Climate averages 1991–2020
Kingston, Canada weather
in October.
A cool, wet month: the 6th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a cool month in Kingston, Canada: daytime highs average 13.2°C and nights cool to about 8.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 104 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes October a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 02 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kanata (127 km away). In October its highs average 12.8°C, about as warm as Kingston, Canada, with 94 mm of rain.
Among the 86 cities listed in Canada, Kingston, Canada ranks joint 38th of 86 for the warmest October highs and 55th of 86 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 86 cities is 12.7°C; Kingston, Canada is 0.5°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 6.6°C to 6.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 104 mm to 89 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
Kingston, Canada climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -2.6°C-9.4°C | -9.4°C | 74 | 10.8 | 9.39 h |
| February | -2.2°C-9.2°C | -9.2°C | 60 | 9.2 | 10.410 h |
| March | 2.3°C-4.8°C | -4.8°C | 73 | 10.0 | 11.912 h |
| April | 8.8°C1.9°C | 1.9°C | 101 | 11.5 | 13.413 h |
| May | 16.4°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 81 | 11.2 | 14.715 h |
| June | 22.1°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 97 | 11.4 | 15.415 h |
| July | 24.9°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 99 | 11.3 | 15.215 h |
| August | 24.1°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 96 | 11.1 | 14.014 h |
| September | 20.2°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 95 | 10.1 | 12.613 h |
| October, selected | 13.2°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 104 | 12.7 | 11.011 h |
| November | 6.6°C2.2°C | 2.2°C | 89 | 11.0 | 9.710 h |
| December | 1.2°C-4.0°C | -4.0°C | 83 | 12.0 | 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
- Kanata in OctoberCanada · 127 kmHigh 12.8°C · Low 5.4°C · 94 mm rain
- Syracuse in OctoberUnited States · 134 kmHigh 15.0°C · Low 8.0°C · 114 mm rain
- Nepean in OctoberCanada · 137 kmHigh 12.8°C · Low 5.4°C · 97 mm rain
- Gloucester, Canada in OctoberCanada · 141 kmHigh 12.6°C · Low 5.4°C · 97 mm rain
- Ottawa in OctoberCanada · 145 kmHigh 12.8°C · Low 5.6°C · 99 mm rain
- Peterborough, Canada in OctoberCanada · 146 kmHigh 13.3°C · Low 6.3°C · 85 mm rain
- Rochester (New York), United States in OctoberUnited States · 150 kmHigh 14.8°C · Low 8.4°C · 109 mm rain
- Gatineau in OctoberCanada · 152 kmHigh 12.7°C · Low 5.8°C · 99 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 Kingston) is explained once on the Kingston, Canada year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.