Richardson County Weather in October
Average highs run from 74°F on October 1 to 60°F on October 31, and lows from 49°F to 37°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 2.71 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
- 67°F
- Average low
- 43°F
- Precipitation
- 2.71 in
- Snowfall
- 0.1 in
- Record high
- 97°FOct 4, 1938
- Record low
- 0°FOct 30, 1925
- Chance of a freeze
- 93%
- Days of 90°F or more
- 0.5
- Daylight
- 11 h 46 min to 10 h 30 min
- Cloud cover
- 53%
- Humidity
- 69%
- Dew point
- 43°F
- Wind
- 11.0 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 | 49°F | 94°F 1976 | 28°F 1985 | 26% | 0% |
| Oct 2 | 74°F | 48°F | 93°F 1953 | 27°F 1985 | 26% | 0% |
| Oct 3 | 73°F | 48°F | 96°F 1938 | 28°F 1987 | 26% | 0% |
| Oct 4 | 73°F | 47°F | 97°F 1938 | 26°F 1999 | 26% | 0% |
| Oct 5 | 72°F | 47°F | 96°F 1938 | 29°F 1988 | 26% | 0% |
| Oct 6 | 72°F | 47°F | 93°F 1922 | 24°F 1935 | 26% | 0% |
| Oct 7 | 71°F | 46°F | 94°F 1939 | 22°F 2000 | 26% | 0% |
| Oct 8 | 71°F | 46°F | 92°F 1928 | 23°F 2000 | 26% | 0% |
| Oct 9 | 70°F | 45°F | 89°F 1938 | 20°F 2000 | 26% | 0% |
| Oct 10 | 70°F | 45°F | 94°F 1963 | 23°F 1925 | 26% | 0% |
| Oct 11 | 69°F | 45°F | 90°F 2024 | 24°F 1987 | 26% | 0% |
| Oct 12 | 69°F | 44°F | 90°F 1918 | 25°F 1917 | 26% | 0% |
| Oct 13 | 68°F | 44°F | 89°F 1940 | 27°F 1917 | 25% | 0% |
| Oct 14 | 68°F | 44°F | 93°F 1938 | 21°F 1937 | 25% | 0% |
| Oct 15 | 68°F | 43°F | 94°F 1938 | 25°F 1943 | 25% | 1% |
| Oct 16 | 67°F | 43°F | 90°F 1938 | 23°F 1943 | 25% | 1% |
| Oct 17 | 67°F | 42°F | 88°F 1918 | 22°F 1919 | 25% | 1% |
| Oct 18 | 66°F | 42°F | 89°F 1991 | 20°F 2022 | 25% | 1% |
| Oct 19 | 66°F | 41°F | 87°F 1963 | 17°F 2022 | 25% | 1% |
| Oct 20 | 65°F | 41°F | 90°F 1927 | 20°F 1930 | 24% | 1% |
| Oct 21 | 65°F | 41°F | 89°F 1940 | 22°F 1987 | 24% | 1% |
| Oct 22 | 64°F | 40°F | 91°F 1927 | 26°F 1982 | 24% | 1% |
| Oct 23 | 64°F | 40°F | 91°F 1939 | 18°F 1937 | 24% | 1% |
| Oct 24 | 63°F | 39°F | 93°F 1927 | 20°F 1999 | 24% | 1% |
| Oct 25 | 63°F | 39°F | 89°F 1940 | 16°F 1942 | 24% | 1% |
| Oct 26 | 62°F | 39°F | 87°F 1939 | 23°F 1994 | 24% | 1% |
| Oct 27 | 62°F | 38°F | 87°F 1922 | 18°F 1997 | 24% | 1% |
| Oct 28 | 61°F | 38°F | 85°F 1922 | 11°F 1925 | 23% | 2% |
| Oct 29 | 61°F | 37°F | 88°F 1937 | 16°F 1925 | 23% | 2% |
| Oct 30 | 60°F | 37°F | 85°F 1950 | 0°F 1925 | 23% | 2% |
| Oct 31 | 60°F | 37°F | 87°F 1950 | 12°F 1993 | 23% | 2% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (CDT).
- October 1
- sunrise 7:19 AM, sunset 7:05 PM
- October 31
- sunrise 7:51 AM, sunset 6:21 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USW00094957 (Falls City Brenner Fld), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USW00094957, 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.