Washington Weather in October
Average highs run from 75°F on October 1 to 60°F on October 31, and lows from 48°F to 35°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 2.18 in over about 7 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
- 68°F
- Average low
- 41°F
- Precipitation
- 2.18 in
- Snowfall
- 0.1 in
- Record high
- 97°FOct 4, 1954
- Record low
- 11°FOct 31, 1993
- Chance of a freeze
- 97%
- Days of 90°F or more
- 0.6
- Daylight
- 11 h 45 min to 10 h 31 min
- Cloud cover
- 52%
- Humidity
- 66%
- Dew point
- 41°F
- Wind
- 11.4 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 | 75°F | 48°F | 95°F 1952 | 27°F 1985 | 23% | 0% |
| Oct 2 | 74°F | 48°F | 94°F 1956 | 32°F 1974 | 23% | 0% |
| Oct 3 | 74°F | 47°F | 94°F 1953 | 29°F 1980 | 23% | 0% |
| Oct 4 | 74°F | 47°F | 97°F 1954 | 25°F 1999 | 23% | 0% |
| Oct 5 | 73°F | 47°F | 97°F 2024 | 27°F 1999 | 23% | 0% |
| Oct 6 | 73°F | 46°F | 95°F 1963 | 20°F 1991 | 23% | 0% |
| Oct 7 | 72°F | 46°F | 95°F 1963 | 21°F 1952 | 23% | 0% |
| Oct 8 | 72°F | 45°F | 89°F 2020 | 19°F 2000 | 23% | 0% |
| Oct 9 | 71°F | 45°F | 91°F 2020 | 19°F 2000 | 22% | 0% |
| Oct 10 | 71°F | 44°F | 92°F 1965 | 21°F 2000 | 22% | 0% |
| Oct 11 | 70°F | 44°F | 95°F 1963 | 25°F 2012 | 22% | 0% |
| Oct 12 | 70°F | 43°F | 92°F 1975 | 28°F 1977 | 22% | 0% |
| Oct 13 | 69°F | 43°F | 89°F 1956 | 19°F 2002 | 22% | 1% |
| Oct 14 | 69°F | 42°F | 90°F 1989 | 24°F 2006 | 22% | 1% |
| Oct 15 | 68°F | 42°F | 89°F 1953 | 23°F 2024 | 21% | 1% |
| Oct 16 | 68°F | 41°F | 89°F 1963 | 21°F 1966 | 21% | 1% |
| Oct 17 | 67°F | 41°F | 89°F 1958 | 20°F 1976 | 21% | 1% |
| Oct 18 | 67°F | 41°F | 90°F 2016 | 17°F 2022 | 21% | 1% |
| Oct 19 | 66°F | 40°F | 88°F 1953 | 16°F 1972 | 20% | 1% |
| Oct 20 | 66°F | 40°F | 90°F 1963 | 21°F 1989 | 20% | 1% |
| Oct 21 | 66°F | 39°F | 88°F 2003 | 22°F 1987 | 20% | 1% |
| Oct 22 | 65°F | 39°F | 88°F 2003 | 22°F 1987 | 20% | 1% |
| Oct 23 | 65°F | 38°F | 87°F 2003 | 23°F 2006 | 20% | 1% |
| Oct 24 | 64°F | 38°F | 89°F 1991 | 20°F 1999 | 20% | 1% |
| Oct 25 | 64°F | 37°F | 83°F 1952 | 22°F 2020 | 20% | 1% |
| Oct 26 | 63°F | 37°F | 86°F 1952 | 21°F 1980 | 20% | 2% |
| Oct 27 | 63°F | 36°F | 87°F 2014 | 18°F 1997 | 19% | 2% |
| Oct 28 | 62°F | 36°F | 86°F 1999 | 21°F 1969 | 19% | 2% |
| Oct 29 | 61°F | 36°F | 84°F 1950 | 17°F 1980 | 19% | 2% |
| Oct 30 | 61°F | 35°F | 86°F 1968 | 19°F 2023 | 19% | 2% |
| Oct 31 | 60°F | 35°F | 90°F 1950 | 11°F 1993 | 19% | 2% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (CDT).
- October 1
- sunrise 7:25 AM, sunset 7:10 PM
- October 31
- sunrise 7:56 AM, sunset 6:27 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00148578 (Washington), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00145063, 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.