Timaru Weather in October
Average highs run from 13°C on October 1 to 15°C on October 31, and lows from 7°C to 9°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 56 mm over about 12 wet days.
October day by day
The normal high and low for each date, in °C.
- Normal low
- Normal high
- Reanalysis extreme high
- Reanalysis extreme low
October at a glance
- Average high
- 14°C
- Average low
- 8°C
- Precipitation
- 56 mm
- Reanalysis high
- 22°COct 24, 2018
- Reanalysis low
- 3°COct 5, 2003
- Daylight
- 12 h 34 min to 14 h 04 min
- Cloud cover
- 71%
- Humidity
- 76%
- Dew point
- 7°C
- Wind
- 17.3 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 | Reanalysis high | Reanalysis low | Chance wet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1 | 13°C | 7°C | 19°C 2001 | 4°C 1994 | 39% |
| Oct 2 | 13°C | 7°C | 21°C 2001 | 4°C 1994 | 40% |
| Oct 3 | 13°C | 7°C | 18°C 2017 | 4°C 2002 | 41% |
| Oct 4 | 13°C | 7°C | 20°C 2001 | 4°C 2002 | 40% |
| Oct 5 | 13°C | 7°C | 18°C 2020 | 3°C 2003 | 42% |
| Oct 6 | 13°C | 7°C | 19°C 2013 | 4°C 2009 | 43% |
| Oct 7 | 13°C | 7°C | 17°C 2015 | 5°C 1997 | 43% |
| Oct 8 | 13°C | 7°C | 19°C 2019 | 4°C 2009 | 44% |
| Oct 9 | 13°C | 7°C | 21°C 1999 | 4°C 2009 | 44% |
| Oct 10 | 13°C | 7°C | 19°C 1999 | 4°C 1995 | 44% |
| Oct 11 | 13°C | 7°C | 18°C 1997 | 4°C 1995 | 45% |
| Oct 12 | 13°C | 8°C | 18°C 1999 | 4°C 2018 | 44% |
| Oct 13 | 13°C | 8°C | 20°C 2014 | 4°C 2018 | 44% |
| Oct 14 | 14°C | 8°C | 19°C 2013 | 4°C 2002 | 42% |
| Oct 15 | 14°C | 8°C | 17°C 2008 | 4°C 1992 | 42% |
| Oct 16 | 14°C | 8°C | 19°C 2010 | 4°C 2013 | 40% |
| Oct 17 | 14°C | 8°C | 19°C 2014 | 5°C 2004 | 38% |
| Oct 18 | 14°C | 8°C | 18°C 2016 | 4°C 2000 | 37% |
| Oct 19 | 14°C | 8°C | 21°C 2018 | 5°C 2007 | 36% |
| Oct 20 | 14°C | 8°C | 19°C 2013 | 5°C 1994 | 34% |
| Oct 21 | 14°C | 8°C | 18°C 2015 | 5°C 1997 | 34% |
| Oct 22 | 14°C | 8°C | 18°C 2003 | 5°C 2012 | 35% |
| Oct 23 | 14°C | 8°C | 19°C 2018 | 4°C 1996 | 35% |
| Oct 24 | 14°C | 8°C | 22°C 2018 | 6°C 1998 | 35% |
| Oct 25 | 14°C | 8°C | 21°C 2020 | 6°C 2003 | 35% |
| Oct 26 | 15°C | 9°C | 20°C 2019 | 5°C 2007 | 35% |
| Oct 27 | 15°C | 9°C | 20°C 2008 | 4°C 2007 | 34% |
| Oct 28 | 15°C | 9°C | 19°C 2008 | 5°C 2002 | 33% |
| Oct 29 | 15°C | 9°C | 18°C 2000 | 5°C 2009 | 34% |
| Oct 30 | 15°C | 9°C | 20°C 2020 | 6°C 2015 | 34% |
| Oct 31 | 15°C | 9°C | 21°C 2020 | 6°C 2018 | 34% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (GMT+13).
- October 1
- sunrise 7:08 AM, sunset 7:42 PM
- October 31
- sunrise 6:17 AM, sunset 8:21 PM
Other months
Sources
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 2026-09-25. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.