Climate averages 1991–2020
Abbotsford weather
in October.
A cool, very wet month: the 6th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a cool month in Abbotsford: daytime highs average 13.2°C and nights cool to about 5.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 197 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes October a very wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 51 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Chilliwack (25 km away). In October its highs average 13.9°C, 0.8°C warmer than Abbotsford, with 256 mm of rain.
Among the 86 cities listed in Canada, Abbotsford ranks joint 38th of 86 for the warmest October highs and 79th of 86 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 86 cities is 12.7°C; Abbotsford is 0.5°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 6.0°C to 7.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 197 mm to 284 mm.
The annual picture
October in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Abbotsford climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.2°C-2.0°C | -2.0°C | 261 | 19.0 | 8.79 h |
| February | 6.2°C-1.7°C | -1.7°C | 167 | 15.7 | 10.110 h |
| March | 8.7°C-0.1°C | -0.1°C | 217 | 19.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 12.5°C2.5°C | 2.5°C | 160 | 16.5 | 13.714 h |
| May | 16.7°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 118 | 13.1 | 15.315 h |
| June | 18.7°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 92 | 11.2 | 16.116 h |
| July | 22.4°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 49 | 6.5 | 15.816 h |
| August | 22.8°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 61 | 6.6 | 14.414 h |
| September | 19.5°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 102 | 9.5 | 12.713 h |
| October, selected | 13.2°C5.5°C | 5.5°C | 197 | 15.6 | 10.811 h |
| November | 7.2°C1.0°C | 1.0°C | 284 | 18.9 | 9.29 h |
| December | 3.6°C-1.9°C | -1.9°C | 246 | 18.4 | 8.38 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
October in nearby cities
- Chilliwack in OctoberCanada · 25 kmHigh 13.9°C · Low 6.7°C · 256 mm rain
- Langley in OctoberCanada · 30 kmHigh 13.8°C · Low 6.8°C · 174 mm rain
- Maple Ridge in OctoberCanada · 31 kmHigh 13.6°C · Low 6.5°C · 319 mm rain
- Bellingham in OctoberUnited States · 37 kmHigh 13.6°C · Low 7.7°C · 162 mm rain
- Surrey in OctoberCanada · 42 kmHigh 13.4°C · Low 6.6°C · 174 mm rain
- Coquitlam in OctoberCanada · 46 kmHigh 13.9°C · Low 7.3°C · 271 mm rain
- New Westminster in OctoberCanada · 51 kmHigh 13.2°C · Low 6.5°C · 246 mm rain
- Burnaby in OctoberCanada · 56 kmHigh 13.3°C · Low 7.5°C · 246 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Abbotsford) is explained once on the Abbotsford year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.