Plainview Weather in October
Average highs run from 79°F on October 1 to 68°F on October 31, and lows from 53°F to 41°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 1.63 in over about 5 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
- 74°F
- Average low
- 47°F
- Precipitation
- 1.63 in
- Snowfall
- 0.1 in
- Record high
- 99°FOct 4, 2000
- Record low
- 17°FOct 30, 1993
- Chance of a freeze
- 39%
- Days of 90°F or more
- 1.5
- Daylight
- 11 h 50 min to 10 h 49 min
- Cloud cover
- 42%
- Humidity
- 54%
- Dew point
- 42°F
- Wind
- 11.0 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 | 79°F | 53°F | 96°F 1977 | 37°F 1985 | 19% | 0% |
| Oct 2 | 79°F | 53°F | 96°F 2000 | 40°F 2009 | 19% | 0% |
| Oct 3 | 79°F | 52°F | 97°F 2000 | 36°F 1961 | 19% | 0% |
| Oct 4 | 78°F | 52°F | 99°F 2000 | 36°F 1961 | 19% | 0% |
| Oct 5 | 78°F | 51°F | 95°F 1918 | 36°F 1932 | 19% | 0% |
| Oct 6 | 78°F | 51°F | 94°F 1918 | 37°F 1953 | 19% | 0% |
| Oct 7 | 77°F | 51°F | 92°F 1934 | 31°F 1952 | 18% | 0% |
| Oct 8 | 77°F | 50°F | 97°F 1979 | 30°F 1976 | 18% | 0% |
| Oct 9 | 77°F | 50°F | 97°F 1979 | 30°F 1970 | 18% | 0% |
| Oct 10 | 76°F | 49°F | 95°F 1921 | 33°F 1909 | 18% | 0% |
| Oct 11 | 76°F | 49°F | 96°F 2020 | 30°F 2019 | 18% | 0% |
| Oct 12 | 76°F | 48°F | 94°F 1911 | 26°F 1909 | 17% | 0% |
| Oct 13 | 75°F | 48°F | 95°F 2024 | 27°F 1969 | 17% | 0% |
| Oct 14 | 75°F | 48°F | 91°F 1968 | 29°F 1969 | 17% | 0% |
| Oct 15 | 75°F | 47°F | 95°F 2020 | 29°F 1952 | 17% | 1% |
| Oct 16 | 74°F | 47°F | 92°F 2015 | 30°F 2018 | 17% | 1% |
| Oct 17 | 74°F | 46°F | 92°F 2016 | 34°F 1948 | 16% | 1% |
| Oct 18 | 73°F | 46°F | 94°F 2016 | 32°F 1966 | 16% | 1% |
| Oct 19 | 73°F | 45°F | 90°F 1940 | 28°F 1917 | 16% | 1% |
| Oct 20 | 73°F | 45°F | 90°F 2009 | 27°F 1916 | 16% | 1% |
| Oct 21 | 72°F | 45°F | 91°F 2007 | 26°F 1916 | 16% | 1% |
| Oct 22 | 72°F | 44°F | 89°F 1961 | 26°F 1911 | 16% | 1% |
| Oct 23 | 72°F | 44°F | 89°F 1921 | 22°F 1917 | 16% | 1% |
| Oct 24 | 71°F | 43°F | 89°F 2003 | 24°F 1929 | 15% | 1% |
| Oct 25 | 71°F | 43°F | 92°F 2024 | 25°F 1955 | 15% | 1% |
| Oct 26 | 70°F | 43°F | 89°F 1922 | 24°F 2020 | 15% | 1% |
| Oct 27 | 70°F | 42°F | 89°F 2014 | 20°F 2020 | 15% | 1% |
| Oct 28 | 69°F | 42°F | 88°F 1943 | 20°F 1925 | 15% | 1% |
| Oct 29 | 69°F | 41°F | 88°F 2024 | 18°F 1917 | 15% | 1% |
| Oct 30 | 69°F | 41°F | 91°F 1945 | 17°F 1993 | 14% | 1% |
| Oct 31 | 68°F | 41°F | 89°F 1950 | 17°F 1991 | 14% | 1% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (CDT).
- October 1
- sunrise 7:41 AM, sunset 7:31 PM
- October 31
- sunrise 8:06 AM, sunset 6:55 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00417079 (Plainview), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00417079, 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.