Climate averages 1991–2020
Amarillo weather
in October.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the 9th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a mild month in Amarillo: daytime highs average 21.9°C and nights cool to about 9.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 48 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 20 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Lubbock (183 km away). In October its highs average 23.3°C, 1.3°C warmer than Amarillo, with 47 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Amarillo ranks joint 243rd of 498 for the warmest October highs and joint 164th of 498 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 498 cities is 21.4°C; Amarillo is 0.6°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 6.6°C to 15.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 48 mm to 22 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
Amarillo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10.2°C-1.9°C | -1.9°C | 20 | 3.3 | 10.110 h |
| February | 12.7°C-0.3°C | -0.3°C | 17 | 3.6 | 10.911 h |
| March | 17.3°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 38 | 5.1 | 11.912 h |
| April | 21.7°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 42 | 5.2 | 13.113 h |
| May | 26.2°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 60 | 7.1 | 14.014 h |
| June | 30.9°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 53 | 8.6 | 14.514 h |
| July | 32.4°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 45 | 7.7 | 14.314 h |
| August | 31.4°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 59 | 8.8 | 13.513 h |
| September | 27.5°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 40 | 6.3 | 12.412 h |
| October, selected | 21.9°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 48 | 5.3 | 11.311 h |
| November | 15.4°C3.5°C | 3.5°C | 22 | 3.7 | 10.410 h |
| December | 10.1°C-1.4°C | -1.4°C | 27 | 3.6 | 9.810 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
- Lubbock in OctoberUnited States · 183 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 11.3°C · 47 mm rain
- Lawton in OctoberUnited States · 321 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 13.2°C · 79 mm rain
- Wichita Falls in OctoberUnited States · 338 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 14.3°C · 83 mm rain
- Midland in OctoberUnited States · 359 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 13.3°C · 40 mm rain
- Abilene in OctoberUnited States · 364 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 14.5°C · 64 mm rain
- Santa Fe, United States in OctoberUnited States · 376 kmHigh 17.1°C · Low 5.0°C · 30 mm rain
- Odessa in OctoberUnited States · 379 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 13.1°C · 37 mm rain
- Oklahoma City in OctoberUnited States · 392 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 12.5°C · 75 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 Amarillo) is explained once on the Amarillo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.