Ritzville Weather in October
Average highs run from 70°F on October 1 to 53°F on October 31, and lows from 41°F to 32°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 1.08 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
- 62°F
- Average low
- 36°F
- Precipitation
- 1.08 in
- Record high
- 86°FOct 2, 1992
- Record low
- -1°FOct 31, 2002
- Chance of a freeze
- 96%
- Daylight
- 11 h 40 min to 10 h 03 min
- Cloud cover
- 57%
- Humidity
- 62%
- Dew point
- 36°F
- Wind
- 8.3 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 | 70°F | 41°F | 82°F 1943 | 24°F 2002 | 16% | 0% |
| Oct 2 | 70°F | 41°F | 86°F 1992 | 21°F 2002 | 16% | 0% |
| Oct 3 | 69°F | 41°F | 85°F 1975 | 18°F 2018 | 17% | 0% |
| Oct 4 | 68°F | 40°F | 84°F 1917 | 23°F 1916 | 17% | 0% |
| Oct 5 | 68°F | 40°F | 80°F 1960 | 22°F 2000 | 18% | 0% |
| Oct 6 | 67°F | 40°F | 82°F 1980 | 22°F 1990 | 18% | 0% |
| Oct 7 | 67°F | 39°F | 85°F 1980 | 18°F 1990 | 18% | 0% |
| Oct 8 | 66°F | 39°F | 83°F 1980 | 20°F 1985 | 19% | 0% |
| Oct 9 | 66°F | 39°F | 80°F 1921 | 12°F 1932 | 19% | 0% |
| Oct 10 | 65°F | 38°F | 82°F 1934 | 16°F 2019 | 20% | 0% |
| Oct 11 | 64°F | 38°F | 82°F 1934 | 13°F 2009 | 20% | 0% |
| Oct 12 | 64°F | 38°F | 79°F 1988 | 13°F 2002 | 21% | 0% |
| Oct 13 | 63°F | 37°F | 78°F 1918 | 20°F 1928 | 21% | 0% |
| Oct 14 | 63°F | 37°F | 79°F 1918 | 17°F 2017 | 22% | 0% |
| Oct 15 | 62°F | 37°F | 78°F 1929 | 18°F 1984 | 22% | 1% |
| Oct 16 | 62°F | 36°F | 79°F 1929 | 14°F 1965 | 23% | 1% |
| Oct 17 | 61°F | 36°F | 74°F 2022 | 14°F 1984 | 23% | 1% |
| Oct 18 | 60°F | 36°F | 74°F 1974 | 16°F 1984 | 24% | 1% |
| Oct 19 | 60°F | 35°F | 74°F 1974 | 13°F 1984 | 25% | 1% |
| Oct 20 | 59°F | 35°F | 74°F 1974 | 18°F 1984 | 25% | 1% |
| Oct 21 | 59°F | 35°F | 73°F 2023 | 10°F 1984 | 26% | 1% |
| Oct 22 | 58°F | 34°F | 77°F 2003 | 12°F 1984 | 26% | 1% |
| Oct 23 | 57°F | 34°F | 73°F 1960 | 13°F 1893 | 27% | 1% |
| Oct 24 | 57°F | 34°F | 70°F 1929 | 13°F 1919 | 27% | 1% |
| Oct 25 | 56°F | 34°F | 67°F 1922 | 8°F 1919 | 28% | 1% |
| Oct 26 | 56°F | 33°F | 83°F 1893 | 5°F 2020 | 29% | 1% |
| Oct 27 | 55°F | 33°F | 70°F 1944 | 12°F 2020 | 29% | 2% |
| Oct 28 | 55°F | 33°F | 71°F 1944 | 11°F 1991 | 30% | 2% |
| Oct 29 | 54°F | 33°F | 71°F 1921 | 11°F 2019 | 30% | 2% |
| Oct 30 | 54°F | 32°F | 70°F 1921 | 8°F 2019 | 31% | 2% |
| Oct 31 | 53°F | 32°F | 64°F 1944 | -1°F 2002 | 32% | 2% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (PDT).
- October 1
- sunrise 6:53 AM, sunset 6:33 PM
- October 31
- sunrise 7:35 AM, sunset 5:38 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00457059 (Ritzville 1 Sse), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00452007, 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.