Forest County Weather in October
Average highs run from 58°F on October 1 to 45°F on October 31, and lows from 40°F to 29°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 3.31 in over about 13 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
- 52°F
- Average low
- 35°F
- Precipitation
- 3.31 in
- Snowfall
- 2.3 in
- Record high
- 84°FOct 1, 2023
- Record low
- 10°FOct 27, 2020
- Chance of a freeze
- 100%
- Daylight
- 11 h 41 min to 10 h 09 min
- Cloud cover
- 67%
- Humidity
- 80%
- Dew point
- 37°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 | 58°F | 40°F | 84°F 2023 | 19°F 1945 | 42% | 2% |
| Oct 2 | 58°F | 40°F | 83°F 2023 | 21°F 2003 | 42% | 3% |
| Oct 3 | 58°F | 39°F | 80°F 1992 | 19°F 1945 | 42% | 3% |
| Oct 4 | 57°F | 39°F | 82°F 2025 | 19°F 1999 | 42% | 3% |
| Oct 5 | 57°F | 39°F | 82°F 2025 | 20°F 2003 | 42% | 3% |
| Oct 6 | 57°F | 38°F | 80°F 2011 | 24°F 1999 | 42% | 4% |
| Oct 7 | 56°F | 38°F | 81°F 2011 | 21°F 2001 | 42% | 4% |
| Oct 8 | 56°F | 37°F | 79°F 2011 | 21°F 2001 | 42% | 4% |
| Oct 9 | 55°F | 37°F | 81°F 2011 | 25°F 2000 | 42% | 4% |
| Oct 10 | 55°F | 37°F | 83°F 2011 | 23°F 2000 | 42% | 5% |
| Oct 11 | 55°F | 36°F | 79°F 2015 | 22°F 1944 | 42% | 5% |
| Oct 12 | 54°F | 36°F | 74°F 2013 | 21°F 2018 | 42% | 5% |
| Oct 13 | 54°F | 36°F | 76°F 1995 | 18°F 1993 | 42% | 6% |
| Oct 14 | 53°F | 35°F | 71°F 2008 | 22°F 1993 | 42% | 6% |
| Oct 15 | 53°F | 35°F | 74°F 1947 | 16°F 1944 | 42% | 7% |
| Oct 16 | 53°F | 35°F | 83°F 1947 | 16°F 2002 | 42% | 7% |
| Oct 17 | 52°F | 34°F | 80°F 1947 | 17°F 2002 | 42% | 8% |
| Oct 18 | 52°F | 34°F | 73°F 2025 | 20°F 2001 | 41% | 8% |
| Oct 19 | 51°F | 34°F | 71°F 2021 | 18°F 1992 | 41% | 9% |
| Oct 20 | 51°F | 33°F | 76°F 2017 | 17°F 2020 | 41% | 9% |
| Oct 21 | 50°F | 33°F | 78°F 2024 | 24°F 2018 | 41% | 10% |
| Oct 22 | 50°F | 33°F | 74°F 1947 | 20°F 1998 | 41% | 10% |
| Oct 23 | 49°F | 32°F | 71°F 2022 | 17°F 1997 | 41% | 11% |
| Oct 24 | 49°F | 32°F | 70°F 1992 | 16°F 2020 | 41% | 11% |
| Oct 25 | 48°F | 32°F | 66°F 1998 | 18°F 2020 | 40% | 12% |
| Oct 26 | 48°F | 31°F | 62°F 2000 | 13°F 2020 | 40% | 12% |
| Oct 27 | 47°F | 31°F | 65°F 2000 | 10°F 2020 | 40% | 13% |
| Oct 28 | 47°F | 30°F | 65°F 2024 | 18°F 2012 | 40% | 14% |
| Oct 29 | 46°F | 30°F | 74°F 2024 | 18°F 2012 | 40% | 14% |
| Oct 30 | 46°F | 30°F | 72°F 2024 | 16°F 2019 | 39% | 15% |
| Oct 31 | 45°F | 29°F | 64°F 2022 | 13°F 1996 | 39% | 15% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (CDT).
- October 1
- sunrise 6:54 AM, sunset 6:35 PM
- October 31
- sunrise 7:34 AM, sunset 5:43 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00474582 (Laona 6 Sw), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00472314, 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.