Climate averages 1991–2020
Lafayette (Louisiana), United States 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 Lafayette (Louisiana), United States: daytime highs average 26.4°C and nights cool to about 17.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 96 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes October a wet month (the joint 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 28 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Baton Rouge (84 km away). In October its highs average 26.2°C, about as warm as Lafayette (Louisiana), United States, with 86 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Lafayette (Louisiana), United States ranks joint 79th of 498 for the warmest October highs and joint 374th of 498 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 498 cities is 21.4°C; Lafayette (Louisiana), United States is 5.0°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 5.4°C to 21.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 96 mm to 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
Lafayette (Louisiana), United States climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 16.1°C7.2°C | 7.2°C | 127 | 9.5 | 10.410 h |
| February | 18.2°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 107 | 8.9 | 11.111 h |
| March | 21.4°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 109 | 10.1 | 12.012 h |
| April | 24.9°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 109 | 9.1 | 12.913 h |
| May | 28.9°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 92 | 9.7 | 13.714 h |
| June | 31.3°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 114 | 14.2 | 14.114 h |
| July | 31.8°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 124 | 17.4 | 13.914 h |
| August | 32.1°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 121 | 16.1 | 13.213 h |
| September | 30.3°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 96 | 11.2 | 12.412 h |
| October, selected | 26.4°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 96 | 7.7 | 11.511 h |
| November | 21.0°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 90 | 8.2 | 10.711 h |
| December | 17.3°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 112 | 9.2 | 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
- Baton Rouge in OctoberUnited States · 84 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 16.7°C · 86 mm rain
- Lake Charles in OctoberUnited States · 114 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 16.9°C · 95 mm rain
- Metairie in OctoberUnited States · 182 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 18.9°C · 89 mm rain
- New Orleans in OctoberUnited States · 189 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 18.9°C · 88 mm rain
- Beaumont in OctoberUnited States · 201 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 17.1°C · 104 mm rain
- Gulfport in OctoberUnited States · 281 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 18.1°C · 95 mm rain
- Jackson in OctoberUnited States · 289 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 14.0°C · 91 mm rain
- Baytown in OctoberUnited States · 290 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 17.6°C · 109 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 Lafayette) is explained once on the Lafayette (Louisiana), United States year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.