Climate averages 1991–2020
Grande Prairie weather
in October.
A cool, fairly dry month: the 7th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a cool month in Grande Prairie: daytime highs average 8.3°C and nights cool to about -0.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 35 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes October a fairly dry month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 32 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Prince George (290 km away). In October its highs average 9.2°C, 0.9°C warmer than Grande Prairie, with 76 mm of rain.
Among the 86 cities listed in Canada, Grande Prairie ranks joint 85th of 86 for the warmest October highs and 9th of 86 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 86 cities is 12.7°C; Grande Prairie is 4.4°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 9.8°C to -1.5°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 35 mm to 31 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
Grande Prairie climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -8.1°C-15.8°C | -15.8°C | 28 | 7.7 | 7.88 h |
| February | -4.7°C-13.7°C | -13.7°C | 16 | 4.8 | 9.610 h |
| March | 0.3°C-9.7°C | -9.7°C | 21 | 6.1 | 11.812 h |
| April | 8.9°C-2.2°C | -2.2°C | 25 | 6.2 | 14.114 h |
| May | 15.9°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 40 | 7.5 | 16.116 h |
| June | 19.6°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 73 | 11.3 | 17.317 h |
| July | 21.8°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 77 | 11.8 | 16.817 h |
| August | 21.1°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 47 | 8.9 | 15.015 h |
| September | 16.1°C6.6°C | 6.6°C | 40 | 7.7 | 12.813 h |
| October, selected | 8.3°C-0.1°C | -0.1°C | 35 | 7.3 | 10.511 h |
| November | -1.5°C-8.7°C | -8.7°C | 31 | 8.3 | 8.48 h |
| December | -6.9°C-14.4°C | -14.4°C | 22 | 6.2 | 7.37 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
- Prince George in OctoberCanada · 290 kmHigh 9.2°C · Low 1.6°C · 76 mm rain
- Edmonton in OctoberCanada · 389 kmHigh 8.9°C · Low 0.3°C · 23 mm rain
- Sherwood Park in OctoberCanada · 400 kmHigh 8.3°C · Low -0.2°C · 23 mm rain
- Red Deer in OctoberCanada · 460 kmHigh 9.1°C · Low -0.5°C · 24 mm rain
- Kamloops in OctoberCanada · 511 kmHigh 12.4°C · Low 4.3°C · 45 mm rain
- Airdrie in OctoberCanada · 534 kmHigh 9.4°C · Low -0.4°C · 26 mm rain
- Calgary in OctoberCanada · 555 kmHigh 10.2°C · Low -0.7°C · 24 mm rain
- Kelowna in OctoberCanada · 589 kmHigh 13.4°C · Low 6.3°C · 69 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 Grande Prairie) is explained once on the Grande Prairie year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.