Climate averages 1991–2020
Kenosha weather
in October.
A cool, wet month: the 5th warmest and the joint 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a cool month in Kenosha: daytime highs average 14.3°C and nights cool to about 10.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 96 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes October a wet month (the joint 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 06 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Racine (16 km away). In October its highs average 14.2°C, about as warm as Kenosha, with 92 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Kenosha ranks joint 479th of 498 for the warmest October highs and joint 374th of 498 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 498 cities is 21.4°C; Kenosha is 7.0°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 7.0°C to 7.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 96 mm to 81 mm.
The annual picture
October in context
Monthly precipitation
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Kenosha climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -1.4°C-6.6°C | -6.6°C | 68 | 9.6 | 9.49 h |
| February | -0.9°C-6.5°C | -6.5°C | 57 | 7.6 | 10.511 h |
| March | 2.7°C-2.3°C | -2.3°C | 70 | 9.5 | 11.912 h |
| April | 7.5°C3.4°C | 3.4°C | 114 | 11.8 | 13.313 h |
| May | 13.9°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 96 | 11.2 | 14.615 h |
| June | 21.0°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 82 | 10.0 | 15.215 h |
| July | 25.1°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 72 | 9.9 | 15.015 h |
| August | 24.5°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 94 | 10.6 | 13.914 h |
| September | 21.0°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 80 | 9.7 | 12.513 h |
| October, selected | 14.3°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 96 | 10.8 | 11.111 h |
| November | 7.3°C3.4°C | 3.4°C | 81 | 9.7 | 9.810 h |
| December | 1.8°C-2.4°C | -2.4°C | 71 | 9.7 | 9.19 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
October in nearby cities
- Racine in OctoberUnited States · 16 kmHigh 14.2°C · Low 10.2°C · 92 mm rain
- Waukegan in OctoberUnited States · 25 kmHigh 14.5°C · Low 10.3°C · 101 mm rain
- Milwaukee in OctoberUnited States · 51 kmHigh 14.0°C · Low 9.5°C · 78 mm rain
- Arlington Heights in OctoberUnited States · 57 kmHigh 15.8°C · Low 8.6°C · 79 mm rain
- Waukesha in OctoberUnited States · 58 kmHigh 14.9°C · Low 7.6°C · 72 mm rain
- Evanston in OctoberUnited States · 61 kmHigh 15.3°C · Low 9.8°C · 83 mm rain
- Schaumburg in OctoberUnited States · 65 kmHigh 15.9°C · Low 7.7°C · 79 mm rain
- Elgin in OctoberUnited States · 72 kmHigh 16.0°C · Low 7.8°C · 80 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Kenosha) is explained once on the Kenosha year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.