Climate averages 1991–2020
Thornton weather
in October.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a mild month in Thornton: daytime highs average 16.6°C and nights cool to about 2.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 40 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 11 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Westminster (Colorado), United States (7 km away). In October its highs average 16.8°C, about as warm as Thornton, with 40 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Thornton ranks joint 379th of 498 for the warmest October highs and joint 140th of 498 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 498 cities is 21.4°C; Thornton is 4.7°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 7.3°C to 9.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 40 mm to 30 mm.
The annual picture
October in context
Monthly rainfall
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
Thornton climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.3°C-9.7°C | -9.7°C | 22 | 5.2 | 9.710 h |
| February | 5.7°C-8.7°C | -8.7°C | 23 | 5.9 | 10.711 h |
| March | 10.7°C-4.9°C | -4.9°C | 47 | 7.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 14.4°C-0.4°C | -0.4°C | 70 | 9.9 | 13.213 h |
| May | 19.6°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 82 | 11.0 | 14.414 h |
| June | 25.9°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 52 | 8.3 | 14.915 h |
| July | 29.2°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 41 | 7.2 | 14.715 h |
| August | 28.0°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 39 | 6.4 | 13.714 h |
| September | 24.0°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 36 | 5.8 | 12.512 h |
| October, selected | 16.6°C2.3°C | 2.3°C | 40 | 6.1 | 11.211 h |
| November | 9.4°C-4.9°C | -4.9°C | 30 | 5.9 | 10.010 h |
| December | 4.0°C-9.7°C | -9.7°C | 21 | 4.9 | 9.49 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain 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
- Westminster (Colorado), United States in OctoberUnited States · 7 kmHigh 16.8°C · Low 2.3°C · 40 mm rain
- Arvada in OctoberUnited States · 12 kmHigh 16.9°C · Low 2.5°C · 40 mm rain
- Denver in OctoberUnited States · 14 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 2.4°C · 40 mm rain
- Aurora (Colorado), United States in OctoberUnited States · 20 kmHigh 17.6°C · Low 3.6°C · 30 mm rain
- Lakewood in OctoberUnited States · 20 kmHigh 16.9°C · Low 2.6°C · 40 mm rain
- Boulder in OctoberUnited States · 30 kmHigh 16.5°C · Low 3.1°C · 48 mm rain
- Centennial in OctoberUnited States · 33 kmHigh 16.5°C · Low 1.8°C · 42 mm rain
- Highlands Ranch in OctoberUnited States · 35 kmHigh 16.5°C · Low 1.8°C · 42 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 Thornton) is explained once on the Thornton year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Denver, Lakewood and Westminster (Colorado), United States lie in the same rainfall cell, so their rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.