Average Precipitation for Arizona in October

The tables below give monthly averages for rainfall during October at cities, towns and parks in Arizona. In northern Arizona, some of the precipitation can fall as snow.

Each place has a total for the amount of precipitation it usually receives this month. Most places also have information on the number of days with wet weather. This includes the days when precipitation amounts to 0.01 inches (0.25 millimetres) or more.

The precipitation totals are averages based on weather data collected from 1981 to 2010 for the NOAA National Climatic Data Center.

You can jump to a separate table for each region of the state: Southern Arizona, Western Arizona, Phoenix Area, Central Arizona, and Northern Arizona.

Southern Arizona

Average monthly precipitation in October

Days	Place	Inches	Millimetres
5	Bisbee	1.1	28
5	Chiricahua National Monument	1.3	33
5	Coronado National Monument	1.6	40
4	Green Valley	1.3	33
4	Nogales	1.4	35
2	Organ Pipe Cactus Monument	0.6	16
3	Sierra Vista	0.9	24
4	Tombstone	1.0	25
3	Tucson	0.9	22

Western Arizona

October averages for total rainfall

Days	Place	Inches	Millimetres
2	Bullhead City	0.5	14
–	Kingman	0.7	18
1	Lake Havasu City	0.3	8
1	Parker	0.3	7
1	Yuma	0.2	6

Phoenix Area

Average amount of rain in October

Days	Place	Inches	Millimetres
3	Apache Junction	0.8	19
3	Mesa	0.7	18
2	Phoenix	0.7	17
3	South Phoenix	0.7	17
3	Tempe	0.6	16

Central Arizona

Precipitation totals for October

Days	Place	Inches	Millimetres
3	Casa Grande	0.5	13
3	Globe	1.2	29
4	Jerome	1.3	32
5	Painted Desert National Park	1.0	26
4	Payson	1.5	37
5	Petrified Forest National Park	0.9	24
4	Prescott	1.0	26
4	Sedona	1.5	39
3	Stewart Mountain	0.9	22
2	Wickenburg	0.6	16

Northern Arizona

Total precipitation during October

Days	Place	Inches	Millimetres
5	Canyon de Chelly	0.9	23
6	Flagstaff	1.7	42
5	Grand Canyon Village	1.3	34
2	Monument Valley	0.7	19
4	Page	1.0	26
5	Pipe Springs Monument	1.2	29
4	Williams	1.6	41