Climate averages 1991–2020
Fort Myers weather
in October.
A hot, moderately wet month: the joint 6th warmest and the joint 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Fort Myers: daytime highs average 28.7°C and nights cool to about 21.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 74 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the joint 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 33 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Cape Coral (13 km away). In October its highs average 28.6°C, about as warm as Fort Myers, with 72 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Fort Myers ranks 19th of 498 for the warmest October highs and joint 230th of 498 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 498 cities is 21.4°C; Fort Myers is 7.4°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 2.6°C to 26.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 74 mm to 33 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
Fort Myers climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 22.9°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 45 | 5.3 | 10.711 h |
| February | 24.3°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 35 | 4.7 | 11.211 h |
| March | 26.3°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 43 | 4.9 | 12.012 h |
| April | 28.7°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 50 | 6.4 | 12.813 h |
| May | 30.9°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 74 | 9.5 | 13.413 h |
| June | 31.1°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 176 | 20.8 | 13.814 h |
| July | 31.2°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 165 | 23.1 | 13.614 h |
| August | 31.2°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 164 | 24.0 | 13.113 h |
| September | 30.4°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 156 | 19.7 | 12.312 h |
| October, selected | 28.7°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 74 | 8.9 | 11.612 h |
| November | 26.2°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 33 | 4.2 | 10.911 h |
| December | 24.1°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 33 | 4.3 | 10.511 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
- Cape Coral in OctoberUnited States · 13 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 21.6°C · 72 mm rain
- Lehigh Acres in OctoberUnited States · 21 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 20.6°C · 72 mm rain
- St. Petersburg in OctoberUnited States · 152 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 21.8°C · 63 mm rain
- Brandon in OctoberUnited States · 153 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 20.1°C · 52 mm rain
- Lakeland in OctoberUnited States · 158 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 19.8°C · 56 mm rain
- Tampa in OctoberUnited States · 160 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 20.1°C · 58 mm rain
- Coral Springs in OctoberUnited States · 161 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 22.3°C · 104 mm rain
- Port Saint Lucie in OctoberUnited States · 166 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 22.2°C · 102 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 Fort Myers) is explained once on the Fort Myers year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.