Climate averages 1991–2020
Whittier weather
in October.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 5th 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 Whittier: daytime highs average 26.4°C and nights cool to about 13.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 16 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes October a fairly 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 El Monte (10 km away). In October its highs average 27.4°C, 1.0°C warmer than Whittier, with 16 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Whittier ranks joint 79th of 498 for the warmest October highs and joint 32nd of 498 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 498 cities is 21.4°C; Whittier is 5.0°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 4.3°C to 22.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 16 mm to 21 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
Whittier climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 18.2°C6.0°C | 6.0°C | 84 | 5.8 | 10.210 h |
| February | 18.4°C6.7°C | 6.7°C | 90 | 6.4 | 10.911 h |
| March | 20.0°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 55 | 5.9 | 12.012 h |
| April | 22.2°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 22 | 3.2 | 13.013 h |
| May | 24.2°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 9.6 | 2.1 | 13.914 h |
| June | 27.2°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 2.2 | 0.4 | 14.414 h |
| July | 30.4°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 1.6 | 0.4 | 14.214 h |
| August | 31.6°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 0.5 | 0.1 | 13.413 h |
| September | 30.3°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 3.5 | 0.5 | 12.412 h |
| October, selected | 26.4°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 16 | 2.1 | 11.411 h |
| November | 22.1°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 21 | 2.5 | 10.410 h |
| December | 18.0°C5.7°C | 5.7°C | 55 | 5.0 | 9.910 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
- El Monte in OctoberUnited States · 10 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 14.2°C · 16 mm rain
- Downey in OctoberUnited States · 10 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 14.2°C · 15 mm rain
- Buena Park in OctoberUnited States · 13 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 14.4°C · 14 mm rain
- West Covina in OctoberUnited States · 13 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 14.0°C · 16 mm rain
- East Los Angeles in OctoberUnited States · 14 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 13.7°C · 15 mm rain
- Fullerton in OctoberUnited States · 16 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 14.4°C · 14 mm rain
- Anaheim in OctoberUnited States · 19 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 14.3°C · 14 mm rain
- Compton in OctoberUnited States · 20 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 14.4°C · 15 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 Whittier) is explained once on the Whittier year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
El Monte and West Covina lie in the same rainfall cell, so their rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.