Climate averages 1991–2020
Rock Hill weather
in October.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the 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 Rock Hill: daytime highs average 22.0°C and nights cool to about 12.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 83 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 20 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Charlotte (37 km away). In October its highs average 21.5°C, about as warm as Rock Hill, with 81 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Rock Hill ranks joint 241st of 498 for the warmest October highs and joint 276th of 498 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 498 cities is 21.4°C; Rock Hill is 0.6°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 5.8°C to 16.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 83 mm to 80 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
Rock Hill climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10.5°C1.5°C | 1.5°C | 95 | 9.5 | 10.110 h |
| February | 12.6°C2.9°C | 2.9°C | 87 | 8.8 | 10.911 h |
| March | 16.7°C6.2°C | 6.2°C | 107 | 9.9 | 11.912 h |
| April | 21.8°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 89 | 8.7 | 13.013 h |
| May | 26.2°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 73 | 9.6 | 14.014 h |
| June | 29.8°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 96 | 11.8 | 14.514 h |
| July | 31.6°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 93 | 13.5 | 14.314 h |
| August | 30.4°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 102 | 11.5 | 13.513 h |
| September | 27.4°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 93 | 8.4 | 12.412 h |
| October, selected | 22.0°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 83 | 6.9 | 11.311 h |
| November | 16.2°C6.7°C | 6.7°C | 80 | 7.5 | 10.410 h |
| December | 11.9°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 96 | 9.1 | 9.910 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
- Charlotte in OctoberUnited States · 37 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 11.4°C · 81 mm rain
- Gastonia in OctoberUnited States · 40 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 11.9°C · 86 mm rain
- Concord (North Carolina), United States in OctoberUnited States · 67 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 12.0°C · 83 mm rain
- Columbia (South Carolina), United States in OctoberUnited States · 103 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 13.1°C · 84 mm rain
- High Point in OctoberUnited States · 147 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 10.8°C · 82 mm rain
- Winston-Salem in OctoberUnited States · 149 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 10.6°C · 83 mm rain
- Asheville in OctoberUnited States · 158 kmHigh 18.9°C · Low 8.5°C · 79 mm rain
- Greensboro in OctoberUnited States · 170 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 10.8°C · 80 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 Rock Hill) is explained once on the Rock Hill year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.