Climate averages 1991–2020
Yonkers weather
in October.
A mild, wet month: the 6th warmest and the joint 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a mild month in Yonkers: daytime highs average 17.2°C and nights cool to about 9.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 101 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes October a wet month (the joint 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 09 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is The Bronx (9 km away). In October its highs average 17.4°C, about as warm as Yonkers, with 101 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Yonkers ranks joint 356th of 498 for the warmest October highs and joint 416th of 498 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 498 cities is 21.4°C; Yonkers is 4.2°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 6.1°C to 11.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 101 mm to 81 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
Yonkers climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.9°C-4.8°C | -4.8°C | 84 | 9.1 | 9.610 h |
| February | 4.3°C-4.4°C | -4.4°C | 76 | 8.7 | 10.611 h |
| March | 8.6°C-0.6°C | -0.6°C | 105 | 10.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.1°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 93 | 10.6 | 13.313 h |
| May | 20.6°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 91 | 11.4 | 14.414 h |
| June | 25.7°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 101 | 11.4 | 15.115 h |
| July | 28.7°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 106 | 11.0 | 14.815 h |
| August | 27.6°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 102 | 11.0 | 13.814 h |
| September | 23.7°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 101 | 9.3 | 12.513 h |
| October, selected | 17.2°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 101 | 8.7 | 11.211 h |
| November | 11.0°C3.7°C | 3.7°C | 81 | 8.0 | 9.910 h |
| December | 5.6°C-1.2°C | -1.2°C | 102 | 9.8 | 9.39 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
- The Bronx in OctoberUnited States · 9 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 9.4°C · 101 mm rain
- Greenburgh in OctoberUnited States · 12 kmHigh 16.8°C · Low 9.8°C · 100 mm rain
- Manhattan in OctoberUnited States · 17 kmHigh 17.3°C · Low 9.4°C · 97 mm rain
- Passaic in OctoberUnited States · 21 kmHigh 17.3°C · Low 9.2°C · 99 mm rain
- Paterson in OctoberUnited States · 23 kmHigh 17.3°C · Low 9.2°C · 104 mm rain
- New York City in OctoberUnited States · 26 kmHigh 17.3°C · Low 9.4°C · 97 mm rain
- Queens in OctoberUnited States · 28 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 10.4°C · 101 mm rain
- Brooklyn in OctoberUnited States · 31 kmHigh 17.5°C · Low 9.9°C · 97 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 Yonkers) is explained once on the Yonkers year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.