Climate averages 1991–2020
Winston-Salem weather
in October.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and one of the driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a mild month in Winston-Salem: daytime highs average 20.8°C and nights cool to about 10.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 83 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 18 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is High Point (27 km away). In October its highs average 20.7°C, about as warm as Winston-Salem, with 82 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Winston-Salem ranks 269th of 498 for the warmest October highs and joint 276th of 498 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 498 cities is 21.4°C; Winston-Salem is 0.6°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 6.2°C to 14.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 83 mm to 85 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
Winston-Salem climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.5°C-0.8°C | -0.8°C | 92 | 9.4 | 10.010 h |
| February | 10.7°C0.4°C | 0.4°C | 83 | 8.9 | 10.811 h |
| March | 14.9°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 108 | 10.0 | 11.912 h |
| April | 20.4°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 93 | 9.5 | 13.113 h |
| May | 24.9°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 84 | 10.9 | 14.114 h |
| June | 29.0°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 91 | 12.1 | 14.615 h |
| July | 31.1°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 93 | 14.0 | 14.414 h |
| August | 29.9°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 91 | 11.8 | 13.514 h |
| September | 26.4°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 101 | 9.0 | 12.412 h |
| October, selected | 20.8°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 83 | 7.3 | 11.311 h |
| November | 14.6°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 85 | 7.7 | 10.310 h |
| December | 10.0°C1.0°C | 1.0°C | 93 | 9.0 | 9.810 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
- High Point in OctoberUnited States · 27 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 10.8°C · 82 mm rain
- Greensboro in OctoberUnited States · 41 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 10.8°C · 80 mm rain
- Concord (North Carolina), United States in OctoberUnited States · 83 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 12.0°C · 83 mm rain
- Charlotte in OctoberUnited States · 111 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 11.4°C · 81 mm rain
- Durham in OctoberUnited States · 122 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 11.6°C · 79 mm rain
- Gastonia in OctoberUnited States · 126 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 11.9°C · 86 mm rain
- Roanoke in OctoberUnited States · 133 kmHigh 19.8°C · Low 9.4°C · 79 mm rain
- Cary in OctoberUnited States · 136 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 12.1°C · 79 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 Winston-Salem) is explained once on the Winston-Salem year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.