Climate averages 1991–2020
Torrance weather
in October.
A warm, very dry month: the 4th warmest and the 6th 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 Torrance: daytime highs average 24.1°C and nights cool to about 14.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 12 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes October a very dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 22 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Hawthorne (9 km away). In October its highs average 25.2°C, 1.1°C warmer than Torrance, with 15 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Torrance ranks joint 195th of 498 for the warmest October highs and joint 13th of 498 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 498 cities is 21.4°C; Torrance is 2.7°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 3.2°C to 20.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 12 mm to 17 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
Torrance climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 17.7°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 68 | 5.3 | 10.210 h |
| February | 17.7°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 73 | 5.7 | 10.911 h |
| March | 18.7°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 44 | 4.7 | 12.012 h |
| April | 20.4°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 16 | 2.2 | 13.013 h |
| May | 21.7°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 6.6 | 1.1 | 13.914 h |
| June | 23.6°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 1.3 | 0.2 | 14.414 h |
| July | 26.0°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 1.7 | 0.3 | 14.214 h |
| August | 27.1°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 0.4 | 0.1 | 13.413 h |
| September | 26.5°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 3.2 | 0.5 | 12.412 h |
| October, selected | 24.1°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 12 | 1.7 | 11.411 h |
| November | 20.9°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 17 | 2.6 | 10.410 h |
| December | 17.6°C8.0°C | 8.0°C | 47 | 4.6 | 10.010 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
- Hawthorne in OctoberUnited States · 9 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 14.3°C · 15 mm rain
- Compton in OctoberUnited States · 13 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 14.4°C · 15 mm rain
- Inglewood in OctoberUnited States · 14 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 14.2°C · 15 mm rain
- Long Beach in OctoberUnited States · 16 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 14.9°C · 12 mm rain
- Downey in OctoberUnited States · 22 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 14.2°C · 15 mm rain
- Los Angeles in OctoberUnited States · 26 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 13.8°C · 15 mm rain
- East Los Angeles in OctoberUnited States · 26 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 13.7°C · 15 mm rain
- Buena Park in OctoberUnited States · 32 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 14.4°C · 14 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 Torrance) is explained once on the Torrance year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Long Beach lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.