Thika climate

Thika Weather in October

NASA POWER reanalysis for the half-degree grid cell around Thika, 1991-2020; a grid cell is an area average and can differ from a thermometer in town by several degrees

Average highs run from 28°C on October 1 to 26°C on October 31, and lows from 13°C to 14°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 74 mm over about 16 wet days.

October day by day

The normal high and low for each date, and the record, in °C.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Thika, in °C, with the record for each date.010203040151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Record high
  • Record low

October at a glance

Average high
27°C
Average low
14°C
Precipitation
74 mm
Record high
33°COct 18, 2001
Record low
7°COct 3, 1975
Daylight
12 h 07 min to 12 h 09 min
Cloud cover
69%
Humidity
66%
Dew point
12°C
Wind
15.1 km/h

Every day of the month

A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.

DateNormal highNormal lowRecord highRecord lowChance wet
Oct 128°C13°C30°C 20159°C 199832%
Oct 228°C13°C30°C 202310°C 197434%
Oct 328°C13°C30°C 19987°C 197536%
Oct 428°C13°C31°C 20118°C 199637%
Oct 528°C13°C31°C 201110°C 197739%
Oct 628°C13°C30°C 20159°C 199840%
Oct 728°C13°C30°C 19867°C 198541%
Oct 828°C13°C30°C 19869°C 200543%
Oct 928°C13°C30°C 200410°C 199245%
Oct 1028°C13°C31°C 202311°C 200345%
Oct 1127°C13°C30°C 198810°C 198146%
Oct 1227°C13°C30°C 19877°C 199647%
Oct 1327°C14°C31°C 20138°C 198148%
Oct 1427°C14°C30°C 20238°C 198150%
Oct 1527°C14°C30°C 201410°C 198152%
Oct 1627°C14°C31°C 19878°C 197754%
Oct 1727°C14°C31°C 198010°C 201555%
Oct 1827°C14°C33°C 20019°C 199957%
Oct 1927°C14°C30°C 201310°C 198859%
Oct 2027°C14°C31°C 20089°C 197661%
Oct 2127°C14°C30°C 201510°C 198964%
Oct 2227°C14°C30°C 198711°C 198964%
Oct 2327°C14°C29°C 200611°C 199865%
Oct 2427°C14°C30°C 19879°C 199666%
Oct 2527°C14°C30°C 19779°C 199867%
Oct 2626°C14°C30°C 201111°C 199669%
Oct 2726°C14°C30°C 19879°C 197670%
Oct 2826°C14°C29°C 19739°C 197772%
Oct 2926°C14°C29°C 19799°C 197674%
Oct 3026°C14°C30°C 19789°C 197675%
Oct 3126°C14°C29°C 19798°C 199675%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Thika, in percent.0204060801102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT+3).

October 1
sunrise 6:18 AM, sunset 6:25 PM
October 31
sunrise 6:11 AM, sunset 6:20 PM

Every day of October: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station KE000063740, 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.