Olympia weather in October

In October, Olympia sees average daytime highs of 59°F and overnight lows near 47°F, with 5.1 in of rain across 12.7 wet days and about 10.6 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 64°F in the first days to 55°F by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 25% of the time in October, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 30 min at the start of October to 9 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, October is Olympia's 5th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Olympia's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 59°; 6th warmest
Overnight low: 47°; 7th coldest
Rainfall: 5.1 in; 12.7 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 36 min; 6:38 AM – 5:15 PM
Cloud cover: 65%; 5th clearest
Wind: 5 mph; 8th windiest
Solar energy: 2.32 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.3; out of 10

Olympia is capital city of the U.S. state of Washington and seat of Thurston County.

Density: 1,093/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1859

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 64°F in the first days to 55°F by the end.

A typical October day in Olympia reaches about 59°F in the afternoon and slips back to 47°F overnight — a 12°F spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 53°F and 65°F. Set against its neighbours, October runs about 10°F cooler than September and about 9°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)	64	64	64	63	63	62	62	62	61	61	60	60	60	59	59	59	58	58	58	58	57	57	56	56	56	56	55	55	55	54	54
Avg low (°F)	49	49	49	49	49	48	48	48	48	48	47	47	47	47	47	47	46	46	46	46	46	45	45	45	45	45	44	44	44	44	44

	Avg high (°F)	Avg low (°F)
1	64	49
2	64	49
3	64	49
4	63	49
5	63	49
6	62	48
7	62	48
8	62	48
9	61	48
10	61	48
11	60	47
12	60	47
13	60	47
14	59	47
15	59	47
16	59	47
17	58	46
18	58	46
19	58	46
20	58	46
21	57	46
22	57	45
23	56	45
24	56	45
25	56	45
26	56	45
27	55	44
28	55	44
29	55	44
30	54	44
31	54	44

How October really feels in Olympia

Once humidity and wind are folded in, October averages 0 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

October sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Olympia weather by month

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

Month	High / Low (°F)	Rainfall (inches)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	45° / 38°	7.6	17.5	2.3	8.7	0.9
Feb	48° / 38°	5.3	14.4	2	10	1.5
Mar	52° / 40°	6.3	17.6	1.1	11.6	2.2
Apr	57° / 43°	4.7	14.9	0.1	13.3	3.5
May	63° / 48°	2.9	10.2	0	14.8	5.5
Jun	68° / 52°	1.8	7.5	0	15.6	6.5
Jul	74° / 55°	0.7	3.1	0	15.3	8.2
Aug	75° / 55°	1.0	4	0	14	8.2
Sep	69° / 52°	2.1	7	0	12.4	7.0
Oct	59° / 47°	5.1	12.7	0	10.6	4.3
Nov	50° / 41°	8.4	17.6	0.6	9.1	1.8
Dec	45° / 37°	8.1	17.1	2.3	8.4	0.7

Cloud cover in October

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 25% of the time in October.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 15% of October, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 60%. 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 (%)	54	52	51	49	47	46	45	43	42	42	40	40	39	38	38	37	37	37	37	36	36	36	36	35	35	34	34	33	33	31	31
Cloudier (%)	46	48	49	51	53	54	55	57	58	58	60	60	61	62	62	63	63	63	63	64	64	64	64	65	65	66	66	67	67	69	69

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	54	46
2	52	48
3	51	49
4	49	51
5	47	53
6	46	54
7	45	55
8	43	57
9	42	58
10	42	58
11	40	60
12	40	60
13	39	61
14	38	62
15	38	62
16	37	63
17	37	63
18	37	63
19	37	63
20	36	64
21	36	64
22	36	64
23	36	64
24	35	65
25	35	65
26	34	66
27	34	66
28	33	67
29	33	67
30	31	69
31	31	69

Chance of precipitation in October

Any precipitation

Olympia gets around 5.1 in of rain over 12.7 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 41% and peaks near 51% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

	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 (%)	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	36	37	38	39	40	40	41	41	42	42	42	43	43	44	45	45	46	47	48	49	49	50	51

	Rain chance (%)
1	29
2	30
3	31
4	32
5	33
6	34
7	35
8	36
9	36
10	37
11	38
12	39
13	40
14	40
15	41
16	41
17	42
18	42
19	42
20	43
21	43
22	44
23	45
24	45
25	46
26	47
27	48
28	49
29	49
30	50
31	51

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 95% 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 (%)	90	91	91	92	93	93	94	94	95	95	95	95	95	96	96	96	96	96	96	97	97	97	97	97	98	98	98	98	98	99	99
Comfortable (%)	10	9	9	8	7	7	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	1

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	90	10
2	91	9
3	91	9
4	92	8
5	93	7
6	93	7
7	94	6
8	94	6
9	95	5
10	95	5
11	95	5
12	95	5
13	95	5
14	96	4
15	96	4
16	96	4
17	96	4
18	96	4
19	96	4
20	97	3
21	97	3
22	97	3
23	97	3
24	97	3
25	98	2
26	98	2
27	98	2
28	98	2
29	98	2
30	99	1
31	99	1

Wind in October

Winds average 5 mph in October.

Across October, daily wind ranges from about 5 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)	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	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	5	calm
2	5	calm
3	5	calm
4	5	calm
5	5	calm
6	5	calm
7	5	calm
8	5	calm
9	5	calm
10	5	calm
11	5	calm
12	5	calm
13	5	calm
14	5	calm
15	5	calm
16	5	calm
17	5	calm
18	5	calm
19	5	calm
20	5	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 30 min at the start of October to 9 h 48 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 102 minutes over October. Sunrise moves from 6:17 AM to 7:00 AM, and sunset from 5:45 PM to 4:50 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)	11.5	11.4	11.4	11.3	11.2	11.2	11.1	11.1	11.0	11.0	10.9	10.8	10.8	10.7	10.7	10.6	10.6	10.5	10.5	10.4	10.3	10.3	10.2	10.2	10.1	10.1	10.0	10.0	9.9	9.9	9.8
Sunrise (AM)	6:17	6:18	6:19	6:21	6:22	6:24	6:25	6:26	6:28	6:29	6:31	6:32	6:34	6:35	6:37	6:38	6:40	6:41	6:42	6:44	6:45	6:47	6:48	6:50	6:51	6:53	6:54	6:56	6:57	6:59	7:00
Sunset (PM)	5:45	5:43	5:41	5:38	5:36	5:34	5:32	5:31	5:29	5:27	5:25	5:23	5:21	5:19	5:17	5:15	5:13	5:12	5:10	5:08	5:06	5:04	5:03	5:01	4:59	4:58	4:56	4:55	4:53	4:51	4:50

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.5	6:17	5:45
2	11.4	6:18	5:43
3	11.4	6:19	5:41
4	11.3	6:21	5:38
5	11.2	6:22	5:36
6	11.2	6:24	5:34
7	11.1	6:25	5:32
8	11.1	6:26	5:31
9	11.0	6:28	5:29
10	11.0	6:29	5:27
11	10.9	6:31	5:25
12	10.8	6:32	5:23
13	10.8	6:34	5:21
14	10.7	6:35	5:19
15	10.7	6:37	5:17
16	10.6	6:38	5:15
17	10.6	6:40	5:13
18	10.5	6:41	5:12
19	10.5	6:42	5:10
20	10.4	6:44	5:08
21	10.3	6:45	5:06
22	10.3	6:47	5:04
23	10.2	6:48	5:03
24	10.2	6:50	5:01
25	10.1	6:51	4:59
26	10.1	6:53	4:58
27	10.0	6:54	4:56
28	10.0	6:56	4:55
29	9.9	6:57	4:53
30	9.9	6:59	4:51
31	9.8	7:00	4:50

Solar energy in October

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in October, about 2.32 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.89 kWh/m² to a high of 6.29 kWh/m² in July across the year — October's 2.32 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)	3.2	3.1	3.0	3.0	2.9	2.9	2.8	2.7	2.7	2.6	2.5	2.5	2.4	2.4	2.3	2.3	2.2	2.2	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.0	2.0	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.7	1.7
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	3.2	Moderate
2	3.1	Moderate
3	3.0	Moderate
4	3.0	Moderate
5	2.9	Moderate
6	2.9	Moderate
7	2.8	Moderate
8	2.7	Moderate
9	2.7	Moderate
10	2.6	Moderate
11	2.5	Moderate
12	2.5	Moderate
13	2.4	Moderate
14	2.4	Moderate
15	2.3	Moderate
16	2.3	Moderate
17	2.2	Moderate
18	2.2	Moderate
19	2.1	Moderate
20	2.1	Moderate
21	2.1	Moderate
22	2.0	Moderate
23	2.0	Dim
24	1.9	Dim
25	1.9	Dim
26	1.9	Dim
27	1.8	Dim
28	1.8	Dim
29	1.8	Dim
30	1.7	Dim
31	1.7	Dim

Planning a trip in October

Hazard calendar for Olympia

In seasonPeak

In October, Olympia sits inside its rainy season season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Olympia's rainy season runs October–April, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is October a good time to visit Olympia?

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

4.3

Sightseeing

6th-best month of the year

0.5

Beach & pool

6th-best month of the year

October is a reasonable time to visit Olympia for sightseeing.

What to pack for Olympia in October

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

In October, Olympia sees daytime highs around 59°F and nights near 47°F. Worth packing: a warm layer and rain gear. About 13 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

UV index in Olympia in October

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in October peaks around 3 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Olympia peaks around July 17 at about 8 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 18 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 8 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	1	1	4	5	7	6	8	6	4	3	1	1
Level	Low	Low	Moderate	Moderate	Very high	High	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate	Low	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	1	Low
Feb	1	Low
Mar	4	Moderate
Apr	5	Moderate
May	7	Very high
Jun	6	High
Jul	8	Very high
Aug	6	High
Sep	4	Moderate
Oct	3	Moderate
Nov	1	Low
Dec	1	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Olympia?

Olympia sits at 47.0°N, 122.9°W, 95 ft above sea level, in United States. The nearest listed city is Tumwater, 2.5 mi away.

Topography around Olympia

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

Within 2 miles, the terrain around Olympia has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 364 ft around an average of 135 ft above sea level; within 10 miles, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,241 ft; within 50 miles, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 6,555 ft.

The land around Olympia is covered by trees (57%) and artificial surfaces (22%) within 2 miles, trees (63%) within 10 miles, and trees (81%) within 50 miles.

2 miles

364 ft

trees 57%

10 miles

2,241 ft

trees 63%

50 miles

6,555 ft

trees 81%

treesgrasslandartificial surfaceswater

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

October weather nearby: Tumwater 2.5 mi · Lacey 3.7 mi · Lakewood 20 mi · University Place 21 mi · Spanaway 22 mi · Centralia 23 mi · Parkland 23 mi · Frederickson 26 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 Olympia (47.0449°, -122.9017°, elevation 95 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	64	49
2	64	49
3	64	49
4	63	49
5	63	49
6	62	48
7	62	48
8	62	48
9	61	48
10	61	48
11	60	47
12	60	47
13	60	47
14	59	47
15	59	47
16	59	47
17	58	46
18	58	46
19	58	46
20	58	46
21	57	46
22	57	45
23	56	45
24	56	45
25	56	45
26	56	45
27	55	44
28	55	44
29	55	44
30	54	44
31	54	44

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	54	46
2	52	48
3	51	49
4	49	51
5	47	53
6	46	54
7	45	55
8	43	57
9	42	58
10	42	58
11	40	60
12	40	60
13	39	61
14	38	62
15	38	62
16	37	63
17	37	63
18	37	63
19	37	63
20	36	64
21	36	64
22	36	64
23	36	64
24	35	65
25	35	65
26	34	66
27	34	66
28	33	67
29	33	67
30	31	69
31	31	69

	Rain chance (%)
1	29
2	30
3	31
4	32
5	33
6	34
7	35
8	36
9	36
10	37
11	38
12	39
13	40
14	40
15	41
16	41
17	42
18	42
19	42
20	43
21	43
22	44
23	45
24	45
25	46
26	47
27	48
28	49
29	49
30	50
31	51

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	90	10
2	91	9
3	91	9
4	92	8
5	93	7
6	93	7
7	94	6
8	94	6
9	95	5
10	95	5
11	95	5
12	95	5
13	95	5
14	96	4
15	96	4
16	96	4
17	96	4
18	96	4
19	96	4
20	97	3
21	97	3
22	97	3
23	97	3
24	97	3
25	98	2
26	98	2
27	98	2
28	98	2
29	98	2
30	99	1
31	99	1

	Avg high (°F)	Avg low (°F)
1	64	49
2	64	49
3	64	49
4	63	49
5	63	49
6	62	48
7	62	48
8	62	48
9	61	48
10	61	48
11	60	47
12	60	47
13	60	47
14	59	47
15	59	47
16	59	47
17	58	46
18	58	46
19	58	46
20	58	46
21	57	46
22	57	45
23	56	45
24	56	45
25	56	45
26	56	45
27	55	44
28	55	44
29	55	44
30	54	44
31	54	44

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	54	46
2	52	48
3	51	49
4	49	51
5	47	53
6	46	54
7	45	55
8	43	57
9	42	58
10	42	58
11	40	60
12	40	60
13	39	61
14	38	62
15	38	62
16	37	63
17	37	63
18	37	63
19	37	63
20	36	64
21	36	64
22	36	64
23	36	64
24	35	65
25	35	65
26	34	66
27	34	66
28	33	67
29	33	67
30	31	69
31	31	69

	Rain chance (%)
1	29
2	30
3	31
4	32
5	33
6	34
7	35
8	36
9	36
10	37
11	38
12	39
13	40
14	40
15	41
16	41
17	42
18	42
19	42
20	43
21	43
22	44
23	45
24	45
25	46
26	47
27	48
28	49
29	49
30	50
31	51

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	90	10
2	91	9
3	91	9
4	92	8
5	93	7
6	93	7
7	94	6
8	94	6
9	95	5
10	95	5
11	95	5
12	95	5
13	95	5
14	96	4
15	96	4
16	96	4
17	96	4
18	96	4
19	96	4
20	97	3
21	97	3
22	97	3
23	97	3
24	97	3
25	98	2
26	98	2
27	98	2
28	98	2
29	98	2
30	99	1
31	99	1

	Avg high (°F)	Avg low (°F)
1	64	49
2	64	49
3	64	49
4	63	49
5	63	49
6	62	48
7	62	48
8	62	48
9	61	48
10	61	48
11	60	47
12	60	47
13	60	47
14	59	47
15	59	47
16	59	47
17	58	46
18	58	46
19	58	46
20	58	46
21	57	46
22	57	45
23	56	45
24	56	45
25	56	45
26	56	45
27	55	44
28	55	44
29	55	44
30	54	44
31	54	44

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	54	46
2	52	48
3	51	49
4	49	51
5	47	53
6	46	54
7	45	55
8	43	57
9	42	58
10	42	58
11	40	60
12	40	60
13	39	61
14	38	62
15	38	62
16	37	63
17	37	63
18	37	63
19	37	63
20	36	64
21	36	64
22	36	64
23	36	64
24	35	65
25	35	65
26	34	66
27	34	66
28	33	67
29	33	67
30	31	69
31	31	69

	Rain chance (%)
1	29
2	30
3	31
4	32
5	33
6	34
7	35
8	36
9	36
10	37
11	38
12	39
13	40
14	40
15	41
16	41
17	42
18	42
19	42
20	43
21	43
22	44
23	45
24	45
25	46
26	47
27	48
28	49
29	49
30	50
31	51

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	90	10
2	91	9
3	91	9
4	92	8
5	93	7
6	93	7
7	94	6
8	94	6
9	95	5
10	95	5
11	95	5
12	95	5
13	95	5
14	96	4
15	96	4
16	96	4
17	96	4
18	96	4
19	96	4
20	97	3
21	97	3
22	97	3
23	97	3
24	97	3
25	98	2
26	98	2
27	98	2
28	98	2
29	98	2
30	99	1
31	99	1