Climate averages 1991–2020

Meads weather
in October.

A mild, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 19.8°C Daytime mean, October

Average low 10.2°C Night-time mean, October

Rainfall 80 mm 9 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 11 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

October is a mild month in Meads: daytime highs average 19.8°C and nights cool to about 10.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 80 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 14 min on an average October day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Lexington (162 km away). In October its highs average 19.2°C, 0.6°C cooler than Meads, with 86 mm of rain.

Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Meads ranks joint 286th of 498 for the warmest October highs and joint 260th of 498 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 498 cities is 21.4°C; Meads is 1.6°C cooler than that mean.

From October to November, average highs fall by 6.8°C to 13.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 80 mm to 85 mm.

The annual picture

October in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Meads climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Meads, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	5.8°C-2.5°C	-2.5°C	90	10.7	9.810 h
February	8.0°C-1.3°C	-1.3°C	91	10.3	10.711 h
March	13.0°C2.7°C	2.7°C	110	12.3	11.912 h
April	19.1°C8.3°C	8.3°C	108	12.4	13.213 h
May	23.2°C13.5°C	13.5°C	119	12.8	14.214 h
June	27.7°C18.2°C	18.2°C	113	13.4	14.815 h
July	29.6°C20.4°C	20.4°C	109	13.2	14.615 h
August	29.2°C19.8°C	19.8°C	84	11.6	13.714 h
September	25.9°C16.3°C	16.3°C	91	8.5	12.512 h
October, selected	19.8°C10.2°C	10.2°C	80	8.8	11.211 h
November	13.0°C4.2°C	4.2°C	85	9.0	10.110 h
December	7.7°C0.1°C	0.1°C	95	10.3	9.510 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

Distance from Meads

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Meads) is explained once on the Meads year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.