Highlands County Weather in October
Average highs run from 90°F on October 1 to 84°F on October 31, and lows from 68°F to 60°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 3.41 in over about 9 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
- 87°F
- Average low
- 64°F
- Precipitation
- 3.41 in
- Record high
- 98°FOct 2, 1959
- Record low
- 38°FOct 25, 2006
- Chance of a freeze
- 0%
- Days of 90°F or more
- 9.1
- Daylight
- 11 h 53 min to 11 h 07 min
- Cloud cover
- 45%
- Humidity
- 83%
- Dew point
- 68°F
- Wind
- 7.8 mph
Every day of the month
A wet day has at least 0.01 inch of precipitation.
| Date | Normal high | Normal low | Record high | Record low | Chance wet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1 | 90°F | 68°F | 96°F 1904 | 54°F 1920 | 42% |
| Oct 2 | 90°F | 68°F | 98°F 1959 | 56°F 1920 | 41% |
| Oct 3 | 90°F | 68°F | 97°F 1959 | 56°F 1976 | 40% |
| Oct 4 | 90°F | 68°F | 96°F 1937 | 50°F 1929 | 40% |
| Oct 5 | 89°F | 67°F | 96°F 1959 | 58°F 1929 | 39% |
| Oct 6 | 89°F | 67°F | 95°F 1944 | 56°F 1979 | 38% |
| Oct 7 | 89°F | 67°F | 95°F 1968 | 56°F 1979 | 37% |
| Oct 8 | 89°F | 67°F | 96°F 2009 | 51°F 1993 | 37% |
| Oct 9 | 89°F | 66°F | 96°F 1941 | 51°F 1993 | 36% |
| Oct 10 | 89°F | 66°F | 98°F 1941 | 49°F 1993 | 35% |
| Oct 11 | 88°F | 66°F | 95°F 1959 | 52°F 1903 | 34% |
| Oct 12 | 88°F | 66°F | 94°F 1960 | 54°F 1903 | 33% |
| Oct 13 | 88°F | 65°F | 97°F 1961 | 52°F 1980 | 32% |
| Oct 14 | 88°F | 65°F | 94°F 1961 | 43°F 1977 | 32% |
| Oct 15 | 88°F | 65°F | 94°F 1971 | 44°F 1977 | 31% |
| Oct 16 | 88°F | 64°F | 93°F 1911 | 46°F 1977 | 30% |
| Oct 17 | 87°F | 64°F | 94°F 2018 | 47°F 1977 | 30% |
| Oct 18 | 87°F | 64°F | 94°F 2018 | 43°F 1977 | 29% |
| Oct 19 | 87°F | 63°F | 94°F 2018 | 45°F 1927 | 28% |
| Oct 20 | 87°F | 63°F | 93°F 2018 | 47°F 2009 | 28% |
| Oct 21 | 86°F | 63°F | 93°F 2018 | 42°F 1989 | 27% |
| Oct 22 | 86°F | 62°F | 95°F 2019 | 44°F 1989 | 26% |
| Oct 23 | 86°F | 62°F | 94°F 2019 | 48°F 1988 | 26% |
| Oct 24 | 86°F | 62°F | 92°F 1972 | 44°F 1937 | 25% |
| Oct 25 | 86°F | 62°F | 92°F 1896 | 38°F 2006 | 25% |
| Oct 26 | 85°F | 61°F | 92°F 1896 | 43°F 1903 | 24% |
| Oct 27 | 85°F | 61°F | 92°F 2019 | 44°F 1934 | 24% |
| Oct 28 | 85°F | 61°F | 93°F 2019 | 42°F 1943 | 23% |
| Oct 29 | 85°F | 60°F | 93°F 2019 | 39°F 2008 | 23% |
| Oct 30 | 84°F | 60°F | 93°F 1959 | 40°F 2008 | 22% |
| Oct 31 | 84°F | 60°F | 93°F 2019 | 44°F 2008 | 22% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (EDT).
- October 1
- sunrise 7:18 AM, sunset 7:11 PM
- October 31
- sunrise 7:35 AM, sunset 6:42 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00080236 (Archbold Bio Stn), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00080369, 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.