Vilas County Weather in October
Average highs run from 59°F on October 1 to 45°F on October 31, and lows from 40°F to 28°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 3.44 in over about 11 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
- 34°F
- Precipitation
- 3.44 in
- Snowfall
- 1.8 in
- Record high
- 86°FOct 2, 1976
- Record low
- 3°FOct 30, 1925
- Chance of a freeze
- 100%
- Daylight
- 11 h 41 min to 10 h 08 min
- Cloud cover
- 72%
- Humidity
- 80%
- Dew point
- 37°F
- Wind
- 7.2 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 | 59°F | 40°F | 80°F 1922 | 24°F 2003 | 40% | 1% |
| Oct 2 | 59°F | 40°F | 86°F 1976 | 19°F 2003 | 40% | 1% |
| Oct 3 | 58°F | 39°F | 81°F 1992 | 19°F 2003 | 40% | 2% |
| Oct 4 | 58°F | 39°F | 83°F 1922 | 20°F 1965 | 39% | 2% |
| Oct 5 | 57°F | 38°F | 81°F 2025 | 20°F 1952 | 39% | 2% |
| Oct 6 | 57°F | 38°F | 84°F 1963 | 19°F 1935 | 39% | 2% |
| Oct 7 | 56°F | 37°F | 80°F 1939 | 21°F 2001 | 39% | 2% |
| Oct 8 | 56°F | 37°F | 83°F 2007 | 20°F 2001 | 38% | 2% |
| Oct 9 | 55°F | 36°F | 80°F 2010 | 20°F 1929 | 38% | 2% |
| Oct 10 | 55°F | 36°F | 81°F 1955 | 10°F 1964 | 38% | 3% |
| Oct 11 | 54°F | 36°F | 82°F 1943 | 19°F 1987 | 37% | 3% |
| Oct 12 | 54°F | 35°F | 78°F 2015 | 18°F 1936 | 37% | 3% |
| Oct 13 | 54°F | 35°F | 81°F 1956 | 20°F 1917 | 37% | 3% |
| Oct 14 | 53°F | 34°F | 81°F 1947 | 19°F 2006 | 37% | 3% |
| Oct 15 | 53°F | 34°F | 84°F 1947 | 22°F 2006 | 36% | 4% |
| Oct 16 | 52°F | 34°F | 83°F 1953 | 15°F 2002 | 36% | 4% |
| Oct 17 | 52°F | 33°F | 82°F 1910 | 14°F 1952 | 36% | 4% |
| Oct 18 | 51°F | 33°F | 81°F 1950 | 15°F 1972 | 35% | 5% |
| Oct 19 | 51°F | 32°F | 77°F 1953 | 13°F 1991 | 35% | 5% |
| Oct 20 | 50°F | 32°F | 82°F 1947 | 14°F 1930 | 35% | 5% |
| Oct 21 | 50°F | 32°F | 83°F 1947 | 12°F 1930 | 34% | 6% |
| Oct 22 | 49°F | 31°F | 78°F 1947 | 8°F 1925 | 34% | 6% |
| Oct 23 | 49°F | 31°F | 80°F 1963 | 10°F 1936 | 34% | 7% |
| Oct 24 | 48°F | 31°F | 76°F 1963 | 14°F 2002 | 34% | 7% |
| Oct 25 | 48°F | 30°F | 75°F 1973 | 13°F 1933 | 34% | 8% |
| Oct 26 | 47°F | 30°F | 75°F 1989 | 14°F 1962 | 33% | 8% |
| Oct 27 | 47°F | 29°F | 74°F 1927 | 10°F 2020 | 33% | 9% |
| Oct 28 | 46°F | 29°F | 71°F 1948 | 10°F 2020 | 33% | 9% |
| Oct 29 | 46°F | 29°F | 72°F 1937 | 10°F 1925 | 33% | 10% |
| Oct 30 | 45°F | 28°F | 78°F 1950 | 3°F 1925 | 33% | 10% |
| Oct 31 | 45°F | 28°F | 82°F 1950 | 12°F 1926 | 33% | 11% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (CDT).
- October 1
- sunrise 6:57 AM, sunset 6:38 PM
- October 31
- sunrise 7:37 AM, sunset 5:45 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00477480 (St Germain), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00475516, 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.