Climate averages 1991–2020
Davenport weather
in October.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the joint 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a mild month in Davenport: daytime highs average 16.7°C and nights cool to about 8.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 70 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the joint 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 08 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Iowa City (81 km away). In October its highs average 16.6°C, about as warm as Davenport, with 74 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Davenport ranks joint 373rd of 498 for the warmest October highs and joint 207th of 498 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 498 cities is 21.4°C; Davenport is 4.7°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 7.9°C to 8.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 70 mm to 61 mm.
The annual picture
October in context
Monthly precipitation
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
Davenport climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -0.9°C-9.3°C | -9.3°C | 46 | 7.6 | 9.510 h |
| February | 1.8°C-7.2°C | -7.2°C | 49 | 6.7 | 10.611 h |
| March | 8.9°C-0.9°C | -0.9°C | 70 | 9.5 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.6°C5.5°C | 5.5°C | 108 | 12.0 | 13.313 h |
| May | 21.6°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 119 | 12.8 | 14.514 h |
| June | 26.6°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 118 | 11.9 | 15.115 h |
| July | 28.5°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 91 | 10.1 | 14.915 h |
| August | 27.6°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 90 | 9.2 | 13.814 h |
| September | 23.8°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 88 | 8.3 | 12.513 h |
| October, selected | 16.7°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 70 | 8.5 | 11.111 h |
| November | 8.8°C1.1°C | 1.1°C | 61 | 7.8 | 9.910 h |
| December | 1.9°C-5.4°C | -5.4°C | 53 | 7.2 | 9.29 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
- Iowa City in OctoberUnited States · 81 kmHigh 16.6°C · Low 7.6°C · 74 mm rain
- Cedar Rapids in OctoberUnited States · 104 kmHigh 16.0°C · Low 7.0°C · 73 mm rain
- Peoria (Illinois), United States in OctoberUnited States · 124 kmHigh 17.5°C · Low 8.9°C · 79 mm rain
- Rockford in OctoberUnited States · 148 kmHigh 15.7°C · Low 7.2°C · 73 mm rain
- Bloomington (Illinois), United States in OctoberUnited States · 176 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 8.5°C · 85 mm rain
- Aurora (Illinois), United States in OctoberUnited States · 189 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 7.7°C · 80 mm rain
- Madison in OctoberUnited States · 198 kmHigh 14.8°C · Low 6.4°C · 72 mm rain
- Elgin in OctoberUnited States · 199 kmHigh 16.0°C · Low 7.8°C · 80 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 Davenport) is explained once on the Davenport year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.