Climate averages 1991–2020
Airdrie weather
in October.
A cool, fairly dry month: the 7th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a cool month in Airdrie: daytime highs average 9.4°C and nights cool to about -0.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 26 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes October a fairly dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 44 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Calgary (28 km away). In October its highs average 10.2°C, 0.8°C warmer than Airdrie, with 24 mm of rain.
Among the 86 cities listed in Canada, Airdrie ranks joint 79th of 86 for the warmest October highs and 5th of 86 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 86 cities is 12.7°C; Airdrie is 3.3°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 7.9°C to 1.5°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 26 mm to 20 mm.
The annual picture
October in context
Monthly precipitation
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
Airdrie climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -3.3°C-12.8°C | -12.8°C | 13 | 3.9 | 8.48 h |
| February | -0.6°C-11.4°C | -11.4°C | 12 | 4.0 | 9.910 h |
| March | 3.6°C-7.7°C | -7.7°C | 22 | 5.7 | 11.812 h |
| April | 9.5°C-2.0°C | -2.0°C | 39 | 8.4 | 13.814 h |
| May | 15.0°C3.2°C | 3.2°C | 75 | 11.1 | 15.616 h |
| June | 18.5°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 107 | 14.4 | 16.517 h |
| July | 21.9°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 70 | 11.8 | 16.116 h |
| August | 21.4°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 68 | 9.9 | 14.615 h |
| September | 16.6°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 45 | 8.5 | 12.713 h |
| October, selected | 9.4°C-0.4°C | -0.4°C | 26 | 6.4 | 10.711 h |
| November | 1.5°C-6.9°C | -6.9°C | 20 | 5.5 | 9.09 h |
| December | -3.3°C-12.2°C | -12.2°C | 14 | 4.0 | 8.08 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet 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
- Calgary in OctoberCanada · 28 kmHigh 10.2°C · Low -0.7°C · 24 mm rain
- Red Deer in OctoberCanada · 109 kmHigh 9.1°C · Low -0.5°C · 24 mm rain
- Lethbridge in OctoberCanada · 198 kmHigh 11.9°C · Low 2.1°C · 28 mm rain
- Sherwood Park in OctoberCanada · 251 kmHigh 8.3°C · Low -0.2°C · 23 mm rain
- Edmonton in OctoberCanada · 253 kmHigh 8.9°C · Low 0.3°C · 23 mm rain
- Kelowna in OctoberCanada · 416 kmHigh 13.4°C · Low 6.3°C · 69 mm rain
- Kamloops in OctoberCanada · 445 kmHigh 12.4°C · Low 4.3°C · 45 mm rain
- Spokane Valley in OctoberUnited States · 465 kmHigh 14.7°C · Low 4.5°C · 52 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 Airdrie) is explained once on the Airdrie year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.