Sunshine by US City in October

The tables below pull together figures on the amount of sunshine each of the largest cities in the United States usually has in October.

The % Sun number measures the percentage of time between sunrise and sunset that sunshine reaches the ground. Total Hours is the average number of sunny hours the city normally has this month. Clear Days is the average number of days this month when cloud covers at most 30 percent of the sky during daylight hours.

Hours of sunshine are the means calculated for 1961 to 1990. The other data are averages taken from years of weather watching.

Average sunshine in October
% Sun	City	Total Hours	Clear Days
66	Atlanta, Georgia	239	14
64	Austin, Texas	216	12
58	Baltimore, Maryland	206	12
66	Birmingham, Alabama	232	14
60	Boston, Massachusetts	206	11
50	Buffalo, New York	159	6
65	Charlotte, North Carolina	231	13
55	Chicago, Illinois	193	9
54	Cincinnati, Ohio	189	10
52	Cleveland, Ohio	170	8
56	Columbus, Ohio	183	10
63	Dallas, Texas	228	14
72	Denver, Colorado	249	13
51	Detroit, Michigan	176	8
88	Fresno, California	–	20
44	Grand Rapids, Michigan	–	6
57	Hartford, Connecticut	199	9
70	Honolulu, Hawaii	–	7
64	Houston, Texas	229	11
61	Indianapolis, Indiana	197	11

% Sun	City	Total Hours	Clear Days
60	Jacksonville, Florida	215	10
60	Kansas City, Missouri	214	13
87	Las Vegas, Nevada	304	20
73	Los Angeles, California	–	13
61	Louisville, Kentucky	209	12
70	Memphis, Tennessee	246	14
70	Miami, Florida	260	7
54	Milwaukee, Wisconsin	178	9
55	Minneapolis, Minnesota	181	10
62	Nashville, Tennessee	217	13
64	New Orleans, Louisiana	243	14
61	New York, New York	211	12
70	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	245	14
60	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	205	11
88	Phoenix, Arizona	309	20
51	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	167	8

% Sun	City	Total Hours	Clear Days
44	Portland, Oregon	152	5
61	Providence, Rhode Island	209	11
60	Raleigh, North Carolina	215	13
63	Richmond, Virginia	223	12
49	Rochester, New York	154	6
86	Sacramento, California	297	19
72	Salt Lake City, Utah	248	14
64	San Antonio, Texas	218	11
68	San Diego, California	243	14
70	San Francisco, California	–	16
43	Seattle, Washington	143	4
60	St. Louis, Missouri	208	12
66	Tampa, Florida	234	11
88	Tucson, Arizona	–	20
64	Tulsa, Oklahoma	–	14
59	Virginia Beach, Virginia	208	12
59	Washington, DC	204	11

Average Sunshine for US Cities in October

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