Climate averages 1991–2020
West Palm Beach weather
in October.
A warm, wet month: the 6th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a warm month in West Palm Beach: daytime highs average 27.5°C and nights cool to about 23.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 116 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes October a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 33 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Boynton Beach (21 km away). In October its highs average 27.8°C, about as warm as West Palm Beach, with 113 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, West Palm Beach ranks joint 41st of 498 for the warmest October highs and 481st of 498 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 498 cities is 21.4°C; West Palm Beach is 6.2°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 2.4°C to 25.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 116 mm to 56 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
West Palm Beach climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 22.6°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 52 | 7.1 | 10.711 h |
| February | 23.7°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 48 | 6.5 | 11.211 h |
| March | 24.9°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 66 | 7.8 | 12.012 h |
| April | 26.7°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 65 | 8.4 | 12.813 h |
| May | 28.4°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 100 | 12.4 | 13.413 h |
| June | 29.6°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 165 | 21.1 | 13.814 h |
| July | 30.3°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 134 | 22.4 | 13.614 h |
| August | 30.3°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 166 | 24.1 | 13.113 h |
| September | 29.3°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 179 | 23.3 | 12.312 h |
| October, selected | 27.5°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 116 | 15.0 | 11.512 h |
| November | 25.2°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 56 | 9.3 | 10.911 h |
| December | 23.6°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 42 | 7.4 | 10.510 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
- Boynton Beach in OctoberUnited States · 21 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 23.1°C · 113 mm rain
- Boca Raton in OctoberUnited States · 40 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 23.0°C · 115 mm rain
- Deerfield Beach in OctoberUnited States · 44 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 22.9°C · 115 mm rain
- Pompano Beach in OctoberUnited States · 54 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 23.2°C · 115 mm rain
- Coral Springs in OctoberUnited States · 54 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 22.3°C · 104 mm rain
- Fort Lauderdale in OctoberUnited States · 67 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 23.5°C · 122 mm rain
- Port Saint Lucie in OctoberUnited States · 71 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 22.2°C · 102 mm rain
- Davie in OctoberUnited States · 75 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 23.3°C · 122 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 West Palm Beach) is explained once on the West Palm Beach year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.