25°F 2000 | 28% | 0% |
| Oct 9 | 73°F | 47°F | 92°F 1980 | 24°F 2000 | 28% | 0% |
| Oct 10 | 72°F | 47°F | 91°F 1963 | 27°F 2000 | 29% | 0% |
| Oct 11 | 72°F | 46°F | 91°F 1963 | 32°F 1987 | 29% | 0% |
| Oct 12 | 71°F | 46°F | 91°F 2024 | 27°F 1987 | 29% | 0% |
| Oct 13 | 71°F | 45°F | 88°F 2017 | 33°F 2006 | 29% | 0% |
| Oct 14 | 71°F | 45°F | 89°F 1963 | 31°F 1969 | 29% | 0% |
| Oct 15 | 70°F | 45°F | 86°F 1963 | 31°F 1986 | 29% | 0% |
| Oct 16 | 70°F | 44°F | 87°F 2016 | 28°F 1943 | 29% | 0% |
| Oct 17 | 70°F | 44°F | 89°F 1964 | 25°F 1976 | 30% | 0% |
| Oct 18 | 69°F | 44°F | 87°F 2005 | 22°F 2022 | 30% | 0% |
| Oct 19 | 69°F | 43°F | 88°F 2005 | 21°F 2022 | 30% | 0% |
| Oct 20 | 68°F | 43°F | 88°F 1979 | 24°F 1960 | 30% | 0% |
| Oct 21 | 68°F | 43°F | 88°F 1978 | 25°F 1987 | 30% | 0% |
| Oct 22 | 68°F | 42°F | 87°F 2024 | 25°F 1982 | 31% | 0% |
| Oct 23 | 67°F | 42°F | 84°F 2022 | 26°F 1981 | 31% | 0% |
| Oct 24 | 67°F | 42°F | 85°F 2024 | 23°F 1999 | 31% | 0% |
| Oct 25 | 66°F | 41°F | 83°F 2014 | 28°F 1968 | 31% | 1% |
| Oct 26 | 66°F | 41°F | 85°F 1950 | 21°F 1942 | 31% | 1% |
| Oct 27 | 65°F | 41°F | 84°F 1950 | 23°F 1957 | 31% | 1% |
| Oct 28 | 65°F | 40°F | 86°F 2024 | 23°F 1957 | 32% | 1% |
| Oct 29 | 65°F | 40°F | 86°F 1950 | 21°F 1952 | 32% | 1% |
| Oct 30 | 64°F | 40°F | 85°F 1950 | 24°F 1980 | 32% | 1% |
| Oct 31 | 64°F | 39°F | 83°F 1950 | 18°F 1993 | 32% | 1% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (CDT).
- October 1
- sunrise 7:09 AM, sunset 6:57 PM
- October 31
- sunrise 7:38 AM, sunset 6:16 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00230789 (Bolivar 1 Ne), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USW00013995, 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.