Independence Weather in October
Average highs run from 77°F on October 1 to 66°F on October 31, and lows from 53°F to 41°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 4.09 in over about 8 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
- 72°F
- Average low
- 47°F
- Precipitation
- 4.09 in
- Record high
- 99°FOct 6, 1939
- Record low
- 16°FOct 30, 1917
- Chance of a freeze
- 53%
- Days of 90°F or more
- 0.5
- Daylight
- 11 h 48 min to 10 h 40 min
- Cloud cover
- 48%
- Humidity
- 71%
- Dew point
- 48°F
- Wind
- 10.5 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 | 77°F | 53°F | 97°F 1952 | 31°F 1984 | 24% | 0% |
| Oct 2 | 77°F | 53°F | 95°F 1963 | 36°F 1975 | 24% | 0% |
| Oct 3 | 77°F | 52°F | 94°F 2006 | 37°F 1987 | 24% | 0% |
| Oct 4 | 76°F | 52°F | 94°F 1931 | 37°F 1968 | 24% | 0% |
| Oct 5 | 76°F | 51°F | 95°F 1897 | 33°F 1979 | 24% | 0% |
| Oct 6 | 76°F | 51°F | 99°F 1939 | 32°F 1932 | 24% | 0% |
| Oct 7 | 75°F | 50°F | 98°F 1939 | 23°F 1952 | 24% | 0% |
| Oct 8 | 75°F | 50°F | 96°F 1979 | 25°F 1952 | 24% | 0% |
| Oct 9 | 74°F | 50°F | 97°F 1963 | 26°F 2000 | 24% | 0% |
| Oct 10 | 74°F | 49°F | 95°F 1931 | 24°F 1925 | 24% | 0% |
| Oct 11 | 74°F | 49°F | 93°F 1975 | 29°F 1932 | 24% | 0% |
| Oct 12 | 73°F | 48°F | 95°F 1978 | 25°F 1909 | 24% | 0% |
| Oct 13 | 73°F | 48°F | 94°F 1899 | 29°F 1917 | 24% | 0% |
| Oct 14 | 73°F | 48°F | 94°F 1899 | 32°F 2002 | 24% | 0% |
| Oct 15 | 72°F | 47°F | 91°F 1963 | 31°F 2002 | 24% | 0% |
| Oct 16 | 72°F | 47°F | 89°F 1917 | 30°F 1943 | 24% | 0% |
| Oct 17 | 71°F | 46°F | 89°F 1929 | 29°F 1976 | 24% | |
| Oct 18 | 71°F | 46°F | 91°F 1932 | 22°F 1948 | 24% | |
| Oct 19 | 71°F | 46°F | 90°F 1940 | 20°F 1917 | 24% | |
| Oct 20 | 70°F | 45°F | 88°F 1894 | 23°F 2022 | 24% | |
| Oct 21 | 70°F | 45°F | 91°F 1939 | 24°F 1917 | 24% | |
| Oct 22 | 69°F | 44°F | 90°F 1939 | 23°F 1952 | 24% | |
| Oct 23 | 69°F | 44°F | 94°F 1939 | 22°F 1937 | 24% | |
| Oct 24 | 69°F | 44°F | 90°F 1927 | 21°F 1917 | 24% | |
| Oct 25 | 68°F | 43°F | 94°F 1939 | 26°F 1929 | 24% | |
| Oct 26 | 68°F | 43°F | 91°F 1950 | 24°F 1942 | 24% | |
| Oct 27 | 67°F | 42°F | 93°F 2014 | 24°F 1957 | 24% | |
| Oct 28 | 67°F | 42°F | 86°F 1938 | 18°F 1925 | 24% | |
| Oct 29 | 66°F | 42°F | 89°F 1937 | 19°F 1952 | 24% | |
| Oct 30 | 66°F | 41°F | 90°F 1937 | 16°F 1917 | 24% | |
| Oct 31 | 66°F | 41°F | 87°F 1950 | 16°F 1925 | 24% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (CDT).
- October 1
- sunrise 7:18 AM, sunset 7:06 PM
- October 31
- sunrise 7:46 AM, sunset 6:26 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00143954 (Independence), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00143954, 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.