Fort Sumner Weather in October
Average highs run from 79°F on October 1 to 69°F on October 31, and lows from 50°F to 39°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 1.87 in over about 5 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
- 74°F
- Average low
- 44°F
- Precipitation
- 1.87 in
- Snowfall
- 0.3 in
- Record high
- 96°FOct 3, 2000
- Record low
- 12°FOct 31, 1991
- Chance of a freeze
- 56%
- Daylight
- 11 h 49 min to 10 h 48 min
- Cloud cover
- 38%
- Humidity
- 50%
- Dew point
- 37°F
- Wind
- 10.3 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 | 79°F | 50°F | 94°F 2000 | 34°F 1965 | 17% | 0% |
| Oct 2 | 79°F | 50°F | 95°F 2000 | 32°F 1961 | 17% | 0% |
| Oct 3 | 79°F | 50°F | 96°F 2000 | 33°F 1961 | 17% | 0% |
| Oct 4 | 78°F | 49°F | 91°F 1954 | 36°F 1961 | 17% | 0% |
| Oct 5 | 78°F | 49°F | 90°F 1956 | 31°F 1985 | 16% | 0% |
| Oct 6 | 78°F | 48°F | 90°F 2007 | 34°F 1995 | 16% | 0% |
| Oct 7 | 77°F | 48°F | 95°F 1979 | 30°F 1955 | 16% | 0% |
| Oct 8 | 77°F | 48°F | 93°F 1979 | 26°F 1976 | 16% | 0% |
| Oct 9 | 77°F | 47°F | 91°F 1965 | 26°F 1970 | 16% | 0% |
| Oct 10 | 76°F | 47°F | 90°F 1953 | 32°F 1909 | 16% | 0% |
| Oct 11 | 76°F | 46°F | 90°F 1951 | 31°F 2009 | 15% | 0% |
| Oct 12 | 76°F | 46°F | 92°F 1989 | 26°F 1909 | 15% | 0% |
| Oct 13 | 75°F | 46°F | 90°F 1989 | 25°F 1969 | 15% | 0% |
| Oct 14 | 75°F | 45°F | 89°F 1968 | 29°F 1969 | 15% | 0% |
| Oct 15 | 75°F | 45°F | 91°F 2016 | 24°F 1966 | 15% | 0% |
| Oct 16 | 74°F | 44°F | 92°F 2016 | 31°F 1967 | 15% | 0% |
| Oct 17 | 74°F | 44°F | 92°F 2016 | 30°F 1948 | 15% | 0% |
| Oct 18 | 74°F | 44°F | 87°F 2003 | 27°F 1968 | 15% | 0% |
| Oct 19 | 73°F | 43°F | 88°F 2003 | 22°F 1966 | 15% | 0% |
| Oct 20 | 73°F | 43°F | 88°F 2003 | 27°F 1976 | 15% | 1% |
| Oct 21 | 73°F | 42°F | 87°F 1947 | 28°F 1990 | 15% | 1% |
| Oct 22 | 72°F | 42°F | 87°F 1961 | 24°F 1996 | 15% | 1% |
| Oct 23 | 72°F | 42°F | 88°F 2003 | 20°F 1908 | 14% | 1% |
| Oct 24 | 72°F | 41°F | 84°F 2011 | 22°F 1908 | 14% | 1% |
| Oct 25 | 71°F | 41°F | 91°F 1959 | 28°F 1908 | 14% | 1% |
| Oct 26 | 71°F | 41°F | 87°F 1979 | 24°F 1954 | 14% | 1% |
| Oct 27 | 71°F | 40°F | 83°F 1950 | 20°F 1908 | 14% | 1% |
| Oct 28 | 70°F | 40°F | 85°F 1994 | 20°F 1970 | 14% | 1% |
| Oct 29 | 70°F | 39°F | 87°F 2016 | 21°F 1980 | 14% | 1% |
| Oct 30 | 70°F | 39°F | 84°F 1950 | 14°F 1993 | 13% | 1% |
| Oct 31 | 69°F | 39°F | 84°F 1945 | 12°F 1991 | 13% | 1% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (MDT).
- October 1
- sunrise 6:52 AM, sunset 6:41 PM
- October 31
- sunrise 7:16 AM, sunset 6:04 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00293294 (Ft Sumner), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00295617, 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.