Climate averages 1991–2020
Syracuse weather
in October.
A mild, wet month: the 6th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a mild month in Syracuse: daytime highs average 15.0°C and nights cool to about 8.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 114 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes October a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 05 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Rochester (New York), United States (120 km away). In October its highs average 14.8°C, about as warm as Syracuse, with 109 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Syracuse ranks joint 457th of 498 for the warmest October highs and joint 473rd of 498 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 498 cities is 21.4°C; Syracuse is 6.4°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 6.7°C to 8.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 114 mm to 93 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
Syracuse climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -0.4°C-8.0°C | -8.0°C | 83 | 14.1 | 9.49 h |
| February | 0.7°C-8.0°C | -8.0°C | 73 | 12.2 | 10.510 h |
| March | 5.4°C-3.7°C | -3.7°C | 94 | 13.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 12.7°C3.0°C | 3.0°C | 107 | 13.8 | 13.413 h |
| May | 19.4°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 100 | 13.3 | 14.615 h |
| June | 23.9°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 115 | 13.3 | 15.315 h |
| July | 26.3°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 111 | 13.1 | 15.015 h |
| August | 25.4°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 100 | 12.5 | 13.914 h |
| September | 21.8°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 99 | 10.7 | 12.513 h |
| October, selected | 15.0°C8.0°C | 8.0°C | 114 | 13.3 | 11.111 h |
| November | 8.3°C1.8°C | 1.8°C | 93 | 13.9 | 9.810 h |
| December | 2.5°C-3.7°C | -3.7°C | 96 | 14.8 | 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
- Rochester (New York), United States in OctoberUnited States · 120 kmHigh 14.8°C · Low 8.4°C · 109 mm rain
- Kingston, Canada in OctoberCanada · 134 kmHigh 13.2°C · Low 8.4°C · 104 mm rain
- Scranton in OctoberUnited States · 187 kmHigh 15.7°C · Low 7.5°C · 93 mm rain
- Albany (New York), United States in OctoberUnited States · 200 kmHigh 15.3°C · Low 6.7°C · 112 mm rain
- Cheektowaga in OctoberUnited States · 213 kmHigh 14.6°C · Low 8.0°C · 90 mm rain
- Amherst in OctoberUnited States · 216 kmHigh 14.7°C · Low 8.2°C · 90 mm rain
- Buffalo in OctoberUnited States · 223 kmHigh 14.3°C · Low 8.6°C · 93 mm rain
- Peterborough, Canada in OctoberCanada · 223 kmHigh 13.3°C · Low 6.3°C · 85 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 Syracuse) is explained once on the Syracuse year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.