Climate averages 1991–2020

Bend weather
in October.

A mild, fairly dry month: the 6th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.

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

Average high 15.0°C Daytime mean, October

Average low 2.9°C Night-time mean, October

Rainfall 37 mm 7 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 11 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

October is a mild month in Bend: daytime highs average 15.0°C and nights cool to about 2.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 37 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes October a fairly dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 03 min on an average October day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Eugene (142 km away). In October its highs average 17.4°C, 2.4°C warmer than Bend, with 107 mm of rain.

Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Bend ranks joint 457th of 498 for the warmest October highs and joint 134th of 498 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 498 cities is 21.4°C; Bend is 6.3°C cooler than that mean.

From October to November, average highs fall by 7.4°C to 7.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 37 mm to 69 mm.

The annual picture

October in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

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

Bend climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Bend, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	3.8°C-4.7°C	-4.7°C	71	12.2	9.39 h
February	5.2°C-4.2°C	-4.2°C	56	11.1	10.410 h
March	8.2°C-2.4°C	-2.4°C	56	12.1	11.912 h
April	11.7°C0.2°C	0.2°C	46	11.5	13.413 h
May	16.9°C4.4°C	4.4°C	45	9.6	14.715 h
June	21.4°C7.6°C	7.6°C	26	6.7	15.415 h
July	27.7°C11.3°C	11.3°C	14	3.7	15.115 h
August	27.2°C11.3°C	11.3°C	14	3.9	14.014 h
September	22.9°C7.9°C	7.9°C	16	3.4	12.613 h
October, selected	15.0°C2.9°C	2.9°C	37	6.8	11.011 h
November	7.6°C-1.5°C	-1.5°C	69	11.6	9.710 h
December	3.2°C-4.9°C	-4.9°C	96	13.1	9.09 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 Bend

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