Franklin County Weather in October
Average highs run from 84°F on October 1 to 75°F on October 31, and lows from 60°F to 49°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 4.42 in over about 6 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
- 80°F
- Average low
- 54°F
- Precipitation
- 4.42 in
- Record high
- 98°FOct 1, 1904
- Record low
- 27°FOct 28, 1957
- Chance of a freeze
- 13%
- Days of 90°F or more
- 1.7
- Daylight
- 11 h 51 min to 10 h 56 min
- Cloud cover
- 43%
- Humidity
- 72%
- Dew point
- 56°F
- Wind
- 5.1 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 | 84°F | 60°F | 98°F 1904 | 39°F 1920 | 17% | 0% |
| Oct 2 | 84°F | 59°F | 98°F 1904 | 42°F 1939 | 17% | 0% |
| Oct 3 | 84°F | 59°F | 98°F 1904 | 41°F 2011 | 17% | 0% |
| Oct 4 | 84°F | 59°F | 96°F 1897 | 39°F 1961 | 18% | 0% |
| Oct 5 | 83°F | 58°F | 94°F 1898 | 36°F 2010 | 18% | 0% |
| Oct 6 | 83°F | 58°F | 93°F 1954 | 37°F 2010 | 18% | 0% |
| Oct 7 | 83°F | 58°F | 98°F 1963 | 37°F 1964 | 18% | 0% |
| Oct 8 | 83°F | 57°F | 93°F 1962 | 38°F 1964 | 18% | 0% |
| Oct 9 | 83°F | 57°F | 93°F 1904 | 39°F 1921 | 18% | 0% |
| Oct 10 | 82°F | 56°F | 93°F 1931 | 36°F 1917 | 18% | 0% |
| Oct 11 | 82°F | 56°F | 92°F 1898 | 35°F 2000 | 18% | 0% |
| Oct 12 | 82°F | 56°F | 90°F 1931 | 39°F 2000 | 18% | 0% |
| Oct 13 | 81°F | 55°F | 95°F 2005 | 37°F 1977 | 19% | 0% |
| Oct 14 | 81°F | 55°F | 92°F 1899 | 39°F 1944 | 19% | 0% |
| Oct 15 | 81°F | 55°F | 91°F 1897 | 37°F 1937 | 19% | 0% |
| Oct 16 | 81°F | 54°F | 91°F 1897 | 35°F 1961 | 19% | 0% |
| Oct 17 | 80°F | 54°F | 91°F 1910 | 33°F 1943 | 19% | 0% |
| Oct 18 | 80°F | 53°F | 90°F 1910 | 29°F 2023 | 19% | 0% |
| Oct 19 | 80°F | 53°F | 90°F 1910 | 32°F 2023 | 19% | 0% |
| Oct 20 | 79°F | 53°F | 90°F 1899 | 30°F 1989 | 20% | 0% |
| Oct 21 | 79°F | 52°F | 92°F 1899 | 31°F 1964 | 20% | 0% |
| Oct 22 | 78°F | 52°F | 90°F 1899 | 33°F 1960 | 20% | 0% |
| Oct 23 | 78°F | 52°F | 91°F 1939 | 33°F 1923 | 20% | 0% |
| Oct 24 | 78°F | 51°F | 90°F 1939 | 29°F 1917 | 20% | 0% |
| Oct 25 | 77°F | 51°F | 89°F 1936 | 32°F 1999 | 20% | 0% |
| Oct 26 | 77°F | 50°F | 90°F 1899 | 32°F 2005 | 20% | 0% |
| Oct 27 | 76°F | 50°F | 89°F 1921 | 29°F 1961 | 21% | 0% |
| Oct 28 | 76°F | 50°F | 89°F 2023 | 27°F 1957 | 21% | 0% |
| Oct 29 | 76°F | 49°F | 88°F 1911 | 29°F 1952 | 21% | 0% |
| Oct 30 | 75°F | 49°F | 88°F 1929 | 29°F 2017 | 21% | 0% |
| Oct 31 | 75°F | 49°F | 88°F 1900 | 27°F 1917 | 21% | 0% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (CDT).
- October 1
- sunrise 6:57 AM, sunset 6:48 PM
- October 31
- sunrise 7:19 AM, sunset 6:15 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00225704 (Meadville), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00226177, 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.