Dawes County climate

Dawes County Weather in October

NOAA 1991-2020 normals for Chadron 3SW, 11.9 km from Dawes County

Average highs run from 71°F on October 1 to 57°F on October 31, and lows from 39°F to 27°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 1.39 in over about 6 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 Dawes County, in °F, with the record for each date.-250255075100151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Record high
  • Record low

October at a glance

Average high
64°F
Average low
33°F
Precipitation
1.39 in
Snowfall
4.7 in
Record high
93°FOct 1, 2005
Record low
-10°FOct 26, 2020
Chance of a freeze
100%
Daylight
11 h 44 min to 10 h 21 min
Cloud cover
54%
Humidity
58%
Dew point
32°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.

DateNormal highNormal lowRecord highRecord lowChance wetChance of snow
Oct 171°F39°F93°F 200526°F 202020%2%
Oct 271°F39°F92°F 200527°F 200920%2%
Oct 370°F39°F91°F 202521°F 200920%2%
Oct 470°F38°F90°F 201127°F 201720%3%
Oct 569°F38°F88°F 201024°F 200020%3%
Oct 669°F37°F86°F 202016°F 200020%3%
Oct 768°F37°F87°F 201016°F 200020%3%
Oct 868°F36°F92°F 202024°F 200019%3%
Oct 967°F36°F88°F 200320°F 200919%4%
Oct 1066°F35°F90°F 202411°F 200919%4%
Oct 1166°F35°F91°F 201517°F 201919%4%
Oct 1265°F34°F82°F 202420°F 200619%4%
Oct 1365°F34°F78°F 201516°F 200619%4%
Oct 1464°F34°F84°F 201615°F 201818%5%
Oct 1564°F33°F83°F 201011°F 201818%5%
Oct 1663°F33°F83°F 202416°F 200118%5%
Oct 1763°F32°F84°F 202422°F 202218%5%
Oct 1862°F32°F87°F 201524°F 200618%6%
Oct 1962°F31°F88°F 200322°F 200217%6%
Oct 2061°F31°F84°F 201222°F 200217%6%
Oct 2161°F31°F82°F 200325°F 200217%6%
Oct 2261°F30°F85°F 201618°F 200517%7%
Oct 2360°F30°F82°F 200313°F 200517%7%
Oct 2460°F29°F78°F 200718°F 200517%7%
Oct 2559°F29°F82°F 20179°F 202017%8%
Oct 2659°F29°F79°F 2024-10°F 202017%8%
Oct 2758°F28°F84°F 20161°F 202017%8%
Oct 2858°F28°F80°F 20162°F 201917%8%
Oct 2958°F28°F80°F 20082°F 201917%9%
Oct 3057°F27°F77°F 20010°F 201917%9%
Oct 3157°F27°F75°F 20016°F 201916%9%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 0.01 inch of precipitation on each date at Dawes County, in percent, and of at least 0.1 inch of snowfall.05101520251102030
  • Chance of a wet day
  • Chance of snowfall

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (MDT).

October 1
sunrise 6:50 AM, sunset 6:34 PM
October 31
sunrise 7:25 AM, sunset 5:46 PM

Every day of October: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00251575 (Chadron 3SW), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USW00024017, 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.