Climate averages 1991–2020
The Woodlands weather
in October.
A warm, 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 warm month in The Woodlands: daytime highs average 26.7°C and nights cool to about 17.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 107 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes October a wet month (the 11th 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 Cypress (29 km away). In October its highs average 26.8°C, about as warm as The Woodlands, with 99 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, The Woodlands ranks joint 65th of 498 for the warmest October highs and joint 453rd of 498 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 498 cities is 21.4°C; The Woodlands is 5.3°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 5.8°C to 20.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 107 mm to 98 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
The Woodlands climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 16.1°C7.0°C | 7.0°C | 100 | 9.7 | 10.410 h |
| February | 18.3°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 83 | 9.1 | 11.111 h |
| March | 21.7°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 91 | 9.5 | 12.012 h |
| April | 25.5°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 106 | 9.0 | 12.913 h |
| May | 29.4°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 104 | 10.7 | 13.714 h |
| June | 32.2°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 113 | 12.4 | 14.114 h |
| July | 33.5°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 81 | 11.1 | 13.914 h |
| August | 34.0°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 88 | 11.4 | 13.213 h |
| September | 31.1°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 100 | 10.0 | 12.412 h |
| October, selected | 26.7°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 107 | 8.6 | 11.511 h |
| November | 20.9°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 98 | 8.6 | 10.711 h |
| December | 17.0°C8.1°C | 8.1°C | 106 | 9.8 | 10.210 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
- Cypress in OctoberUnited States · 29 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 17.2°C · 99 mm rain
- Houston in OctoberUnited States · 46 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 17.4°C · 105 mm rain
- Pasadena (Texas), United States in OctoberUnited States · 59 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 17.7°C · 105 mm rain
- Missouri City in OctoberUnited States · 60 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 17.7°C · 101 mm rain
- Sugar Land in OctoberUnited States · 61 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 17.7°C · 99 mm rain
- Baytown in OctoberUnited States · 68 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 17.6°C · 109 mm rain
- Pearland in OctoberUnited States · 69 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 17.8°C · 108 mm rain
- League City in OctoberUnited States · 82 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 18.6°C · 112 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 The Woodlands) is explained once on the The Woodlands year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.