Sparks Weather in October
Average highs run from 78°F on October 1 to 65°F on October 31, and lows from 41°F to 32°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 0.91 in over about 3 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
- 72°F
- Average low
- 37°F
- Precipitation
- 0.91 in
- Record high
- 93°FOct 1, 2010
- Record low
- 8°FOct 29, 1971
- Chance of a freeze
- 96%
- Daylight
- 11 h 46 min to 10 h 32 min
- Cloud cover
- 35%
- Humidity
- 47%
- Dew point
- 26°F
- Wind
- 6.0 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 | 78°F | 41°F | 93°F 2010 | 21°F 1950 | 8% | 0% |
| Oct 2 | 78°F | 41°F | 92°F 2024 | 22°F 1971 | 8% | 0% |
| Oct 3 | 77°F | 41°F | 91°F 2024 | 20°F 1973 | 8% | 0% |
| Oct 4 | 77°F | 40°F | 89°F 1987 | 20°F 1973 | 8% | 0% |
| Oct 5 | 76°F | 40°F | 89°F 1979 | 20°F 1969 | 8% | 0% |
| Oct 6 | 76°F | 40°F | 88°F 1942 | 18°F 1969 | 9% | 0% |
| Oct 7 | 76°F | 39°F | 87°F 1964 | 22°F 1937 | 9% | 0% |
| Oct 8 | 75°F | 39°F | 91°F 1965 | 21°F 1968 | 9% | 0% |
| Oct 9 | 75°F | 39°F | 92°F 2015 | 19°F 1961 | 9% | 0% |
| Oct 10 | 74°F | 38°F | 88°F 2015 | 16°F 1973 | 9% | 0% |
| Oct 11 | 74°F | 38°F | 86°F 1991 | 21°F 1973 | 9% | 0% |
| Oct 12 | 73°F | 38°F | 87°F 2015 | 19°F 1969 | 9% | 0% |
| Oct 13 | 73°F | 37°F | 89°F 2015 | 22°F 1942 | 9% | 0% |
| Oct 14 | 73°F | 37°F | 87°F 2015 | 18°F 1960 | 9% | 0% |
| Oct 15 | 72°F | 37°F | 89°F 1991 | 21°F 1968 | 9% | 0% |
| Oct 16 | 72°F | 36°F | 85°F 1991 | 18°F 1965 | 9% | 0% |
| Oct 17 | 71°F | 36°F | 87°F 1973 | 20°F 1938 | 9% | 0% |
| Oct 18 | 71°F | 36°F | 86°F 1988 | 19°F 1946 | 9% | 0% |
| Oct 19 | 70°F | 35°F | 85°F 2023 | 19°F 1966 | 9% | 0% |
| Oct 20 | 70°F | 35°F | 85°F 2003 | 18°F 1996 | 10% | 0% |
| Oct 21 | 70°F | 35°F | 84°F 2003 | 18°F 1996 | 10% | 0% |
| Oct 22 | 69°F | 35°F | 83°F 2003 | 14°F 1961 | 10% | 0% |
| Oct 23 | 69°F | 34°F | 83°F 1937 | 16°F 1961 | 10% | 1% |
| Oct 24 | 68°F | 34°F | 89°F 1959 | 18°F 1945 | 10% | 1% |
| Oct 25 | 68°F | 34°F | 83°F 1959 | 18°F 1971 | 10% | 1% |
| Oct 26 | 67°F | 34°F | 82°F 1937 | 16°F 1939 | 10% | 1% |
| Oct 27 | 67°F | 33°F | 84°F 1937 | 16°F 1960 | 10% | 1% |
| Oct 28 | 66°F | 33°F | 82°F 1937 | 14°F 1948 | 10% | 1% |
| Oct 29 | 66°F | 33°F | 80°F 2017 | 8°F 1971 | 11% | 1% |
| Oct 30 | 65°F | 33°F | 78°F 1965 | 13°F 1972 | 11% | 1% |
| Oct 31 | 65°F | 32°F | 77°F 2015 | 13°F 1946 | 11% | 1% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (PDT).
- October 1
- sunrise 6:55 AM, sunset 6:41 PM
- October 31
- sunrise 7:26 AM, sunset 5:58 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00267697 (Sparks), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USW00023185, 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.