Buffalo County climate

Buffalo County Weather in October

NOAA 1991-2020 normals for Gann Valley 3 Nne, 18.5 km from Buffalo County

Average highs run from 70°F on October 1 to 52°F on October 31, and lows from 41°F to 25°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 1.55 in over about 6 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 Buffalo County, in °F, with the record for each date.020406080100151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Record high
  • Record low

October at a glance

Average high
61°F
Average low
32°F
Precipitation
1.55 in
Snowfall
1.8 in
Record high
95°FOct 4, 2011
Record low
3°FOct 27, 2020
Chance of a freeze
100%
Daylight
11 h 42 min to 10 h 16 min
Cloud cover
59%
Humidity
65%
Dew point
36°F
Wind
11.6 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.

DateNormal highNormal lowRecord highRecord lowChance wetChance of snow
Oct 170°F41°F91°F 202325°F 199920%1%
Oct 270°F40°F89°F 201122°F 199920%1%
Oct 369°F40°F92°F 202532°F 199920%1%
Oct 468°F39°F95°F 201126°F 199919%1%
Oct 568°F38°F87°F 201028°F 200019%1%
Oct 667°F38°F95°F 200721°F 201219%1%
Oct 767°F37°F91°F 200321°F 200019%1%
Oct 866°F37°F90°F 200321°F 200019%1%
Oct 965°F36°F86°F 199926°F 200919%1%
Oct 1065°F36°F88°F 200321°F 200918%2%
Oct 1164°F35°F84°F 202020°F 200918%2%
Oct 1263°F34°F76°F 200024°F 200618%2%
Oct 1363°F34°F75°F 200023°F 200618%2%
Oct 1462°F33°F74°F 199923°F 200618%2%
Oct 1561°F33°F84°F 201226°F 202018%2%
Oct 1661°F32°F80°F 200524°F 200118%2%
Oct 1760°F32°F80°F 200327°F 202217%3%
Oct 1860°F31°F87°F 200312°F 202217%3%
Oct 1959°F31°F86°F 200021°F 200617%3%
Oct 2058°F30°F83°F 202422°F 201117%3%
Oct 2158°F30°F83°F 200328°F 200217%3%
Oct 2257°F29°F84°F 200328°F 200217%3%
Oct 2357°F29°F85°F 202217°F 200217%4%
Oct 2456°F28°F75°F 199915°F 200216%4%
Oct 2555°F28°F73°F 200712°F 202016%4%
Oct 2655°F27°F70°F 19996°F 202016%4%
Oct 2754°F27°F75°F 19993°F 202016%4%
Oct 2854°F26°F76°F 200419°F 202316%4%
Oct 2953°F26°F75°F 200617°F 202315%4%
Oct 3053°F25°F78°F 200716°F 202315%5%
Oct 3152°F25°F80°F 200112°F 200215%5%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 0.01 inch of precipitation on each date at Buffalo County, in percent, and of at least 0.1 inch of snowfall.051015201102030
  • Chance of a wet day
  • Chance of snowfall

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (CDT).

October 1
sunrise 7:35 AM, sunset 7:17 PM
October 31
sunrise 8:12 AM, sunset 6:28 PM

Every day of October: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00393211 (Gann Valley 3 Nne), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USW00094943, 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.