Friendly Weather in October
Average highs run from 74°F on October 1 to 63°F on October 31, and lows from 54°F to 43°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 3.75 in over about 10 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
- 48°F
- Precipitation
- 3.75 in
- Record high
- 98°FOct 2, 2019
- Record low
- 29°FOct 24, 1969
- Chance of a freeze
- 26%
- Daylight
- 11 h 47 min to 10 h 35 min
- Cloud cover
- 54%
- Humidity
- 75%
- Dew point
- 49°F
- Wind
- 8.7 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 | 74°F | 54°F | 92°F 1941 | 38°F 1947 | 29% | 0% |
| Oct 2 | 74°F | 54°F | 98°F 2019 | 39°F 1947 | 29% | 0% |
| Oct 3 | 73°F | 53°F | 88°F 1954 | 36°F 1974 | 29% | 0% |
| Oct 4 | 73°F | 53°F | 94°F 1954 | 34°F 1974 | 30% | 0% |
| Oct 5 | 73°F | 53°F | 96°F 1941 | 40°F 1965 | 30% | 0% |
| Oct 6 | 72°F | 52°F | 94°F 1941 | 39°F 1965 | 30% | 0% |
| Oct 7 | 72°F | 52°F | 94°F 1941 | 40°F 1964 | 30% | 0% |
| Oct 8 | 71°F | 51°F | 91°F 2007 | 36°F 1964 | 30% | 0% |
| Oct 9 | 71°F | 51°F | 94°F 2007 | 38°F 2000 | 31% | 0% |
| Oct 10 | 71°F | 50°F | 87°F 1958 | 36°F 1979 | 31% | 0% |
| Oct 11 | 70°F | 50°F | 88°F 1954 | 35°F 1964 | 31% | 0% |
| Oct 12 | 70°F | 50°F | 89°F 1962 | 35°F 1964 | 31% | 0% |
| Oct 13 | 69°F | 49°F | 89°F 1954 | 37°F 1988 | 32% | 0% |
| Oct 14 | 69°F | 49°F | 87°F 1975 | 34°F 1988 | 32% | 0% |
| Oct 15 | 69°F | 48°F | 87°F 1975 | 37°F 1987 | 32% | 0% |
| Oct 16 | 68°F | 48°F | 84°F 1958 | 36°F 1944 | 32% | 0% |
| Oct 17 | 68°F | 48°F | 83°F 1963 | 39°F 1970 | 32% | 0% |
| Oct 18 | 68°F | 47°F | 82°F 1963 | 36°F 1982 | 32% | 0% |
| Oct 19 | 67°F | 47°F | 87°F 2016 | 34°F 1948 | 32% | 0% |
| Oct 20 | 67°F | 47°F | 86°F 1969 | 31°F 1972 | 32% | 0% |
| Oct 21 | 66°F | 46°F | 85°F 1947 | 30°F 1952 | 33% | 0% |
| Oct 22 | 66°F | 46°F | 84°F 1979 | 33°F 1952 | 33% | 0% |
| Oct 23 | 66°F | 45°F | 85°F 1947 | 33°F 1944 | 33% | 0% |
| Oct 24 | 65°F | 45°F | 84°F 2001 | 29°F 1969 | 33% | 0% |
| Oct 25 | 65°F | 45°F | 80°F 2021 | 35°F 1964 | 33% | 0% |
| Oct 26 | 65°F | 44°F | 82°F 1978 | 33°F 1962 | 33% | 0% |
| Oct 27 | 64°F | 44°F | 83°F 1963 | 30°F 1962 | 33% | 0% |
| Oct 28 | 64°F | 44°F | 86°F 2023 | 30°F 1942 | 33% | 0% |
| Oct 29 | 63°F | 44°F | 81°F 1945 | 30°F 1965 | 33% | 0% |
| Oct 30 | 63°F | 43°F | 82°F 1946 | 32°F 1952 | 33% | 0% |
| Oct 31 | 63°F | 43°F | 85°F 1950 | 32°F 1968 | 33% | 0% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (EDT).
- October 1
- sunrise 7:04 AM, sunset 6:51 PM
- October 31
- sunrise 7:34 AM, sunset 6:09 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00186800 (Oxon Hill), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USW00013743, 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.