Pine Ridge climate

Pine Ridge Weather in October

NOAA 1991-2020 normals for Pine Ridge AP, 3.1 km from Pine Ridge

Average highs run from 71°F on October 1 to 55°F on October 31, and lows from 40°F to 26°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 1.25 in over about 7 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 Pine Ridge, in °F, with the record for each date.-250255075100151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Record high
  • Record low

October at a glance

Average high
63°F
Average low
33°F
Precipitation
1.25 in
Snowfall
2.7 in
Record high
94°FOct 3, 2025
Record low
-7°FOct 26, 2020
Chance of a freeze
100%
Days of 90°F or more
0.5
Daylight
11 h 43 min to 10 h 19 min
Cloud cover
58%
Humidity
59%
Dew point
33°F
Wind
11.4 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 171°F40°F93°F 199724°F 200323%2%
Oct 270°F40°F93°F 199728°F 200923%2%
Oct 369°F39°F94°F 202516°F 200923%2%
Oct 469°F39°F89°F 201124°F 201423%2%
Oct 568°F38°F87°F 201020°F 201223%2%
Oct 668°F38°F91°F 199917°F 200023%2%
Oct 767°F37°F88°F 200312°F 200023%3%
Oct 867°F37°F90°F 202028°F 200023%3%
Oct 966°F36°F88°F 200313°F 200923%3%
Oct 1065°F36°F87°F 201512°F 200923%3%
Oct 1165°F35°F90°F 201515°F 201923%3%
Oct 1264°F35°F77°F 202417°F 200622%3%
Oct 1364°F34°F83°F 199914°F 200622%3%
Oct 1463°F34°F82°F 199915°F 200622%4%
Oct 1563°F33°F85°F 201414°F 201822%4%
Oct 1662°F33°F80°F 200514°F 200122%4%
Oct 1762°F32°F84°F 202420°F 199922%4%
Oct 1861°F32°F85°F 200319°F 200622%4%
Oct 1961°F31°F87°F 200315°F 201221%4%
Oct 2060°F31°F83°F 201721°F 200221%5%
Oct 2160°F30°F81°F 200322°F 199821%5%
Oct 2259°F30°F82°F 200318°F 200621%5%
Oct 2359°F29°F80°F 20039°F 200521%5%
Oct 2458°F29°F80°F 199919°F 199721%5%
Oct 2558°F28°F79°F 20078°F 202021%6%
Oct 2658°F28°F83°F 1999-7°F 202021%6%
Oct 2757°F28°F82°F 20162°F 202020%6%
Oct 2857°F27°F80°F 201613°F 201920%6%
Oct 2956°F27°F80°F 20187°F 201920%6%
Oct 3056°F26°F75°F 20082°F 201920%6%
Oct 3155°F26°F86°F 19994°F 200220%7%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 0.01 inch of precipitation on each date at Pine Ridge, in percent, and of at least 0.1 inch of snowfall.05101520251102030
  • Chance of a wet day
  • Chance of snowfall

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (MDT).

October 1
sunrise 6:48 AM, sunset 6:31 PM
October 31
sunrise 7:24 AM, sunset 5:43 PM

Every day of October: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USW00094039 (Pine Ridge AP), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USW00094039, 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.