Climate averages 1991–2020

Metairie weather
in October.

A warm, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.

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

Average high 25.3°C Daytime mean, October

Average low 18.9°C Night-time mean, October

Rainfall 89 mm 8 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 11 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

October is a warm month in Metairie: daytime highs average 25.3°C and nights cool to about 18.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 89 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 2nd 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 New Orleans (8 km away). In October its highs average 25.2°C, about as warm as Metairie, with 88 mm of rain.

Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Metairie ranks joint 129th of 498 for the warmest October highs and 337th of 498 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 498 cities is 21.4°C; Metairie is 4.0°C warmer than that mean.

From October to November, average highs fall by 4.8°C to 20.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 89 mm to 87 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

Metairie climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Metairie, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	16.0°C9.1°C	9.1°C	119	9.8	10.410 h
February	17.9°C10.7°C	10.7°C	112	9.4	11.111 h
March	20.8°C13.6°C	13.6°C	115	9.6	12.012 h
April	24.2°C17.2°C	17.2°C	100	8.8	12.913 h
May	28.0°C21.2°C	21.2°C	93	9.1	13.614 h
June	30.4°C24.3°C	24.3°C	124	14.6	14.014 h
July	31.0°C25.3°C	25.3°C	136	18.0	13.914 h
August	30.9°C25.3°C	25.3°C	148	17.1	13.213 h
September	29.1°C23.5°C	23.5°C	118	12.4	12.412 h
October, selected	25.3°C18.9°C	18.9°C	89	8.1	11.511 h
November	20.5°C13.6°C	13.6°C	87	7.6	10.711 h
December	17.2°C10.4°C	10.4°C	98	9.6	10.310 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 Metairie

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 Metairie) is explained once on the Metairie year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.