Average October Temperatures for Minnesota

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

Average Temperatures for Minnesota in October

Southern Minnesota

Northeastern Minnesota

Northwestern Minnesota

Reference

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