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Whitefish in October

Cool and damp, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

October in Whitefish is cool: highs near 59°F, lows near 38°F. Rain falls on about three days a week, more often as the month goes on, and the days shorten by 1 hour 12 minutes from the first week to the last.October in Whitefish is cool: highs near 15°C, lows near 3°C. Rain falls on about three days a week, more often as the month goes on, and the days shorten by 1 hour 12 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
59°F15°Caverage
Low
38°F3°Caverage
Wet days
3a week · 36% of days
Daylight
10h 40mon average

Is October a good time to visit Whitefish?

October sits outside Whitefish's best months, which run from July to September. Expect cool days and rain on about three 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 32°F to 85°F through the year.Highs near 15°C in October, against 0°C to 29°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

36% of days in October, against 18% to 54% through the year.

Cloud cover

51% cover in October, against 30% to 74% through the year.

Daylight

10h 40m in October, against 8h 23m to 16h 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.

Either side

  1. September74°23°low 48°low 9°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  2. October59°15°low 38°low 3°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  3. November43°6°low 28°low -2°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.

Where Whitefish sits, in October

America/Denver
this place
typical high in October 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-October
7:55 AMsets 6:51 PM
Above the sea
920 mupland
Latitude
48.4°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Bonner179 km south-east

The land around Whitefish, 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 Whitefish

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Whitefish. 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 (920 m) against the climate model's (1,012 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 (920 m) against the climate model's (1,012 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.