Climate averages 1991–2020
Edmonton 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 Edmonton: daytime highs average 8.9°C and nights cool to about 0.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 23 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 37 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sherwood Park (11 km away). In October its highs average 8.3°C, 0.7°C cooler than Edmonton, with 23 mm of rain.
Among the 86 cities listed in Canada, Edmonton ranks 84th of 86 for the warmest October highs and joint 1st of 86 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 86 cities is 12.7°C; Edmonton is 3.7°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 9.7°C to -0.7°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 23 mm to 21 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
Edmonton climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -7.9°C-16.4°C | -16.4°C | 18 | 5.6 | 8.18 h |
| February | -4.9°C-14.4°C | -14.4°C | 11 | 3.4 | 9.810 h |
| March | 0.5°C-9.2°C | -9.2°C | 16 | 5.0 | 11.812 h |
| April | 9.4°C-1.7°C | -1.7°C | 32 | 6.5 | 14.014 h |
| May | 16.2°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 53 | 8.3 | 15.916 h |
| June | 19.8°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 86 | 13.3 | 16.917 h |
| July | 22.4°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 88 | 13.3 | 16.516 h |
| August | 21.7°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 58 | 9.7 | 14.815 h |
| September | 16.7°C7.2°C | 7.2°C | 38 | 7.0 | 12.813 h |
| October, selected | 8.9°C0.3°C | 0.3°C | 23 | 5.6 | 10.611 h |
| November | -0.7°C-8.3°C | -8.3°C | 21 | 5.6 | 8.79 h |
| December | -6.7°C-15.0°C | -15.0°C | 14 | 4.6 | 7.68 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
- Sherwood Park in OctoberCanada · 11 kmHigh 8.3°C · Low -0.2°C · 23 mm rain
- Red Deer in OctoberCanada · 144 kmHigh 9.1°C · Low -0.5°C · 24 mm rain
- Airdrie in OctoberCanada · 253 kmHigh 9.4°C · Low -0.4°C · 26 mm rain
- Calgary in OctoberCanada · 281 kmHigh 10.2°C · Low -0.7°C · 24 mm rain
- Grande Prairie in OctoberCanada · 389 kmHigh 8.3°C · Low -0.1°C · 35 mm rain
- Lethbridge in OctoberCanada · 430 kmHigh 11.9°C · Low 2.1°C · 28 mm rain
- Saskatoon in OctoberCanada · 483 kmHigh 9.1°C · Low 0.6°C · 27 mm rain
- Kamloops in OctoberCanada · 567 kmHigh 12.4°C · Low 4.3°C · 45 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 Edmonton) is explained once on the Edmonton year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.