Climate · Alta

Alta in October

Cool and mostly dry, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

October in Alta is cool: highs near 56°F, lows near 30°F. Rain or snow falls on about two days a week, and the days shorten by 55 minutes from the first week to the last.October in Alta is cool: highs near 13°C, lows near -1°C. Rain or snow falls on about two days a week, and the days shorten by 55 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
56°F13°Caverage
Low
30°F-1°Caverage
Wet days
2a week · 29% of days
Daylight
11h 00mon average

Is October a good time to visit Alta?


October sits outside Alta's best months, which run from July to August. Expect cool days and rain or snow on about two days a week.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How October sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 56°F in October, against 28°F to 78°F through the year.Highs near 13°C in October, against -2°C to 26°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

29% of days in October, against 20% to 45% through the year.

Cloud cover

35% cover in October, against 26% to 57% through the year.

Daylight

11h 00m in October, against 9h 19m to 15h 02m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with October shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

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  1. September68°20°low 40°low 4°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  2. October56°13°low 30°low -1°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  3. November40°4°low 18°low -8°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.

Where Alta sits, in October

America/Denver

this place
typical high in October 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-October
7:36 AMsets 6:48 PM
Above the sea
2,606 mhigh country
Latitude
40.6°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Sundance12 km south

The land around Alta, shaded by its typical high in October, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in United States in October

high · low · wet days

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Alta. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match.Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match. Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.