Climate averages 1991–2020
Greenville weather
in October.
A warm, wet month: the 6th warmest and the joint 3rd 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 Greenville: daytime highs average 22.1°C and nights cool to about 13.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 90 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes October a wet month (the joint 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 19 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Raleigh (116 km away). In October its highs average 21.5°C, 0.6°C cooler than Greenville, with 79 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Greenville ranks joint 237th of 498 for the warmest October highs and joint 338th of 498 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 498 cities is 21.4°C; Greenville is 0.8°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 5.4°C to 16.7°C, and monthly rainfall stays at 90 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
Greenville climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10.9°C1.9°C | 1.9°C | 94 | 9.1 | 10.010 h |
| February | 12.8°C2.8°C | 2.8°C | 79 | 9.1 | 10.911 h |
| March | 16.6°C6.0°C | 6.0°C | 93 | 9.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 21.7°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 80 | 8.6 | 13.113 h |
| May | 25.7°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 94 | 10.6 | 14.014 h |
| June | 29.2°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 113 | 13.6 | 14.515 h |
| July | 30.9°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 136 | 16.9 | 14.314 h |
| August | 29.9°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 137 | 14.4 | 13.514 h |
| September | 27.0°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 132 | 11.5 | 12.412 h |
| October, selected | 22.1°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 90 | 7.4 | 11.311 h |
| November | 16.7°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 90 | 7.7 | 10.310 h |
| December | 12.6°C3.7°C | 3.7°C | 90 | 9.2 | 9.810 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
- Raleigh in OctoberUnited States · 116 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 12.3°C · 79 mm rain
- Cary in OctoberUnited States · 129 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 12.1°C · 79 mm rain
- Suffolk in OctoberUnited States · 143 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 12.9°C · 93 mm rain
- Durham in OctoberUnited States · 145 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 11.6°C · 79 mm rain
- Fayetteville in OctoberUnited States · 151 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 12.9°C · 82 mm rain
- Portsmouth Heights in OctoberUnited States · 161 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 12.9°C · 94 mm rain
- Wilmington (North Carolina), United States in OctoberUnited States · 162 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 15.9°C · 100 mm rain
- Norfolk in OctoberUnited States · 168 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 13.2°C · 94 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 Greenville) is explained once on the Greenville year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.