Houston, TX: October

9 October 2026: October 2026 so far averaged 81.5°F in Houston, TX, the warmest 1 to 9 October on record, in 136 years since 1889 (1895 excluded: 6 of 9 days missing; 1905 excluded: 9 of 9 days missing); provisional.

October 2026 so far, to 9 October 2026

Mean temperature: 81.5°F; Warmest on record; Warmest of 136, provisional
Precipitation: 1.31 in; Wettest since 2023; 37th wettest of 137

A normal 1 to 9 October in Houston, TX (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 75.1°F, between 69.3°F and 80.4°F in eight years of ten and 1.11 in of precipitation, between 0.00 in and 2.74 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every 1 to 9 October in Houston, TX since 1889: 81.5°F in 2026, the highest of them all.

Normal range, 69.3 to 80.4°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every 1 to 9 October in Houston, TX from 1889 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	81.5	1	90.8	4	72.2	7	1.31	37	0
2025	81.4	2	92.8	1	70.1	24	trace	102	0
2024	80.7	11	92.8	1	68.7	32	0.00	116	0
2023	75.6	59	84.4	76	66.7	49	3.00	14	0
2022	73.3	88	87.6	29	59	117	0.00	116	0
2021	77.2	44	87	40	67.3	42	1.66	31	0
2020	73.3	88	85.1	69	61.4	97	0.02	92	0
2019	80.3	12	89.9	7	70.8	19	0.02	92	0
2018	81.2	5	89.2	13	73.2	3	1.39	36	0
2017	79.8	15	89.3	11	70.3	22	2.13	26	0
2016	76.8	45	87.6	29	66	60	0.01	96	0
2015	74.9	65	87.2	35	62.7	88	0.00	116	0
2014	76.2	52	87.3	34	65	69	1.94	28	0
2013	74.6	69	85.7	58	63.6	82	0.33	69	0
2012	70.6	114	82	111	59.2	115	trace	102	0
2011	73.6	82	86.4	48	60.7	105	3.02	13	0
2010	69.4	123	84.4	76	54.4	133	0.00	116	0
2009	79.5	18	87.4	31	71.6	11	2.72	18	0
2008	73.2	92	86.1	51	60.3	108	1.10	44	0
2007	81.2	5	90.3	5	72	8	1.48	34	0
2006	77.7	37	89.3	11	66	60	0.00	116	0
2005	76.8	45	86.7	44	66.9	47	trace	102	0
2004	77.7	37	86.6	46	68.8	31	0.81	55	0
2003	73.4	84	83.1	100	63.7	80	4.30	7	0
2002	81.2	5	88.6	20	73.8	2	1.12	43	0
2001	67.8	132	78.7	130	57	126	2.30	22	0
2000	68.3	129	78.2	132	58.3	121	1.46	35	0
1999	73.3	88	87.2	35	59.3	114	0.01	96	0
1998	76	56	85.9	55	66.1	56	1.92	29	0
1997	75.3	60	84	87	66.7	49	2.91	15	0
1996	71.6	104	81	121	62.2	90	1.20	41	0
1995	71.3	109	83	101	59.6	111	2.25	23	0
1994	77.8	36	88.7	19	67	46	1.10	44	0
1993	77.6	40	89.1	16	66.1	56	1.50	32	0
1992	68.7	127	83.9	91	53.4	134	0.40	67	0
1991	70	120	82	111	58	123	0.09	85	0
1990	79.7	17	89.8	9	69.7	27	1.20	41	0
1989	74.3	74	87.4	31	61.1	102	0.10	83	0
1988	70.7	113	84.3	79	57.1	125	0.74	57	0
1987	67.6	133	82.9	102	52.3	136	0.00	116	0
1986	78.1	28	84.6	74	71.7	10	3.04	12	0
1985	68.1	130	80.1	124	56	130	0.00	116	0
1984	72.3	98	82.6	106	62	91	1.21	40	0
1983	74.6	69	85.3	65	63.9	77	0.00	116	0
1982	79.8	15	89.1	16	70.4	20	0.44	65	0
1981	78.3	24	87.9	26	68.7	32	3.49	9	0
1980	71.1	111	85.4	63	56.7	129	0.00	116	0
1979	73.1	93	88	24	58.2	122	0.00	116	0
1978	71.4	108	83.8	94	59	117	trace	102	0
1977	73.4	84	84	87	62.9	84	0.11	82	0
1976	64.9	136	77.2	134	52.6	135	0.38	68	0
1975	67	135	84.3	79	49.7	137	0.00	116	0
1974	71.3	109	83.9	91	58.7	119	0.00	116	0
1973	77.9	31	88.3	23	67.4	41	0.66	60	0
1972	70.4	116	83.9	91	57	126	0.00	116	0
1971	74.6	69	83.7	95	65.4	67	2.71	19	0
1970	72.9	95	84.4	76	61.4	97	0.79	56	0
1969	76.1	54	88	24	64.2	73	0.20	77	0
1968	76.3	51	84.1	83	68.4	35	2.05	27	0
1967	74.9	65	84.2	82	65.6	64	0.67	59	0
1966	73.1	93	82.4	108	63.7	80	2.84	16	0
1965	68.7	127	75.4	136	61.9	93	0.89	52	0
1964	71	112	80	125	62	91	0.00	116	0
1963	77.4	42	88.4	22	66.3	52	0.00	116	0
1962	80.1	14	88.6	20	71.6	11	0.05	89	0
1961	72.1	102	81.4	116	62.7	88	0.01	96	0
1960	77.6	40	86.9	42	68.2	36	3.71	8	0
1959	78.1	28	85.9	55	70.2	23	0.83	53	0
1958	71.6	104	78.6	131	64.6	71	0.21	74	0
1957	75	63	84.3	79	65.7	63	0.14	80	0
1956	78.2	27	90	6	66.3	52	2.49	21	0
1955	76.8	45	85.7	58	68	37	0.53	63	0
1954	80.2	13	87.2	35	73.1	4	2.65	20	0
1953	73.7	81	83.6	96	63.9	77	0.13	81	0
1952	69.6	121	81.2	120	58	123	0.02	92	0
1951	76.2	52	85.2	67	67.1	44	trace	102	0
1950	75.7	58	85.2	67	66.1	56	0.01	96	0
1949	74.9	65	80.9	122	68.9	30	13.00	1	0
1948	74.3	74	85.7	58	62.9	84	0.03	91	0
1947	76.8	45	86	54	67.6	40	trace	102	0
1946	73.3	88	81.3	119	65.2	68	0.18	78	0
1945	75.1	62	83.3	98	66.9	47	4.34	6	0
1944	79.1	20	86.6	46	71.6	11	0.01	96	0
1943	71.7	103	82.2	110	61.2	100	trace	102	0
1942	73.8	79	83.6	96	64	75	0.21	74	0
1941	81.4	2	87.2	35	75.7	1	2.83	17	0
1940	73.8	79	84.1	83	63.6	82	0.05	89	0
1939	76.1	54	85.4	63	66.7	49	0.33	69	0
1938	78.3	24	88.9	18	67.8	39	trace	102	0
1937	78.3	24	87	40	69.6	28	0.08	86	0
1936	70.4	116	79.8	127	61.1	102	0.95	48	0
1935	72.9	95	84	87	61.8	95	0.00	116	0
1934	71.6	104	80.2	123	62.9	84	trace	102	0
1933	72.2	101	80	125	64.3	72	0.32	71	0
1932	68.1	130	77.6	133	58.7	119	0.83	53	0
1931	78.6	22	87.2	35	70	26	trace	102	0
1930	74.3	74	82.7	105	66	60	5.00	4	0
1929	75	63	85.8	57	64.2	73	0.00	116	0
1928	81.4	2	89.8	9	73.1	4	0.94	49	0
1927	77.9	31	85.3	65	70.4	20	1.49	33	0
1926	77.9	31	84.9	72	70.9	18	0.92	51	0
1925	80.9	10	89.9	7	71.9	9	0.10	83	0
1924	76.6	49	86.1	51	67.1	44	0.44	65	0
1923	76.4	50	84.1	83	68.7	32	1.09	46	0
1922	75.3	60	85.1	69	65.6	64	0.52	64	0
1921	72.3	98	81.9	113	62.8	87	0.59	61	0
1920	70.4	116	81.8	114	59.1	116	0.00	116	0
1919	78	30	84.7	73	71.3	16	5.48	3	0
1918	77.9	31	87.9	26	67.9	38	4.92	5	0
1917	73.4	84	85.6	62	61.2	100	0.00	116	0
1916	74.5	72	85	71	64	75	0.06	87	0
1915	70.6	114	81.4	116	59.7	110	1.04	47	0
1914	74.8	68	83.3	98	66.2	54	0.01	96	0
1913	78.6	22	85.7	58	71.6	11	6.03	2	0
1912	77.4	42	87.7	28	67.2	43	0.57	62	0
1911	79	21	86.9	42	71.1	17	0.02	92	0
1910	74.3	74	82.6	106	66.1	56	1.28	38	0
1909	73.4	84	86.4	48	60.4	107	3.26	11	0
1908	69.1	126	82.9	102	55.3	132	0.00	116	0
1907	79.4	19	87.4	31	71.4	15	3.30	10	0
1906	69.4	123	79.3	128	59.6	111	0.30	73	0
1904	81.2	5	92.3	3	70.1	24	trace	102	0
1903	77.9	31	86.7	44	69.2	29	trace	102	0
1902	67.4	134	79.2	129	55.7	131	2.22	25	0
1901	73.9	78	84	87	63.8	79	1.80	30	0
1900	77.7	37	89.2	13	66.2	54	0.21	74	0
1899	70.4	116	81.4	116	59.4	113	0.00	116	0
1898	81	9	89.2	13	72.8	6	0.06	87	0
1897	75.8	57	86.1	51	65.6	64	trace	102	0
1896	71.5	107	81.7	115	61.3	99	0.18	78	0
1895					60.1	109	1.28	38	6
1894	72.3	98	82.8	104	61.9	93	trace	102	0
1893	72.6	97	84.6	74	60.7	105	0.73	58	0
1892	74.4	73	84.1	83	64.8	70	2.25	23	0
1891	69.2	125	76.6	135	61.8	95	0.31	72	0
1890	73.6	82	86.2	50	61	104	0.94	49	0
1889	69.6	121	82.3	109	56.8	128	0.00	116	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2026	81.5
2025	81.4
1941	81.4
1928	81.4
2018	81.2
2007	81.2
2002	81.2
1904	81.2
1898	81
1925	80.9

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1976	64.9
1975	67
1902	67.4
1987	67.6
2001	67.8
1985	68.1
1932	68.1
2000	68.3
1992	68.7
1965	68.7

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1949	13.00
1913	6.03
1919	5.48
1930	5.00
1918	4.92
1945	4.34
2003	4.30
1960	3.71
1981	3.49
1907	3.30

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
2024	0.00
2022	0.00
2015	0.00
2010	0.00
2006	0.00
1987	0.00
1985	0.00
1983	0.00
1980	0.00
1979	0.00
More years share the last value

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 94°F; 2 October 2026
Coldest night: 65°F; 9 October 2026
Wettest day: 0.72 in; 2 October 2026

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October 2026 so far brought 1.31 in of precipitation in Houston, TX, the wettest 1 to 9 October since 2023, 37th wettest of 137.
The hottest day of October 2026 so far in Houston, TX: 94°F on Friday 2 October 2026.
The coldest night of October 2026 so far in Houston, TX: a low of 65°F on Friday 9 October 2026.
The wettest day of October 2026 so far in Houston, TX: 0.72 in on Friday 2 October 2026.