Pontefract Weather in October
Average highs run from 16°C on October 1 to 12°C on October 31, and lows from 8°C to 5°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 71 mm over about 12 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
- 14°C
- Average low
- 7°C
- Precipitation
- 71 mm
- Record high
- 22°COct 9, 2018
- Record low
- -1°COct 29, 2018
- Daylight
- 11 h 35 min to 9 h 31 min
- Cloud cover
- 74%
- Humidity
- 89%
- Dew point
- 8°C
- Wind
- 19.1 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 | 16°C | 8°C | 18°C 2014 | 3°C 2018 | 44% |
| Oct 2 | 16°C | 8°C | 20°C 2014 | 2°C 2020 | 43% |
| Oct 3 | 16°C | 8°C | 19°C 2013 | 1°C 2016 | 42% |
| Oct 4 | 15°C | 8°C | 17°C 2020 | 4°C 2024 | 43% |
| Oct 5 | 15°C | 8°C | 20°C 2013 | 3°C 2014 | 43% |
| Oct 6 | 15°C | 8°C | 22°C 2023 | 5°C 2017 | 43% |
| Oct 7 | 15°C | 7°C | 21°C 2021 | 0°C 2018 | 43% |
| Oct 8 | 15°C | 7°C | 21°C 2023 | 4°C 2015 | 42% |
| Oct 9 | 15°C | 7°C | 22°C 2018 | 5°C 2022 | 42% |
| Oct 10 | 15°C | 7°C | 20°C 2018 | 5°C 2016 | 42% |
| Oct 11 | 14°C | 7°C | 20°C 2018 | 2°C 2024 | 42% |
| Oct 12 | 14°C | 7°C | 22°C 2018 | 2°C 2014 | 40% |
| Oct 13 | 14°C | 7°C | 17°C 2022 | 3°C 2024 | 41% |
| Oct 14 | 14°C | 7°C | 15°C 2022 | 3°C 2024 | 41% |
| Oct 15 | 14°C | 7°C | 18°C 2024 | 2°C 2023 | 41% |
| Oct 16 | 14°C | 6°C | 19°C 2014 | 1°C 2023 | 42% |
| Oct 17 | 14°C | 6°C | 19°C 2014 | 1°C 2023 | 42% |
| Oct 18 | 13°C | 6°C | 20°C 2021 | 3°C 2018 | 45% |
| Oct 19 | 13°C | 6°C | 18°C 2018 | 1°C 2018 | 44% |
| Oct 20 | 13°C | 6°C | 18°C 2018 | 6°C 2015 | 44% |
| Oct 21 | 13°C | 6°C | 18°C 2022 | 4°C 2021 | 45% |
| Oct 22 | 13°C | 6°C | 17°C 2014 | 2°C 2018 | 43% |
| Oct 23 | 13°C | 6°C | 17°C 2022 | 3°C 2015 | 43% |
| Oct 24 | 13°C | 6°C | 18°C 2013 | 3°C 2016 | 43% |
| Oct 25 | 12°C | 6°C | 19°C 2022 | 3°C 2016 | 44% |
| Oct 26 | 12°C | 6°C | 18°C 2021 | 4°C 2019 | 45% |
| Oct 27 | 12°C | 6°C | 19°C 2014 | 2°C 2018 | 46% |
| Oct 28 | 12°C | 6°C | 16°C 2022 | 1°C 2018 | 46% |
| Oct 29 | 12°C | 6°C | 18°C 2015 | -1°C 2018 | 45% |
| Oct 30 | 12°C | 5°C | 19°C 2014 | -1°C 2018 | 45% |
| Oct 31 | 12°C | 5°C | 16°C 2014 | -1°C 2018 | 45% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (GMT+1).
- October 1
- sunrise 7:07 AM, sunset 6:42 PM
- October 31
- sunrise 7:03 AM, sunset 4:34 PM
Other months
Sources
Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station UKE00156844, every year on file, quality-flagged values removed. Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine, and temperature and precipitation: 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 2026-09-24. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.