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Jackson in October

Cool and damp, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

October in Jackson is cool: highs near 59°F, lows near 33°F. Rain falls on about two days a week, and the days shorten by 1 hour 1 minute from the first week to the last.October in Jackson is cool: highs near 15°C, lows near 1°C. Rain falls on about two days a week, and the days shorten by 1 hour 1 minute from the first week to the last.

High
59°F15°Caverage
Low
33°F1°Caverage
Wet days
2a week · 33% of days
Daylight
10h 53mon average

Is October a good time to visit Jackson?

October sits outside Jackson's best months, which run from July to September. Expect cool days and rain 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 59°F in October, against 30°F to 83°F through the year.Highs near 15°C in October, against -1°C to 28°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

33% of days in October, against 25% to 57% through the year.

Cloud cover

42% cover in October, against 26% to 62% through the year.

Daylight

10h 53m in October, against 9h 00m to 15h 22m 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. September73°23°low 43°low 6°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  2. October59°15°low 33°low 1°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  3. November41°5°low 19°low -7°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.

Where Jackson sits, in October

America/Boise
this place
typical high in October 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-October
7:35 AMsets 6:42 PM
Above the sea
1,912 mhigh country
Latitude
43.5°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Moose35 km north-east

The land around Jackson, 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 Jackson

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Jackson. 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 (1,912 m) against the climate model's (2,059 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 (1,912 m) against the climate model's (2,059 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.