Climate averages 1991–2020
Lower Hutt weather
in October.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and one of the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a cool month in Lower Hutt: daytime highs average 14.4°C and nights cool to about 10.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 88 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (one of the wettest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 10 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Wellington (14 km away). In October its highs average 13.5°C, 0.9°C cooler than Lower Hutt, with 83 mm of rain.
Among the 11 cities listed in New Zealand, Lower Hutt ranks 9th of 11 for the warmest October highs and 7th of 11 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 11 cities is 15.3°C; Lower Hutt is 0.9°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 1.4°C to 15.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 88 mm to 73 mm.
The annual picture
October in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Lower Hutt climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 19.5°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 58 | 8.4 | 14.815 h |
| February | 19.9°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 56 | 7.4 | 13.714 h |
| March | 18.5°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 59 | 8.2 | 12.412 h |
| April | 16.3°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 69 | 9.6 | 11.011 h |
| May | 14.3°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 70 | 10.4 | 9.910 h |
| June | 12.3°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 88 | 12.1 | 9.39 h |
| July | 11.5°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 84 | 12.2 | 9.510 h |
| August | 11.8°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 80 | 13.1 | 10.510 h |
| September | 13.0°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 76 | 11.8 | 11.812 h |
| October, selected | 14.4°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 88 | 11.9 | 13.213 h |
| November | 15.8°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 73 | 10.7 | 14.414 h |
| December | 17.9°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 68 | 10.8 | 15.115 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
October in nearby cities
- Wellington in OctoberNew Zealand · 14 kmHigh 13.5°C · Low 10.4°C · 83 mm rain
- Palmerston North in OctoberNew Zealand · 112 kmHigh 15.1°C · Low 8.1°C · 109 mm rain
- Hastings, New Zealand in OctoberNew Zealand · 240 kmHigh 17.1°C · Low 8.8°C · 65 mm rain
- New Plymouth in OctoberNew Zealand · 249 kmHigh 14.7°C · Low 9.5°C · 171 mm rain
- Christchurch in OctoberNew Zealand · 319 kmHigh 15.5°C · Low 6.6°C · 48 mm rain
- Hamilton, New Zealand in OctoberNew Zealand · 383 kmHigh 16.4°C · Low 8.8°C · 100 mm rain
- Tauranga in OctoberNew Zealand · 407 kmHigh 16.4°C · Low 10.2°C · 96 mm rain
- Manukau City in OctoberNew Zealand · 470 kmHigh 16.4°C · Low 10.9°C · 76 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Lower Hutt) is explained once on the Lower Hutt year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.