Needles, CA: October

9 October 2026: October 2026 so far averaged 87.1°F in Needles, CA, the warmest 1 to 9 October since 1978 (1980 excluded: 2 of 9 days missing; 1986 excluded: 4 of 9 days missing; 2016 excluded: 8 of 9 days missing; 2 more years excluded for missing days), 2nd warmest of 126.

October 2026 so far, to 9 October 2026

Mean temperature: 87.1°F; Warmest since 1978; 2nd warmest of 126
Precipitation: 0.00 in; Ties the record; Driest of 134, provisional

A normal 1 to 9 October in Needles, CA (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 81.4°F, between 76°F and 85.7°F in eight years of ten and 0.00 in of precipitation, between 0.00 in and 0.11 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every 1 to 9 October in Needles, CA since 1888: 87.1°F in 2026; the highest is 87.4°F, in 1978.

Normal range, 76 to 85.7°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every 1 to 9 October in Needles, CA from 1888 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	87.1	2	100.6	11	73.7	2	0.00	49	0
2025							0.01	30	9
2024							0.00	49	1
2023	81.2	36	93.9	45	68.4	31	0.00	49	0
2022	85.3	11	97.3	26	73.3	3	0.01	30	0
2021	78.1	65	90.6	78	65.6	55	trace	35	0
2020	85.9	6	103	2	68.8	29	0.00	49	0
2019	77.8	70	93.7	47	62	91	0.00	49	0
2018	78.8	58	88.7	93	69	24	0.20	14	0
2017	79.2	53	93	51	65.3	58	0.00	49	0
2016							0.00	49	8
2015	81.4	33	92.4	61	70.3	14	0.51	9	0
2014	81.6	30	93.8	46	69.4	19	0.10	19	0
2013	75.5	96	87.8	100	63.2	78	0.03	26	0
2012	85.7	8	99.7	13	71.7	7	0.00	49	0
2011	76.1	91	86.7	105	65.6	55	0.39	12	0
2010	77.7	72	89.3	88	66.1	50	0.10	19	0
2009	71.1	118	84.8	117	57.3	113	0.00	49	0
2008	82.6	24	95.6	36	69.6	17	0.00	49	0
2007	76.8	82	89.2	90	64.4	66	0.00	49	0
2006	80.9	38	92.3	63	69.6	17	0.04	25	0
2005	83.3	20	94.9	40	71.8	6	0.00	49	0
2004	83.4	19	98	20	68.9	27	0.00	49	0
2003	85.9	6	98	20	73.8	1	0.00	49	0
2002	75.1	99	87.8	100	62.4	88	0.01	30	0
2001	83	23	93	51	73	4	trace	35	0
2000	86.1	5	99.6	15	72.6	5	0.01	30	0
1999	82.6	24	97.6	22	67.6	40	0.00	49	0
1998	76.8	82	90.7	76	63	83	0.00	49	0
1997	82.6	24	95.9	33	69.3	21	0.00	49	0
1996	85.5	10	99.7	13	71.3	8	0.00	49	0
1995	77.3	73	93.4	50	61.2	98	0.00	49	0
1994	78.6	59	90.8	73	66.3	48	trace	35	0
1993	83.1	22	98.6	17	67.6	40	0.00	49	0
1992	80.2	44	96.6	27	63.9	70	0.00	49	0
1991	85.3	11	102.2	7	68.3	34	0.00	49	0
1990	79.8	50	92.2	65	67.3	43	0.10	19	0
1989	78.3	62	93	51	63.7	72	0.00	49	0
1988	83.8	18	98.7	16	69	24	0.00	49	0
1987	85.6	9	102.7	5	68.4	31	0.00	49	0
1986									4
1985	79.7	51	92.7	58	66.8	45	trace	35	0
1984	76.7	88	90.6	78	62.8	86	0.00	49	0
1983	73.9	105	84.3	119	63.4	76	1.14	2	0
1982	72.8	108	84.7	118	60.9	99	0.00	49	0
1981	75.7	94	86.4	108	64.9	61	0.63	5	0
1980							0.00	49	2
1979	86.2	4	101.7	8	70.7	11	0.00	49	0
1978	87.4	1	103.8	1	71	9	0.00	49	0
1977									2
1976	75.1	99	85.6	111	64.6	64	0.59	6	0
1975	80.3	43	94.6	42	66	51	0.00	49	0
1974	80.8	39	92.8	57	68.8	29	0.00	49	0
1973	77.1	76	89.6	86	64.7	63	0.00	49	0
1972	76.8	82	88.4	96	65.1	59	0.59	6	0
1971	76.8	82	90.7	76	63	83	0.00	49	0
1970	76.8	82	88.6	94	65.1	59	0.03	26	0
1969	75.7	94	88.2	99	63.1	79	0.00	49	0
1968	76.3	90	89.6	86	63.1	79	trace	35	0
1967	81.6	30	93	51	70.1	16	trace	35	0
1966	77.1	76	88.4	96	65.7	54	0.40	11	0
1965	80.2	44	97.4	24	62.9	85	0.00	49	0
1964	86.6	3	102.9	3	70.3	14	0.00	49	0
1963	84.7	14	100.2	12	69.1	22	0.12	18	0
1962	78.3	62	92.6	59	64.1	68	0.00	49	0
1961	75.9	92	90.4	80	61.4	95	trace	35	0
1960	80.8	39	93.7	47	68	36	0.00	49	0
1959	71.3	116	85.3	113	57.3	113	0.03	26	0
1958	82.4	27	96.3	29	68.4	31	0.00	49	0
1957	76.4	89	89.2	90	63.7	72	0.00	49	0
1956	80	48	92.9	56	67.1	44	trace	35	0
1955	79.3	52	94.9	40	63.7	72	0.00	49	0
1954	81.4	33	95.3	37	67.6	40	0.00	49	0
1953	81.5	32	96.4	28	66.6	46	0.00	49	0
1952	84.6	16	101.4	10	67.7	38	0.00	49	0
1951	78.1	65	89.9	85	66.3	48	trace	35	0
1950	77.9	67	94.2	44	61.6	94	0.00	49	0
1949	76.9	79	90.3	83	63.6	75	trace	35	0
1948	81.7	29	95.3	37	68	36	0.00	49	0
1947	83.3	20	97.6	22	69.1	22	0.00	49	0
1946	69.2	121	79.3	126	59	104	0.53	8	0
1945	80	48	92.3	63	67.7	38	0.90	3	0
1944	77	78	92	67	62	91	0.00	49	0
1943	84.7	14	98.3	18	71	9	0.05	24	0
1942	81.2	36	95.9	33	66.4	47	0.00	49	0
1941	70.3	119	83.9	120	56.8	117	0.15	16	0
1940							0.15	16	9
1939							trace	35	9
1938							0.07	22	9
1937	71.4	115	85.6	111	57.2	115	0.00	49	0
1936	72.4	111	85.3	113	59.4	103	0.00	49	0
1935	78.3	62	96.2	30	60.4	100	0.00	49	0
1934	81.9	28	102.4	6	61.4	95	0.00	49	0
1933	81.4	33	92.2	65	70.7	11	0.00	49	0
1932	78.6	59	93	51	64.1	68	0.00	49	0
1931	79.2	53	94.6	42	63.9	70	0.02	29	0
1930	75.8	93	88.6	94	63.1	79	0.01	30	0
1929	85.2	13	101.6	9	68.9	27	0.00	49	0
1928	77.9	67	96.1	31	59.7	102	0.00	49	0
1927	72.3	112	89	92	55.6	121	0.00	49	0
1926	75.3	97	91.7	71	59	104	0.00	49	0
1925	71.8	114	87.3	103	56.3	119	2.37	1	0
1924	74.9	101	91.8	69	58	110	trace	35	0
1923	73.5	107	90.4	80	56.6	118	trace	35	0
1922	77.9	67	97.4	24	58.4	107	0.00	49	0
1921	76.9	79	90.4	80	63.4	76	0.47	10	0
1920	75.2	98	90.2	84	60.2	101	0.00	49	0
1919	68.6	122	81.7	125	55.6	121	0.00	49	0
1918	80.7	41	96	32	65.4	57	trace	35	0
1917	80.6	42	102.9	3	58.2	108	0.00	49	0
1916	62.2	126	74.2	127	50.2	123	0.00	49	0
1915	65.9	125	85.1	116	46.7	126	0.00	49	0
1914	72.3	112	83.2	122	61.4	95	0.22	13	0
1913	74.7	102	85.2	115	64.2	67	0.00	49	0
1912	72.8	108	83.2	122	62.3	90	0.90	3	0
1911							0.00	49	4
1910	79.2	53	93.6	49	64.9	61	0.00	49	0
1909	66.5	124	83.8	121	49.2	125	0.00	49	0
1908	68.2	123	86.7	105	49.8	124	0.00	49	0
1907			86.6	107					9
1906	74.1	104	92.4	61	55.7	120	0.00	49	0
1905	76.9	79	90.8	73	63.1	79	0.00	49	0
1904	78.4	61	90.8	73	66	51	0.00	49	0
1903	77.8	70	87.4	102	68.2	35	0.07	22	0
1902	73.8	106	89.3	88	58.2	108	0.00	49	0
1901	74.4	103	86.4	108	62.4	88	0.00	49	0
1899	78.9	56	88.3	98	69.4	19	0.19	15	0
1898	70.2	120	82.9	124	57.4	112	0.00	49	0
1897	78.9	56	91.8	69	66	51	0.00	49	0
1896	80.1	47	95.7	35	64.6	64	0.00	49	0
1895	77.3	73	92.6	59	62	91	0.00	49	0
1894	77.3	73	92	67	62.7	87	0.00	49	0
1893	71.3	116	85.8	110	56.9	116	0.00	49	0
1892	84.4	17	98.2	19	70.7	11	0.00	49	0
1891	72.6	110	87.3	103	57.8	111	0.00	49	0
1889	80.2	44	91.4	72	69	24	0.00	49	0
1888	76.8	82	95	39	58.6	106	0.00	49	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1978	87.4
2026	87.1
1964	86.6
1979	86.2
2000	86.1
2020	85.9
2003	85.9
2012	85.7
1987	85.6
1996	85.5

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1916	62.2
1915	65.9
1909	66.5
1908	68.2
1919	68.6
1946	69.2
1898	70.2
1941	70.3
2009	71.1
1959	71.3
More years share the last value

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1925	2.37
1983	1.14
1945	0.90
1912	0.90
1981	0.63
1976	0.59
1972	0.59
1946	0.53
2015	0.51
1921	0.47

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
2026	0.00
2024	0.00
2023	0.00
2020	0.00
2019	0.00
2017	0.00
2016	0.00
2012	0.00
2009	0.00
2008	0.00
More years share the last value

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 104°F; 9 October 2026, 8 October 2026
Coldest night: 66°F; 1 October 2026

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October 2026 so far brought 0.00 in of precipitation in Needles, CA, tying the record for the driest 1 to 9 October, set in 2024, 2023, 2020 and 82 other years, in 134 years since 1888 (1890 excluded: 9 of 9 days missing; 1900 excluded: 9 of 9 days missing; 1907 excluded: 9 of 9 days missing; 2 more years excluded for missing days); provisional.
The hottest day of October 2026 so far in Needles, CA: 104°F on Friday 9 October 2026 and Thursday 8 October 2026.
The coldest night of October 2026 so far in Needles, CA: a low of 66°F on Thursday 1 October 2026.