Climate averages 1991–2020
Rochester (New York), United States weather
in October.
A cool, wet month: the 6th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a cool month in Rochester (New York), United States: daytime highs average 14.8°C and nights cool to about 8.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 109 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes October a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 05 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Cheektowaga (97 km away). In October its highs average 14.6°C, about as warm as Rochester (New York), United States, with 90 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Rochester (New York), United States ranks joint 467th of 498 for the warmest October highs and joint 465th of 498 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 498 cities is 21.4°C; Rochester (New York), United States is 6.6°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 6.6°C to 8.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 109 mm to 95 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
Rochester (New York), 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-6.7°C | -6.7°C | 85 | 15.5 | 9.49 h |
| February | 0.4°C-7.1°C | -7.1°C | 67 | 11.1 | 10.510 h |
| March | 4.5°C-3.4°C | -3.4°C | 80 | 11.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 10.9°C2.6°C | 2.6°C | 100 | 11.8 | 13.413 h |
| May | 17.3°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 81 | 11.4 | 14.615 h |
| June | 22.5°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 89 | 11.5 | 15.315 h |
| July | 25.7°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 89 | 11.1 | 15.015 h |
| August | 25.1°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 80 | 11.7 | 13.914 h |
| September | 21.6°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 88 | 10.7 | 12.513 h |
| October, selected | 14.8°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 109 | 13.3 | 11.111 h |
| November | 8.2°C2.3°C | 2.3°C | 95 | 14.0 | 9.810 h |
| December | 2.6°C-2.7°C | -2.7°C | 95 | 15.9 | 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
- Cheektowaga in OctoberUnited States · 97 kmHigh 14.6°C · Low 8.0°C · 90 mm rain
- Amherst in OctoberUnited States · 98 kmHigh 14.7°C · Low 8.2°C · 90 mm rain
- Buffalo in OctoberUnited States · 107 kmHigh 14.3°C · Low 8.6°C · 93 mm rain
- Niagara Falls in OctoberCanada · 118 kmHigh 14.4°C · Low 8.7°C · 93 mm rain
- Syracuse in OctoberUnited States · 120 kmHigh 15.0°C · Low 8.0°C · 114 mm rain
- Oshawa in OctoberCanada · 129 kmHigh 13.9°C · Low 8.1°C · 83 mm rain
- St. Catharines in OctoberCanada · 132 kmHigh 14.8°C · Low 9.4°C · 92 mm rain
- Whitby in OctoberCanada · 134 kmHigh 14.0°C · Low 8.2°C · 83 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 Rochester) is explained once on the Rochester (New York), United States year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.