October at Toko Mouth averaged 11.9°C and delivered 70 mm of rain, with no frosts, a hot late-month spell that peaked at 27.5°C, and a wet, cooler finish.
Temperature
Days averaged a high of 17.4°C and a low of 7.7°C. Twenty days reached 15°C or more, and not one stayed below 10°C. The month warmed steadily towards its end: 25.2°C on the 13th was a brief preview, then the 23rd, 25th and 26th all topped 26°C, peaking at 27.5°C on the afternoon of the 26th. The 25th never fell below 14.5°C overnight. The coldest readings came right at the finish, 3.5°C on the 30th and 31st, so the station never reached freezing this month.
Rain
70 mm fell over the month, with 11 days recording at least 1 mm and 13 completely dry. Most of it came in two bursts. The 14th and 15th brought about 21 mm, then the last few days of the month delivered 32 mm between the 28th and 30th. The wettest day was the 30th with 12.8 mm, followed by the 28th (12.3 mm), the 14th (11.2 mm) and the 15th (10.1 mm). The heaviest burst of rain was 9.0 mm/hr on the evening of the 28th.
Wind and pressure
Winds stayed fairly gentle, averaging 5.7 km/h. The strongest gust was 45.0 km/h in the early hours of the 14th, at the start of the first wet spell, with a 39.2 km/h gust on the morning of the 26th. The driest air of the month was 34% humidity at around 22°C on the afternoon of the 24th.
Pressure told the story of the month. It peaked at 1036.0 hPa on the evening of the 3rd, then dropped to 989.7 hPa on the afternoon of the 26th, the same reading that caught the month’s 27.5°C high, before a front brought the cooler, wetter finish. The peak UV index was 11 on the 20th.
Data: Toko Mouth Ecowitt GW2000 station (WS90 and WH25 sensors), 4-hourly export, 1–31 October 2026.
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