Climate averages 1991–2020
Lethbridge weather
in October.
A cool, fairly dry month: the 6th 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 Lethbridge: daytime highs average 11.9°C and nights cool to about 2.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 28 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 49 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Calgary (175 km away). In October its highs average 10.2°C, 1.7°C cooler than Lethbridge, with 24 mm of rain.
Among the 86 cities listed in Canada, Lethbridge ranks 69th of 86 for the warmest October highs and 7th of 86 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 86 cities is 12.7°C; Lethbridge is 0.8°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 7.8°C to 4.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 28 mm to 22 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
Lethbridge climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -0.9°C-9.7°C | -9.7°C | 14 | 4.4 | 8.69 h |
| February | 1.5°C-8.2°C | -8.2°C | 13 | 4.0 | 10.110 h |
| March | 6.1°C-4.9°C | -4.9°C | 22 | 6.0 | 11.912 h |
| April | 11.6°C0.2°C | 0.2°C | 40 | 7.9 | 13.714 h |
| May | 17.1°C5.4°C | 5.4°C | 59 | 9.1 | 15.315 h |
| June | 20.9°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 92 | 10.9 | 16.216 h |
| July | 25.6°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 35 | 6.8 | 15.916 h |
| August | 25.2°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 35 | 5.8 | 14.414 h |
| September | 19.7°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 37 | 5.8 | 12.713 h |
| October, selected | 11.9°C2.1°C | 2.1°C | 28 | 5.8 | 10.811 h |
| November | 4.1°C-3.8°C | -3.8°C | 22 | 5.3 | 9.19 h |
| December | -0.6°C-8.4°C | -8.4°C | 16 | 4.4 | 8.28 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
- Calgary in OctoberCanada · 175 kmHigh 10.2°C · Low -0.7°C · 24 mm rain
- Airdrie in OctoberCanada · 198 kmHigh 9.4°C · Low -0.4°C · 26 mm rain
- Red Deer in OctoberCanada · 294 kmHigh 9.1°C · Low -0.5°C · 24 mm rain
- Missoula in OctoberUnited States · 326 kmHigh 13.6°C · Low 3.5°C · 44 mm rain
- Spokane Valley in OctoberUnited States · 395 kmHigh 14.7°C · Low 4.5°C · 52 mm rain
- Spokane in OctoberUnited States · 407 kmHigh 15.1°C · Low 4.9°C · 46 mm rain
- Sherwood Park in OctoberCanada · 426 kmHigh 8.3°C · Low -0.2°C · 23 mm rain
- Edmonton in OctoberCanada · 430 kmHigh 8.9°C · Low 0.3°C · 23 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 Lethbridge) is explained once on the Lethbridge year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.