Lea County Weather in October
Average highs run from 83°F on October 1 to 73°F on October 31, and lows from 56°F to 45°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 0.97 in over about 4 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
- 79°F
- Average low
- 50°F
- Precipitation
- 0.97 in
- Record high
- 98°FOct 3, 2000
- Record low
- 12°FOct 29, 1917
- Chance of a freeze
- 12%
- Days of 90°F or more
- 2.7
- Daylight
- 11 h 50 min to 10 h 52 min
- Cloud cover
- 36%
- Humidity
- 48%
- Dew point
- 39°F
- Wind
- 9.6 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.
| Date | Normal high | Normal low | Record high | Record low | Chance wet | Chance of snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1 | 83°F | 56°F | 95°F 1929 | 37°F 1939 | 14% | 0% |
| Oct 2 | 83°F | 55°F | 97°F 2000 | 38°F 1917 | 14% | 0% |
| Oct 3 | 83°F | 55°F | 98°F 2000 | 40°F 1924 | 14% | 0% |
| Oct 4 | 82°F | 55°F | 96°F 2000 | 42°F 1961 | 14% | 0% |
| Oct 5 | 82°F | 54°F | 98°F 1947 | 38°F 1985 | 14% | 0% |
| Oct 6 | 82°F | 54°F | 95°F 1929 | 36°F 2012 | 14% | 0% |
| Oct 7 | 82°F | 54°F | 97°F 1956 | 33°F 2000 | 14% | 0% |
| Oct 8 | 82°F | 53°F | 97°F 1979 | 30°F 1976 | 14% | 0% |
| Oct 9 | 81°F | 53°F | 94°F 1965 | 31°F 1970 | 14% | 0% |
| Oct 10 | 81°F | 53°F | 93°F 1965 | 30°F 1939 | 14% | 0% |
| Oct 11 | 81°F | 52°F | 92°F 1979 | 33°F 1939 | 14% | 0% |
| Oct 12 | 81°F | 52°F | 91°F 1950 | 33°F 1939 | 14% | 0% |
| Oct 13 | 80°F | 51°F | 93°F 1968 | 30°F 1969 | 14% | 0% |
| Oct 14 | 80°F | 51°F | 91°F 1968 | 32°F 2018 | 14% | |
| Oct 15 | 80°F | 51°F | 91°F 1989 | 32°F 1914 | 14% | |
| Oct 16 | 79°F | 50°F | 91°F 1979 | 34°F 1914 | 14% | |
| Oct 17 | 79°F | 50°F | 92°F 2016 | 31°F 1999 | 14% | |
| Oct 18 | 79°F | 50°F | 91°F 1991 | 34°F 1968 | 14% | |
| Oct 19 | 78°F | 49°F | 88°F 1943 | 24°F 1917 | 13% | |
| Oct 20 | 78°F | 49°F | 89°F 1955 | 28°F 1916 | 13% | |
| Oct 21 | 78°F | 48°F | 89°F 1961 | 28°F 1917 | 13% | |
| Oct 22 | 77°F | 48°F | 90°F 1959 | 31°F 1996 | 13% | |
| Oct 23 | 77°F | 48°F | 93°F 1959 | 25°F 1917 | 13% | |
| Oct 24 | 76°F | 47°F | 90°F 1933 | 26°F 1917 | 13% | |
| Oct 25 | 76°F | 47°F | 90°F 1959 | 28°F 2019 | 13% | |
| Oct 26 | 75°F | 46°F | 89°F 1979 | 28°F 2019 | 13% | |
| Oct 27 | 75°F | 46°F | 88°F 1950 | 23°F 1913 | 13% | |
| Oct 28 | 75°F | 46°F | 91°F 1952 | 26°F 1925 | 12% | |
| Oct 29 | 74°F | 45°F | 90°F 1950 | 12°F 1917 | 12% | |
| Oct 30 | 74°F | 45°F | 88°F 1950 | 17°F 1917 | 12% | |
| Oct 31 | 73°F | 45°F | 87°F 1945 | 16°F 2019 | 12% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (MDT).
- October 1
- sunrise 6:48 AM, sunset 6:38 PM
- October 31
- sunrise 7:11 AM, sunset 6:03 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00294030 (Hobbs 13W), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00294026, 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.