Blythe weather in October

In October, Blythe sees average daytime highs of 89°F and overnight lows near 65°F, with 0.2 in of rain across 0.9 wet days and about 11.2 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 95°F in the first days to 83°F by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 82% of the time in October, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 42 min at the start of October to 10 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, October is Blythe's 3rd-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Blythe's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 89°; 6th warmest
Overnight low: 65°; 7th coldest
Rainfall: 0.2 in; 0.9 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 06 min; 5:49 AM – 4:58 PM
Cloud cover: 17%; 3rd clearest
Wind: 6 mph; 11th windiest
Solar energy: 5.13 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.5; out of 10

Blythe is city in Riverside County, California, United States.

Density: 271/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1916

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in October

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 95°F in the first days to 83°F by the end.

A typical October day in Blythe reaches about 89°F in the afternoon and slips back to 65°F overnight — a 24°F spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 79°F and 98°F. Set against its neighbours, October runs about 11°F cooler than September and about 13°F warmer than November.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°F)	95	95	95	94	94	93	93	92	92	92	91	91	91	90	90	89	89	88	88	87	87	87	86	86	85	85	84	84	83	83	82
Avg low (°F)	71	71	71	70	70	69	69	68	68	67	67	67	66	66	65	65	65	64	64	64	63	63	62	62	61	61	61	60	60	59	59

	Avg high (°F)	Avg low (°F)
1	95	71
2	95	71
3	95	71
4	94	70
5	94	70
6	93	69
7	93	69
8	92	68
9	92	68
10	92	67
11	91	67
12	91	67
13	91	66
14	90	66
15	90	65
16	89	65
17	89	65
18	88	64
19	88	64
20	87	64
21	87	63
22	87	63
23	86	62
24	86	62
25	85	61
26	85	61
27	84	61
28	84	60
29	83	60
30	83	59
31	82	59

How October really feels in Blythe

Once humidity and wind are folded in, October averages 15 days that feel above 90°F and 0 that feel at or below 32°F — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 90°F

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 32°F

wind chill below the day's low

The story in October is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Blythe weather by month

How October compares with the rest of the year at a glance. October is the 6th-warmest and 9th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°F)	Rainfall (inches)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	68° / 47°	0.5	2.2	10	7.9
Feb	72° / 50°	0.7	2.4	10.8	8.3
Mar	79° / 55°	0.4	2	11.7	8.4
Apr	86° / 61°	0.1	0.8	12.8	6.8
May	94° / 69°	0.1	0.3	13.7	3.8
Jun	103° / 77°	0.0	0.3	14.2	0.7
Jul	107° / 84°	0.3	2	14	0.0
Aug	106° / 84°	0.4	2.8	13.2	0.0
Sep	100° / 77°	0.4	2.1	12.2	1.4
Oct	89° / 65°	0.2	0.9	11.2	5.5
Nov	76° / 53°	0.3	0.9	10.3	8.8
Dec	66° / 46°	0.4	1.8	9.8	7.7

Cloud cover in October

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 82% of the time in October.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 7% of October, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 10%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	92	92	92	92	92	91	91	91	91	91	91	90	90	90	90	90	89	89	89	88	88	88	87	88	88	88	88	88	87	87	87
Cloudier (%)	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	12	12	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	92	8
2	92	8
3	92	8
4	92	8
5	92	8
6	91	9
7	91	9
8	91	9
9	91	9
10	91	9
11	91	9
12	90	10
13	90	10
14	90	10
15	90	10
16	90	10
17	89	11
18	89	11
19	89	11
20	88	12
21	88	12
22	88	12
23	87	13
24	88	12
25	88	12
26	88	12
27	88	12
28	88	12
29	87	13
30	87	13
31	87	13

Chance of precipitation in October

Any precipitation

Blythe gets around 0.2 in of rain over 0.9 wet days in October. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 3% and peaks near 4% on the wettest days.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2

	Rain chance (%)
1	3
2	3
3	3
4	3
5	3
6	3
7	3
8	3
9	3
10	3
11	3
12	3
13	3
14	3
15	3
16	3
17	4
18	4
19	4
20	4
21	3
22	3
23	3
24	3
25	3
26	3
27	3
28	2
29	2
30	2
31	2

Humidity in October

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of October feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, October lands in the dry band about 92% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	85	86	86	87	88	88	89	89	89	90	91	91	91	91	91	92	92	92	92	93	94	94	94	95	95	95	96	96	97	98	98
Comfortable (%)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	2
Humid (%)	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0
Muggy (%)	3	3	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	85	8	4	3
2	86	8	3	3
3	86	8	3	3
4	87	8	3	2
5	88	8	2	2
6	88	8	2	2
7	89	8	2	1
8	89	8	2	1
9	89	8	2	1
10	90	7	2	1
11	91	7	1	1
12	91	7	1	1
13	91	7	1	1
14	91	7	1	1
15	91	7	1	1
16	92	6	1	1
17	92	6	1	1
18	92	6	1	1
19	92	6	1	1
20	93	6	1	0
21	94	5	1	0
22	94	5	1	0
23	94	5	1	0
24	95	4	1	0
25	95	4	1	0
26	95	4	1	0
27	96	3	1	0
28	96	3	1	0
29	97	3	0	0
30	98	2	0	0
31	98	2	0	0

Wind in October

Winds average 6 mph in October.

Across October, daily wind ranges from about 6 mph on the calmest days to 6 mph at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (mph)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (mph)	Feels
1	6	calm
2	6	calm
3	6	calm
4	6	calm
5	6	calm
6	6	calm
7	6	calm
8	6	calm
9	6	calm
10	6	calm
11	6	calm
12	6	calm
13	6	calm
14	6	calm
15	6	calm
16	6	calm
17	6	calm
18	6	calm
19	6	calm
20	6	calm
21	6	calm
22	6	calm
23	6	calm
24	6	calm
25	6	calm
26	6	calm
27	6	calm
28	6	calm
29	6	calm
30	6	calm
31	6	calm

Sunrise & sunset in October

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 42 min at the start of October to 10 h 42 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 60 minutes over October. Sunrise moves from 5:37 AM to 6:02 AM, and sunset from 5:17 PM to 4:42 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	11.7	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.2	11.2	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.0	11.0	11.0	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.7	10.7	10.7
Sunrise (AM)	5:37	5:38	5:39	5:40	5:40	5:41	5:42	5:43	5:43	5:44	5:45	5:46	5:47	5:47	5:48	5:49	5:50	5:51	5:51	5:52	5:53	5:54	5:55	5:56	5:57	5:58	5:58	5:59	6:00	6:01	6:02
Sunset (PM)	5:17	5:16	5:15	5:13	5:12	5:11	5:09	5:08	5:07	5:05	5:04	5:03	5:02	5:00	4:59	4:58	4:57	4:55	4:54	4:53	4:52	4:51	4:50	4:49	4:48	4:47	4:46	4:45	4:44	4:43	4:42

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.7	5:37	5:17
2	11.6	5:38	5:16
3	11.6	5:39	5:15
4	11.6	5:40	5:13
5	11.5	5:40	5:12
6	11.5	5:41	5:11
7	11.5	5:42	5:09
8	11.4	5:43	5:08
9	11.4	5:43	5:07
10	11.4	5:44	5:05
11	11.3	5:45	5:04
12	11.3	5:46	5:03
13	11.3	5:47	5:02
14	11.2	5:47	5:00
15	11.2	5:48	4:59
16	11.1	5:49	4:58
17	11.1	5:50	4:57
18	11.1	5:51	4:55
19	11.0	5:51	4:54
20	11.0	5:52	4:53
21	11.0	5:53	4:52
22	10.9	5:54	4:51
23	10.9	5:55	4:50
24	10.9	5:56	4:49
25	10.9	5:57	4:48
26	10.8	5:58	4:47
27	10.8	5:58	4:46
28	10.8	5:59	4:45
29	10.7	6:00	4:44
30	10.7	6:01	4:43
31	10.7	6:02	4:42

Solar energy in October

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in October, about 5.13 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.26 kWh/m² to a high of 8.53 kWh/m² in June across the year — October's 5.13 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	5.8	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.6	5.6	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.4	5.4	5.3	5.3	5.2	5.2	5.1	5.1	5.0	5.0	4.9	4.9	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.7	4.7	4.6	4.6	4.5	4.5	4.5
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.8	Bright
2	5.7	Bright
3	5.7	Bright
4	5.7	Bright
5	5.6	Bright
6	5.6	Bright
7	5.5	Bright
8	5.5	Bright
9	5.5	Bright
10	5.4	Bright
11	5.4	Bright
12	5.3	Bright
13	5.3	Bright
14	5.2	Bright
15	5.2	Bright
16	5.1	Bright
17	5.1	Bright
18	5.0	Bright
19	5.0	Bright
20	4.9	Bright
21	4.9	Bright
22	4.8	Bright
23	4.8	Bright
24	4.8	Bright
25	4.7	Bright
26	4.7	Bright
27	4.6	Bright
28	4.6	Bright
29	4.5	Bright
30	4.5	Bright
31	4.5	Bright

Planning a trip in October

Is October a good time to visit Blythe?

Our two travel scores rate October for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

5.5

Sightseeing

7th-best month of the year

8.3

Beach & pool

2nd-best month of the year

October is a reasonable time to visit Blythe for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Blythe in October

From October's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In October, Blythe sees daytime highs around 89°F and nights near 65°F. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection.

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UV index in Blythe in October

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in October peaks around 6 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Blythe peaks around June 23 at about 10 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 18 at about 3 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 11 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	4	4	4	7	8	11	10	11	9	6	4	3
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	4	Moderate
Feb	4	Moderate
Mar	4	Moderate
Apr	7	Very high
May	8	Very high
Jun	11	Extreme
Jul	10	Extreme
Aug	11	Extreme
Sep	9	Very high
Oct	6	High
Nov	4	Moderate
Dec	3	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Blythe?

Blythe sits at 33.6°N, 114.6°W, 272 ft above sea level, in United States. The nearest listed city is Yuma, 61 mi away.

Topography around Blythe

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 2, 10 and 50 miles of Blythe.

Within 2 miles, the terrain around Blythe has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 30 ft around an average of 269 ft above sea level; within 10 miles, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,677 ft; within 50 miles, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 4,580 ft.

The land around Blythe is covered by cropland (44%), bare terrain (22%) and artificial surfaces (21%) within 2 miles, bare terrain (55%) and cropland (29%) within 10 miles, and bare terrain (86%) within 50 miles.

2 miles

30 ft

cropland 44%

10 miles

1,677 ft

bare terrain 55%

50 miles

4,580 ft

bare terrain 86%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

← September Blythe year-round climate November →Best places to visit in October

October weather nearby: Yuma 61 mi · Lake Havasu City 62 mi · Fortuna Foothills 66 mi · Brawley 70 mi · Somerton 70 mi · Imperial 77 mi · San Luis 78 mi · El Centro 80 mi

United States travel facts

Power plugs: Type A / B; 120 V · 60 Hz
Prices: ≈ 100% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $90,027; 2025
Happiness: 6.8 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 98%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 5.8; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 12.7; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: High; World Bank
Religion

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Blythe (33.6103°, -114.5964°, elevation 272 ft), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°F)	Avg low (°F)
1	95	71
2	95	71
3	95	71
4	94	70
5	94	70
6	93	69
7	93	69
8	92	68
9	92	68
10	92	67
11	91	67
12	91	67
13	91	66
14	90	66
15	90	65
16	89	65
17	89	65
18	88	64
19	88	64
20	87	64
21	87	63
22	87	63
23	86	62
24	86	62
25	85	61
26	85	61
27	84	61
28	84	60
29	83	60
30	83	59
31	82	59

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	92	8
2	92	8
3	92	8
4	92	8
5	92	8
6	91	9
7	91	9
8	91	9
9	91	9
10	91	9
11	91	9
12	90	10
13	90	10
14	90	10
15	90	10
16	90	10
17	89	11
18	89	11
19	89	11
20	88	12
21	88	12
22	88	12
23	87	13
24	88	12
25	88	12
26	88	12
27	88	12
28	88	12
29	87	13
30	87	13
31	87	13

	Rain chance (%)
1	3
2	3
3	3
4	3
5	3
6	3
7	3
8	3
9	3
10	3
11	3
12	3
13	3
14	3
15	3
16	3
17	4
18	4
19	4
20	4
21	3
22	3
23	3
24	3
25	3
26	3
27	3
28	2
29	2
30	2
31	2

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	85	8	4	3
2	86	8	3	3
3	86	8	3	3
4	87	8	3	2
5	88	8	2	2
6	88	8	2	2
7	89	8	2	1
8	89	8	2	1
9	89	8	2	1
10	90	7	2	1
11	91	7	1	1
12	91	7	1	1
13	91	7	1	1
14	91	7	1	1
15	91	7	1	1
16	92	6	1	1
17	92	6	1	1
18	92	6	1	1
19	92	6	1	1
20	93	6	1	0
21	94	5	1	0
22	94	5	1	0
23	94	5	1	0
24	95	4	1	0
25	95	4	1	0
26	95	4	1	0
27	96	3	1	0
28	96	3	1	0
29	97	3	0	0
30	98	2	0	0
31	98	2	0	0

	Avg high (°F)	Avg low (°F)
1	95	71
2	95	71
3	95	71
4	94	70
5	94	70
6	93	69
7	93	69
8	92	68
9	92	68
10	92	67
11	91	67
12	91	67
13	91	66
14	90	66
15	90	65
16	89	65
17	89	65
18	88	64
19	88	64
20	87	64
21	87	63
22	87	63
23	86	62
24	86	62
25	85	61
26	85	61
27	84	61
28	84	60
29	83	60
30	83	59
31	82	59

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	92	8
2	92	8
3	92	8
4	92	8
5	92	8
6	91	9
7	91	9
8	91	9
9	91	9
10	91	9
11	91	9
12	90	10
13	90	10
14	90	10
15	90	10
16	90	10
17	89	11
18	89	11
19	89	11
20	88	12
21	88	12
22	88	12
23	87	13
24	88	12
25	88	12
26	88	12
27	88	12
28	88	12
29	87	13
30	87	13
31	87	13

	Rain chance (%)
1	3
2	3
3	3
4	3
5	3
6	3
7	3
8	3
9	3
10	3
11	3
12	3
13	3
14	3
15	3
16	3
17	4
18	4
19	4
20	4
21	3
22	3
23	3
24	3
25	3
26	3
27	3
28	2
29	2
30	2
31	2

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	85	8	4	3
2	86	8	3	3
3	86	8	3	3
4	87	8	3	2
5	88	8	2	2
6	88	8	2	2
7	89	8	2	1
8	89	8	2	1
9	89	8	2	1
10	90	7	2	1
11	91	7	1	1
12	91	7	1	1
13	91	7	1	1
14	91	7	1	1
15	91	7	1	1
16	92	6	1	1
17	92	6	1	1
18	92	6	1	1
19	92	6	1	1
20	93	6	1	0
21	94	5	1	0
22	94	5	1	0
23	94	5	1	0
24	95	4	1	0
25	95	4	1	0
26	95	4	1	0
27	96	3	1	0
28	96	3	1	0
29	97	3	0	0
30	98	2	0	0
31	98	2	0	0

	Avg high (°F)	Avg low (°F)
1	95	71
2	95	71
3	95	71
4	94	70
5	94	70
6	93	69
7	93	69
8	92	68
9	92	68
10	92	67
11	91	67
12	91	67
13	91	66
14	90	66
15	90	65
16	89	65
17	89	65
18	88	64
19	88	64
20	87	64
21	87	63
22	87	63
23	86	62
24	86	62
25	85	61
26	85	61
27	84	61
28	84	60
29	83	60
30	83	59
31	82	59

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	92	8
2	92	8
3	92	8
4	92	8
5	92	8
6	91	9
7	91	9
8	91	9
9	91	9
10	91	9
11	91	9
12	90	10
13	90	10
14	90	10
15	90	10
16	90	10
17	89	11
18	89	11
19	89	11
20	88	12
21	88	12
22	88	12
23	87	13
24	88	12
25	88	12
26	88	12
27	88	12
28	88	12
29	87	13
30	87	13
31	87	13

	Rain chance (%)
1	3
2	3
3	3
4	3
5	3
6	3
7	3
8	3
9	3
10	3
11	3
12	3
13	3
14	3
15	3
16	3
17	4
18	4
19	4
20	4
21	3
22	3
23	3
24	3
25	3
26	3
27	3
28	2
29	2
30	2
31	2

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	85	8	4	3
2	86	8	3	3
3	86	8	3	3
4	87	8	3	2
5	88	8	2	2
6	88	8	2	2
7	89	8	2	1
8	89	8	2	1
9	89	8	2	1
10	90	7	2	1
11	91	7	1	1
12	91	7	1	1
13	91	7	1	1
14	91	7	1	1
15	91	7	1	1
16	92	6	1	1
17	92	6	1	1
18	92	6	1	1
19	92	6	1	1
20	93	6	1	0
21	94	5	1	0
22	94	5	1	0
23	94	5	1	0
24	95	4	1	0
25	95	4	1	0
26	95	4	1	0
27	96	3	1	0
28	96	3	1	0
29	97	3	0	0
30	98	2	0	0
31	98	2	0	0