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October Weather at Estherville Municipal Airport Iowa, United States

Daily high temperatures decrease by 15°F, from 67°F to 52°F, rarely falling below 36°F or exceeding 80°F.

Daily low temperatures decrease by 12°F, from 45°F to 33°F, rarely falling below 21°F or exceeding 56°F.

For reference, on July 4, the hottest day of the year, temperatures at Estherville Municipal Airport typically range from 62°F to 83°F, while on January 20, the coldest day of the year, they range from 9°F to 25°F.

Average High and Low Temperature in October at Estherville Municipal Airport

Average High and Low Temperature in October at Estherville Municipal AirportOct11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310°F0°F10°F10°F20°F20°F30°F30°F40°F40°F50°F50°F60°F60°F70°F70°F80°F80°F90°F90°FSepNovOct 167°FOct 167°F45°F45°FOct 3152°FOct 3152°F33°F33°FOct 1162°FOct 1162°F41°F41°FOct 2157°FOct 2157°F37°F37°F
The daily average high (red line) and low (blue line) temperature, with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands. The thin dotted lines are the corresponding average perceived temperatures.

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.

Average Hourly Temperature in October at Estherville Municipal Airport

Average Hourly Temperature in October at Estherville Municipal AirportOct112233445566778899101011111212131314141515161617171818191920202121222223232424252526262727282829293030313112 AM12 AM2 AM2 AM4 AM4 AM6 AM6 AM8 AM8 AM10 AM10 AM12 PM12 PM2 PM2 PM4 PM4 PM6 PM6 PM8 PM8 PM10 PM10 PM12 AM12 AMSepNovfreezingvery coldcoldcoolcomfortablewarm
frigid 15°F freezing 32°F very cold 45°F cold 55°F cool 65°F comfortable 75°F warm 85°F hot 95°F sweltering
The average hourly temperature, color coded into bands. The shaded overlays indicate night and civil twilight.

Talghar, Kazakhstan (6,432 miles away); Jiuquan, China (6,640 miles); and Benxi, China (6,121 miles) are the far-away foreign places with temperatures most similar to Estherville Municipal Airport (view comparison).

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The month of October at Estherville Municipal Airport experiences increasing cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy increasing from 36% to 46%.

The clearest day of the month is October 1, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 64% of the time.

For reference, on February 6, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 57%, while on July 27, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 73%.

Cloud Cover Categories in October at Estherville Municipal Airport

Cloud Cover Categories in October at Estherville Municipal AirportOct11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%SepNovOct 164%Oct 164%Oct 3154%Oct 3154%Oct 1161%Oct 1161%Oct 2157%Oct 2157%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercast
0% clear 20% mostly clear 40% partly cloudy 60% mostly cloudy 80% overcast 100%
The percentage of time spent in each cloud cover band, categorized by the percentage of the sky covered by clouds.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. At Estherville Municipal Airport, the chance of a wet day over the course of October is very rapidly decreasing, starting the month at 25% and ending it at 14%.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 42% on June 6, and its lowest chance is 7% on February 12.

Over the course of October at Estherville Municipal Airport, the chance of a day with only rain decreases from 25% to 11%, the chance of a day with mixed snow and rain remains an essentially constant 1% throughout, and the chance of a day with only snow remains an essentially constant 1% throughout.

Probability of Precipitation in October at Estherville Municipal Airport

Probability of Precipitation in October at Estherville Municipal AirportOct11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310%0%5%5%10%10%15%15%20%20%25%25%30%30%SepNovOct 125%Oct 125%Oct 3114%Oct 3114%Oct 1120%Oct 1120%Oct 2116%Oct 2116%snowrainmixed
The percentage of days in which various types of precipitation are observed, excluding trace quantities: rain alone, snow alone, and mixed (both rain and snow fell in the same day).

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 Estherville Municipal Airport is rapidly decreasing, starting the month at 2.4 inches, when it rarely exceeds 4.8 inches or falls below 0.6 inches, and ending the month at 1.1 inches, when it rarely exceeds 2.6 inches or falls below 0.1 inches.

Average Monthly Rainfall in October at Estherville Municipal Airport

The average rainfall (solid line) accumulated over the course of a sliding 31-day period centered on the day in question, with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands. The thin dotted line is the corresponding average snowfall.

Snowfall

As with rainfall, we consider the snowfall accumulated over a sliding 31-day period centered around each day.

The average sliding 31-day snowfall during October at Estherville Municipal Airport is increasing, starting the month at 0.1 inches, when it rarely exceeds 0.5 inches or falls below -0.0 inches, and ending the month at 1.4 inches, when it rarely exceeds 3.5 inches or falls below -0.0 inches.

Average Monthly Snowfall in October at Estherville Municipal Airport

The average snowfall (solid line) accumulated over the course of a sliding 31-day period centered on the day in question, with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands. The thin dotted line is the corresponding average rainfall.

Over the course of October at Estherville Municipal Airport, the length of the day is rapidly decreasing. From the start to the end of the month, the length of the day decreases by 1 hour, 25 minutes, implying an average daily decrease of 2 minutes, 50 seconds, and weekly decrease of 19 minutes, 48 seconds.

The shortest day of the month is October 31, with 10 hours, 17 minutes of daylight and the longest day is October 1, with 11 hours, 42 minutes of daylight.

Hours of Daylight and Twilight in October at Estherville Municipal Airport

Hours of Daylight and Twilight in October at Estherville Municipal AirportOct11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310 hr24 hr4 hr20 hr8 hr16 hr12 hr12 hr16 hr8 hr20 hr4 hr24 hr0 hrSepNovnightnightdaydayOct 111 hr, 42 minOct 111 hr, 42 minOct 3110 hr, 17 minOct 3110 hr, 17 minOct 1610 hr, 58 minOct 1610 hr, 58 min
The number of hours during which the Sun is visible (black line). From bottom (most yellow) to top (most gray), the color bands indicate: full daylight, twilight (civil, nautical, and astronomical), and full night.

The earliest sunrise of the month at Estherville Municipal Airport is 7:17 AM on October 1 and the latest sunrise is 37 minutes later at 7:53 AM on October 31.

The latest sunset is 6:58 PM on October 1 and the earliest sunset is 48 minutes earlier at 6:10 PM on October 31.

Daylight saving time is observed at Estherville Municipal Airport 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 5:38 AM and sets 15 hours, 25 minutes later, at 9:03 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 7:48 AM and sets 8 hours, 57 minutes later, at 4:46 PM.

Sunrise & Sunset with Twilight and Daylight Saving Time in October at Estherville Municipal Airport

Sunrise & Sunset with Twilight and Daylight Saving Time in October at Estherville Municipal AirportOct11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031312 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AMSepNov7:17 AM7:17 AMOct 16:58 PMOct 16:58 PM7:53 AM7:53 AMOct 316:10 PMOct 316:10 PM7:28 AM7:28 AMOct 116:41 PMOct 116:41 PM7:41 AM7:41 AMOct 216:25 PMOct 216:25 PMSolarMidnightSolarMidnightSolarNoonSunriseSunset
The solar day over the course of October. From bottom to top, the black lines are the previous solar midnight, sunrise, solar noon, sunset, and the next solar midnight. The day, twilights (civil, nautical, and astronomical), and night are indicated by the color bands from yellow to gray.

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.

Solar Elevation and Azimuth in October at Estherville Municipal Airport

Solar Elevation and Azimuth in October at Estherville Municipal AirportOct112233445566778899101011111212131314141515161617171818191920202121222223232424252526262727282829293030313112 AM12 AM2 AM2 AM4 AM4 AM6 AM6 AM8 AM8 AM10 AM10 AM12 PM12 PM2 PM2 PM4 PM4 PM6 PM6 PM8 PM8 PM10 PM10 PM12 AM12 AMSepNov00101020202030405000010102020303040
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Solar elevation and azimuth over the course of October 2024. The black lines are lines of constant solar elevation (the angle of the sun above the horizon, in degrees). The background color fills indicate the azimuth (the compass bearing) of the sun. The lightly tinted areas at the boundaries of the cardinal compass points indicate the implied intermediate directions (northeast, southeast, southwest, and northwest).

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.

Moon Rise, Set & Phases in October at Estherville Municipal Airport

Moon Rise, Set & Phases in October at Estherville Municipal AirportOct112233445566778899101011111212131314141515161617171818191920202121222223232424252526262727282829293030313112 AM12 AM4 AM4 AM8 AM8 AM12 PM12 PM4 PM4 PM8 PM8 PM12 AM12 AMSepNovSep 28:56 PMSep 28:56 PMSep 179:35 PMSep 179:35 PMOct 21:50 PMOct 21:50 PMOct 176:27 AMOct 176:27 AMNov 17:48 AMNov 17:48 AMNov 153:29 PMNov 153:29 PM6:07 AM6:07 AM7:57 PM7:57 PM7:22 PM7:22 PM7:36 AM7:36 AM7:07 AM7:07 AM6:54 PM6:54 PM6:07 PM6:07 PM7:48 AM7:48 AM8:08 AM8:08 AM5:59 PM5:59 PM4:28 PM4:28 PM8:27 AM8:27 AM
The time in which the moon is above the horizon (light blue area), with new moons (dark gray lines) and full moons (blue lines) indicated. The shaded overlays indicate night and civil twilight.
Oct 2024IlluminationMoonriseMoonsetMoonriseMeridian PassingDistance
1
1%6:05 AME6:38 PMW-12:24 PMS252,353 mi
2
0%7:07 AME6:54 PMW-1:02 PMS252,596 mi
3
1%8:09 AMESE7:12 PMWSW-1:41 PMS252,410 mi
4
4%9:12 AMESE7:31 PMWSW-2:22 PMS251,783 mi
5
8%10:17 AMESE7:54 PMWSW-3:06 PMS250,686 mi
6
15%11:23 AMESE8:23 PMSW-3:53 PMS249,082 mi
7
22%12:30 PMSE8:59 PMSW-4:44 PMS246,940 mi
8
31%1:34 PMSE9:45 PMSW-5:39 PMS244,255 mi
9
42%2:31 PMSE10:43 PMSW-6:37 PMS241,067 mi
10
50%3:20 PMSE11:50 PMSW-7:35 PMS237,488 mi
11
64%3:59 PMSE--8:32 PMS233,703 mi
12
74%-1:06 AMWSW4:32 PMESE9:28 PMS229,974 mi
13
84%-2:24 AMWSW4:58 PMESE10:20 PMS226,619 mi
14
92%-3:44 AMWSW5:22 PME11:11 PMS223,977 mi
15
95%-5:04 AMW5:44 PME--
16
98%-6:26 AMW6:07 PME12:02 AMS222,353 mi
17
100%-7:48 AMWNW6:31 PMENE12:53 AMS221,963 mi
18
99%-9:13 AMWNW7:01 PMENE1:46 AMS222,882 mi
19
95%-10:37 AMWNW7:37 PMNE2:43 AMS225,025 mi
20
88%-11:57 AMNW8:23 PMNE3:42 AMS228,159 mi
21
80%-1:08 PMNW9:19 PMNE4:43 AMS231,948 mi
22
69%-2:05 PMNW10:24 PMNE5:43 AMS236,013 mi
23
59%-2:49 PMNW11:33 PMNE6:40 AMS240,002 mi
24
50%-3:23 PMWNW-7:33 AMS243,634 mi
25
38%12:42 AMENE3:49 PMWNW-8:21 AMS246,715 mi
26
29%1:50 AMENE4:10 PMWNW-9:04 AMS249,139 mi
27
20%2:54 AMENE4:28 PMW-9:45 AMS250,869 mi
28
13%3:57 AME4:45 PMW-10:24 AMS251,923 mi
29
7%4:59 AME5:01 PMW-11:02 AMS252,357 mi
30
3%6:01 AME5:18 PMWSW-11:41 AMS252,246 mi
31
1%7:03 AMESE5:37 PMWSW-12:21 PMS251,668 mi

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 Estherville Municipal Airport is gradually decreasing during October, falling from 2% to 0% over the course of the month.

For reference, on July 20, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 42% of the time, while on November 14, the least muggy day of the year, there are muggy conditions 0% of the time.

Humidity Comfort Levels in October at Estherville Municipal Airport

Humidity Comfort Levels in October at Estherville Municipal AirportOct11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310%0%10%10%20%20%30%30%40%40%50%50%60%60%70%70%80%80%90%90%100%100%SepNovOct 12%Oct 12%Oct 310%Oct 310%Oct 110%Oct 110%Oct 210%Oct 210%muggymuggyhumidhumiddrydrycomfortablecomfortableoppressiveoppressive
dry 55°F comfortable 60°F humid 65°F muggy 70°F oppressive 75°F miserable
The percentage of time spent at various humidity comfort levels, categorized by dew point.

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 Estherville Municipal Airport is gradually increasing during October, increasing from 11.3 miles per hour to 11.8 miles per hour over the course of the month.

For reference, on April 8, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 13.6 miles per hour, while on August 2, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 8.6 miles per hour.

Average Wind Speed in October at Estherville Municipal Airport

The average of mean hourly wind speeds (dark gray line), with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands.

The hourly average wind direction at Estherville Municipal Airport throughout October is predominantly from the south, with a peak proportion of 38% on October 1.

Wind Direction in October at Estherville Municipal Airport

Wind Direction in October at Estherville Municipal AirportSNOct11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310%100%20%80%40%60%60%40%80%20%100%0%SepNovwestsouthnortheast
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The percentage of hours in which the mean wind direction is from each of the four cardinal wind directions, excluding hours in which the mean wind speed is less than 1.0 mph. The lightly tinted areas at the boundaries are the percentage of hours spent in the implied intermediate directions (northeast, southeast, southwest, and northwest).

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 Estherville Municipal Airport typically lasts for 5.2 months (157 days), from around April 27 to around October 1, rarely starting before April 8 or after May 14, and rarely ending before September 14 or after October 20.

During October at Estherville Municipal Airport, the chance that a given day is within the growing season is rapidly decreasing falling from 50% to 3% over the course of the month.

Time Spent in Various Temperature Bands and the Growing Season in October at Estherville Municipal Airport

Time Spent in Various Temperature Bands and the Growing Season in October at Estherville Municipal AirportOct11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%SepNov50%Oct 150%Oct 1Oct 313%Oct 313%Oct 1125%Oct 1125%Oct 219%Oct 219%90%Sep 1490%Sep 14frigidfreezingvery coldcoldcoolcomfortablehot
frigid 15°F freezing 32°F very cold 45°F cold 55°F cool 65°F comfortable 75°F warm 85°F hot 95°F sweltering
The percentage of time spent in various temperature bands. The black line is the percentage chance that a given day is within the growing season.

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 Estherville Municipal Airport are gradually increasing during October, increasing by 124°F, from 2,637°F to 2,761°F, over the course of the month.

Growing Degree Days in October at Estherville Municipal Airport

Growing Degree Days in October at Estherville Municipal AirportOct11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031312,300°F2,300°F2,400°F2,400°F2,500°F2,500°F2,600°F2,600°F2,700°F2,700°F2,800°F2,800°F2,900°F2,900°F3,000°F3,000°FSepNovOct 12,637°FOct 12,637°FOct 312,761°FOct 312,761°FOct 112,698°FOct 112,698°FOct 212,738°FOct 212,738°F
The average growing degree days accumulated over the course of October, with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands.

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 Estherville Municipal Airport is decreasing during October, falling by 1.4 kWh, from 4.1 kWh to 2.7 kWh, over the course of the month.

Average Daily Incident Shortwave Solar Energy in October at Estherville Municipal Airport

Average Daily Incident Shortwave Solar Energy in October at Estherville Municipal AirportOct11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310 kWh0 kWh1 kWh1 kWh2 kWh2 kWh3 kWh3 kWh4 kWh4 kWh5 kWh5 kWh6 kWh6 kWh7 kWh7 kWhSepNovOct 14.1 kWhOct 14.1 kWhOct 312.7 kWhOct 312.7 kWhOct 113.7 kWhOct 113.7 kWhOct 213.1 kWhOct 213.1 kWh
The average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground per square meter (orange line), with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Estherville Municipal Airport are 43.407 deg latitude, -94.746 deg longitude, and 1,312 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Estherville Municipal Airport is essentially flat, with a maximum elevation change of 49 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 1,314 feet. Within 10 miles is essentially flat (331 feet). Within 50 miles contains only modest variations in elevation (797 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Estherville Municipal Airport is covered by cropland (100%), within 10 miles by cropland (96%), and within 50 miles by cropland (98%).

This report illustrates the typical weather at Estherville Municipal Airport, based on a statistical analysis of historical hourly weather reports and model reconstructions from January 1, 1980 to December 31, 2016.

Temperature and Dew Point

Estherville Municipal Airport has a weather station that reported reliably enough during the analysis period that we have included it in our network. When available, historical temperature and dew point measurements are taken directly from this weather station. These records are obtained from NOAA's Integrated Surface Hourly data set, falling back on ICAO METAR records as required.

In the case of missing or erroneous measurements from this station, we fall back on records from nearby stations, adjusted according to typical seasonal and diurnal intra-station differences. For a given day of the year and hour of the day, the fallback station is selected to minimize the prediction error over the years for which there are measurements for both stations.

The stations on which we may fall back include but are not limited to Jackson Municipal Airport; Fairmont Municipal Airport; Spencer Municipal Airport; Algona Municipal Airport; St. James, St. James Municipal Airport; Windom Municipal Airport; Worthington Municipal Airport; and Storm Lake Municipal Airport.

Other Data

All data relating to the Sun's position (e.g., sunrise and sunset) are computed using astronomical formulas from the book, Astronomical Algorithms 2nd Edition , by Jean Meeus.

All other weather data, including cloud cover, precipitation, wind speed and direction, and solar flux, come from NASA's MERRA-2 Modern-Era Retrospective Analysis . This reanalysis combines a variety of wide-area measurements in a state-of-the-art global meteorological model to reconstruct the hourly history of weather throughout the world on a 50-kilometer grid.

Land Use data comes from the Global Land Cover SHARE database , published by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

Elevation data comes from the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) , published by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

Names, locations, and time zones of places and some airports come from the GeoNames Geographical Database .

Time zones for airports and weather stations are provided by AskGeo.com .

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