Rowan County Weather in October
Average highs run from 77°F on October 1 to 66°F on October 31, and lows from 55°F to 42°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 2.97 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
- 72°F
- Average low
- 48°F
- Precipitation
- 2.97 in
- Record high
- 100°FOct 5, 1919
- Record low
- 21°FOct 27, 1962
- Chance of a freeze
- 55%
- Daylight
- 11 h 49 min to 10 h 45 min
- Cloud cover
- 46%
- Humidity
- 73%
- Dew point
- 50°F
- Wind
- 6.9 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 | 77°F | 55°F | 94°F 1954 | 34°F 1899 | 21% | 0% |
| Oct 2 | 76°F | 54°F | 95°F 2019 | 33°F 1895 | 21% | 0% |
| Oct 3 | 76°F | 54°F | 95°F 2019 | 30°F 1974 | 21% | 0% |
| Oct 4 | 76°F | 53°F | 96°F 1941 | 29°F 1974 | 21% | 0% |
| Oct 5 | 75°F | 53°F | 100°F 1919 | 33°F 1974 | 21% | 0% |
| Oct 6 | 75°F | 53°F | 99°F 1941 | 31°F 1901 | 21% | 0% |
| Oct 7 | 75°F | 52°F | 94°F 1911 | 31°F 1980 | 21% | 0% |
| Oct 8 | 74°F | 52°F | 96°F 1941 | 31°F 1935 | 21% | 0% |
| Oct 9 | 74°F | 51°F | 93°F 1939 | 32°F 1921 | 21% | 0% |
| Oct 10 | 74°F | 51°F | 94°F 1939 | 29°F 1895 | 21% | 0% |
| Oct 11 | 73°F | 50°F | 92°F 1904 | 28°F 1925 | 21% | 0% |
| Oct 12 | 73°F | 50°F | 90°F 1912 | 24°F 1906 | 21% | 0% |
| Oct 13 | 73°F | 49°F | 92°F 1954 | 29°F 1896 | 21% | 0% |
| Oct 14 | 72°F | 49°F | 91°F 1940 | 29°F 1921 | 21% | 0% |
| Oct 15 | 72°F | 49°F | 91°F 1941 | 28°F 1937 | 21% | 0% |
| Oct 16 | 72°F | 48°F | 90°F 1919 | 27°F 1937 | 21% | 0% |
| Oct 17 | 71°F | 48°F | 87°F 1916 | 30°F 1904 | 21% | 0% |
| Oct 18 | 71°F | 47°F | 89°F 1938 | 28°F 1943 | 20% | 0% |
| Oct 19 | 71°F | 47°F | 91°F 1938 | 24°F 1896 | 20% | 0% |
| Oct 20 | 70°F | 46°F | 86°F 1938 | 25°F 1981 | 20% | 0% |
| Oct 21 | 70°F | 46°F | 89°F 1941 | 27°F 1952 | 20% | 0% |
| Oct 22 | 70°F | 45°F | 87°F 1920 | 23°F 1952 | 20% | 0% |
| Oct 23 | 69°F | 45°F | 92°F 1941 | 27°F 1904 | 20% | 0% |
| Oct 24 | 69°F | 45°F | 87°F 1939 | 23°F 1904 | 20% | 0% |
| Oct 25 | 69°F | 44°F | 87°F 1940 | 23°F 1904 | 20% | 0% |
| Oct 26 | 68°F | 44°F | 88°F 1940 | 25°F 1930 | 20% | 0% |
| Oct 27 | 68°F | 43°F | 89°F 1939 | 21°F 1962 | 20% | 0% |
| Oct 28 | 67°F | 43°F | 91°F 1919 | 27°F 1976 | 20% | 0% |
| Oct 29 | 67°F | 43°F | 83°F 1927 | 21°F 2001 | 20% | 0% |
| Oct 30 | 67°F | 42°F | 86°F 1937 | 21°F 1952 | 20% | 0% |
| Oct 31 | 66°F | 42°F | 85°F 1941 | 28°F 1910 | 20% | 0% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (EDT).
- October 1
- sunrise 7:17 AM, sunset 7:06 PM
- October 31
- sunrise 7:43 AM, sunset 6:28 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00317615 (Salisbury), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00317615, 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 2026-09-25. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.