October Weather at Pine Springs, Guadalupe Mountains National Park United States

Daily high temperatures decrease by 10°F, from 78°F to 67°F, rarely falling below 56°F or exceeding 86°F.

Daily low temperatures decrease by 10°F, from 59°F to 49°F, rarely falling below 38°F or exceeding 66°F.

For reference, on June 19, the hottest day of the year, temperatures at Pine Springs, Guadalupe Mountains National Park typically range from 68°F to 90°F, while on December 30, the coldest day of the year, they range from 34°F to 52°F.

The figure below shows you a compact characterization of the hourly average temperatures for the quarter of the year centered on October. The horizontal axis is the day, the vertical axis is the hour of the day, and the color is the average temperature for that hour and day.

Mendoza, Argentina (5,055 miles away) and Abbottābād, Pakistan (7,885 miles) are the far-away foreign places with temperatures most similar to Pine Springs, Guadalupe Mountains National Park (view comparison).

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The month of October at Pine Springs, Guadalupe Mountains National Park experiences gradually increasing cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy increasing from 23% to 29%. The lowest chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 23% on October 3.

The clearest day of the month is October 3, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 77% of the time.

For reference, on February 23, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 38%, while on June 10, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 80%.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. At Pine Springs, Guadalupe Mountains National Park, the chance of a wet day over the course of October is decreasing, starting the month at 16% and ending it at 11%.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 28% on August 14, and its lowest chance is 4% on March 17.

Rainfall

To show variation within the month and not just the monthly total, we show the rainfall accumulated over a sliding 31-day period centered around each day.

The average sliding 31-day rainfall during October at Pine Springs, Guadalupe Mountains National Park is decreasing, starting the month at 1.3 inches, when it rarely exceeds 3.2 inches or falls below 0.3 inches, and ending the month at 0.7 inches, when it rarely exceeds 1.9 inches.

Over the course of October at Pine Springs, Guadalupe Mountains National Park, the length of the day is decreasing. From the start to the end of the month, the length of the day decreases by 55 minutes, implying an average daily decrease of 1 minute, 50 seconds, and weekly decrease of 12 minutes, 53 seconds.

The shortest day of the month is October 31, with 10 hours, 55 minutes of daylight and the longest day is October 1, with 11 hours, 50 minutes of daylight.

The earliest sunrise of the month at Pine Springs, Guadalupe Mountains National Park is 7:53 AM on October 1 and the latest sunrise is 22 minutes later at 8:15 AM on October 31.

The latest sunset is 7:43 PM on October 1 and the earliest sunset is 33 minutes earlier at 7:09 PM on October 31.

Daylight saving time is observed at Pine Springs, Guadalupe Mountains National Park during 2024, but it neither starts nor ends during October, so the entire month is in standard time.

For reference, on June 20, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 6:54 AM and sets 14 hours, 14 minutes later, at 9:07 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 7:55 AM and sets 10 hours, 4 minutes later, at 5:59 PM.

The figure below presents a compact representation of the sun's elevation (the angle of the sun above the horizon) and azimuth (its compass bearing) for every hour of every day in the reporting period. The horizontal axis is the day of the year and the vertical axis is the hour of the day. For a given day and hour of that day, the background color indicates the azimuth of the sun at that moment. The black isolines are contours of constant solar elevation.

The figure below presents a compact representation of key lunar data for October 2024. The horizontal axis is the day, the vertical axis is the hour of the day, and the colored areas indicate when the moon is above the horizon. The vertical gray bars (new Moons) and blue bars (full Moons) indicate key Moon phases. The label associated with each bar indicates the date and time that the phase is obtained, and the companion time labels indicate the rise and set times of the Moon for the nearest time interval in which the moon is above the horizon.

We base the humidity comfort level on the dew point, as it determines whether perspiration will evaporate from the skin, thereby cooling the body. Lower dew points feel drier and higher dew points feel more humid. Unlike temperature, which typically varies significantly between night and day, dew point tends to change more slowly, so while the temperature may drop at night, a muggy day is typically followed by a muggy night.

The chance that a given day will be muggy at Pine Springs, Guadalupe Mountains National Park is essentially constant during October, remaining around 0% throughout.

For reference, on July 13, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 1% of the time, while on October 9, the least muggy day of the year, there are muggy conditions 0% of the time.

This section discusses the wide-area hourly average wind vector (speed and direction) at 10 meters above the ground. The wind experienced at any given location is highly dependent on local topography and other factors, and instantaneous wind speed and direction vary more widely than hourly averages.

The average hourly wind speed at Pine Springs, Guadalupe Mountains National Park is gradually increasing during October, increasing from 8.1 miles per hour to 8.9 miles per hour over the course of the month.

For reference, on April 10, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 11.9 miles per hour, while on August 14, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 7.1 miles per hour.

The hourly average wind direction at Pine Springs, Guadalupe Mountains National Park throughout October is predominantly from the west, with a peak proportion of 44% on October 30.

Definitions of the growing season vary throughout the world, but for the purposes of this report, we define it as the longest continuous period of non-freezing temperatures (≥ 32°F) in the year (the calendar year in the Northern Hemisphere, or from July 1 until June 30 in the Southern Hemisphere).

The growing season at Pine Springs, Guadalupe Mountains National Park typically lasts for 7.6 months (231 days), from around March 27 to around November 13, rarely starting before March 2 or after April 20, and rarely ending before October 21 or after December 4.

The month of October at Pine Springs, Guadalupe Mountains National Park is more likely than not fully within the growing season, with the chance that a given day is in the growing season rapidly decreasing from 99% to 77% over the course of the month.

Growing degree days are a measure of yearly heat accumulation used to predict plant and animal development, and defined as the integral of warmth above a base temperature, discarding any excess above a maximum temperature. In this report, we use a base of 50°F and a cap of 86°F.

The average accumulated growing degree days at Pine Springs, Guadalupe Mountains National Park are increasing during October, increasing by 382°F, from 4,345°F to 4,727°F, over the course of the month.

This section discusses the total daily incident shortwave solar energy reaching the surface of the ground over a wide area, taking full account of seasonal variations in the length of the day, the elevation of the Sun above the horizon, and absorption by clouds and other atmospheric constituents. Shortwave radiation includes visible light and ultraviolet radiation.

The average daily incident shortwave solar energy at Pine Springs, Guadalupe Mountains National Park is decreasing during October, falling by 1.1 kWh, from 5.6 kWh to 4.6 kWh, over the course of the month.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Pine Springs, Guadalupe Mountains National Park are 31.831 deg latitude, -104.809 deg longitude, and 5,151 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Pine Springs, Guadalupe Mountains National Park contains very significant variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 1,243 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 4,890 feet. Within 10 miles contains very significant variations in elevation (5,056 feet). Within 50 miles also contains extreme variations in elevation (5,850 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Pine Springs, Guadalupe Mountains National Park is covered by shrubs (88%) and grassland (12%), within 10 miles by shrubs (77%) and grassland (20%), and within 50 miles by shrubs (90%).