Sheldon Weather in October
Average highs run from 69°F on October 1 to 50°F on October 31, and lows from 44°F to 31°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 2.14 in.
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
- 59°F
- Average low
- 37°F
- Precipitation
- 2.14 in
- Snowfall
- 1.5 in
- Record high
- 97°FOct 7, 1909
- Record low
- -6°FOct 29, 1895
- Chance of a freeze
- 100%
- Daylight
- 11 h 41 min to 10 h 06 min
- Cloud cover
- 64%
- Humidity
- 68%
- Dew point
- 34°F
- Wind
- 11.9 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 | 69°F | 44°F | 92°F 1897 | 23°F 1907 | 1% | |
| Oct 2 | 68°F | 43°F | 92°F 1910 | 21°F 1974 | 1% | |
| Oct 3 | 67°F | 43°F | 86°F 1937 | 17°F 1989 | 1% | |
| Oct 4 | 67°F | 42°F | 88°F 1912 | 21°F 1899 | 1% | |
| Oct 5 | 66°F | 42°F | 92°F 1909 | 18°F 1896 | 1% | |
| Oct 6 | 66°F | 42°F | 96°F 1909 | 20°F 1898 | 1% | |
| Oct 7 | 65°F | 41°F | 97°F 1909 | 14°F 1976 | 2% | |
| Oct 8 | 64°F | 41°F | 87°F 1960 | 16°F 1895 | 2% | |
| Oct 9 | 64°F | 40°F | 86°F 2003 | 18°F 1897 | 2% | |
| Oct 10 | 63°F | 40°F | 93°F 1910 | 15°F 1919 | 2% | |
| Oct 11 | 63°F | 39°F | 86°F 1910 | 20°F 1908 | 2% | |
| Oct 12 | 62°F | 39°F | 91°F 1956 | 11°F 1893 | 2% | |
| Oct 13 | 61°F | 38°F | 87°F 1958 | 13°F 1937 | 3% | |
| Oct 14 | 61°F | 38°F | 86°F 1962 | 9°F 1937 | 3% | |
| Oct 15 | 60°F | 38°F | 86°F 1958 | 11°F 1893 | 3% | |
| Oct 16 | 59°F | 37°F | 90°F 1910 | 15°F 1919 | 3% | |
| Oct 17 | 59°F | 37°F | 90°F 1910 | 12°F 1948 | 3% | |
| Oct 18 | 58°F | 36°F | 84°F 1910 | 6°F 1972 | 4% | |
| Oct 19 | 58°F | 36°F | 85°F 1958 | 10°F 1917 | 4% | |
| Oct 20 | 57°F | 35°F | 86°F 2003 | 17°F 1952 | 4% | |
| Oct 21 | 56°F | 35°F | 87°F 1947 | 12°F 1913 | 4% | |
| Oct 22 | 56°F | 35°F | 84°F 1915 | 11°F 1906 | 5% | |
| Oct 23 | 55°F | 34°F | 81°F 1963 | 5°F 1917 | 5% | |
| Oct 24 | 55°F | 34°F | 79°F 1973 | 9°F 1895 | 5% | |
| Oct 25 | 54°F | 33°F | 83°F 1989 | 9°F 1919 | 5% | |
| Oct 26 | 53°F | 33°F | 84°F 1989 | 1°F 1919 | 6% | |
| Oct 27 | 53°F | 32°F | 79°F 1989 | 4°F 1919 | 6% | |
| Oct 28 | 52°F | 32°F | 79°F 1937 | -3°F 1919 | 6% | |
| Oct 29 | 52°F | 31°F | 76°F 1937 | -6°F 1895 | 6% | |
| Oct 30 | 51°F | 31°F | 85°F 1950 | 7°F 1991 | 7% | |
| Oct 31 | 50°F | 31°F | 75°F 1950 | 9°F 1991 | 7% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (CDT).
- October 1
- sunrise 7:29 AM, sunset 7:10 PM
- October 31
- sunrise 8:10 AM, sunset 6:16 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00322695 (Enderlin 2W), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00323117, 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.