When is October? An investigation from Washington

“‘When is October?’ is currently being searched for more than ever before in Google history” – Google Trends newsletter, October 1, 2024

When is October?

October takes place shortly after the end of September. It’s the tenth month of the year and we celebrate Jimmy Carter’s birthday, Halloween and decorative pumpkin season. October is part of fall, a season marked in the United States by the appearance of Taylor Swift corn mazes. Taylor Swift is dating football tight end Travis Kelce, who plays for the Super Bowl-winning Kansas City Chiefs football team and was born on October 5th. Happy October, Travis Kelce! It is the month after September.

Here, thanks to Google, is a table of the world that learns when October is:

What month is October?

October is the month before the 2024 presidential election in the United States. Donald Trump, the former President of the United States, is running against Kamala Harris, the Vice President of the United States. Kamala Harris was born on October 20th. That’s one month after September 20th and one month before November 20th. Donald Trump was born in June 1946. Oddly enough, he and Harris are both from the same generation. The baby boomers were followed by the generation people were born after 1996 (which followed 1995) and before 2010 (the year before 2011). Watch out, Gen Z – Generation Alpha is coming behind you!

Who wants to know when October is?

At press time, people in Utah, South Carolina, Kentucky, Indiana and North Carolina are highly interested in When Is October, according to Google Trends. The District of Columbia ranks 51st among U.S. jurisdictions for its interest in When Is October. Does the District of Columbia have more calendars than Utah? It’s unclear.

When is the full moon?

Does all this talk about “When is October” make you interested in “When is the full moon”? No wonder, this is a related query! The full moon is October 17th, the birthday of my brother, who has terrible SEO and I don’t want to mark him here because it doesn’t help us. He lives in France, where it is almost October 2nd, which might as well be November, and he was born in 1969, which is one year after 1968 and one year before 1970. In all three years, October was the tenth month.

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Andrew Beaujon has joined Washingtonian Late 2014. He previously worked at the Poynter Institute, TBD.com and Washington City Paper. He lives in Del Ray.