Townsend climate

Townsend Weather in October

NOAA 1991-2020 normals for Townsend 3SE, 5.7 km from Townsend

Average highs run from 66°F on October 1 to 51°F on October 31, and lows from 37°F to 27°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 0.65 in over about 5 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 Townsend, in °F, with the record for each date.-20020406080100151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Record high
  • Record low

October at a glance

Average high
59°F
Average low
32°F
Precipitation
0.65 in
Snowfall
1.4 in
Record high
89°FOct 4, 2024
Record low
-8°FOct 30, 1991
Chance of a freeze
100%
Daylight
11 h 41 min to 10 h 07 min
Cloud cover
64%
Humidity
70%
Dew point
28°F
Wind
6.5 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 166°F37°F87°F 199715°F 195018%1%
Oct 266°F37°F85°F 199219°F 195018%1%
Oct 365°F37°F85°F 196318°F 199918%1%
Oct 465°F36°F89°F 202424°F 195718%1%
Oct 564°F36°F84°F 202123°F 197418%1%
Oct 664°F35°F84°F 196019°F 197418%1%
Oct 763°F35°F80°F 202019°F 198518%1%
Oct 863°F35°F82°F 202017°F 198517%1%
Oct 962°F34°F84°F 19426°F 198517%2%
Oct 1062°F34°F87°F 20159°F 200917%2%
Oct 1161°F34°F83°F 199514°F 200917%2%
Oct 1261°F33°F81°F 19588°F 200917%2%
Oct 1360°F33°F77°F 201519°F 196917%2%
Oct 1460°F33°F81°F 195818°F 194917%2%
Oct 1559°F32°F83°F 199116°F 196916%3%
Oct 1659°F32°F80°F 199112°F 194616%3%
Oct 1758°F32°F80°F 200315°F 194816%3%
Oct 1857°F31°F82°F 195815°F 194916%3%
Oct 1957°F31°F82°F 202315°F 194916%3%
Oct 2056°F30°F81°F 202318°F 199516%3%
Oct 2156°F30°F82°F 200315°F 198116%3%
Oct 2255°F30°F75°F 196310°F 195715%4%
Oct 2355°F29°F75°F 193910°F 195715%4%
Oct 2454°F29°F72°F 19598°F 202015%4%
Oct 2554°F29°F79°F 1990-4°F 202015%4%
Oct 2653°F28°F73°F 1960-6°F 202015%4%
Oct 2753°F28°F76°F 20015°F 202315%4%
Oct 2852°F28°F73°F 19903°F 199115%5%
Oct 2952°F27°F74°F 2021-2°F 199115%5%
Oct 3051°F27°F72°F 1990-8°F 199115%5%
Oct 3151°F27°F68°F 1967-2°F 198415%5%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 0.01 inch of precipitation on each date at Townsend, in percent, and of at least 0.1 inch of snowfall.051015201102030
  • Chance of a wet day
  • Chance of snowfall

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (MDT).

October 1
sunrise 7:25 AM, sunset 7:06 PM
October 31
sunrise 8:06 AM, sunset 6:13 PM

Every day of October: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00248324 (Townsend 3SE), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USW00024144, 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.