Stanford Weather in October
Average highs run from 64°F on October 1 to 51°F on October 31, and lows from 39°F to 27°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 1.31 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
- 57°F
- Average low
- 33°F
- Precipitation
- 1.31 in
- Snowfall
- 3.1 in
- Record high
- 92°FOct 4, 1905
- Record low
- -10°FOct 30, 1935
- Chance of a freeze
- 100%
- Daylight
- 11 h 40 min to 10 h 03 min
- Cloud cover
- 65%
- Humidity
- 65%
- Dew point
- 29°F
- Wind
- 10.3 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 | 64°F | 39°F | 90°F 2011 | 15°F 1950 | 25% | 3% |
| Oct 2 | 64°F | 38°F | 88°F 1922 | 12°F 1950 | 25% | 3% |
| Oct 3 | 63°F | 38°F | 87°F 1922 | 17°F 1950 | 25% | 4% |
| Oct 4 | 63°F | 37°F | 92°F 1905 | 11°F 1916 | 25% | 4% |
| Oct 5 | 62°F | 37°F | 87°F 1905 | 12°F 1916 | 25% | 4% |
| Oct 6 | 62°F | 37°F | 83°F 1934 | 12°F 2000 | 25% | 4% |
| Oct 7 | 61°F | 36°F | 86°F 1943 | 16°F 1985 | 25% | 4% |
| Oct 8 | 61°F | 36°F | 84°F 1980 | 8°F 1985 | 25% | 4% |
| Oct 9 | 61°F | 35°F | 84°F 1911 | -1°F 1985 | 24% | 5% |
| Oct 10 | 60°F | 35°F | 86°F 2015 | 3°F 2019 | 24% | 5% |
| Oct 11 | 60°F | 35°F | 90°F 1934 | 10°F 2019 | 24% | 5% |
| Oct 12 | 59°F | 34°F | 87°F 1934 | 7°F 2009 | 24% | 5% |
| Oct 13 | 59°F | 34°F | 84°F 1964 | 7°F 1969 | 24% | 6% |
| Oct 14 | 58°F | 34°F | 82°F 1929 | 10°F 1969 | 24% | 6% |
| Oct 15 | 58°F | 33°F | 87°F 1924 | 14°F 1976 | 24% | 6% |
| Oct 16 | 57°F | 33°F | 85°F 1927 | 9°F 1930 | 24% | 6% |
| Oct 17 | 57°F | 32°F | 83°F 1927 | 5°F 1930 | 24% | 6% |
| Oct 18 | 56°F | 32°F | 82°F 1927 | 1°F 1905 | 23% | 7% |
| Oct 19 | 56°F | 32°F | 82°F 1927 | -4°F 1905 | 23% | 7% |
| Oct 20 | 55°F | 31°F | 84°F 1927 | 10°F 1916 | 23% | 7% |
| Oct 21 | 55°F | 31°F | 81°F 1927 | 9°F 1981 | 23% | 7% |
| Oct 22 | 54°F | 31°F | 80°F 1915 | 3°F 1957 | 23% | 8% |
| Oct 23 | 54°F | 30°F | 81°F 1903 | 3°F 1957 | 23% | 8% |
| Oct 24 | 54°F | 30°F | 82°F 2007 | -4°F 2020 | 23% | 8% |
| Oct 25 | 53°F | 29°F | 80°F 1924 | -8°F 1923 | 23% | 9% |
| Oct 26 | 53°F | 29°F | 81°F 1944 | -5°F 2020 | 23% | 9% |
| Oct 27 | 52°F | 29°F | 75°F 1944 | -5°F 2023 | 23% | 9% |
| Oct 28 | 52°F | 28°F | 78°F 1937 | -10°F 2023 | 23% | 10% |
| Oct 29 | 52°F | 28°F | 79°F 1968 | -7°F 1991 | 23% | 10% |
| Oct 30 | 51°F | 28°F | 75°F 1906 | -10°F 1935 | 22% | 10% |
| Oct 31 | 51°F | 27°F | 73°F 1949 | -8°F 2002 | 22% | 10% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (MDT).
- October 1
- sunrise 7:20 AM, sunset 7:00 PM
- October 31
- sunrise 8:03 AM, sunset 6:06 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00247864 (Stanford), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USW00024036, 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.