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Skwentna in October

Chilly and wet, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

October in Skwentna is chilly: highs near 42°F, lows near 29°F. Rain or snow falls on about four days a week, and the days shorten by 2 hours 2 minutes from the first week to the last.October in Skwentna is chilly: highs near 6°C, lows near -2°C. Rain or snow falls on about four days a week, and the days shorten by 2 hours 2 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
42°F6°Caverage
Low
29°F-2°Caverage
Wet days
4a week · 54% of days
Daylight
9h 44mon average

Is October a good time to visit Skwentna?

October sits outside Skwentna's best months, which run from July. Expect chilly days and rain or snow on about four 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 42°F in October, against 19°F to 66°F through the year.Highs near 6°C in October, against -7°C to 19°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

54% of days in October, against 37% to 66% through the year.

Cloud cover

60% cover in October, against 52% to 65% through the year.

Daylight

9h 44m in October, against 5h 28m to 19h 21m 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. September55°13°low 40°low 4°5 wet days a weekRain on about five days a week.
  2. October42°6°low 29°low -2°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.
  3. November27°-3°low 15°low -9°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.

Where Skwentna sits, in October

America/Anchorage
this place
typical high in October 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-October
8:46 AMsets 6:57 PM
Above the sea
300 mlow-lying
Latitude
61.6°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Seward233 km south

The land around Skwentna, 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 Skwentna

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Skwentna. 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 (300 m) against the climate model's (375 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 (300 m) against the climate model's (375 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.