Average October Weather in Delaware

Typical temperatures, precipitation, humidity and sunshine during October at cities and towns throughout Delaware are listed below.

Temperatures in Delaware for October

This table gives the averages in degrees Fahrenheit and Celsius for maximum and minimum monthly temperatures. These normal temperatures are based on weather data collected from 1991 to 2020 for the US National Centers for Environmental Information.

Average October temperatures
High °F Low °F Place High °C Low °C
69 50 Dover 21 10
69 49 Georgetown 21 10
68 46 Greenwood 20 8
69 52 Lewes 21 11
69 46 Newark 21 8
67 47 Wilmington 19 9

Precipitation in Delaware for October

Here are the October averages for rainfall in Delaware. Each place has a total for how many days of wet weather it usually gets this month and for the normal amount of precipitation, based on the weather during 1991 to 2020. The calculation of days only includes those when precipitation totalled 0.01 inches (0.25 millimetres) or more.

Average precipitation in October
Days Place Inches Milli­metres
8 Dover 4.1 103
11 Georgetown 4.1 104
9 Greenwood 4.2 107
10 Lewes 4.4 112
7 Newark 4.0 102
9 Wilmington 3.7 93

Sunshine in Delaware for October

In the table below, the average number of Sunny Days in Delaware is the total days this month when the sky is mostly clear. This includes the days when cloud covers up to 30% of the sky during daylight hours.

Partly Sunny Days have cloud covering from 40% to 70% of the sky during the daytime. The rest of the days during October are mainly overcast, with at least 80% cloud cover. Total Days With Sun is a sum of the Sunny plus Partly Sunny days. These numbers are averages of most the years the weather station has operated.

Days of sunshine in October
City Sunny Partly Sunny Total Days
With Sun
Wilmington 11 8 19

Humidity in Delaware

In the table below, the Daily number is the average of relative humidity readings taken every three hours throughout the day. Morning percentages are for 7 am and Afternoon levels are for 4 pm local standard time. All the humidity numbers are averages for the years 1961 to 1990.

Average October humidity (%)
Daily City Morning Afternoon
71 Wilmington 84 54
References

National Climatic Data Center. Comparative Climatic Data.

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI). Climate Normals.

World Data Center for Meteorology. Climate of the World.

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