October Weather in Gasteiz / Vitoria Spain

Daily high temperatures decrease by 9°F, from 69°F to 60°F, rarely falling below 51°F or exceeding 80°F.

Daily low temperatures decrease by 5°F, from 48°F to 42°F, rarely falling below 33°F or exceeding 56°F.

For reference, on August 2, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Gasteiz / Vitoria typically range from 55°F to 80°F, while on February 8, the coldest day of the year, they range from 33°F to 49°F.

The figure below shows you a compact characterization of the hourly average temperatures for the quarter of the year centered on October. The horizontal axis is the day, the vertical axis is the hour of the day, and the color is the average temperature for that hour and day.

Orting, Washington, United States (5,215 miles away) is the far-away foreign place with temperatures most similar to Gasteiz / Vitoria (view comparison).

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The month of October in Gasteiz / Vitoria experiences increasing cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy increasing from 50% to 60%.

The clearest day of the month is October 1, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 50% of the time.

For reference, on November 22, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 65%, while on July 19, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 78%.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. In Gasteiz / Vitoria, the chance of a wet day over the course of October is increasing, starting the month at 26% and ending it at 31%.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 34% on November 17, and its lowest chance is 13% on August 1.

Rainfall

To show variation within the month and not just the monthly total, we show the rainfall accumulated over a sliding 31-day period centered around each day.

The average sliding 31-day rainfall during October in Gasteiz / Vitoria is increasing, starting the month at 2.0 inches, when it rarely exceeds 4.2 inches or falls below 0.4 inches, and ending the month at 2.7 inches, when it rarely exceeds 4.9 inches or falls below 0.7 inches.

Over the course of October in Gasteiz / Vitoria, the length of the day is rapidly decreasing. From the start to the end of the month, the length of the day decreases by 1 hour, 23 minutes, implying an average daily decrease of 2 minutes, 47 seconds, and weekly decrease of 19 minutes, 26 seconds.

The shortest day of the month is October 31, with 10 hours, 20 minutes of daylight and the longest day is October 1, with 11 hours, 43 minutes of daylight.

The latest sunrise of the month in Gasteiz / Vitoria is 8:37 AM on October 26 and the earliest sunrise is 59 minutes earlier at 7:39 AM on October 27.

The latest sunset is 7:51 PM on October 1 and the earliest sunset is 1 hour, 47 minutes earlier at 6:03 PM on October 31.

Daylight saving time (DST) ends at 2:00 AM on October 27, 2024, shifting sunrise and sunset to be an hour earlier.

For reference, on June 20, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 6:32 AM and sets 15 hours, 21 minutes later, at 9:52 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 8:38 AM and sets 9 hours, 1 minute later, at 5:39 PM.

The figure below presents a compact representation of the sun's elevation (the angle of the sun above the horizon) and azimuth (its compass bearing) for every hour of every day in the reporting period. The horizontal axis is the day of the year and the vertical axis is the hour of the day. For a given day and hour of that day, the background color indicates the azimuth of the sun at that moment. The black isolines are contours of constant solar elevation.

The figure below presents a compact representation of key lunar data for October 2024. The horizontal axis is the day, the vertical axis is the hour of the day, and the colored areas indicate when the moon is above the horizon. The vertical gray bars (new Moons) and blue bars (full Moons) indicate key Moon phases. The label associated with each bar indicates the date and time that the phase is obtained, and the companion time labels indicate the rise and set times of the Moon for the nearest time interval in which the moon is above the horizon.

We base the humidity comfort level on the dew point, as it determines whether perspiration will evaporate from the skin, thereby cooling the body. Lower dew points feel drier and higher dew points feel more humid. Unlike temperature, which typically varies significantly between night and day, dew point tends to change more slowly, so while the temperature may drop at night, a muggy day is typically followed by a muggy night.

The chance that a given day will be muggy in Gasteiz / Vitoria is essentially constant during October, remaining around 0% throughout.

For reference, on August 6, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 2% of the time, while on January 1, the least muggy day of the year, there are muggy conditions 0% of the time.

This section discusses the wide-area hourly average wind vector (speed and direction) at 10 meters above the ground. The wind experienced at any given location is highly dependent on local topography and other factors, and instantaneous wind speed and direction vary more widely than hourly averages.

The average hourly wind speed in Gasteiz / Vitoria is increasing during October, increasing from 7.4 miles per hour to 8.4 miles per hour over the course of the month.

For reference, on December 28, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 9.4 miles per hour, while on August 25, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 6.1 miles per hour.

The wind direction in Gasteiz / Vitoria during October is predominantly out of the north from October 1 to October 4 and the south from October 4 to October 31.

Gasteiz / Vitoria is located near a large body of water (e.g., ocean, sea, or large lake). This section reports on the wide-area average surface temperature of that water.

The average surface water temperature in Gasteiz / Vitoria is decreasing during October, falling by 4°F, from 67°F to 62°F, over the course of the month.

Definitions of the growing season vary throughout the world, but for the purposes of this report, we define it as the longest continuous period of non-freezing temperatures (≥ 32°F) in the year (the calendar year in the Northern Hemisphere, or from July 1 until June 30 in the Southern Hemisphere).

The growing season in Gasteiz / Vitoria typically lasts for 6.6 months (202 days), from around April 16 to around November 5, rarely starting before March 24 or after May 11, and rarely ending before October 14 or after December 2.

The month of October in Gasteiz / Vitoria is more likely than not fully within the growing season, with the chance that a given day is in the growing season rapidly decreasing from 99% to 60% over the course of the month.

Growing degree days are a measure of yearly heat accumulation used to predict plant and animal development, and defined as the integral of warmth above a base temperature, discarding any excess above a maximum temperature. In this report, we use a base of 50°F and a cap of 86°F.

The average accumulated growing degree days in Gasteiz / Vitoria are increasing during October, increasing by 185°F, from 2,072°F to 2,257°F, over the course of the month.

This section discusses the total daily incident shortwave solar energy reaching the surface of the ground over a wide area, taking full account of seasonal variations in the length of the day, the elevation of the Sun above the horizon, and absorption by clouds and other atmospheric constituents. Shortwave radiation includes visible light and ultraviolet radiation.

The average daily incident shortwave solar energy in Gasteiz / Vitoria is decreasing during October, falling by 1.4 kWh, from 4.0 kWh to 2.5 kWh, over the course of the month.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Gasteiz / Vitoria are 42.850 deg latitude, -2.673 deg longitude, and 1,795 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Gasteiz / Vitoria contains only modest variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 233 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 1,716 feet. Within 10 miles contains only modest variations in elevation (2,303 feet). Within 50 miles contains large variations in elevation (7,467 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Gasteiz / Vitoria is covered by artificial surfaces (74%) and cropland (24%), within 10 miles by cropland (42%) and trees (35%), and within 50 miles by trees (41%) and cropland (28%).