NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE - DENVER, COLORADO
MONTHLY TEMPERATURE, RAINFALL, AND SNOWFALL EXTREMES
FOR OCTOBER
20 WARMEST OCT 20 WETTEST OCT 20 SNOWIEST OCT
(1873-2019) (1872-2019) (1882-2019)
1 59.9 1950 1 4.17 1969 1 31.2 1969
2 57.9 1963 2 3.92 1892 2 22.7 1906
57.9 1934 3 3.72 1942 3 22.1 1997
4 57.8 2016 4 3.50 1923 4 17.8 1923
5 57.4 1933 5 3.47 1984 5 17.2 2009
6 57.0 1947 6 3.05 1914 6 16.4 1897
7 56.5 2015 7 3.03 2007 7 16.2 1929
8 56.3 1875 8 2.84 1947 8 14.0 1889
9 55.9 1956 9 2.62 1957 9 13.8 1905
55.9 1940 10 2.46 1960 10 13.6 1908
55.9 1938 2.46 1959 11 13.1 1984
55.9 1921 12 2.31 1905 12 12.5 2019
13 55.4 1910 13 2.27 1993 13 11.8 1959
14 55.3 2010 14 2.16 2005 14 11.7 1917
55.3 1884 2.16 1951 15 10.6 1942
16 55.2 2014 16 2.15 1877 16 10.5 2005
55.2 1944 17 2.11 1889 10.5 1925
18 55.1 2003 18 2.04 1936 18 9.8 2006
55.1 1965 19 1.98 1906 19 9.7 1972
20 54.9 1945 20 1.97 1928 20 8.6 1913
20 COLDEST OCT 21 DRIEST OCT LEAST SNOWIEST OCT
(1873-2019) (1872-2019) (1882-2019)
1 38.9 1969 1 T 1934 1 0.0 2014
2 42.9 2009 2 0.01 1933 0.0 2010
3 43.3 1925 3 0.05 1962 0.0 2004
4 43.7 2019 0.05 1944 0.0 2003
5 44.0 2002 5 0.06 1988 0.0 1995
6 44.3 1923 0.06 1954 0.0 1988
7 44.7 1984 0.06 1948 0.0 1965
8 45.9 1970 8 0.08 2003 0.0 1962
9 46.3 1877 0.08 2001 0.0 1944
10 46.5 1919 10 0.10 1980 0.0 1940
46.5 1913 11 0.12 1950 0.0 1934
12 46.6 1905 0.12 1938 0.0 1933
46.6 1873 0.12 1876 0.0 1931
14 46.9 1911 14 0.17 1907 0.0 1924
15 47.2 1883 15 0.18 1964 0.0 1907
16 47.7 2013 0.18 1952 0.0 1894
17 48.1 1959 17 0.19 1927 0.0 1886
18 48.2 1951 0.19 1894 18 17 YEARS
48.2 1916 19 0.19 1879 RECEIVED
20 48.3 1887 20 0.21 1910 A TRACE
0.21 1884
- Temperatures in degrees Fahrenheit.
- Precipitation and Snowfall amounts in inches.
- Average October Temperature is 50.9 degrees (from 1981-2010 DIA data).
- Average October Precipitation is 1.02 inches (from 1981-2010 DIA data).
- Average October Snowfall is 4.0 inches (from 1981-2010 DEN data).
- Data collected at the Downtown City Office from 1872-December 1949, then
at the Stapleton Airport Office from January 1950-February 1995, then at
Denver International Airport from March 1995-Present.
** - 22.1 INCHES OF SNOW FELL DURING THE BLIZZARD OF 1997 BETWEEN OCTOBER
24-25TH. 19.1 INCHES FELL IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD WHICH IS A RECORD FOR
24 HOUR SNOWFALL FOR OCTOBER. OCTOBER 1997 BECAME THE 3RD SNOWIEST
OCTOBER IN DENVER HISTORY.
UPDATED: 11/3/2019