Cambridge Weather in October
Average highs run from 75°F on October 1 to 62°F on October 31, and lows from 43°F to 29°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 1.82 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
- 68°F
- Average low
- 35°F
- Precipitation
- 1.82 in
- Snowfall
- 0.8 in
- Record high
- 100°FOct 3, 1916
- Record low
- 3°FOct 29, 1913
- Chance of a freeze
- 100%
- Days of 90°F or more
- 1.1
- Daylight
- 11 h 46 min to 10 h 30 min
- Cloud cover
- 51%
- Humidity
- 60%
- Dew point
- 37°F
- Wind
- 11.2 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 | 43°F | 97°F 1951 | 20°F 1985 | 19% | 1% |
| Oct 2 | 74°F | 42°F | 97°F 1953 | 29°F 2020 | 19% | 1% |
| Oct 3 | 74°F | 42°F | 100°F 1916 | 27°F 2009 | 19% | 1% |
| Oct 4 | 73°F | 41°F | 94°F 2018 | 26°F 1953 | 19% | 1% |
| Oct 5 | 73°F | 41°F | 98°F 1947 | 25°F 1964 | 19% | 1% |
| Oct 6 | 72°F | 40°F | 97°F 2007 | 18°F 1952 | 19% | 1% |
| Oct 7 | 72°F | 40°F | 92°F 1942 | 15°F 1952 | 19% | 1% |
| Oct 8 | 71°F | 39°F | 91°F 2006 | 15°F 2000 | 19% | 1% |
| Oct 9 | 71°F | 39°F | 93°F 1953 | 15°F 2000 | 19% | 1% |
| Oct 10 | 71°F | 38°F | 91°F 1953 | 22°F 2009 | 18% | 1% |
| Oct 11 | 70°F | 38°F | 90°F 1956 | 17°F 1987 | 18% | 1% |
| Oct 12 | 70°F | 37°F | 95°F 2015 | 15°F 1909 | 18% | 1% |
| Oct 13 | 69°F | 37°F | 94°F 1950 | 20°F 1909 | 18% | 2% |
| Oct 14 | 69°F | 36°F | 91°F 1947 | 23°F 1986 | 18% | 2% |
| Oct 15 | 68°F | 36°F | 93°F 1908 | 18°F 2018 | 18% | 2% |
| Oct 16 | 68°F | 35°F | 93°F 1908 | 18°F 2018 | 17% | 2% |
| Oct 17 | 68°F | 35°F | 91°F 1914 | 21°F 1948 | 17% | 2% |
| Oct 18 | 67°F | 34°F | 93°F 1991 | 21°F 1987 | 17% | 2% |
| Oct 19 | 67°F | 34°F | 92°F 2003 | 16°F 1989 | 17% | 2% |
| Oct 20 | 66°F | 33°F | 94°F 1947 | 13°F 1989 | 17% | 2% |
| Oct 21 | 66°F | 33°F | 91°F 1947 | 17°F 1987 | 17% | 2% |
| Oct 22 | 65°F | 33°F | 91°F 2003 | 15°F 1905 | 16% | 3% |
| Oct 23 | 65°F | 32°F | 91°F 2003 | 14°F 1981 | 16% | 3% |
| Oct 24 | 65°F | 32°F | 89°F 2022 | 15°F 2005 | 16% | 3% |
| Oct 25 | 64°F | 31°F | 90°F 1959 | 12°F 1975 | 16% | 3% |
| Oct 26 | 64°F | 31°F | 88°F 1977 | 14°F 1942 | 16% | 3% |
| Oct 27 | 63°F | 30°F | 89°F 1983 | 7°F 2020 | 16% | 3% |
| Oct 28 | 63°F | 30°F | 87°F 1943 | 7°F 2020 | 15% | 3% |
| Oct 29 | 63°F | 30°F | 85°F 1915 | 3°F 1913 | 15% | 3% |
| Oct 30 | 62°F | 29°F | 87°F 1950 | 13°F 1913 | 15% | 4% |
| Oct 31 | 62°F | 29°F | 87°F 1950 | 6°F 2019 | 15% | 4% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (CDT).
- October 1
- sunrise 7:37 AM, sunset 7:23 PM
- October 31
- sunrise 8:09 AM, sunset 6:39 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00251415 (Cambridge), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00251415, 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.