Climate averages 1991–2020
Gulfport weather
in October.
A warm, wet month: the 6th warmest and the 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 Gulfport: daytime highs average 24.9°C and nights cool to about 18.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 95 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes October a wet month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 27 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is New Orleans (105 km away). In October its highs average 25.2°C, about as warm as Gulfport, with 88 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Gulfport ranks joint 158th of 498 for the warmest October highs and joint 367th of 498 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 498 cities is 21.4°C; Gulfport is 3.5°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 5.1°C to 19.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 95 mm to 101 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
Gulfport climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 14.8°C8.0°C | 8.0°C | 129 | 9.8 | 10.410 h |
| February | 16.7°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 121 | 8.8 | 11.111 h |
| March | 19.8°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 135 | 9.3 | 12.012 h |
| April | 23.2°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 106 | 7.5 | 12.913 h |
| May | 27.1°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 96 | 8.9 | 13.714 h |
| June | 29.8°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 137 | 13.5 | 14.114 h |
| July | 30.6°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 139 | 16.4 | 13.914 h |
| August | 30.5°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 161 | 16.9 | 13.213 h |
| September | 28.8°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 144 | 12.1 | 12.412 h |
| October, selected | 24.9°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 95 | 7.7 | 11.511 h |
| November | 19.7°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 101 | 7.3 | 10.711 h |
| December | 16.2°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 115 | 9.6 | 10.210 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
- New Orleans in OctoberUnited States · 105 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 18.9°C · 88 mm rain
- Mobile in OctoberUnited States · 107 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 17.1°C · 88 mm rain
- Metairie in OctoberUnited States · 110 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 18.9°C · 89 mm rain
- Baton Rouge in OctoberUnited States · 201 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 16.7°C · 86 mm rain
- Jackson in OctoberUnited States · 238 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 14.0°C · 91 mm rain
- Lafayette (Louisiana), United States in OctoberUnited States · 281 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 17.1°C · 96 mm rain
- Montgomery in OctoberUnited States · 346 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 14.5°C · 73 mm rain
- Tuscaloosa in OctoberUnited States · 347 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 14.1°C · 91 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 Gulfport) is explained once on the Gulfport year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.