Climate averages 1991–2020
Kamloops weather
in October.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a cool month in Kamloops: daytime highs average 12.4°C and nights cool to about 4.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 45 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 46 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kelowna (105 km away). In October its highs average 13.4°C, 1.1°C warmer than Kamloops, with 69 mm of rain.
Among the 86 cities listed in Canada, Kamloops ranks joint 63rd of 86 for the warmest October highs and 10th of 86 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 86 cities is 12.7°C; Kamloops is 0.3°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 8.1°C to 4.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 45 mm to 56 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
Kamloops climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -1.0°C-7.1°C | -7.1°C | 41 | 10.5 | 8.59 h |
| February | 2.4°C-5.2°C | -5.2°C | 25 | 7.2 | 10.010 h |
| March | 7.2°C-1.3°C | -1.3°C | 30 | 8.6 | 11.812 h |
| April | 13.6°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 30 | 7.4 | 13.814 h |
| May | 19.9°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 43 | 9.2 | 15.515 h |
| June | 23.1°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 47 | 9.1 | 16.416 h |
| July | 27.4°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 34 | 6.1 | 16.016 h |
| August | 27.2°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 23 | 5.2 | 14.515 h |
| September | 21.4°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 35 | 7.0 | 12.713 h |
| October, selected | 12.4°C4.3°C | 4.3°C | 45 | 10.1 | 10.811 h |
| November | 4.3°C-1.2°C | -1.2°C | 56 | 12.2 | 9.09 h |
| December | -0.7°C-5.6°C | -5.6°C | 47 | 11.3 | 8.18 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
- Kelowna in OctoberCanada · 105 kmHigh 13.4°C · Low 6.3°C · 69 mm rain
- Chilliwack in OctoberCanada · 204 kmHigh 13.9°C · Low 6.7°C · 256 mm rain
- Abbotsford in OctoberCanada · 226 kmHigh 13.2°C · Low 5.5°C · 197 mm rain
- Maple Ridge in OctoberCanada · 229 kmHigh 13.6°C · Low 6.5°C · 319 mm rain
- Coquitlam in OctoberCanada · 234 kmHigh 13.9°C · Low 7.3°C · 271 mm rain
- Langley in OctoberCanada · 242 kmHigh 13.8°C · Low 6.8°C · 174 mm rain
- Burnaby in OctoberCanada · 244 kmHigh 13.3°C · Low 7.5°C · 246 mm rain
- New Westminster in OctoberCanada · 246 kmHigh 13.2°C · Low 6.5°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 Kamloops) is explained once on the Kamloops year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.