Climate averages 1991–2020
Southend-on-Sea weather
in October.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a cool month in Southend-on-Sea: daytime highs average 14.4°C and nights cool to about 9.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 72 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 44 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Basildon (18 km away). In October its highs average 14.4°C, about as warm as Southend-on-Sea, with 56 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in the United Kingdom, Southend-on-Sea ranks joint 23rd of 143 for the warmest October highs and joint 93rd of 143 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 143 cities is 13.6°C; Southend-on-Sea is 0.8°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 4.0°C to 10.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 72 mm to 71 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
Southend-on-Sea climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.2°C3.3°C | 3.3°C | 67 | 13.3 | 8.48 h |
| February | 7.5°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 55 | 10.9 | 9.910 h |
| March | 9.6°C4.4°C | 4.4°C | 46 | 10.2 | 11.812 h |
| April | 12.4°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 47 | 10.0 | 13.814 h |
| May | 15.5°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 53 | 9.5 | 15.616 h |
| June | 18.5°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 55 | 9.8 | 16.617 h |
| July | 20.8°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 56 | 11.0 | 16.116 h |
| August | 20.8°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 63 | 10.2 | 14.615 h |
| September | 18.1°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 56 | 10.3 | 12.713 h |
| October, selected | 14.4°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 72 | 12.3 | 10.711 h |
| November | 10.3°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 71 | 12.4 | 8.99 h |
| December | 7.7°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 74 | 12.7 | 7.98 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
- Basildon in OctoberUnited Kingdom · 18 kmHigh 14.4°C · Low 9.4°C · 56 mm rain
- Gillingham in OctoberUnited Kingdom · 20 kmHigh 14.5°C · Low 9.1°C · 56 mm rain
- Chelmsford in OctoberUnited Kingdom · 28 kmHigh 14.4°C · Low 9.0°C · 55 mm rain
- Grays in OctoberUnited Kingdom · 28 kmHigh 14.6°C · Low 9.0°C · 56 mm rain
- Maidstone in OctoberUnited Kingdom · 33 kmHigh 14.7°C · Low 9.1°C · 62 mm rain
- Dagenham in OctoberUnited Kingdom · 38 kmHigh 14.6°C · Low 9.0°C · 56 mm rain
- Bexley in OctoberUnited Kingdom · 41 kmHigh 14.7°C · Low 8.8°C · 56 mm rain
- Colchester in OctoberUnited Kingdom · 41 kmHigh 14.3°C · Low 9.5°C · 64 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 Southend-on-Sea) is explained once on the Southend-on-Sea year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.