Climate averages 1991–2020
Elk Grove weather
in October.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 6th warmest and the 6th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a warm month in Elk Grove: daytime highs average 24.9°C and nights cool to about 12.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 37 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes October a fairly dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 14 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Rancho Cordova (21 km away). In October its highs average 25.0°C, about as warm as Elk Grove, with 37 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Elk Grove ranks joint 158th 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; Elk Grove is 3.5°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 7.3°C to 17.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 37 mm to 65 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
Elk Grove climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 13.3°C4.3°C | 4.3°C | 125 | 9.5 | 9.810 h |
| February | 15.4°C5.5°C | 5.5°C | 121 | 9.7 | 10.711 h |
| March | 18.0°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 105 | 9.2 | 11.912 h |
| April | 21.3°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 49 | 5.7 | 13.213 h |
| May | 26.0°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 29 | 4.0 | 14.214 h |
| June | 30.6°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 5.8 | 1.0 | 14.815 h |
| July | 32.7°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 0.4 | 0.1 | 14.615 h |
| August | 32.1°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 1.4 | 0.2 | 13.714 h |
| September | 30.3°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 3.5 | 0.7 | 12.512 h |
| October, selected | 24.9°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 37 | 3.2 | 11.211 h |
| November | 17.6°C7.4°C | 7.4°C | 65 | 6.6 | 10.110 h |
| December | 13.1°C4.5°C | 4.5°C | 121 | 9.7 | 9.510 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
- Rancho Cordova in OctoberUnited States · 21 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 11.8°C · 37 mm rain
- Arden-Arcade in OctoberUnited States · 22 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 12.1°C · 31 mm rain
- Sacramento in OctoberUnited States · 22 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 12.2°C · 31 mm rain
- Citrus Heights in OctoberUnited States · 34 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 11.7°C · 41 mm rain
- Folsom in OctoberUnited States · 34 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 11.5°C · 41 mm rain
- Roseville in OctoberUnited States · 39 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 11.5°C · 41 mm rain
- Stockton in OctoberUnited States · 51 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 12.3°C · 27 mm rain
- Vacaville in OctoberUnited States · 54 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 12.9°C · 24 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 Elk Grove) is explained once on the Elk Grove year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Rancho Cordova lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.