Wake Forest Weather in October
Average highs run from 74°F on October 1 to 63°F on October 31, and lows from 55°F to 41°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 3.31 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
- 68°F
- Average low
- 48°F
- Precipitation
- 3.31 in
- Record high
- 101°FOct 6, 1954
- Record low
- 16°FOct 27, 1962
- Chance of a freeze
- 34%
- Daylight
- 11 h 49 min to 10 h 43 min
- Cloud cover
- 48%
- Humidity
- 76%
- Dew point
- 51°F
- Wind
- 4.5 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 | 55°F | 92°F 1933 | 35°F 1895 | 28% | 0% |
| Oct 2 | 73°F | 54°F | 96°F 2019 | 29°F 1987 | 28% | 0% |
| Oct 3 | 73°F | 54°F | 96°F 2019 | 26°F 1974 | 28% | 0% |
| Oct 4 | 73°F | 53°F | 98°F 1954 | 24°F 1987 | 28% | 0% |
| Oct 5 | 72°F | 53°F | 100°F 1954 | 22°F 1987 | 28% | 0% |
| Oct 6 | 72°F | 52°F | 101°F 1954 | 23°F 1987 | 28% | 0% |
| Oct 7 | 71°F | 52°F | 95°F 1951 | 23°F 1987 | 28% | 0% |
| Oct 8 | 71°F | 51°F | 97°F 1941 | 23°F 1987 | 28% | 0% |
| Oct 9 | 71°F | 51°F | 93°F 1939 | 22°F 1987 | 28% | 0% |
| Oct 10 | 70°F | 50°F | 94°F 2007 | 21°F 1987 | 28% | 0% |
| Oct 11 | 70°F | 50°F | 93°F 1919 | 28°F 1925 | 28% | 0% |
| Oct 12 | 70°F | 49°F | 88°F 2017 | 28°F 1906 | 28% | 0% |
| Oct 13 | 69°F | 49°F | 92°F 1954 | 24°F 1988 | 28% | 0% |
| Oct 14 | 69°F | 48°F | 87°F 1940 | 22°F 1988 | 28% | 0% |
| Oct 15 | 68°F | 48°F | 90°F 1941 | 22°F 1988 | 28% | 0% |
| Oct 16 | 68°F | 47°F | 86°F 1916 | 20°F 1939 | 28% | 0% |
| Oct 17 | 68°F | 47°F | 89°F 1925 | 26°F 1982 | 27% | 0% |
| Oct 18 | 67°F | 46°F | 89°F 1938 | 25°F 1982 | 27% | 0% |
| Oct 19 | 67°F | 46°F | 90°F 1941 | 24°F 1982 | 27% | 0% |
| Oct 20 | 67°F | 46°F | 91°F 1939 | 25°F 1974 | 27% | 0% |
| Oct 21 | 66°F | 45°F | 87°F 1941 | 23°F 1974 | 27% | 0% |
| Oct 22 | 66°F | 45°F | 88°F 1947 | 21°F 1974 | 27% | 0% |
| Oct 23 | 66°F | 44°F | 90°F 1941 | 25°F 1974 | 27% | 0% |
| Oct 24 | 65°F | 44°F | 85°F 2001 | 23°F 1969 | 27% | 0% |
| Oct 25 | 65°F | 43°F | 88°F 1940 | 24°F 1962 | 27% | 0% |
| Oct 26 | 65°F | 43°F | 87°F 1918 | 25°F 1930 | 27% | 0% |
| Oct 27 | 65°F | 43°F | 87°F 1939 | 16°F 1962 | 27% | 0% |
| Oct 28 | 64°F | 42°F | 89°F 1919 | 17°F 1962 | 27% | 0% |
| Oct 29 | 64°F | 42°F | 87°F 1919 | 20°F 1976 | 27% | 0% |
| Oct 30 | 64°F | 41°F | 87°F 1950 | 19°F 1952 | 27% | 0% |
| Oct 31 | 63°F | 41°F | 89°F 1919 | 24°F 1975 | 27% | 0% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (EDT).
- October 1
- sunrise 7:09 AM, sunset 6:58 PM
- October 31
- sunrise 7:36 AM, sunset 6:19 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00312993 (Falls Lake), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00315123, 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.