Bristol Weather in October
Average highs run from 71°F on October 1 to 58°F on October 31, and lows from 52°F to 41°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 4.54 in over about 12 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
- 64°F
- Average low
- 47°F
- Precipitation
- 4.54 in
- Record high
- 88°FOct 10, 1949
- Record low
- 20°FOct 27, 1976
- Chance of a freeze
- 38%
- Daylight
- 11 h 45 min to 10 h 25 min
- Cloud cover
- 59%
- Humidity
- 78%
- Dew point
- 49°F
- Wind
- 8.7 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 | 71°F | 52°F | 86°F 1950 | 34°F 1974 | 36% | 0% |
| Oct 2 | 70°F | 52°F | 85°F 1954 | 36°F 1992 | 36% | 0% |
| Oct 3 | 70°F | 52°F | 82°F 1983 | 36°F 1949 | 36% | 0% |
| Oct 4 | 69°F | 51°F | 85°F 1959 | 35°F 1974 | 36% | 0% |
| Oct 5 | 69°F | 51°F | 85°F 1967 | 31°F 1965 | 37% | 0% |
| Oct 6 | 68°F | 50°F | 85°F 1959 | 29°F 1965 | 37% | 0% |
| Oct 7 | 68°F | 50°F | 86°F 1963 | 30°F 1984 | 37% | 0% |
| Oct 8 | 68°F | 50°F | 80°F 2011 | 27°F 1954 | 37% | 0% |
| Oct 9 | 67°F | 49°F | 86°F 2011 | 30°F 1953 | 37% | 0% |
| Oct 10 | 67°F | 49°F | 88°F 1949 | 26°F 1980 | 37% | 0% |
| Oct 11 | 66°F | 48°F | 82°F 1949 | 27°F 1956 | 37% | 0% |
| Oct 12 | 66°F | 48°F | 85°F 1954 | 27°F 1956 | 37% | 0% |
| Oct 13 | 65°F | 48°F | 85°F 1954 | 22°F 1981 | 37% | 0% |
| Oct 14 | 65°F | 47°F | 81°F 1990 | 28°F 1953 | 37% | 0% |
| Oct 15 | 65°F | 47°F | 82°F 1975 | 30°F 1981 | 37% | 0% |
| Oct 16 | 64°F | 47°F | 83°F 1963 | 28°F 1978 | 37% | 0% |
| Oct 17 | 64°F | 46°F | 81°F 1968 | 30°F 1970 | 37% | 0% |
| Oct 18 | 63°F | 46°F | 80°F 1968 | 28°F 1970 | 37% | 0% |
| Oct 19 | 63°F | 45°F | 83°F 2016 | 24°F 1974 | 37% | |
| Oct 20 | 63°F | 45°F | 79°F 1969 | 23°F 1970 | 37% | |
| Oct 21 | 62°F | 45°F | 81°F 2024 | 23°F 1972 | 36% | |
| Oct 22 | 62°F | 44°F | 86°F 1979 | 27°F 1974 | 36% | |
| Oct 23 | 61°F | 44°F | 78°F 1978 | 24°F 1969 | 36% | |
| Oct 24 | 61°F | 44°F | 74°F 1963 | 21°F 1969 | 36% | |
| Oct 25 | 61°F | 43°F | 75°F 1963 | 27°F 2003 | 36% | |
| Oct 26 | 60°F | 43°F | 78°F 1963 | 26°F 2018 | 36% | |
| Oct 27 | 60°F | 43°F | 78°F 1964 | 20°F 1976 | 35% | |
| Oct 28 | 60°F | 42°F | 82°F 2023 | 24°F 1976 | 35% | |
| Oct 29 | 59°F | 42°F | 78°F 1984 | 26°F 1980 | 35% | |
| Oct 30 | 59°F | 42°F | 76°F 1989 | 24°F 1980 | 35% | |
| Oct 31 | 58°F | 41°F | 78°F 2024 | 24°F 1966 | 35% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (EDT).
- October 1
- sunrise 6:42 AM, sunset 6:27 PM
- October 31
- sunrise 7:16 AM, sunset 5:41 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00377581 (Tiverton), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USW00014765, 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.