Climate averages 1991–2020

Redditch weather
in October.

A cool, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the wettest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 13.5°C Daytime mean, October
Average low 7.5°C Night-time mean, October
Rainfall 65 mm 11 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 11 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Redditch · average highYear overview

October is a cool month in Redditch: daytime highs average 13.5°C and nights cool to about 7.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 65 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 41 min on an average October day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Solihull (16 km away). In October its highs average 13.4°C, about as warm as Redditch, with 65 mm of rain.

Among the 143 cities listed in the United Kingdom, Redditch ranks joint 80th of 143 for the warmest October highs and joint 67th of 143 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 143 cities is 13.6°C; Redditch is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.

From October to November, average highs fall by 4.1°C to 9.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 65 mm to 64 mm.

The annual picture

October in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. -50510152025 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 1000

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Redditch climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Redditch, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 6.6°C1.7°C1.7°C5411.68.38 h
February 7.3°C1.4°C1.4°C449.89.910 h
March 9.6°C2.5°C2.5°C4810.311.812 h
April 12.3°C4.1°C4.1°C5411.613.914 h
May 15.4°C7.2°C7.2°C6011.215.716 h
June 18.2°C10.2°C10.2°C6310.916.717 h
July 20.3°C12.2°C12.2°C6010.716.316 h
August 19.9°C12.2°C12.2°C5910.414.715 h
September 17.4°C10.1°C10.1°C549.312.713 h
October, selected 13.5°C7.5°C7.5°C6511.210.711 h
November 9.4°C4.3°C4.3°C6411.68.89 h
December 6.9°C2.1°C2.1°C6011.47.88 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

Distance from Redditch

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Redditch) is explained once on the Redditch year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.