Polk County Weather in October
Average highs run from 69°F on October 1 to 56°F on October 31, and lows from 45°F to 40°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 6.34 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
- 62°F
- Average low
- 43°F
- Precipitation
- 6.34 in
- Record high
- 93°FOct 2, 1970
- Record low
- 19°FOct 27, 1919
- Chance of a freeze
- 31%
- Daylight
- 11 h 42 min to 10 h 12 min
- Cloud cover
- 63%
- Humidity
- 88%
- Dew point
- 47°F
- Wind
- 5.4 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 | 69°F | 45°F | 92°F 1988 | 31°F 1950 | 36% | 0% |
| Oct 2 | 69°F | 45°F | 93°F 1970 | 33°F 1950 | 37% | 0% |
| Oct 3 | 69°F | 45°F | 92°F 1932 | 32°F 1973 | 38% | 0% |
| Oct 4 | 68°F | 45°F | 89°F 1932 | 32°F 1916 | 39% | 0% |
| Oct 5 | 68°F | 45°F | 89°F 1980 | 28°F 1974 | 39% | 0% |
| Oct 6 | 67°F | 45°F | 88°F 1952 | 31°F 1972 | 40% | 0% |
| Oct 7 | 67°F | 44°F | 87°F 1976 | 29°F 1970 | 41% | 0% |
| Oct 8 | 66°F | 44°F | 84°F 1971 | 30°F 1985 | 42% | 0% |
| Oct 9 | 66°F | 44°F | 91°F 1936 | 25°F 1985 | 42% | 0% |
| Oct 10 | 65°F | 44°F | 90°F 1934 | 29°F 1919 | 43% | 0% |
| Oct 11 | 65°F | 44°F | 86°F 1991 | 30°F 1894 | 44% | |
| Oct 12 | 64°F | 43°F | 80°F 1901 | 28°F 1928 | 44% | |
| Oct 13 | 64°F | 43°F | 86°F 1901 | 25°F 1899 | 45% | |
| Oct 14 | 63°F | 43°F | 85°F 1901 | 23°F 1899 | 45% | |
| Oct 15 | 63°F | 43°F | 92°F 2022 | 29°F 1919 | 46% | |
| Oct 16 | 62°F | 43°F | 83°F 2002 | 23°F 1902 | 47% | |
| Oct 17 | 62°F | 42°F | 84°F 1936 | 28°F 1902 | 47% | |
| Oct 18 | 61°F | 42°F | 84°F 1940 | 28°F 1945 | 48% | |
| Oct 19 | 61°F | 42°F | 81°F 1940 | 27°F 1982 | 49% | |
| Oct 20 | 60°F | 42°F | 77°F 2003 | 25°F 1919 | 50% | |
| Oct 21 | 60°F | 42°F | 80°F 2003 | 28°F 1933 | 50% | |
| Oct 22 | 60°F | 41°F | 83°F 1929 | 28°F 1928 | 51% | |
| Oct 23 | 59°F | 41°F | 82°F 1929 | 28°F 1935 | 52% | |
| Oct 24 | 59°F | 41°F | 74°F 1929 | 28°F 1935 | 53% | |
| Oct 25 | 58°F | 41°F | 72°F 1904 | 29°F 1935 | 53% | |
| Oct 26 | 58°F | 41°F | 75°F 1993 | 26°F 1964 | 54% | |
| Oct 27 | 57°F | 40°F | 74°F 2003 | 19°F 1919 | 55% | |
| Oct 28 | 57°F | 40°F | 74°F 1987 | 20°F 1919 | 56% | |
| Oct 29 | 57°F | 40°F | 73°F 1993 | 23°F 1971 | 56% | |
| Oct 30 | 56°F | 40°F | 73°F 1988 | 22°F 2002 | 57% | |
| Oct 31 | 56°F | 40°F | 75°F 1954 | 20°F 2002 | 58% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (PDT).
- October 1
- sunrise 7:12 AM, sunset 6:54 PM
- October 31
- sunrise 7:51 AM, sunset 6:03 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00352800 (Falls City 2 Ssw), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USW00024232, 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.