Taft Weather in October
Average highs run from 88°F on October 1 to 74°F on October 31, and lows from 59°F to 50°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 0.32 in over about 2 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
- 81°F
- Average low
- 54°F
- Precipitation
- 0.32 in
- Record high
- 103°FOct 1, 1980
- Record low
- 29°FOct 30, 1971
- Chance of a freeze
- 0%
- Days of 90°F or more
- 4.0
- Daylight
- 11 h 48 min to 10 h 46 min
- Cloud cover
- 25%
- Humidity
- 43%
- Dew point
- 35°F
- Wind
- 5.8 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 | 88°F | 59°F | 103°F 1980 | 42°F 1950 | 3% | 0% |
| Oct 2 | 87°F | 58°F | 102°F 1980 | 46°F 1950 | 4% | 0% |
| Oct 3 | 87°F | 58°F | 103°F 2024 | 44°F 1939 | 4% | 0% |
| Oct 4 | 86°F | 58°F | 103°F 1947 | 42°F 1937 | 4% | 0% |
| Oct 5 | 86°F | 57°F | 103°F 1980 | 41°F 1937 | 4% | 0% |
| Oct 6 | 86°F | 57°F | 101°F 1987 | 43°F 1937 | 4% | 0% |
| Oct 7 | 85°F | 57°F | 99°F 1953 | 45°F 1937 | 4% | 0% |
| Oct 8 | 85°F | 56°F | 99°F 2023 | 43°F 1937 | 4% | 0% |
| Oct 9 | 84°F | 56°F | 101°F 1996 | 43°F 1949 | 5% | 0% |
| Oct 10 | 84°F | 56°F | 101°F 1991 | 45°F 1949 | 5% | 0% |
| Oct 11 | 83°F | 55°F | 96°F 1950 | 44°F 2008 | 5% | 0% |
| Oct 12 | 83°F | 55°F | 96°F 1964 | 43°F 2008 | 5% | 0% |
| Oct 13 | 83°F | 55°F | 102°F 1978 | 44°F 2000 | 5% | 0% |
| Oct 14 | 82°F | 55°F | 102°F 1978 | 46°F 1966 | 6% | 0% |
| Oct 15 | 82°F | 54°F | 101°F 1954 | 41°F 1984 | 6% | 0% |
| Oct 16 | 81°F | 54°F | 98°F 1954 | 40°F 1938 | 6% | 0% |
| Oct 17 | 81°F | 54°F | 100°F 1959 | 41°F 1946 | 7% | 0% |
| Oct 18 | 80°F | 53°F | 95°F 2003 | 42°F 1984 | 7% | 0% |
| Oct 19 | 80°F | 53°F | 96°F 1973 | 38°F 1949 | 7% | 0% |
| Oct 20 | 79°F | 53°F | 95°F 2023 | 39°F 1949 | 7% | 0% |
| Oct 21 | 79°F | 53°F | 94°F 1964 | 40°F 1949 | 8% | 0% |
| Oct 22 | 78°F | 52°F | 94°F 1939 | 39°F 1996 | 8% | 0% |
| Oct 23 | 78°F | 52°F | 92°F 1939 | 40°F 1995 | 8% | 0% |
| Oct 24 | 77°F | 52°F | 95°F 1959 | 38°F 1956 | 8% | 0% |
| Oct 25 | 77°F | 52°F | 92°F 1965 | 40°F 1939 | 9% | 0% |
| Oct 26 | 76°F | 51°F | 94°F 2017 | 35°F 1939 | 9% | 0% |
| Oct 27 | 76°F | 51°F | 91°F 2003 | 36°F 1939 | 9% | 0% |
| Oct 28 | 76°F | 51°F | 92°F 2003 | 38°F 1971 | 9% | 0% |
| Oct 29 | 75°F | 51°F | 90°F 2003 | 32°F 1971 | 10% | 0% |
| Oct 30 | 75°F | 50°F | 92°F 1939 | 29°F 1971 | 10% | 0% |
| Oct 31 | 74°F | 50°F | 92°F 1949 | 36°F 1946 | 10% | 0% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (PDT).
- October 1
- sunrise 6:53 AM, sunset 6:41 PM
- October 31
- sunrise 7:18 AM, sunset 6:04 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00048752 (Taft), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USW00023155, 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.