Sierra 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 44°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 0.87 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
- 78°F
- Average low
- 50°F
- Precipitation
- 0.87 in
- Snowfall
- 0.1 in
- Record high
- 95°FOct 14, 2020
- Record low
- 22°FOct 27, 2020
- Chance of a freeze
- 9%
- Days of 90°F or more
- 1.6
- Daylight
- 11 h 50 min to 10 h 52 min
- Cloud cover
- 32%
- Humidity
- 44%
- Dew point
- 35°F
- Wind
- 7.8 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 | 91°F 2000 | 43°F 1965 | 15% | 0% |
| Oct 2 | 83°F | 56°F | 92°F 2000 | 44°F 1965 | 15% | 0% |
| Oct 3 | 82°F | 55°F | 92°F 2012 | 39°F 1961 | 14% | 0% |
| Oct 4 | 82°F | 55°F | 91°F 2007 | 39°F 1959 | 14% | 0% |
| Oct 5 | 82°F | 55°F | 92°F 2020 | 43°F 1961 | 14% | 0% |
| Oct 6 | 81°F | 54°F | 92°F 2017 | 39°F 1998 | 14% | 0% |
| Oct 7 | 81°F | 54°F | 94°F 1998 | 37°F 1976 | 14% | 0% |
| Oct 8 | 81°F | 53°F | 90°F 1979 | 30°F 1976 | 14% | 0% |
| Oct 9 | 80°F | 53°F | 90°F 2020 | 36°F 1976 | 14% | 0% |
| Oct 10 | 80°F | 53°F | 90°F 2020 | 39°F 2000 | 13% | 0% |
| Oct 11 | 80°F | 52°F | 90°F 2020 | 38°F 1973 | 13% | 0% |
| Oct 12 | 80°F | 52°F | 89°F 2024 | 40°F 1973 | 13% | 0% |
| Oct 13 | 79°F | 52°F | 89°F 1968 | 35°F 1997 | 13% | 0% |
| Oct 14 | 79°F | 51°F | 95°F 2020 | 36°F 1997 | 13% | 0% |
| Oct 15 | 79°F | 51°F | 88°F 2020 | 34°F 1966 | 13% | 0% |
| Oct 16 | 78°F | 50°F | 88°F 2016 | 36°F 1970 | 13% | 0% |
| Oct 17 | 78°F | 50°F | 90°F 2016 | 32°F 1999 | 13% | 0% |
| Oct 18 | 78°F | 50°F | 89°F 2020 | 29°F 1999 | 13% | 0% |
| Oct 19 | 77°F | 49°F | 88°F 2020 | 34°F 1999 | 13% | 0% |
| Oct 20 | 77°F | 49°F | 88°F 2007 | 31°F 1976 | 13% | 0% |
| Oct 21 | 76°F | 48°F | 88°F 2020 | 31°F 1996 | 13% | 0% |
| Oct 22 | 76°F | 48°F | 87°F 2020 | 25°F 1996 | 13% | 0% |
| Oct 23 | 76°F | 48°F | 85°F 1973 | 28°F 1996 | 13% | 0% |
| Oct 24 | 75°F | 47°F | 90°F 2024 | 34°F 1981 | 13% | 0% |
| Oct 25 | 75°F | 47°F | 87°F 1959 | 31°F 2019 | 13% | 0% |
| Oct 26 | 75°F | 46°F | 86°F 1979 | 24°F 2020 | 12% | 0% |
| Oct 27 | 74°F | 46°F | 86°F 2024 | 22°F 2020 | 12% | 0% |
| Oct 28 | 74°F | 46°F | 88°F 2024 | 27°F 1970 | 12% | 0% |
| Oct 29 | 73°F | 45°F | 84°F 2003 | 26°F 2009 | 12% | 0% |
| Oct 30 | 73°F | 45°F | 85°F 1950 | 28°F 1976 | 12% | 0% |
| Oct 31 | 73°F | 44°F | 85°F 1950 | 23°F 2019 | 12% | 0% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (MDT).
- October 1
- sunrise 7:03 AM, sunset 6:53 PM
- October 31
- sunrise 7:26 AM, sunset 6:18 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00292848 (Elephant Butte Dam), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USW00093045, 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.