Climate averages 1991–2020
Kanata weather
in October.
A cool, wet month: the 6th warmest and one of the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a cool month in Kanata: daytime highs average 12.8°C and nights cool to about 5.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 94 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes October a wet month (one of the wettest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 00 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nepean (16 km away). In October its highs average 12.8°C, about as warm as Kanata, with 97 mm of rain.
Among the 86 cities listed in Canada, Kanata ranks joint 50th of 86 for the warmest October highs and joint 44th of 86 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 86 cities is 12.7°C; Kanata is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 7.3°C to 5.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 94 mm to 78 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
Kanata climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -4.9°C-14.7°C | -14.7°C | 68 | 10.2 | 9.29 h |
| February | -3.0°C-13.6°C | -13.6°C | 55 | 8.7 | 10.410 h |
| March | 2.7°C-7.6°C | -7.6°C | 69 | 10.0 | 11.912 h |
| April | 10.7°C0.2°C | 0.2°C | 89 | 11.5 | 13.513 h |
| May | 18.4°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 83 | 11.3 | 14.915 h |
| June | 23.2°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 94 | 11.5 | 15.616 h |
| July | 25.7°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 94 | 11.9 | 15.315 h |
| August | 24.5°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 84 | 10.6 | 14.114 h |
| September | 20.4°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 87 | 10.1 | 12.613 h |
| October, selected | 12.8°C5.4°C | 5.4°C | 94 | 11.5 | 11.011 h |
| November | 5.5°C-1.0°C | -1.0°C | 78 | 11.0 | 9.610 h |
| December | -1.1°C-8.5°C | -8.5°C | 74 | 11.1 | 8.89 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
- Nepean in OctoberCanada · 16 kmHigh 12.8°C · Low 5.4°C · 97 mm rain
- Ottawa in OctoberCanada · 21 kmHigh 12.8°C · Low 5.6°C · 99 mm rain
- Gloucester, Canada in OctoberCanada · 23 kmHigh 12.6°C · Low 5.4°C · 97 mm rain
- Gatineau in OctoberCanada · 26 kmHigh 12.7°C · Low 5.8°C · 99 mm rain
- Orléans, Canada in OctoberCanada · 37 kmHigh 12.4°C · Low 5.2°C · 101 mm rain
- Kingston, Canada in OctoberCanada · 127 kmHigh 13.2°C · Low 8.4°C · 104 mm rain
- Pierrefonds-Roxboro in OctoberCanada · 163 kmHigh 12.9°C · Low 6.1°C · 107 mm rain
- Saint-Louis-de-Terrebonne in OctoberCanada · 172 kmHigh 12.4°C · Low 5.4°C · 107 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 Kanata) is explained once on the Kanata year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.