Lansing Weather in October
Average highs run from 65°F on October 1 to 53°F on October 31, and lows from 43°F to 35°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 3.70 in over about 15 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
- 59°F
- Average low
- 39°F
- Precipitation
- 3.70 in
- Snowfall
- 0.2 in
- Record high
- 91°FOct 1, 1953
- Record low
- 15°FOct 30, 1928
- Chance of a freeze
- 97%
- Daylight
- 11 h 44 min to 10 h 22 min
- Cloud cover
- 69%
- Humidity
- 80%
- Dew point
- 42°F
- Wind
- 4.9 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 | 65°F | 43°F | 91°F 1953 | 27°F 1947 | 44% | 0% |
| Oct 2 | 65°F | 43°F | 91°F 1927 | 29°F 1899 | 44% | 0% |
| Oct 3 | 65°F | 43°F | 84°F 1907 | 23°F 1899 | 45% | 0% |
| Oct 4 | 64°F | 42°F | 88°F 1919 | 26°F 1948 | 45% | 0% |
| Oct 5 | 64°F | 42°F | 87°F 1941 | 25°F 1996 | 45% | 0% |
| Oct 6 | 63°F | 42°F | 88°F 1951 | 22°F 1984 | 46% | 0% |
| Oct 7 | 63°F | 42°F | 87°F 1941 | 24°F 1964 | 46% | 0% |
| Oct 8 | 62°F | 41°F | 87°F 1963 | 25°F 1954 | 46% | 0% |
| Oct 9 | 62°F | 41°F | 83°F 2007 | 26°F 2001 | 47% | 0% |
| Oct 10 | 61°F | 41°F | 87°F 1939 | 23°F 1929 | 47% | 0% |
| Oct 11 | 61°F | 40°F | 86°F 1949 | 23°F 1929 | 47% | 0% |
| Oct 12 | 61°F | 40°F | 86°F 1928 | 23°F 1964 | 48% | 1% |
| Oct 13 | 60°F | 40°F | 85°F 1954 | 23°F 2012 | 48% | 1% |
| Oct 14 | 60°F | 39°F | 84°F 1930 | 22°F 1993 | 48% | 1% |
| Oct 15 | 59°F | 39°F | 84°F 1920 | 26°F 1993 | 49% | 1% |
| Oct 16 | 59°F | 39°F | 84°F 1897 | 25°F 1944 | 49% | 1% |
| Oct 17 | 59°F | 39°F | 83°F 1947 | 21°F 1978 | 49% | 1% |
| Oct 18 | 58°F | 38°F | 84°F 1908 | 22°F 1978 | 49% | 1% |
| Oct 19 | 58°F | 38°F | 80°F 1963 | 18°F 1974 | 50% | 1% |
| Oct 20 | 57°F | 38°F | 82°F 1963 | 18°F 1972 | 50% | 1% |
| Oct 21 | 57°F | 37°F | 81°F 1920 | 18°F 1972 | 50% | 2% |
| Oct 22 | 57°F | 37°F | 80°F 1979 | 22°F 1940 | 50% | 2% |
| Oct 23 | 56°F | 37°F | 82°F 1979 | 23°F 1944 | 50% | 2% |
| Oct 24 | 56°F | 37°F | 80°F 1899 | 19°F 1980 | 50% | 2% |
| Oct 25 | 55°F | 36°F | 78°F 1963 | 22°F 1982 | 50% | 3% |
| Oct 26 | 55°F | 36°F | 79°F 1963 | 20°F 1952 | 50% | 3% |
| Oct 27 | 55°F | 36°F | 80°F 1963 | 17°F 1976 | 50% | 3% |
| Oct 28 | 54°F | 36°F | 79°F 1927 | 20°F 1976 | 50% | 3% |
| Oct 29 | 54°F | 35°F | 78°F 1984 | 19°F 1940 | 50% | 4% |
| Oct 30 | 53°F | 35°F | 75°F 1945 | 15°F 1928 | 50% | 4% |
| Oct 31 | 53°F | 35°F | 78°F 2024 | 18°F 1925 | 50% | 5% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (EDT).
- October 1
- sunrise 7:03 AM, sunset 6:47 PM
- October 31
- sunrise 7:38 AM, sunset 6:00 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00304174 (Ithaca Cornell Univ), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00304174, 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.