Climate averages 1991–2020

Bethlehem, United States weather
in October.

A mild, wet month: the 6th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.

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

Average high 17.1°C Daytime mean, October
Average low 7.8°C Night-time mean, October
Rainfall 105 mm 9 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 11 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Bethlehem · average highYear overview

October is a mild month in Bethlehem, United States: daytime highs average 17.1°C and nights cool to about 7.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 105 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes October a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 10 min on an average October day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Allentown (10 km away). In October its highs average 17.2°C, about as warm as Bethlehem, United States, with 100 mm of rain.

Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Bethlehem, United States ranks joint 359th of 498 for the warmest October highs and joint 445th of 498 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 498 cities is 21.4°C; Bethlehem, United States is 4.2°C cooler than that mean.

From October to November, average highs fall by 6.3°C to 10.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 105 mm to 84 mm.

The annual picture

October in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. -10-505101520253035 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 1500

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

Every month, side by side

Bethlehem, United States climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Bethlehem, United States, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 2.8°C-5.7°C-5.7°C909.69.610 h
February 4.4°C-5.3°C-5.3°C799.110.611 h
March 9.1°C-1.4°C-1.4°C10310.911.912 h
April 15.7°C4.5°C4.5°C9910.713.313 h
May 21.2°C10.3°C10.3°C9311.414.414 h
June 26.2°C15.6°C15.6°C10311.015.015 h
July 29.0°C18.6°C18.6°C9110.214.815 h
August 28.0°C17.9°C17.9°C939.713.814 h
September 24.1°C14.1°C14.1°C1098.812.513 h
October, selected 17.1°C7.8°C7.8°C1058.711.211 h
November 10.8°C2.0°C2.0°C848.310.010 h
December 5.4°C-2.4°C-2.4°C1049.99.39 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.

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October in nearby cities

Distance from Bethlehem

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 Bethlehem) is explained once on the Bethlehem, United States year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.