Rockhampton Weather in October
Average highs run from 29°C on October 1 to 31°C on October 31, and lows from 16°C to 19°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 49 mm over about 6 wet days.
October day by day
The normal high and low for each date, and the record, in °C.
- Normal low
- Normal high
- Record high
- Record low
October at a glance
- Average high
- 30°C
- Average low
- 18°C
- Precipitation
- 49 mm
- Record high
- 41°COct 31, 1958
- Record low
- 7°COct 3, 1957
- Daylight
- 12 h 18 min to 12 h 57 min
- Cloud cover
- 38%
- Humidity
- 65%
- Dew point
- 15°C
- Wind
- 16.6 km/h
Every day of the month
A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.
| Date | Normal high | Normal low | Record high | Record low | Chance wet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1 | 29°C | 16°C | 37°C 1951 | 8°C 1982 | 15% |
| Oct 2 | 29°C | 16°C | 39°C 2025 | 8°C 1992 | 15% |
| Oct 3 | 30°C | 17°C | 36°C 1962 | 7°C 1957 | 16% |
| Oct 4 | 30°C | 17°C | 38°C 1994 | 8°C 1945 | 17% |
| Oct 5 | 30°C | 17°C | 38°C 1994 | 7°C 1981 | 18% |
| Oct 6 | 30°C | 16°C | 37°C 1979 | 9°C 1947 | 18% |
| Oct 7 | 31°C | 17°C | 37°C 2019 | 10°C 1947 | 19% |
| Oct 8 | 31°C | 17°C | 41°C 2019 | 11°C 1939 | 19% |
| Oct 9 | 31°C | 17°C | 36°C 1971 | 8°C 1966 | 20% |
| Oct 10 | 30°C | 18°C | 37°C 1971 | 10°C 1966 | 20% |
| Oct 11 | 30°C | 18°C | 36°C 2005 | 7°C 1982 | 20% |
| Oct 12 | 29°C | 17°C | 39°C 1957 | 11°C 1989 | 21% |
| Oct 13 | 30°C | 17°C | 36°C 1997 | 8°C 2012 | 22% |
| Oct 14 | 30°C | 18°C | 38°C 2009 | 11°C 2012 | 24% |
| Oct 15 | 30°C | 18°C | 36°C 2009 | 12°C 1940 | 24% |
| Oct 16 | 30°C | 17°C | 36°C 1957 | 10°C 2014 | 25% |
| Oct 17 | 30°C | 18°C | 37°C 1957 | 10°C 1959 | 26% |
| Oct 18 | 30°C | 18°C | 39°C 1957 | 10°C 1958 | 26% |
| Oct 19 | 30°C | 18°C | 37°C 2002 | 9°C 1974 | 25% |
| Oct 20 | 30°C | 18°C | 39°C 2002 | 9°C 1950 | 25% |
| Oct 21 | 29°C | 18°C | 38°C 2002 | 10°C 1944 | 25% |
| Oct 22 | 30°C | 18°C | 39°C 1971 | 7°C 1942 | 26% |
| Oct 23 | 29°C | 18°C | 39°C 1971 | 9°C 1942 | 26% |
| Oct 24 | 30°C | 18°C | 39°C 2025 | 9°C 2008 | 27% |
| Oct 25 | 30°C | 18°C | 37°C 2025 | 11°C 1962 | 26% |
| Oct 26 | 32°C | 18°C | 38°C 2025 | 9°C 1958 | 26% |
| Oct 27 | 32°C | 19°C | 38°C 1991 | 11°C 1958 | 26% |
| Oct 28 | 31°C | 20°C | 39°C 2018 | 10°C 1945 | 26% |
| Oct 29 | 31°C | 19°C | 39°C 1940 | 13°C 1989 | 25% |
| Oct 30 | 30°C | 19°C | 38°C 1958 | 13°C 1943 | 25% |
| Oct 31 | 31°C | 19°C | 41°C 1958 | 13°C 1943 | 26% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (GMT+10).
- October 1
- sunrise 5:39 AM, sunset 5:57 PM
- October 31
- sunrise 5:13 AM, sunset 6:10 PM
Other months
Sources
Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station ASN00039083, every year on file, quality-flagged values removed. Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-25. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.