Climate averages 1991–2020
Kirkland weather
in October.
A cool, wet month: the 6th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a cool month in Kirkland: daytime highs average 14.4°C and nights cool to about 7.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 143 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes October a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 54 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bellevue (8 km away). In October its highs average 14.8°C, about as warm as Kirkland, with 134 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Kirkland ranks 478th of 498 for the warmest October highs and joint 494th of 498 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 498 cities is 21.4°C; Kirkland is 7.0°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 4.9°C to 9.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 143 mm to 198 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
Kirkland climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.1°C1.8°C | 1.8°C | 179 | 18.3 | 8.99 h |
| February | 8.5°C1.6°C | 1.6°C | 119 | 15.1 | 10.210 h |
| March | 10.6°C2.8°C | 2.8°C | 139 | 17.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 13.2°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 113 | 15.4 | 13.614 h |
| May | 16.8°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 80 | 12.5 | 15.115 h |
| June | 19.2°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 71 | 10.7 | 15.916 h |
| July | 23.1°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 33 | 6.0 | 15.616 h |
| August | 23.4°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 38 | 5.2 | 14.314 h |
| September | 20.1°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 71 | 8.7 | 12.613 h |
| October, selected | 14.4°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 143 | 14.6 | 10.911 h |
| November | 9.4°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 198 | 18.1 | 9.49 h |
| December | 6.5°C1.8°C | 1.8°C | 181 | 17.9 | 8.59 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
- Bellevue in OctoberUnited States · 8 kmHigh 14.8°C · Low 7.4°C · 134 mm rain
- Seattle in OctoberUnited States · 12 kmHigh 14.6°C · Low 7.4°C · 134 mm rain
- Renton in OctoberUnited States · 22 kmHigh 15.2°C · Low 7.7°C · 134 mm rain
- Everett in OctoberUnited States · 33 kmHigh 14.3°C · Low 7.4°C · 180 mm rain
- Kent in OctoberUnited States · 33 kmHigh 15.2°C · Low 7.8°C · 134 mm rain
- Federal Way in OctoberUnited States · 41 kmHigh 14.3°C · Low 7.2°C · 131 mm rain
- Auburn in OctoberUnited States · 42 kmHigh 14.9°C · Low 7.4°C · 131 mm rain
- Tacoma in OctoberUnited States · 51 kmHigh 14.7°C · Low 7.9°C · 112 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 Kirkland) is explained once on the Kirkland year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.