Cape Hatteras, NC: October

9 October 2026: October 2026 so far averaged 72.6°F in Cape Hatteras, NC, the warmest 1 to 9 October since 2021, tied 28th warmest of 133 (with 1990).

October 2026 so far, to 9 October 2026

Mean temperature: 72.6°F; Warmest since 2021; 28th warmest of 133
Precipitation: 0.59 in; Driest since 2025; 55th driest of 134

A normal 1 to 9 October in Cape Hatteras, NC (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 70.1°F, between 66°F and 76.2°F in eight years of ten and 1.03 in of precipitation, between 0.01 in and 5.04 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every 1 to 9 October in Cape Hatteras, NC since 1893: 72.6°F in 2026; the highest is 80.9°F, in 2018.

Normal range, 66 to 76.2°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every 1 to 9 October in Cape Hatteras, NC from 1893 to 2026, ranked: the mean temperature, the mean high and the mean low from the warmest, the precipitation from the wettest; a year missing more than a tenth of its days is not ranked.

Year	Mean, °F	Rank	High, °F	Rank	Low, °F	Rank	Precipitation, in	Rank	Days missing
2026	72.6	28	78.2	28	66.9	34	0.59	80	0
2025	71.7	39	77.1	41	66.2	41	0.06	112	0
2024	71.1	47	77.6	34	64.7	55	0.29	94	0
2023	70.8	52	76.6	50	65.1	50	0.05	113	0
2022	64.2	126	69.8	124	58.6	119	0.01	119	0
2021	74.1	18	80.2	16	68	24	4.10	11	0
2020	68.2	78	74.2	78	62.2	79	0.75	66	0
2019	76.4	6	82.1	7	70.8	7	2.57	28	0
2018	80.9	1	87.1	1	74.7	1	0.01	119	0
2017	74.9	14	81.1	11	68.8	16	0.19	99	0
2016	75.3	11	80.1	17	70.4	9	5.02	7	0
2015	69.9	59	74.3	76	65.6	48	6.27	2	0
2014	66.9	94	74.1	79	59.8	110	0.09	107	0
2013	72.8	25	80.1	17	65.6	48	7.48	1	0
2012	73.4	21	79	22	67.9	26	0.70	73	0
2011	65.5	114	72.8	95	58.2	121	0.00	128	0
2010	66.1	108	72.1	102	60	108	1.13	57	0
2009	69.2	68	76.4	53	61.9	85	0.98	62	0
2008	68.5	73	76.4	53	60.6	103	0.47	87	0
2007	77.6	3	83.4	3	71.8	5	1.38	54	0
2006	70.2	56	78.1	29	62.2	79	1.50	53	0
2005	76.2	8	81	12	71.3	6	3.84	13	0
2004	71.5	42	77.1	41	65.9	43	0.61	78	0
2003	66.6	98	73.6	86	59.6	115	1.07	58	0
2002	75.3	11	81.4	9	69.2	12	trace	122	0
2001	64.6	121	71.8	105	57.4	125	0.71	71	0
2000	67.1	92	73	93	61.2	92	1.62	47	0
1999	68.8	72	76.2	56	61.4	90	0.32	90	0
1998	72.5	30	77.8	32	67.2	29	0.73	69	0
1997	71.2	46	78.6	26	63.9	66	trace	122	0
1996	66.9	94	71.9	104	61.9	85	4.64	9	0
1995	73.9	19	79	22	68.9	13	1.51	50	0
1994	67.9	85	75.1	68	60.8	98	0.37	88	0
1993	71.4	44	78.6	26	64.3	61	5.24	6	0
1992	65.3	115	71.3	111	59.2	117	3.74	16	0
1991	69.4	66	75.3	66	63.6	68	1.98	38	0
1990	72.6	28	82.2	5	63	72	0.60	79	0
1989	66.4	102	72.8	95	60.1	106	2.58	27	0
1988	66.3	104	71.8	105	60.9	95	2.10	34	0
1987	61.3	133	71.1	114	51.6	133	0.27	96	0
1986	76.2	8	83.6	2	68.9	13	0.07	110	0
1985	72.3	33	78.1	29	66.4	40	4.63	10	0
1984	65.2	117	72.8	95	57.7	124	0.03	117	0
1983	71.4	44	77.1	41	65.8	44	trace	122	0
1982	69.9	59	77.4	37	62.4	77	0.00	128	0
1981	63.8	128	71.8	105	55.8	130	0.10	106	0
1980	65.3	115	73.6	86	57.1	128	0.36	89	0
1979	68.1	80	76.2	56	60	108	1.74	43	0
1978	65.8	110	72.3	99	59.3	116	2.16	33	0
1977	68.1	80	75.3	66	60.9	95	0.92	64	0
1976	69.6	64	77.2	39	62	84	0.51	84	0
1975	71	50	76.2	56	65.8	44	1.54	49	0
1974	62.1	131	68.7	130	55.4	132	5.35	4	0
1973	74.6	16	80.4	14	68.7	17	0.08	109	0
1972	67.6	88	72.3	99	62.8	74	3.82	14	0
1971	72.2	35	77.6	34	66.9	34	5.35	4	0
1970	69.9	59	76.6	50	63.2	70	0.12	104	0
1969	72.3	33	77.3	38	67.3	27	0.73	69	0
1968	68.3	75	75.9	62	60.7	101	2.31	31	0
1967	68	84	76.2	56	59.8	110	0.62	77	0
1966	66.6	98	74.8	72	58.3	120	2.59	25	0
1965	64.3	122	72.9	94	55.8	130	1.93	39	0
1964	68.3	75	73.1	92	63.4	69	5.52	3	0
1963	64.3	122	72.7	98	56	129	0.00	128	0
1962	72.9	24	79	22	66.9	34	1.51	50	0
1961	67.1	92	74.4	74	59.7	113	1.92	40	0
1960	68.3	75	75.1	68	61.4	90	0.50	85	0
1959	74.9	14	81.7	8	68.2	20	0.25	97	0
1958	66.8	96	71.3	111	62.2	79	2.70	23	0
1957	66.3	104	71	115	61.6	88	4.84	8	0
1956	70	58	75.6	65	64.4	59	0.12	104	0
1955	72.4	31	77.6	34	67.3	27	0.31	92	0
1954	74.2	17	79.8	20	68.6	18	1.26	56	0
1953	69.8	62	74	81	65.7	46	0.83	65	0
1952	68.5	73	73.9	83	63.1	71	1.01	60	0
1951	73.1	22	77.9	31	68.2	20	3.07	18	0
1950	70.6	54	75.1	68	66	42	2.75	22	0
1949	72.4	31	76.8	46	68	24	0.29	94	0
1948	66.6	98	70.8	118	62.4	77	1.70	45	0
1947	67.4	90	72	103	62.9	73	0.74	67	0
1946	67.8	86	71.2	113	64.3	61	1.82	42	0
1945	69.3	67	74.3	76	64.3	61	1.72	44	0
1944	71.8	37	76.9	45	66.7	37	0.48	86	0
1943	65.6	113	70.4	120	60.8	98	trace	122	0
1942	66.4	102	72.2	101	60.7	101	0.14	102	0
1941	78.5	2	83.4	3	73.6	2	trace	122	0
1940	64.1	127	69.9	122	58.2	121	0.65	75	0
1939	70.9	51	77.1	41	64.8	51	1.01	60	0
1938	62.1	131	66.8	133	57.3	127	0.25	97	0
1937	71.1	47	75	71	67.2	29	3.00	20	0
1936	72.8	25	76.7	49	68.9	13	1.69	46	0
1935	63.3	129	68.9	127	57.8	123	0.00	128	0
1934	71.7	39	76.1	60	67.2	29	2.00	37	0
1933	72.7	27	77.2	39	68.2	20	0.01	119	0
1932	68.2	78	74.8	72	61.6	88	2.59	25	0
1931	72.2	35	79.7	21	64.8	51	0.03	117	0
1930	65.7	112	71	115	60.4	104	0.00	128	0
1929	68.1	80	73.4	89	62.7	75	2.53	29	0
1928	69.8	62	75.7	64	64	65	0.15	101	0
1927	75.8	10	81.2	10	70.3	10	0.67	74	0
1926	71.7	39	76.8	46	66.6	38	1.38	54	0
1925	70.3	55	76	61	64.7	55	2.03	35	0
1924	66.2	107	71.4	109	61	94	0.00	128	0
1923	64.7	119	69.8	124	59.7	113	0.09	107	0
1922	73.1	22	77.8	32	68.3	19	0.53	83	0
1921	66.7	97	74.1	79	59.2	117	0.58	81	0
1920	63.2	130	68.9	127	57.4	125	0.18	100	0
1919	76.5	5	82.2	5	70.8	7	0.05	113	0
1918	68.9	70	73.4	89	64.4	59	0.55	82	0
1917	64.8	118	69.9	122	59.8	110	0.07	110	0
1916	70.2	56	73.9	83	66.6	38	0.14	102	0
1915	71.8	37	76.4	53	67.2	29	2.45	30	0
1914	68.9	70	73.3	91	64.6	58	2.67	24	0
1913	69.6	64	74.4	74	64.8	51	0.96	63	0
1912	67.8	86	71.4	109	64.2	64	3.94	12	0
1911	70.8	52	76.8	46	64.8	51	0.05	113	0
1910	75	13	80.4	14	69.6	11	1.05	59	0
1909	65.9	109	70.9	117	60.9	95	0.05	113	0
1908	66.6	98	70.6	119	62.7	75	3.05	19	0
1907	67.4	90	73.8	85	61.1	93	trace	122	0
1906	73.6	20	78.9	25	68.2	20	3.44	17	0
1905	71.1	47	76.6	50	65.7	46	0.74	67	0
1904	68.1	80	74	81	62.2	79	0.00	128	0
1903							2.17	32	2
1902	71.5	42	75.8	63	67.2	29	1.92	40	0
1901	65.8	110	69.7	126	61.9	85	0.30	93	0
1900	76.3	7	80.1	17	72.4	4	2.01	36	0
1899	64.7	119	68.9	127	60.4	104	2.77	21	0
1898	77.1	4	80.9	13	73.2	3	1.51	50	0
1897	67.6	88	71.6	108	63.7	67	0.32	90	0
1896	64.3	122	67.8	132	60.8	98	0.71	71	0
1895	64.3	122	68.6	131	60.1	106	0.65	75	0
1894	69.1	69	73.6	86	64.7	55	3.82	14	0
1893	66.3	104	70.3	121	62.2	79	1.59	48	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2018	80.9
1941	78.5
2007	77.6
1898	77.1
1919	76.5
2019	76.4
1900	76.3
2005	76.2
1986	76.2
1927	75.8

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1987	61.3
1974	62.1
1938	62.1
1920	63.2
1935	63.3
1981	63.8
1940	64.1
2022	64.2
1965	64.3
1963	64.3
More years share the last value

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
2013	7.48
2015	6.27
1964	5.52
1974	5.35
1971	5.35
1993	5.24
2016	5.02
1957	4.84
1996	4.64
1985	4.63

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
2011	0.00
1982	0.00
1963	0.00
1935	0.00
1930	0.00
1924	0.00
1904	0.00
2002	trace
1997	trace
1983	trace
More years share the last value

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 84°F; 2 October 2026, 1 October 2026
Coldest night: 63°F; 9 October 2026, 8 October 2026, 6 October 2026
Wettest day: 0.47 in; 4 October 2026

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October 2026 so far brought 0.59 in of precipitation in Cape Hatteras, NC, the driest 1 to 9 October since 2025, 55th driest of 134.
The hottest day of October 2026 so far in Cape Hatteras, NC: 84°F on Friday 2 October 2026 and Thursday 1 October 2026.
The coldest night of October 2026 so far in Cape Hatteras, NC: a low of 63°F on Friday 9 October 2026, Thursday 8 October 2026 and Tuesday 6 October 2026.
The wettest day of October 2026 so far in Cape Hatteras, NC: 0.47 in on Sunday 4 October 2026.