Independence Weather in October
Average highs run from 71°F on October 1 to 61°F on October 31, and lows from 47°F to 36°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 4.52 in over about 7 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
- 66°F
- Average low
- 41°F
- Precipitation
- 4.52 in
- Record high
- 88°FOct 2, 2019
- Record low
- 14°FOct 22, 1930
- Chance of a freeze
- 85%
- Daylight
- 11 h 48 min to 10 h 42 min
- Cloud cover
- 50%
- Humidity
- 75%
- Dew point
- 45°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 | 71°F | 47°F | 87°F 1933 | 25°F 1993 | 25% | 0% |
| Oct 2 | 70°F | 47°F | 88°F 2019 | 26°F 1916 | 25% | 0% |
| Oct 3 | 70°F | 47°F | 85°F 2019 | 23°F 2003 | 25% | 0% |
| Oct 4 | 70°F | 46°F | 86°F 2019 | 22°F 1974 | 24% | 0% |
| Oct 5 | 69°F | 46°F | 85°F 1941 | 25°F 1968 | 24% | 0% |
| Oct 6 | 69°F | 45°F | 87°F 1941 | 26°F 1988 | 24% | 0% |
| Oct 7 | 69°F | 45°F | 85°F 1941 | 25°F 1917 | 24% | 0% |
| Oct 8 | 69°F | 44°F | 85°F 2007 | 21°F 2001 | 24% | 0% |
| Oct 9 | 68°F | 44°F | 85°F 1939 | 20°F 1987 | 24% | 0% |
| Oct 10 | 68°F | 44°F | 83°F 1939 | 24°F 2001 | 24% | 0% |
| Oct 11 | 68°F | 43°F | 82°F 2010 | 23°F 1925 | 24% | 0% |
| Oct 12 | 67°F | 43°F | 88°F 1919 | 23°F 1915 | 24% | |
| Oct 13 | 67°F | 42°F | 82°F 1928 | 23°F 2000 | 24% | |
| Oct 14 | 67°F | 42°F | 82°F 1928 | 16°F 1988 | 23% | |
| Oct 15 | 66°F | 41°F | 82°F 1935 | 19°F 1987 | 23% | |
| Oct 16 | 66°F | 41°F | 80°F 1910 | 20°F 1939 | 23% | |
| Oct 17 | 66°F | 41°F | 84°F 1938 | 24°F 1970 | 23% | |
| Oct 18 | 65°F | 40°F | 87°F 1938 | 21°F 1970 | 23% | |
| Oct 19 | 65°F | 40°F | 85°F 1938 | 21°F 1931 | 23% | |
| Oct 20 | 65°F | 39°F | 82°F 2016 | 19°F 1972 | 23% | |
| Oct 21 | 64°F | 39°F | 81°F 1931 | 19°F 1974 | 23% | |
| Oct 22 | 64°F | 39°F | 78°F 1941 | 14°F 1930 | 23% | |
| Oct 23 | 64°F | 38°F | 78°F 2001 | 18°F 1987 | 23% | |
| Oct 24 | 63°F | 38°F | 83°F 1939 | 17°F 1904 | 23% | |
| Oct 25 | 63°F | 38°F | 79°F 2012 | 22°F 1998 | 23% | |
| Oct 26 | 62°F | 37°F | 83°F 1939 | 16°F 2013 | 23% | |
| Oct 27 | 62°F | 37°F | 81°F 1940 | 16°F 2013 | 23% | |
| Oct 28 | 62°F | 37°F | 77°F 1919 | 19°F 1939 | 23% | |
| Oct 29 | 61°F | 36°F | 79°F 2023 | 18°F 1987 | 23% | |
| Oct 30 | 61°F | 36°F | 77°F 1933 | 17°F 2001 | 23% | |
| Oct 31 | 61°F | 36°F | 77°F 1937 | 18°F 1917 | 23% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (EDT).
- October 1
- sunrise 7:20 AM, sunset 7:08 PM
- October 31
- sunrise 7:47 AM, sunset 6:29 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00318158 (Sparta 3.5 Ssw), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00314496, 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.