Climate averages 1991–2020
Grand Rapids weather
in October.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a mild month in Grand Rapids: daytime highs average 15.0°C and nights cool to about 7.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 86 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 05 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Wyoming (6 km away). In October its highs average 15.0°C, about as warm as Grand Rapids, with 86 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Grand Rapids ranks joint 457th of 498 for the warmest October highs and joint 310th of 498 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 498 cities is 21.4°C; Grand Rapids is 6.4°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 7.4°C to 7.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 86 mm to 68 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
Grand Rapids climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -1.2°C-8.2°C | -8.2°C | 62 | 10.5 | 9.49 h |
| February | 0.1°C-8.3°C | -8.3°C | 50 | 8.1 | 10.510 h |
| March | 6.1°C-3.3°C | -3.3°C | 63 | 9.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 13.2°C3.0°C | 3.0°C | 101 | 12.1 | 13.413 h |
| May | 19.6°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 108 | 11.9 | 14.615 h |
| June | 24.8°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 95 | 11.3 | 15.315 h |
| July | 26.8°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 96 | 10.8 | 15.015 h |
| August | 25.9°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 92 | 10.5 | 13.914 h |
| September | 22.1°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 79 | 9.3 | 12.513 h |
| October, selected | 15.0°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 86 | 11.4 | 11.111 h |
| November | 7.6°C1.4°C | 1.4°C | 68 | 10.0 | 9.810 h |
| December | 1.7°C-3.8°C | -3.8°C | 60 | 10.8 | 9.19 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
- Wyoming in OctoberUnited States · 6 kmHigh 15.0°C · Low 7.4°C · 86 mm rain
- Kalamazoo in OctoberUnited States · 75 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 7.5°C · 87 mm rain
- Lansing in OctoberUnited States · 94 kmHigh 15.2°C · Low 7.3°C · 76 mm rain
- South Bend in OctoberUnited States · 150 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 7.9°C · 84 mm rain
- Flint in OctoberUnited States · 161 kmHigh 15.1°C · Low 7.3°C · 74 mm rain
- Racine in OctoberUnited States · 174 kmHigh 14.2°C · Low 10.2°C · 92 mm rain
- Ann Arbor in OctoberUnited States · 175 kmHigh 15.3°C · Low 7.1°C · 68 mm rain
- Kenosha in OctoberUnited States · 181 kmHigh 14.3°C · Low 10.3°C · 96 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 Grand Rapids) is explained once on the Grand Rapids year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Wyoming lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.