Edmunds County Tribune -

Highest recorded temp. for Oct. 2023: 90° on Oct. 1

Record: Ties record of 90° set in Oct. 6, 1993

Average high temp. for Oct. 2023: 58°

Average high temp. for 48 Octobers: 58°

Lowest recorded temp. for Oct. 2023: 14° on Oct. 28 & 29

Record: -5° on Oct. 27, 2020

Average low temp. for Oct. 2023: 37°

Average low temp. for 48 October: 33°

Number of 90° days for Oct. 2023: One

There was only one other 90° day and that was on Oct. 6, 1993

Number of 80° days for Oct. 2023: Two

There were at least one 80° or plus days during 27 out of 48 Octobers (The most were six days in 1975)

Number of 70° temps. for 2023: Three

The most 70° temps. of any October were 10 days during Oct. 1989

The first killing frost for 2023: 15° on October 27 (There were no killing frosts during Sept. 2023)

Number of killing frosts for Oct. 2023: Five (Oct. 27-31)

Total precip. for Oct. 2023: 1.16

Record: 5.46 during Oct. 1998

Average precip. for 48 Octobers: 1.60

Least precip. in 48 Octobers: None during 1993

Most precip in a day’s time for 2023: .87 on Oct. 13

Record: 2.26 on Oct. 9, 1982

Thunder is rare for Oct. but I recorded 4 days in 1982

Snowfall for Oct. 2023: One inch on Oct. 27

Record: 11 inches for October 2020

Warmest Oct. in 48 years was in 1989 - Average high temp. of 65° / Two days in the 80s, ten days in the 70s, six in the 60s and seven in the 50s

Coolest Oct. in 48 years was in 2009 - Average high temp. of 46° / One day in the 70s, none in the 60s, seven in the 50s, fourteen in the 40s & nine in the 30s

Warmest Halloween afternoon was 77° on Oct. 31, 1999

Coolest Halloween evening was -4° during Oct. 31, 1984

Worst Halloween weather: 1979 rain and snow mix that amounted to .70 and one inch of snow. / First blizzard of the year with strong NW winds 35-45 MPH. High temp. of only 35°.