Climate averages 1991–2020

Akron weather
in October.

A mild, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.

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

Average high 16.4°C Daytime mean, October

Average low 8.0°C Night-time mean, October

Rainfall 82 mm 11 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 11 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

October is a mild month in Akron: daytime highs average 16.4°C and nights cool to about 8.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 82 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 09 min on an average October day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Canton (Ohio), United States (34 km away). In October its highs average 16.4°C, about as warm as Akron, with 80 mm of rain.

Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Akron ranks joint 394th of 498 for the warmest October highs and joint 271st of 498 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 498 cities is 21.4°C; Akron is 4.9°C cooler than that mean.

From October to November, average highs fall by 7.1°C to 9.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 82 mm to 80 mm.

The annual picture

October in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly precipitation

Average total · mm

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

Every month, side by side

Akron climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Akron, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Precipitation mm/month	Wet days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	1.2°C-7.1°C	-7.1°C	80	11.6	9.610 h
February	3.1°C-6.2°C	-6.2°C	66	10.1	10.611 h
March	8.1°C-1.8°C	-1.8°C	92	11.9	11.912 h
April	15.3°C4.4°C	4.4°C	109	13.7	13.313 h
May	20.9°C10.7°C	10.7°C	103	13.8	14.514 h
June	25.4°C15.9°C	15.9°C	106	12.5	15.115 h
July	27.6°C18.3°C	18.3°C	89	12.3	14.815 h
August	26.6°C17.6°C	17.6°C	84	10.5	13.814 h
September	23.0°C14.0°C	14.0°C	88	9.9	12.513 h
October, selected	16.4°C8.0°C	8.0°C	82	10.6	11.111 h
November	9.3°C1.8°C	1.8°C	80	10.4	9.910 h
December	3.5°C-3.2°C	-3.2°C	81	10.8	9.39 h

Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet 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 Akron

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 Akron) is explained once on the Akron year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.