Placer County Weather in October
Average highs run from 82°F on October 1 to 68°F on October 31, and lows from 53°F to 45°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 2.11 in over about 4 wet days.
October day by day
The normal high and low for each date, and the record, in °F.
- Normal low
- Normal high
- Record high
- Record low
October at a glance
- Average high
- 75°F
- Average low
- 49°F
- Precipitation
- 2.11 in
- Record high
- 88°FOct 2, 1980
- Record low
- 17°FOct 28, 1971
- Chance of a freeze
- 8%
- Days of 90°F or more
- 2.5
- Daylight
- 11 h 46 min to 10 h 34 min
- Cloud cover
- 36%
- Humidity
- 46%
- Dew point
- 30°F
- Wind
- 5.4 mph
Every day of the month
A wet day has at least 0.01 inch of precipitation; snow means at least 0.1 inch of snowfall.
| Date | Normal high | Normal low | Record high | Record low | Chance wet | Chance of snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1 | 82°F | 53°F | 87°F 1980 | 29°F 1971 | 8% | 0% |
| Oct 2 | 81°F | 53°F | 88°F 1980 | 33°F 1946 | 8% | 0% |
| Oct 3 | 81°F | 53°F | 87°F 1980 | 33°F 1967 | 9% | 0% |
| Oct 4 | 80°F | 52°F | 84°F 1980 | 31°F 2007 | 9% | 0% |
| Oct 5 | 80°F | 52°F | 85°F 1987 | 31°F 2007 | 9% | 0% |
| Oct 6 | 80°F | 52°F | 84°F 1965 | 31°F 2007 | 10% | 0% |
| Oct 7 | 79°F | 52°F | 85°F 1965 | 26°F 1949 | 10% | 0% |
| Oct 8 | 79°F | 51°F | 83°F 1996 | 29°F 1949 | 10% | 0% |
| Oct 9 | 78°F | 51°F | 79°F 1971 | 29°F 1985 | 11% | 0% |
| Oct 10 | 78°F | 51°F | 79°F 1950 | 30°F 1949 | 11% | 0% |
| Oct 11 | 77°F | 50°F | 78°F 1950 | 29°F 1981 | 11% | 0% |
| Oct 12 | 77°F | 50°F | 82°F 1978 | 27°F 1981 | 12% | 0% |
| Oct 13 | 76°F | 50°F | 82°F 1978 | 29°F 1981 | 12% | 0% |
| Oct 14 | 76°F | 49°F | 81°F 2020 | 31°F 1962 | 13% | 0% |
| Oct 15 | 76°F | 49°F | 83°F 2020 | 26°F 1971 | 13% | 0% |
| Oct 16 | 75°F | 49°F | 81°F 2020 | 25°F 1971 | 13% | 0% |
| Oct 17 | 75°F | 48°F | 80°F 1988 | 24°F 1971 | 14% | 0% |
| Oct 18 | 74°F | 48°F | 80°F 1974 | 25°F 1949 | 14% | 0% |
| Oct 19 | 74°F | 48°F | 80°F 2023 | 22°F 1949 | 15% | 0% |
| Oct 20 | 73°F | 48°F | 79°F 1988 | 29°F 1949 | 15% | 0% |
| Oct 21 | 73°F | 47°F | 76°F 2003 | 28°F 1979 | 16% | 0% |
| Oct 22 | 72°F | 47°F | 78°F 1959 | 29°F 1945 | 16% | 0% |
| Oct 23 | 72°F | 47°F | 83°F 1959 | 25°F 1956 | 17% | 0% |
| Oct 24 | 71°F | 46°F | 81°F 2017 | 22°F 1956 | 18% | 0% |
| Oct 25 | 71°F | 46°F | 77°F 1959 | 29°F 1951 | 18% | 0% |
| Oct 26 | 71°F | 46°F | 80°F 2003 | 29°F 1970 | 19% | 0% |
| Oct 27 | 70°F | 46°F | 80°F 2003 | 22°F 1971 | 19% | 0% |
| Oct 28 | 70°F | 45°F | 80°F 2003 | 17°F 1971 | 20% | 0% |
| Oct 29 | 69°F | 45°F | 74°F 1962 | 20°F 1971 | 20% | 0% |
| Oct 30 | 69°F | 45°F | 76°F 1967 | 25°F 1972 | 21% | 0% |
| Oct 31 | 68°F | 45°F | 77°F 1966 | 22°F 1956 | 22% | 0% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (PDT).
- October 1
- sunrise 6:59 AM, sunset 6:45 PM
- October 31
- sunrise 7:29 AM, sunset 6:03 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00041912 (Colfax), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USW00023225, 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.