Climate averages 1991–2020
Visalia weather
in October.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 6th 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 Visalia: daytime highs average 26.0°C and nights cool to about 13.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 24 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes October a fairly dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 18 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Fresno (63 km away). In October its highs average 26.2°C, about as warm as Visalia, with 22 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Visalia ranks joint 102nd of 498 for the warmest October highs and joint 111th of 498 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 498 cities is 21.4°C; Visalia is 4.7°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 7.4°C to 18.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 24 mm to 44 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
Visalia climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 14.3°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 92 | 8.0 | 10.010 h |
| February | 15.9°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 89 | 9.8 | 10.811 h |
| March | 18.6°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 87 | 9.2 | 11.912 h |
| April | 21.8°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 44 | 5.9 | 13.113 h |
| May | 27.1°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 23 | 3.4 | 14.114 h |
| June | 32.6°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 6.6 | 1.0 | 14.615 h |
| July | 36.5°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 1.7 | 0.5 | 14.414 h |
| August | 36.2°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 0.6 | 0.2 | 13.514 h |
| September | 32.8°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 1.7 | 0.4 | 12.412 h |
| October, selected | 26.0°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 24 | 2.7 | 11.311 h |
| November | 18.6°C8.0°C | 8.0°C | 44 | 5.5 | 10.310 h |
| December | 13.9°C4.5°C | 4.5°C | 74 | 7.5 | 9.710 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
- Fresno in OctoberUnited States · 63 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 13.2°C · 22 mm rain
- Clovis in OctoberUnited States · 66 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 12.5°C · 22 mm rain
- Bakersfield in OctoberUnited States · 109 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 12.5°C · 11 mm rain
- Merced in OctoberUnited States · 151 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 12.7°C · 21 mm rain
- Santa Maria, United States in OctoberUnited States · 185 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 13.2°C · 19 mm rain
- Turlock in OctoberUnited States · 189 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 13.2°C · 21 mm rain
- Lancaster in OctoberUnited States · 209 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 12.9°C · 8.3 mm rain
- Modesto in OctoberUnited States · 210 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 12.8°C · 22 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 Visalia) is explained once on the Visalia year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.