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Dolores in October

Cool and damp, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

October in Dolores is cool: highs near 58°F, lows near 31°F. Rain or snow falls on about two days a week, less often as the month goes on, and the days shorten by 49 minutes from the first week to the last.October in Dolores is cool: highs near 14°C, lows near -1°C. Rain or snow falls on about two days a week, less often as the month goes on, and the days shorten by 49 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
58°F14°Caverage
Low
31°F-1°Caverage
Wet days
2a week · 34% of days
Daylight
11h 07mon average

Is October a good time to visit Dolores?

October sits outside Dolores's best months, which run from June 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 58°F in October, against 35°F to 76°F through the year.Highs near 14°C in October, against 2°C to 24°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

34% of days in October, against 23% to 58% through the year.

Cloud cover

30% cover in October, against 28% to 51% through the year.

Daylight

11h 07m in October, against 9h 35m to 14h 44m 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.

Either side

  1. September68°20°low 40°low 4°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  2. October58°14°low 31°low -1°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  3. November46°8°low 18°low -8°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.

Where Dolores sits, in October

America/Denver
this place
typical high in October 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-October
7:19 AMsets 6:37 PM
Above the sea
2,652 mhigh country
Latitude
37.8°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Telluride31 km north-east

The land around Dolores, 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
See October on the planning mapThe whole year in Dolores

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Dolores. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (2,652 m) against the climate model's (3,200 m).Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (2,652 m) against the climate model's (3,200 m). 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.