Climate averages 1991–2020
Spokane Valley weather
in October.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a cool month in Spokane Valley: daytime highs average 14.7°C and nights cool to about 4.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 52 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 54 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Spokane (14 km away). In October its highs average 15.1°C, about as warm as Spokane Valley, with 46 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Spokane Valley ranks joint 471st of 498 for the warmest October highs and joint 167th of 498 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 498 cities is 21.4°C; Spokane Valley is 6.7°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 8.2°C to 6.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 52 mm to 83 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
Spokane Valley climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1.9°C-4.9°C | -4.9°C | 78 | 13.3 | 8.99 h |
| February | 4.6°C-4.0°C | -4.0°C | 54 | 10.7 | 10.210 h |
| March | 9.1°C-1.2°C | -1.2°C | 70 | 12.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 13.7°C2.2°C | 2.2°C | 58 | 11.0 | 13.614 h |
| May | 19.2°C7.0°C | 7.0°C | 51 | 8.6 | 15.115 h |
| June | 23.0°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 37 | 6.6 | 15.916 h |
| July | 29.0°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 15 | 3.0 | 15.616 h |
| August | 28.7°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 14 | 2.6 | 14.314 h |
| September | 23.2°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 22 | 4.4 | 12.613 h |
| October, selected | 14.7°C4.5°C | 4.5°C | 52 | 8.5 | 10.911 h |
| November | 6.5°C-0.7°C | -0.7°C | 83 | 13.2 | 9.49 h |
| December | 1.7°C-4.3°C | -4.3°C | 85 | 12.8 | 8.59 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
- Spokane in OctoberUnited States · 14 kmHigh 15.1°C · Low 4.9°C · 46 mm rain
- Kennewick in OctoberUnited States · 217 kmHigh 18.7°C · Low 7.8°C · 22 mm rain
- Tri-Cities in OctoberUnited States · 217 kmHigh 18.9°C · Low 7.9°C · 22 mm rain
- Missoula in OctoberUnited States · 261 kmHigh 13.6°C · Low 3.5°C · 44 mm rain
- Yakima in OctoberUnited States · 274 kmHigh 16.4°C · Low 5.1°C · 30 mm rain
- Kelowna in OctoberCanada · 296 kmHigh 13.4°C · Low 6.3°C · 69 mm rain
- Bellevue in OctoberUnited States · 372 kmHigh 14.8°C · Low 7.4°C · 134 mm rain
- Everett in OctoberUnited States · 372 kmHigh 14.3°C · Low 7.4°C · 180 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 Spokane Valley) is explained once on the Spokane Valley year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.