Florida Rainfall Averages in October

The tables below give monthly averages for rainfall during October at dozens of cities in Florida.

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

The rainfall totals are averages based on weather data collected from 1991 to 2020 for the US National Centers for Environmental Information.

You can jump to separate tables for each region: South Florida (including the Florida Keys), Central Florida, North Florida and the Florida Panhandle.

South Florida

South Florida weather records include the counties of Broward, Collier, DeSoto, Highlands, Indian River, Lee, Manatee, Miami-Dade, Monroe, Palm Beach, St Lucie and Sarasota.

Average monthly precipitation in October

Days	Place	Inches	Milli­metres
6	Arcadia	2.6	66
8	Avon Park	3.3	83
11	Big Cypress National Preserve	5.2	131
8	Bradenton	2.9	73
6	Destin	2.8	72
10	Dry Tortugas	4.7	120
13	Everglades Park, Royal Palm	5.6	141
14	Ft. Lauderdale	7.3	184
8	Ft. Myers	3.1	78
12	Ft. Pierce	5.7	145
14	Hialeah	8.2	209
13	Hollywood	8.2	209
9	Islamorada	4.5	115
14	Jensen Beach	6.5	164
12	Key West	5.7	144
9	Marco Island	3.2	82
14	Miami	7.7	194
12	Miami Beach	6.5	165
10	Naples	3.9	100
11	Palm Beach Gardens	6.0	151
12	Pompano Beach	6.7	169
9	Punta Gorda	3.0	77
12	Tavernier (Key Largo)	5.6	143
8	Venice	3.4	85
12	Vero Beach	5.3	135
12	West Palm Beach	5.9	150

Central Florida

Climate records for the central Florida region include cities in the counties of Brevard, Hillsborough, Orange, Pinellas, Polk and Volusia.

Total average rainfall for October

Days	Place	Inches	Milli­metres
7	Bartow	3.0	77
8	Clearwater	3.2	81
11	Daytona Beach	4.9	123
9	Kissimmee	3.1	78
8	Lakeland	3.0	77
11	Melbourne	5.3	134
9	Orlando	3.2	82
11	Palm Coast	4.5	113
8	Plant City	2.6	66
7	Sarasota	2.8	70
6	St. Petersburg	2.2	55
7	Tampa	2.3	59

North Florida

North Florida rainfall amounts are for weather stations in the counties of Alachua, Baker, Columbia, Duval, Hamilton, Madison, Marion, St Johns and Suwannee.

Average amount of rain in October

Days	Place	Inches	Milli­metres
8	Fernandina Beach	5.0	126
7	Gainesville	2.7	68
7	Glen St. Mary	3.7	93
8	Jacksonville	3.6	90
10	Jacksonville Beach	5.1	130
5	Jasper	2.9	73
8	Lake City	2.5	64
4	Live Oak	4.0	103
5	Madison	3.3	84
8	Ocala	3.2	82
9	St. Augustine	4.4	111

Florida Panhandle

Florida Panhandle weather data come from the counties of Bay, Escambia, Franklin, Jefferson, Leon, Okaloosa and Walton.

Rainy weather averages during October

Days	Place	Inches	Milli­metres
8	Apalachicola	3.6	92
7	Crestview	4.1	104
6	DeFuniak Springs	3.6	91
5	Monticello	3.3	84
6	Niceville	4.6	117
6	Panama City	3.5	88
6	Pensacola	4.7	119
6	Tallahassee	3.2	82