Mitchell, SD: October

10 October 2026: October 2026 so far averaged 62.6°F in Mitchell, SD, the warmest 1 to 10 October since 2025, 11th warmest of 120.

October 2026 so far, to 10 October 2026

Mean temperature: 62.6°F; Warmest since 2025; 11th warmest of 120
Precipitation: 0.03 in; Driest since 2025; 31st driest of 129

A normal 1 to 10 October in Mitchell, SD (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 54.2°F, between 48.2°F and 61.6°F in eight years of ten and 0.43 in of precipitation, between 0.00 in and 2.09 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every 1 to 10 October in Mitchell, SD since 1896: 62.6°F in 2026; the highest is 68°F, in 1938.

Normal range, 48.2 to 61.6°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every 1 to 10 October in Mitchell, SD from 1896 to 2026, ranked: the mean temperature, the mean high and the mean low from the warmest, the precipitation from the wettest; a year missing more than a tenth of its days is not ranked.

Year	Mean, °F	Rank	High, °F	Rank	Low, °F	Rank	Precipitation, in	Rank	Days missing
2026	62.6	11	77.9	11	47.3	18	0.03	97	0
2025	63.8	6	78	10	49.6	5	trace	102	0
2024	59.7	27	77.1	16	42.2	60	0.00	116	0
2023	59.3	30	71.6	46	46.9	23	0.78	40	0
2022	58.8	36	74.6	27	43	50	0.07	84	0
2021	64.9	5	77.8	12	52	4	0.06	90	0
2020	57.2	51	73.1	35	41.2	71	trace	102	0
2019	51.5	93	59.7	119	43.3	48	1.07	27	0
2018	45.1	118	52.3	125	37.8	102	1.95	10	0
2017	53.9	77	64.2	98	43.6	46	2.86	5	0
2016	55.9	60	68.1	74	43.7	44	1.87	12	0
2015	57.8	41	68.4	72	47.2	22	0.04	94	0
2014	51	99	64	100	37.9	101	0.06	90	0
2013	57.5	46	68.8	64	46.2	27	1.16	22	0
2012	49	110	63.6	102	34.4	116	trace	102	0
2011	67.7	2	80.5	7	54.8	1	2.19	7	0
2010	59.8	26	75.2	25	44.3	41	trace	102	0
2009	43.3	120	51.1	126	35.4	110	1.06	29	0
2008	57.1	52	69.3	59	44.9	36	1.08	26	0
2007	61.2	17	74.5	28	47.9	11	0.43	54	0
2006	60.5	23	72.6	39	48.4	9	trace	102	0
2005	54.2	74	65.6	90	42.7	53	0.35	61	0
2004	54.6	71	68.7	66	40.4	77	0.43	54	0
2003	63	9	79.1	8	46.9	23	trace	102	0
2002	49.8	105	60.2	117	39.3	89	2.06	9	0
2001	54.8	69	69.1	60	40.4	77	0.14	76	0
2000	44	119	56.6	122	31.4	122	0.44	53	0
1999									7
1998	49.4	108	59.9	118	38.8	91	3.11	3	0
1997	65	3	80.9	6	49	7	0.00	116	0
1996	52.9	87	67.4	82	38.4	95	0.00	116	0
1995	51.3	95	61	114	41.5	68	1.00	31	0
1994	54	76	62.3	106	45.6	30	0.83	38	0
1993	53	85	67.6	78	38.4	95	0.07	84	0
1992	56	59	71.4	48	40.5	76	0.42	56	0
1991	51.6	92	66	88	37.2	106	0.38	59	0
1990	53.3	84	66.6	85	39.9	82	1.15	23	0
1989							trace	102	8
1988	49.5	106	62.2	107	36.8	109	trace	102	0
1987	49.5	106	66.3	87	32.6	119	0.00	116	0
1986	52.2	89	63.2	104	41.2	71	0.39	58	0
1985	45.6	117	56	124	35.2	112	0.32	64	0
1984	57.7	44	67.9	76	47.5	15	1.41	18	0
1983	54.8	69	65.3	91	44.3	41	0.10	80	0
1982			61.9	108	40.2	80	3.77	1	2
1981	50.8	100	61.1	113	41.1	74	0.21	72	1
1980	61.4	16	76.6	18	46.2	27	0.00	116	0
1979	53.7	80	69.1	60	38.3	98	0.10	80	0
1978	53	85	65.9	89	40.1	81	0.04	94	0
1977	45.7	116	56.6	122	34.8	115	0.86	36	0
1976	53.9	77	69	63	38.8	91	trace	102	0
1975	58.9	34	75.1	26	42.6	56	trace	102	0
1974	47.3	113	63.2	104	31.3	123	0.07	84	0
1973							trace	102	4
1971	57.3	48	71.8	44	42.7	53	0.66	43	0
1970	53.6	82	67.5	79	39.7	83	0.90	34	0
1969	55.1	66	67.5	79	42.6	56	1.67	14	0
1968	55	68	68.5	70	41.5	68	0.65	44	0
1967	57.1	52	68.5	70	45.6	30	0.67	42	0
1966	56.1	57	73.4	33	38.8	91	0.02	100	0
1965	57.7	44	72.3	42	43	50	0.04	94	0
1964	51.3	95	64.2	98	38.3	98	0.00	116	0
1963	62.9	10	81	5	44.8	37	1.26	21	0
1962	59.2	32	71	51	47.3	18	0.87	35	0
1961	56.5	54	73.4	33	39.5	87	0.20	74	0
1960	60.6	22	77.3	14	43.9	43	0.00	116	0
1959	48.4	112	61.4	111	35.3	111	1.29	20	0
1958	57.3	48	71.8	44	42.7	53	trace	102	0
1957	57.5	46	67.5	79	47.5	15	0.52	48	0
1956	58.5	40	76	22	41	75	trace	102	0
1955	61.2	17	74.3	29	48	10	0.34	62	0
1954	51.5	93	60.3	116	42.6	56	0.29	66	0
1953	59.9	25	76.6	18	43.2	49	0.06	90	0
1952	49.1	109	65.1	94	33	118	trace	102	0
1951	55.2	64	70.9	52	42	62	0.47	51	1
1950	48.6	111	58.9	120	38.3	98	1.75	13	0
1949	57.8	41	67.8	77	47.8	13	1.49	16	0
1948	54.5	72	66.8	84	42.1	61	0.81	39	0
1947	59.7	27	72.5	40	46.8	25	0.16	75	0
1946	53.5	83	65.2	92	41.8	66	3.11	3	0
1945	55.6	61	72.1	43	39.1	90	0.59	46	0
1944	51.2	97	61.7	110	41.4	70	0.53	47	1
1943	59.5	29	77.3	14	41.7	67	0.00	116	0
1942	60.3	24	75.4	23	45.2	33	0.26	69	0
1941	53.8	79	64.6	96	42.9	52	1.88	11	0
1940	61.5	15	73.8	31	49.1	6	0.49	50	0
1939	58.8	36	73.1	35	44.4	39	1.15	23	0
1938	68	1	82.3	2	53.7	2	0.12	78	0
1937	57.3	48	70.9	52	43.6	46	0.07	84	0
1936	56.1	57	72.4	41	39.7	83	0.03	97	0
1935	46.8	114	61.8	109	31.7	121	0.05	93	0
1934	61.7	13	76.1	21	47.3	18	0.02	100	0
1933	55.2	64	73.1	35	37.2	106	0.00	116	0
1932	51.2	97	64.9	95	37.4	105	0.27	67	0
1931	60.9	21	73.9	30	47.9	11	0.07	84	0
1930	63.3	7	73.7	32	52.8	3	0.85	37	0
1929	56.5	54	67.1	83	45.9	29	0.61	45	0
1928	65	3	82.4	1	47.6	14	0.10	80	0
1927	52	90	64.5	97	39.4	88	0.13	77	0
1926	58.8	36	70	56	47.5	15	1.38	19	0
1925	46.3	115	57.7	121	34.9	114	0.27	67	0
1924	56.4	56	69.8	57	44.7	38	1.05	30	1
1923	59	33	71.2	49	46.7	26	0.21	72	0
1922	62.2	12	77	17	47.3	18	1.00	31	0
1921	52.8	88	68.7	66	36.9	108	0.00	116	0
1920	63.2	8	81.2	3	45.1	34	0.00	116	0
1919	54.5	72	68.7	66	40.3	79	0.07	84	0
1918	57.8	41	71.1	50	44.4	39	0.00	116	0
1917	50.3	103	63.3	103	38.4	95	0.00	116	1
1916			65.2	92	35	113	0.30	65	2
1915			60.8	115			0.93	33	4
1914	58.7	39	68.7	66	48.6	8	2.20	6	0
1913			75.4	23	42.6	56	0.42	56	2
1912	55.3	63	70.9	52	39.7	83	0.12	78	0
1911	51.7	91	61.4	111	42	62	3.46	2	0
1910	61.2	17	81.1	4	41.2	71	0.03	97	0
1909							1.54	15	3
1908	55.1	66	68.3	73	41.9	65	1.07	27	0
1907	55.6	61	71.6	46	39.6	86	0.23	71	0
1906	53.7	80	69.7	58	37.7	103	0.10	80	0
1905	61.1	20	78.4	9	43.7	44	0.50	49	0
1904	58.9	34	72.7	38	45.1	34	1.10	25	0
1903			68.8	64			1.45	17	3
1902			69.1	60			0.25	70	4
1901	50.8	100	64	100	38.6	94	2.12	8	1
1900	59.3	30	76.6	18	42	62	0.38	59	0
1899	54.2	74	70.9	52	37.5	104	0.47	51	0
1898	50.8	100	68.1	74	33.5	117	0.69	41	0
1897	61.6	14	77.7	13	45.4	32	0.00	116	0
1896	50.1	104	66.4	86	32.6	119	0.34	62	1

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1938	68
2011	67.7
1997	65
1928	65
2021	64.9
2025	63.8
1930	63.3
1920	63.2
2003	63
1963	62.9

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
2009	43.3
2000	44
2018	45.1
1985	45.6
1977	45.7
1925	46.3
1935	46.8
1974	47.3
1959	48.4
1950	48.6

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1982	3.77
1911	3.46
1998	3.11
1946	3.11
2017	2.86
1914	2.20
2011	2.19
1901	2.12
2002	2.06
2018	1.95

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
2024	0.00
1997	0.00
1996	0.00
1987	0.00
1980	0.00
1964	0.00
1960	0.00
1943	0.00
1933	0.00
1921	0.00
More years share the last value

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 89°F; 6 October 2026
Coldest night: 37°F; 4 October 2026
Wettest day: 0.03 in; 2 October 2026

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October 2026 so far brought 0.03 in of precipitation in Mitchell, SD, the driest 1 to 10 October since 2025, tied 31st driest of 129 (with 1936 and 1910).
The hottest day of October 2026 so far in Mitchell, SD: 89°F on Tuesday 6 October 2026.
The coldest night of October 2026 so far in Mitchell, SD: a low of 37°F on Sunday 4 October 2026.
The wettest day of October 2026 so far in Mitchell, SD: 0.03 in on Friday 2 October 2026.