Drachten Weather in October
Average highs run from 16°C on October 1 to 12°C on October 31, and lows from 9°C to 6°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 80 mm over about 16 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
- 80 mm
- Record high
- 26°COct 13, 2018
- Record low
- -6°COct 28, 1997
- Daylight
- 11 h 36 min to 9 h 34 min
- Cloud cover
- 76%
- Humidity
- 86%
- Dew point
- 8°C
- Wind
- 20.5 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 | 9°C | 24°C 2011 | 3°C 1974 | 52% |
| Oct 2 | 16°C | 9°C | 24°C 2011 | 2°C 1974 | 51% |
| Oct 3 | 16°C | 9°C | 24°C 1959 | 0°C 1974 | 52% |
| Oct 4 | 16°C | 9°C | 24°C 1983 | 1°C 1972 | 51% |
| Oct 5 | 15°C | 8°C | 21°C 1965 | 0°C 1972 | 50% |
| Oct 6 | 15°C | 8°C | 23°C 1961 | 1°C 1959 | 49% |
| Oct 7 | 15°C | 8°C | 20°C 1972 | 2°C 1959 | 48% |
| Oct 8 | 15°C | 8°C | 22°C 1972 | 0°C 2002 | 46% |
| Oct 9 | 15°C | 8°C | 23°C 1969 | 2°C 1974 | 45% |
| Oct 10 | 15°C | 8°C | 23°C 1969 | 0°C 2016 | 44% |
| Oct 11 | 15°C | 8°C | 23°C 1978 | 1°C 1975 | 43% |
| Oct 12 | 15°C | 8°C | 22°C 1978 | -1°C 1973 | 42% |
| Oct 13 | 15°C | 7°C | 26°C 2018 | -2°C 1992 | 42% |
| Oct 14 | 14°C | 8°C | 23°C 2018 | -2°C 1973 | 42% |
| Oct 15 | 14°C | 7°C | 22°C 2018 | 0°C 1971 | 42% |
| Oct 16 | 14°C | 7°C | 23°C 2018 | -2°C 1974 | 42% |
| Oct 17 | 14°C | 6°C | 20°C 1959 | -1°C 1951 | 43% |
| Oct 18 | 13°C | 6°C | 20°C 2014 | -2°C 1993 | 44% |
| Oct 19 | 13°C | 6°C | 19°C 2012 | -3°C 2003 | 45% |
| Oct 20 | 13°C | 6°C | 19°C 2001 | -4°C 1993 | 46% |
| Oct 21 | 13°C | 6°C | 18°C 1977 | -2°C 2003 | 47% |
| Oct 22 | 13°C | 7°C | 21°C 2013 | -4°C 2003 | 48% |
| Oct 23 | 14°C | 7°C | 18°C 2013 | -3°C 2003 | 48% |
| Oct 24 | 13°C | 8°C | 18°C 1995 | -1°C 2003 | 48% |
| Oct 25 | 13°C | 7°C | 17°C 1953 | -3°C 1951 | 49% |
| Oct 26 | 13°C | 7°C | 20°C 2006 | -3°C 2003 | 51% |
| Oct 27 | 12°C | 7°C | 20°C 2005 | -5°C 1997 | 51% |
| Oct 28 | 12°C | 6°C | 19°C 2005 | -6°C 1997 | 50% |
| Oct 29 | 12°C | 5°C | 19°C 2022 | -5°C 1997 | 49% |
| Oct 30 | 12°C | 5°C | 20°C 2005 | -3°C 2008 | 49% |
| Oct 31 | 12°C | 6°C | 18°C 1968 | -5°C 1997 | 50% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (GMT+2).
- October 1
- sunrise 7:37 AM, sunset 7:13 PM
- October 31
- sunrise 7:32 AM, sunset 5:06 PM
Other months
Sources
Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station NLE00152495, 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 2026-09-24. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.