Rock County climate

Rock County Weather in October

NOAA 1991-2020 normals for Newport, 22.2 km from Rock County

Average highs run from 68°F on October 1 to 53°F on October 31, and lows from 42°F to 28°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 2.23 in over about 7 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 Rock County, in °F, with the record for each date.-20020406080100151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Record high
  • Record low

October at a glance

Average high
60°F
Average low
35°F
Precipitation
2.23 in
Snowfall
1.8 in
Record high
97°FOct 4, 1922
Record low
0°FOct 29, 1923
Chance of a freeze
100%
Daylight
11 h 44 min to 10 h 22 min
Cloud cover
55%
Humidity
62%
Dew point
35°F
Wind
12.1 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 168°F42°F92°F 192228°F 198523%1%
Oct 268°F41°F93°F 193822°F 199923%1%
Oct 367°F41°F94°F 193828°F 195023%1%
Oct 467°F40°F97°F 192223°F 195023%1%
Oct 566°F40°F96°F 194726°F 193523%1%
Oct 665°F39°F91°F 199318°F 195223%1%
Oct 765°F39°F92°F 191020°F 195223%1%
Oct 864°F38°F90°F 195421°F 200022%2%
Oct 964°F38°F89°F 193014°F 191922%2%
Oct 1063°F37°F96°F 191011°F 190622%2%
Oct 1163°F37°F92°F 201522°F 200922%2%
Oct 1262°F36°F89°F 199514°F 190921%2%
Oct 1362°F36°F91°F 195820°F 190921%3%
Oct 1461°F36°F90°F 195824°F 200621%3%
Oct 1561°F35°F93°F 195819°F 201821%3%
Oct 1660°F35°F91°F 199119°F 197620%3%
Oct 1760°F34°F85°F 195617°F 192220%3%
Oct 1859°F34°F90°F 192716°F 193020%4%
Oct 1959°F33°F93°F 195814°F 198920%4%
Oct 2058°F33°F92°F 194712°F 191619%4%
Oct 2158°F32°F96°F 194718°F 193019%4%
Oct 2257°F32°F86°F 20229°F 193619%4%
Oct 2357°F31°F90°F 191512°F 193819%5%
Oct 2456°F31°F85°F 192717°F 202019%5%
Oct 2556°F31°F88°F 192710°F 193619%5%
Oct 2655°F30°F85°F 19229°F 202018%5%
Oct 2755°F30°F87°F 19227°F 202018%5%
Oct 2855°F29°F83°F 200113°F 191918%6%
Oct 2954°F29°F86°F 19330°F 192318%6%
Oct 3054°F29°F91°F 19505°F 192318%6%
Oct 3153°F28°F82°F 19907°F 192318%6%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 0.01 inch of precipitation on each date at Rock 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 (CDT).

October 1
sunrise 7:35 AM, sunset 7:19 PM
October 31
sunrise 8:10 AM, sunset 6:32 PM

Every day of October: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00255925 (Newport), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00250050, 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 2026-09-25. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.