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Markleeville in October

Mild and mostly dry, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

October in Markleeville is mild: highs near 68°F, lows near 38°F. Rain falls on about one day a week, and the days shorten by 51 minutes from the first week to the last.October in Markleeville is mild: highs near 20°C, lows near 3°C. Rain falls on about one day a week, and the days shorten by 51 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
68°F20°Caverage
Low
38°F3°Caverage
Wet days
1a week · 14% of days
Daylight
11h 05mon average

Is October a good time to visit Markleeville?

A good month, just outside Markleeville's best months, which run in two parts: June, or September.

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 68°F in October, against 43°F to 85°F through the year.Highs near 20°C in October, against 6°C to 29°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

14% of days in October, against 12% to 38% through the year.

Cloud cover

27% cover in October, against 17% to 53% through the year.

Daylight

11h 05m in October, against 9h 30m to 14h 49m 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. September78°26°low 46°low 8°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  2. October68°20°low 38°low 3°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  3. November53°12°low 27°low -3°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.

Where Markleeville sits, in October

America/Los Angeles
this place
typical high in October 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-October
7:07 AMsets 6:22 PM
Above the sea
1,898 mhigh country
Latitude
38.7°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Olympic Valley68 km north-west

The land around Markleeville, 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 Markleeville

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Markleeville. 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 (1,898 m) against the climate model's (2,210 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 (1,898 m) against the climate model's (2,210 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.