Dover Weather in October
Average highs run from 65°F on October 1 to 48°F on October 31, and lows from 38°F to 31°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 2.95 in over about 11 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
- 56°F
- Average low
- 34°F
- Precipitation
- 2.95 in
- Record high
- 81°FOct 2, 1932
- Record low
- 4°FOct 31, 1935
- Chance of a freeze
- 100%
- Daylight
- 11 h 39 min to 9 h 58 min
- Cloud cover
- 64%
- Humidity
- 75%
- Dew point
- 31°F
- Wind
- 4.0 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 | 65°F | 38°F | 78°F 1991 | 24°F 1921 | 30% | 0% |
| Oct 2 | 64°F | 38°F | 81°F 1932 | 24°F 1921 | 31% | 0% |
| Oct 3 | 64°F | 37°F | 81°F 1992 | 22°F 1925 | 31% | 0% |
| Oct 4 | 63°F | 37°F | 78°F 1943 | 21°F 1976 | 32% | 0% |
| Oct 5 | 63°F | 37°F | 78°F 1917 | 18°F 1974 | 32% | 0% |
| Oct 6 | 62°F | 36°F | 79°F 1942 | 20°F 1974 | 32% | 0% |
| Oct 7 | 62°F | 36°F | 81°F 1980 | 21°F 1912 | 33% | 0% |
| Oct 8 | 61°F | 36°F | 78°F 1910 | 20°F 1916 | 33% | 0% |
| Oct 9 | 60°F | 36°F | 78°F 1942 | 17°F 1985 | 34% | 0% |
| Oct 10 | 60°F | 35°F | 76°F 1942 | 19°F 1919 | 34% | 0% |
| Oct 11 | 59°F | 35°F | 75°F 1988 | 21°F 1986 | 35% | 0% |
| Oct 12 | 59°F | 35°F | 75°F 2025 | 15°F 2009 | 35% | 0% |
| Oct 13 | 58°F | 35°F | 73°F 1991 | 19°F 1928 | 35% | 1% |
| Oct 14 | 57°F | 34°F | 71°F 1917 | 20°F 1925 | 36% | 1% |
| Oct 15 | 57°F | 34°F | 72°F 1991 | 21°F 1969 | 36% | 1% |
| Oct 16 | 56°F | 34°F | 76°F 1991 | 17°F 1946 | 37% | 1% |
| Oct 17 | 56°F | 34°F | 70°F 2022 | 19°F 1946 | 37% | 1% |
| Oct 18 | 55°F | 33°F | 70°F 1924 | 15°F 1917 | 37% | 1% |
| Oct 19 | 54°F | 33°F | 72°F 1927 | 19°F 1911 | 38% | 1% |
| Oct 20 | 54°F | 33°F | 72°F 1940 | 17°F 1916 | 38% | 1% |
| Oct 21 | 53°F | 33°F | 72°F 2024 | 15°F 1911 | 39% | 2% |
| Oct 22 | 53°F | 33°F | 74°F 2003 | 18°F 1916 | 39% | 2% |
| Oct 23 | 52°F | 33°F | 70°F 1944 | 17°F 1916 | 39% | 2% |
| Oct 24 | 52°F | 32°F | 73°F 1924 | 14°F 1919 | 40% | 2% |
| Oct 25 | 51°F | 32°F | 71°F 2007 | 8°F 1919 | 40% | 2% |
| Oct 26 | 51°F | 32°F | 65°F 1910 | 15°F 2002 | 40% | 3% |
| Oct 27 | 50°F | 32°F | 64°F 1983 | 17°F 1919 | 41% | 3% |
| Oct 28 | 50°F | 32°F | 65°F 1915 | 14°F 1911 | 41% | 3% |
| Oct 29 | 49°F | 32°F | 67°F 1921 | 11°F 1911 | 42% | 3% |
| Oct 30 | 49°F | 31°F | 61°F 1938 | 10°F 1935 | 42% | 4% |
| Oct 31 | 48°F | 31°F | 64°F 1916 | 4°F 1935 | 42% | 4% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (PDT).
- October 1
- sunrise 6:46 AM, sunset 6:25 PM
- October 31
- sunrise 7:31 AM, sunset 5:29 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00108137 (Sandpoint Exp Stn), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00108137, 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.