Malheur Lake Sea Temperature in October
Oregon, United States
Average sea temperature for Malheur Lake, United States across October, based on 10 years of daily readings.
Average
10.3° C
High
11.73° C
Low
9.42° C
Water at this temperature is cold and will feel very cold initially, but the body will get used to it and longer swims are possible. Experienced swimmers can manage several hours of swimming, however hypothermia is still a real risk.
October is the 5th warmest of 12 months at Malheur Lake. On average the water sits 0.6° than the year-round mean of 9.75° C.
Compared to September, October is 1.0° cooler than (11.26° C in September). By November the water is usually 9.59° C.
Malheur Lake Day-by-Day Water Temperature in October
10-year low, average and high
Each vertical bar above is one day of October. The shaded band covers the range the water has reached on that day across the last 10 years — the lowest reading at the bottom, the highest at the top. The line running through the bars is the daily average over those 10 years, so you can see the typical shape of the month at Malheur Lake.
A narrow band means the temperature on that day has stayed close to the average year on year. A taller band means it has swung more, often because of changeable weather around that time of year. Hovering a day pulls up its low, average, and high.
October Water Temperature Table for Malheur Lake
10-year daily averages
| Day | Average | Low | High |
|---|---|---|---|
| October 1 | 10.79° C | 10.22° C | 11.43° C |
| October 2 | 10.73° C | 10.12° C | 11.46° C |
| October 3 | 10.68° C | 10.04° C | 11.2° C |
| October 4 | 10.66° C | 9.97° C | 11.06° C |
| October 5 | 10.61° C | 10.02° C | 11.02° C |
| October 6 | 10.63° C | 10.06° C | 11.32° C |
| October 7 | 10.59° C | 10.02° C | 11.73° C |
| October 8 | 10.58° C | 10.02° C | 11.41° C |
| October 9 | 10.53° C | 9.92° C | 11.09° C |
| October 10 | 10.44° C | 9.88° C | 11.08° C |
| October 11 | 10.42° C | 9.9° C | 10.95° C |
| October 12 | 10.38° C | 9.89° C | 11.02° C |
| October 13 | 10.4° C | 10° C | 10.86° C |
| October 14 | 10.32° C | 10.04° C | 10.64° C |
| October 15 | 10.31° C | 9.99° C | 10.61° C |
| October 16 | 10.33° C | 9.89° C | 11.14° C |
| October 17 | 10.27° C | 9.83° C | 10.83° C |
| October 18 | 10.21° C | 9.76° C | 11.16° C |
| October 19 | 10.14° C | 9.46° C | 11.08° C |
| October 20 | 10.16° C | 9.6° C | 11° C |
| October 21 | 10.11° C | 9.52° C | 10.91° C |
| October 22 | 10.1° C | 9.46° C | 10.73° C |
| October 23 | 10.06° C | 9.42° C | 10.57° C |
| October 24 | 10.08° C | 9.45° C | 10.52° C |
| October 25 | 10.01° C | 9.53° C | 10.47° C |
| October 26 | 9.97° C | 9.66° C | 10.36° C |
| October 27 | 10° C | 9.59° C | 10.55° C |
| October 28 | 10.01° C | 9.63° C | 10.58° C |
| October 29 | 9.99° C | 9.46° C | 10.63° C |
| October 30 | 9.98° C | 9.48° C | 10.8° C |
| October 31 | 9.88° C | 9.42° C | 10.37° C |
Where October Sits in the Year
October highlighted
Nearby Locations in October
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Malheur Lake Location
43.3371, -118.7639
Malheur Lake sits at 43.3371°N, 118.7639°W, on the coast of Oregon, United States. The marker on the map shows the spot the readings on this page come from. It usually sits a short distance from the town centre, out on the open water itself, so the numbers stay tied to the coast rather than a generic point inland.
Coastlines bend, headlands focus the water, and the temperature can run noticeably differently between two beaches that look close together on a map. Comparing nearby locations is a quick way to see how local geography is shaping the readings.
Nearest locations to Malheur Lake
- Lake Cascade, 254 km NE
- Crater Lake, 275 km W
- Pyramid Lake, 370 km S
- Portland, 393 km NW
- Lake Almanor, 396 km SW
- Shasta Lake, 420 km SW