Driest places in the US in October

Ranked by the fewest wet days (0.01 in or more) in October. First: Palm Springs, CA (1 day), of 378 cities.

Driest places in the US in October
Rank	City	Wet days	High
1	Palm Springs, CA	1 day	91°F
2	Yuma, AZ	1 day	90°F
3	Furnace Creek, CA	1 day	93°F
4	Corona, CA	1 day	85°F
5	Riverside, CA	1 day	83°F
6	Victorville, CA	1 day	79°F
7	Goodyear, AZ	1 day	87°F
8	Palmdale, CA	1 day	81°F
9	Bakersfield, CA	2 days	80°F
10	Lancaster, CA	2 days	80°F
11	Las Vegas, NV	2 days	81°F
12	Santa Clarita, CA	2 days	85°F
13	Burbank, CA	2 days	81°F
14	Visalia, CA	2 days	78°F
15	Costa Mesa, CA	2 days	79°F
16	Menifee, CA	2 days	82°F
17	Temecula, CA	2 days	83°F
18	Torrance, CA	2 days	74°F
19	Anaheim, CA	2 days	79°F
20	Irvine, CA	2 days	79°F
21	Oceanside, CA	2 days	70°F
22	Glendale, AZ	2 days	87°F
23	Peoria, AZ	2 days	87°F
24	Phoenix, AZ	2 days	89°F
25	San Tan Valley, AZ	2 days	91°F

Which states lead

California (18 of the top 25), Arizona (6 of the top 25), Nevada (1 of the top 25). The top 25 range from 1 day to 2 days; the median across all 378 cities is 8 days.

The other end: wettest by wet days in October

Sitka, AK24 days
Hilo, HI23 days
Juneau, AK23 days
Haleiwa, HI23 days
Ketchikan, AK23 days

Driest places through the year

Month	First place	Wet days
January	Terlingua, TX	2 days
February	Terlingua, TX	2 days
March	Palm Springs, CA	2 days
April	Palm Springs, CA	1 day
May	Palm Springs, CA	0 days
June	Palm Springs, CA	0 days
July	Antioch, CA	0 days
August	Anaheim, CA	0 days
September	Corona, CA	0 days
October	Palm Springs, CA	1 day
November	Palm Springs, CA	1 day
December	Furnace Creek, CA	2 days

378 cities with data for this measure. Folded suburbs share their lead city's values and are not listed separately. Methodology.