Climate averages 1991–2020
Barrie weather
in October.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the joint 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a cool month in Barrie: daytime highs average 12.9°C and nights cool to about 6.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 82 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the joint 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 02 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Newmarket (42 km away). In October its highs average 13.5°C, 0.6°C warmer than Barrie, with 75 mm of rain.
Among the 86 cities listed in Canada, Barrie ranks joint 44th of 86 for the warmest October highs and 31st of 86 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 86 cities is 12.7°C; Barrie is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 7.0°C to 5.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 82 mm to 74 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
Barrie 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-11.4°C | -11.4°C | 61 | 11.8 | 9.39 h |
| February | -2.5°C-11.5°C | -11.5°C | 48 | 8.8 | 10.410 h |
| March | 2.6°C-6.5°C | -6.5°C | 57 | 10.0 | 11.912 h |
| April | 10.0°C0.4°C | 0.4°C | 77 | 11.0 | 13.413 h |
| May | 17.4°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 82 | 10.4 | 14.815 h |
| June | 22.4°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 87 | 10.7 | 15.515 h |
| July | 24.7°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 80 | 11.3 | 15.215 h |
| August | 23.8°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 84 | 11.1 | 14.014 h |
| September | 20.1°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 80 | 11.0 | 12.613 h |
| October, selected | 12.9°C6.0°C | 6.0°C | 82 | 13.2 | 11.011 h |
| November | 5.9°C-0.4°C | -0.4°C | 74 | 12.2 | 9.710 h |
| December | -0.1°C-6.5°C | -6.5°C | 63 | 13.2 | 8.99 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
- Newmarket in OctoberCanada · 42 kmHigh 13.5°C · Low 6.0°C · 75 mm rain
- Richmond Hill in OctoberCanada · 62 kmHigh 13.7°C · Low 6.5°C · 75 mm rain
- Vaughan in OctoberCanada · 64 kmHigh 13.8°C · Low 6.8°C · 75 mm rain
- Caledon in OctoberCanada · 65 kmHigh 12.6°C · Low 5.1°C · 76 mm rain
- Markham in OctoberCanada · 67 kmHigh 14.0°C · Low 7.1°C · 91 mm rain
- Thornhill in OctoberCanada · 68 kmHigh 14.0°C · Low 7.5°C · 75 mm rain
- Pickering in OctoberCanada · 70 kmHigh 13.4°C · Low 7.2°C · 81 mm rain
- Ajax in OctoberCanada · 79 kmHigh 14.0°C · Low 8.1°C · 95 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 Barrie) is explained once on the Barrie year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.