Redding weather in October

In October, Redding sees average daytime highs of 76°F and overnight lows near 52°F, with 2.7 in of rain across 4.6 wet days and about 10.9 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 7th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 82°F in the first days to 70°F by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 62% of the time in October, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 36 min at the start of October to 10 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, October is Redding's 5th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Redding's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 76°; 6th warmest
Overnight low: 52°; 7th coldest
Rainfall: 2.7 in; 4.6 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 54 min; 6:28 AM – 5:22 PM
Cloud cover: 34%; 5th clearest
Wind: 4 mph; 6th windiest
Solar energy: 3.99 kWh/m²
Travel score: 8.0; out of 10

Redding is city in Shasta County, California, United States.

Density: 578/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1887

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 82°F in the first days to 70°F by the end.

A typical October day in Redding reaches about 76°F in the afternoon and slips back to 52°F overnight — a 24°F spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 63°F and 88°F. Set against its neighbours, October runs about 12°F cooler than September and about 15°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)	83	83	82	82	81	81	80	80	80	79	79	78	78	78	77	77	76	76	75	75	74	74	73	73	72	71	71	70	70	69	69
Avg low (°F)	57	56	56	56	56	55	55	55	54	54	54	53	53	53	53	53	52	52	52	51	51	51	51	50	50	50	49	49	49	48	48

	Avg high (°F)	Avg low (°F)
1	83	57
2	83	56
3	82	56
4	82	56
5	81	56
6	81	55
7	80	55
8	80	55
9	80	54
10	79	54
11	79	54
12	78	53
13	78	53
14	78	53
15	77	53
16	77	53
17	76	52
18	76	52
19	75	52
20	75	51
21	74	51
22	74	51
23	73	51
24	73	50
25	72	50
26	71	50
27	71	49
28	70	49
29	70	49
30	69	48
31	69	48

How October really feels in Redding

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.

Redding weather by month

How October compares with the rest of the year at a glance. October is the 6th-warmest and 7th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°F)	Rainfall (inches)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	54° / 39°	9.3	12.5	2	9.4	3.2
Feb	58° / 41°	8.5	11.5	1.5	10.4	4.0
Mar	63° / 44°	7.5	12.3	1.1	11.7	5.3
Apr	69° / 47°	3.7	9.1	0.2	13	6.6
May	79° / 55°	2.3	6.2	0	14.2	7.4
Jun	89° / 62°	1.0	2.8	0	14.8	5.1
Jul	97° / 69°	0.1	0.4	0	14.6	2.7
Aug	95° / 67°	0.2	0.6	0	13.6	3.3
Sep	89° / 61°	0.5	1.7	0	12.3	5.6
Oct	76° / 52°	2.7	4.6	0	10.9	8.0
Nov	61° / 44°	5.6	8.8	0.5	9.7	5.3
Dec	53° / 39°	9.9	12.9	1.7	9.2	2.9

Cloud cover in October

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 62% of the time in October.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 11% of October, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 27%. 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 (%)	84	84	82	82	81	81	80	80	78	78	77	77	76	75	75	73	73	72	72	70	69	69	68	67	67	66	65	64	64	63	62
Cloudier (%)	16	16	18	18	19	19	20	20	22	22	23	23	24	25	25	27	27	28	28	30	31	31	32	33	33	34	35	36	36	37	38

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	84	16
2	84	16
3	82	18
4	82	18
5	81	19
6	81	19
7	80	20
8	80	20
9	78	22
10	78	22
11	77	23
12	77	23
13	76	24
14	75	25
15	75	25
16	73	27
17	73	27
18	72	28
19	72	28
20	70	30
21	69	31
22	69	31
23	68	32
24	67	33
25	67	33
26	66	34
27	65	35
28	64	36
29	64	36
30	63	37
31	62	38

Chance of precipitation in October

Any precipitation

Redding gets around 2.7 in of rain over 4.6 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 14% and peaks near 22% 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 (%)	9	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	14	14	14	15	16	16	17	17	18	19	19	20	21	21	22

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

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 99% 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 (%)	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	100	100	100	100
Comfortable (%)	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	98	2
2	98	2
3	98	2
4	98	2
5	98	2
6	98	2
7	98	2
8	98	2
9	98	2
10	98	2
11	98	2
12	98	2
13	98	2
14	98	2
15	98	2
16	98	2
17	98	2
18	98	2
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0

Wind in October

Winds average 4 mph in October.

Across October, daily wind ranges from about 4 mph on the calmest days to 4 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)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
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	4	calm
2	4	calm
3	4	calm
4	4	calm
5	4	calm
6	4	calm
7	4	calm
8	4	calm
9	4	calm
10	4	calm
11	4	calm
12	4	calm
13	4	calm
14	4	calm
15	4	calm
16	4	calm
17	4	calm
18	4	calm
19	4	calm
20	4	calm
21	4	calm
22	4	calm
23	4	calm
24	4	calm
25	4	calm
26	4	calm
27	4	calm
28	4	calm
29	4	calm
30	4	calm
31	4	calm

Sunrise & sunset in October

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 36 min at the start of October to 10 h 18 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 78 minutes over October. Sunrise moves from 6:11 AM to 6:45 AM, and sunset from 5:46 PM to 5:01 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)	11.6	11.5	11.5	11.4	11.4	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.2	11.2	11.1	11.1	11.0	11.0	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.8	10.8	10.7	10.7	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.5	10.5	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.3	10.3
Sunrise (AM)	6:11	6:12	6:13	6:14	6:16	6:17	6:18	6:19	6:20	6:21	6:22	6:23	6:24	6:25	6:26	6:28	6:29	6:30	6:31	6:32	6:33	6:34	6:36	6:37	6:38	6:39	6:40	6:41	6:43	6:44	6:45
Sunset (PM)	5:46	5:44	5:42	5:41	5:39	5:37	5:36	5:34	5:33	5:31	5:29	5:28	5:26	5:25	5:23	5:22	5:20	5:19	5:17	5:16	5:14	5:13	5:12	5:10	5:09	5:08	5:06	5:05	5:04	5:03	5:01

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.6	6:11	5:46
2	11.5	6:12	5:44
3	11.5	6:13	5:42
4	11.4	6:14	5:41
5	11.4	6:16	5:39
6	11.3	6:17	5:37
7	11.3	6:18	5:36
8	11.3	6:19	5:34
9	11.2	6:20	5:33
10	11.2	6:21	5:31
11	11.1	6:22	5:29
12	11.1	6:23	5:28
13	11.0	6:24	5:26
14	11.0	6:25	5:25
15	10.9	6:26	5:23
16	10.9	6:28	5:22
17	10.9	6:29	5:20
18	10.8	6:30	5:19
19	10.8	6:31	5:17
20	10.7	6:32	5:16
21	10.7	6:33	5:14
22	10.6	6:34	5:13
23	10.6	6:36	5:12
24	10.6	6:37	5:10
25	10.5	6:38	5:09
26	10.5	6:39	5:08
27	10.4	6:40	5:06
28	10.4	6:41	5:05
29	10.4	6:43	5:04
30	10.3	6:44	5:03
31	10.3	6:45	5:01

Solar energy in October

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in October, about 3.99 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.78 kWh/m² to a high of 8.1 kWh/m² in July across the year — October's 3.99 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)	4.9	4.8	4.8	4.7	4.7	4.6	4.6	4.5	4.4	4.4	4.3	4.3	4.2	4.1	4.1	4.0	4.0	3.9	3.8	3.8	3.7	3.6	3.6	3.5	3.5	3.4	3.3	3.3	3.2	3.1	3.1
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.9	Bright
2	4.8	Bright
3	4.8	Bright
4	4.7	Bright
5	4.7	Bright
6	4.6	Bright
7	4.6	Bright
8	4.5	Bright
9	4.4	Bright
10	4.4	Bright
11	4.3	Bright
12	4.3	Bright
13	4.2	Bright
14	4.1	Bright
15	4.1	Bright
16	4.0	Bright
17	4.0	Moderate
18	3.9	Moderate
19	3.8	Moderate
20	3.8	Moderate
21	3.7	Moderate
22	3.6	Moderate
23	3.6	Moderate
24	3.5	Moderate
25	3.5	Moderate
26	3.4	Moderate
27	3.3	Moderate
28	3.3	Moderate
29	3.2	Moderate
30	3.1	Moderate
31	3.1	Moderate

Planning a trip in October

Hazard calendar for Redding

In seasonPeak

None of Redding's seasonal hazards are active in October. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Redding's rainy season runs November–March, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season

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Is October a good time to visit Redding?

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

8.0

Sightseeing

1st-best month of the year

6.8

Beach & pool

5th-best month of the year

October is one of the better times to visit Redding for general sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Redding in October

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

In October, Redding sees daytime highs around 76°F and nights near 52°F. Worth packing: light clothes. About 5 days see rain.

light clothes

UV index in Redding in October

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in October peaks around 5 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Redding peaks around July 10 at about 10 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 15 at about 2 (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)	2	3	5	6	9	10	10	8	6	5	2	2
Level	Low	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Low	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	2	Low
Feb	3	Moderate
Mar	5	Moderate
Apr	6	High
May	9	Very high
Jun	10	Very high
Jul	10	Very high
Aug	8	Very high
Sep	6	High
Oct	5	Moderate
Nov	2	Low
Dec	2	Low

Air quality in Redding in October

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where October falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Redding is worst in August — around 76 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 11.2× the cleanest month (June, 7 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	7	9	11	10	8	7	39	76	60	13	11	7
Level	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Poor	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Moderate	Good	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	7	Good
Feb	9	Good
Mar	11	Good
Apr	10	Good
May	8	Good
Jun	7	Good
Jul	39	Poor
Aug	76	Unhealthy
Sep	60	Unhealthy
Oct	13	Moderate
Nov	11	Good
Dec	7	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Redding?

Redding sits at 40.6°N, 122.4°W, 564 ft above sea level, in United States. The nearest listed city is Chico, 66 mi away.

Topography around Redding

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

Within 2 miles, the terrain around Redding has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 449 ft around an average of 600 ft above sea level; within 10 miles, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,484 ft; within 50 miles, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 10,164 ft.

The land around Redding is covered by trees (42%) and artificial surfaces (40%) within 2 miles, trees (63%) and grassland (25%) within 10 miles, and trees (76%) and grassland (21%) within 50 miles.

2 miles

449 ft

trees 42%

10 miles

3,484 ft

trees 63%

50 miles

10,164 ft

trees 76%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

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

October weather nearby: Chico 66 mi · Paradise 70 mi · Oroville 86 mi · Bayside 89 mi · Arcata 91 mi · Susanville 92 mi · McKinleyville 93 mi · Eureka 94 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 Redding (40.5865°, -122.3917°, elevation 564 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. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. 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	83	57
2	83	56
3	82	56
4	82	56
5	81	56
6	81	55
7	80	55
8	80	55
9	80	54
10	79	54
11	79	54
12	78	53
13	78	53
14	78	53
15	77	53
16	77	53
17	76	52
18	76	52
19	75	52
20	75	51
21	74	51
22	74	51
23	73	51
24	73	50
25	72	50
26	71	50
27	71	49
28	70	49
29	70	49
30	69	48
31	69	48

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	84	16
2	84	16
3	82	18
4	82	18
5	81	19
6	81	19
7	80	20
8	80	20
9	78	22
10	78	22
11	77	23
12	77	23
13	76	24
14	75	25
15	75	25
16	73	27
17	73	27
18	72	28
19	72	28
20	70	30
21	69	31
22	69	31
23	68	32
24	67	33
25	67	33
26	66	34
27	65	35
28	64	36
29	64	36
30	63	37
31	62	38

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	98	2
2	98	2
3	98	2
4	98	2
5	98	2
6	98	2
7	98	2
8	98	2
9	98	2
10	98	2
11	98	2
12	98	2
13	98	2
14	98	2
15	98	2
16	98	2
17	98	2
18	98	2
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0

	Avg high (°F)	Avg low (°F)
1	83	57
2	83	56
3	82	56
4	82	56
5	81	56
6	81	55
7	80	55
8	80	55
9	80	54
10	79	54
11	79	54
12	78	53
13	78	53
14	78	53
15	77	53
16	77	53
17	76	52
18	76	52
19	75	52
20	75	51
21	74	51
22	74	51
23	73	51
24	73	50
25	72	50
26	71	50
27	71	49
28	70	49
29	70	49
30	69	48
31	69	48

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	84	16
2	84	16
3	82	18
4	82	18
5	81	19
6	81	19
7	80	20
8	80	20
9	78	22
10	78	22
11	77	23
12	77	23
13	76	24
14	75	25
15	75	25
16	73	27
17	73	27
18	72	28
19	72	28
20	70	30
21	69	31
22	69	31
23	68	32
24	67	33
25	67	33
26	66	34
27	65	35
28	64	36
29	64	36
30	63	37
31	62	38

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	98	2
2	98	2
3	98	2
4	98	2
5	98	2
6	98	2
7	98	2
8	98	2
9	98	2
10	98	2
11	98	2
12	98	2
13	98	2
14	98	2
15	98	2
16	98	2
17	98	2
18	98	2
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0

	Avg high (°F)	Avg low (°F)
1	83	57
2	83	56
3	82	56
4	82	56
5	81	56
6	81	55
7	80	55
8	80	55
9	80	54
10	79	54
11	79	54
12	78	53
13	78	53
14	78	53
15	77	53
16	77	53
17	76	52
18	76	52
19	75	52
20	75	51
21	74	51
22	74	51
23	73	51
24	73	50
25	72	50
26	71	50
27	71	49
28	70	49
29	70	49
30	69	48
31	69	48

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	84	16
2	84	16
3	82	18
4	82	18
5	81	19
6	81	19
7	80	20
8	80	20
9	78	22
10	78	22
11	77	23
12	77	23
13	76	24
14	75	25
15	75	25
16	73	27
17	73	27
18	72	28
19	72	28
20	70	30
21	69	31
22	69	31
23	68	32
24	67	33
25	67	33
26	66	34
27	65	35
28	64	36
29	64	36
30	63	37
31	62	38

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	98	2
2	98	2
3	98	2
4	98	2
5	98	2
6	98	2
7	98	2
8	98	2
9	98	2
10	98	2
11	98	2
12	98	2
13	98	2
14	98	2
15	98	2
16	98	2
17	98	2
18	98	2
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0