Climate averages 1991–2020
Manchester, United States weather
in October.
A mild, wet month: the 6th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a mild month in Manchester, United States: daytime highs average 15.2°C and nights cool to about 6.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 101 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes October a wet month (the 11th 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 Nashua (26 km away). In October its highs average 15.5°C, about as warm as Manchester, United States, with 97 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Manchester, United States ranks joint 445th of 498 for the warmest October highs and joint 416th of 498 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 498 cities is 21.4°C; Manchester, United States is 6.2°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 6.6°C to 8.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 101 mm to 87 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
Manchester, United States climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -0.2°C-9.1°C | -9.1°C | 78 | 9.4 | 9.49 h |
| February | 1.4°C-8.2°C | -8.2°C | 76 | 8.8 | 10.510 h |
| March | 5.9°C-3.8°C | -3.8°C | 100 | 10.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 13.0°C2.5°C | 2.5°C | 95 | 10.5 | 13.413 h |
| May | 19.1°C8.7°C | 8.7°C | 80 | 10.6 | 14.615 h |
| June | 24.5°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 91 | 11.5 | 15.315 h |
| July | 27.7°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 89 | 10.3 | 15.015 h |
| August | 26.7°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 87 | 9.7 | 13.914 h |
| September | 22.3°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 87 | 8.4 | 12.513 h |
| October, selected | 15.2°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 101 | 9.4 | 11.111 h |
| November | 8.5°C1.0°C | 1.0°C | 87 | 9.4 | 9.810 h |
| December | 2.8°C-4.8°C | -4.8°C | 104 | 10.2 | 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
- Nashua in OctoberUnited States · 26 kmHigh 15.5°C · Low 7.2°C · 97 mm rain
- Lawrence (Massachusetts), United States in OctoberUnited States · 40 kmHigh 15.9°C · Low 7.9°C · 96 mm rain
- Lowell in OctoberUnited States · 42 kmHigh 15.9°C · Low 7.7°C · 96 mm rain
- Lynn in OctoberUnited States · 72 kmHigh 15.2°C · Low 9.1°C · 109 mm rain
- Newton in OctoberUnited States · 76 kmHigh 16.1°C · Low 8.4°C · 99 mm rain
- Boston in OctoberUnited States · 78 kmHigh 16.0°C · Low 8.1°C · 108 mm rain
- Dorchester in OctoberUnited States · 84 kmHigh 15.9°C · Low 8.5°C · 108 mm rain
- Worcester, United States in OctoberUnited States · 86 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 7.6°C · 99 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 Manchester) is explained once on the Manchester, United States year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.