Average Temperatures for Minnesota in October

Average temperatures for October at cities, towns, parks and lakes throughout Minnesota are listed below in degrees Fahrenheit and Celsius.

You can jump to a separate table for each region of the state: Southern, Northeastern and Northwestern Minnesota.

The tables give the normals for maximum and minimum temperatures based on weather data collected from 1991 to 2020 by the US National Centers for Environmental Information.

Southern Minnesota

Average October temperatures
High °F Low °F Place High °C Low °C
59 38 Albert Lea 15 3
59 36 Faribault 15 2
60 37 Mankato 15 3
58 41 Minneapolis 15 5
59 36 Pipestone 15 2
59 37 Redwood Falls 15 3
58 38 Rochester 14 3
57 39 St. Paul 14 4
59 41 Winona 15 5
59 36 Worthington 15 2

Northeastern Minnesota

Average daily temperatures in October
High °F Low °F Place High °C Low °C
54 35 Big Sandy Lake Dam 12 1
53 36 Duluth 12 2
50 36 Grand Marais 10 2
51 33 Grand Portage 11 1
53 33 Grand Rapids 12 1
49 33 Gunflint Lake 9 1
51 30 Hibbing 10 -1
51 31 International Falls 11 0
54 38 Two Harbors 12 3
57 34 Wild River State Park 14 1

Northwestern Minnesota

October temperatures: daily averages
High °F Low °F Place High °C Low °C
54 34 Agassiz Wildlife Refuge 12 1
55 37 Alexandria 13 3
55 34 Brainerd 13 1
53 34 Detroit Lakes 12 1
56 35 Fergus Falls 13 2
54 36 Mille Lacs Lake 12 2
55 36 Moorhead 13 2
56 36 St. Cloud 13 2
51 31 Warroad 10 -1
53 31 Waskish 12 0
Reference

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI). Climate Normals.

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