Climate averages 1991–2020
Abilene weather
in October.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the 11th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a warm month in Abilene: daytime highs average 25.2°C and nights cool to about 14.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 64 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 24 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is San Angelo (128 km away). In October its highs average 25.8°C, 0.6°C warmer than Abilene, with 60 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Abilene ranks joint 134th of 498 for the warmest October highs and joint 186th of 498 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 498 cities is 21.4°C; Abilene is 3.8°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 6.4°C to 18.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 64 mm to 41 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
Abilene climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 14.1°C2.9°C | 2.9°C | 31 | 4.3 | 10.310 h |
| February | 16.6°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 39 | 4.6 | 11.011 h |
| March | 21.0°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 50 | 5.8 | 12.012 h |
| April | 25.5°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 55 | 5.7 | 13.013 h |
| May | 29.2°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 75 | 9.1 | 13.814 h |
| June | 32.9°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 62 | 7.7 | 14.214 h |
| July | 34.8°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 39 | 5.3 | 14.114 h |
| August | 34.2°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 46 | 5.9 | 13.313 h |
| September | 30.2°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 58 | 5.9 | 12.412 h |
| October, selected | 25.2°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 64 | 5.6 | 11.411 h |
| November | 18.8°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 41 | 4.0 | 10.511 h |
| December | 14.4°C3.7°C | 3.7°C | 35 | 4.3 | 10.110 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
- San Angelo in OctoberUnited States · 128 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 14.6°C · 60 mm rain
- Wichita Falls in OctoberUnited States · 200 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 14.3°C · 83 mm rain
- Midland in OctoberUnited States · 226 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 13.3°C · 40 mm rain
- Fort Worth in OctoberUnited States · 228 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 15.2°C · 93 mm rain
- Lubbock in OctoberUnited States · 234 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 11.3°C · 47 mm rain
- Killeen in OctoberUnited States · 241 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 15.9°C · 96 mm rain
- Arlington (Texas), United States in OctoberUnited States · 248 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 15.3°C · 96 mm rain
- Flower Mound in OctoberUnited States · 254 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 15.3°C · 96 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 Abilene) is explained once on the Abilene year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.