Climate averages 1991–2020
Regina weather
in October.
A cool, fairly dry month: the 7th 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 Regina: daytime highs average 9.4°C and nights cool to about 0.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 33 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 47 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Saskatoon (235 km away). In October its highs average 9.1°C, about as warm as Regina, with 27 mm of rain.
Among the 86 cities listed in Canada, Regina ranks joint 79th of 86 for the warmest October highs and 8th of 86 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 86 cities is 12.7°C; Regina is 3.3°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 9.4°C to 0.0°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 33 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
Regina climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -9.0°C-18.3°C | -18.3°C | 17 | 5.3 | 8.59 h |
| February | -6.4°C-15.9°C | -15.9°C | 12 | 3.5 | 10.010 h |
| March | 0.6°C-9.5°C | -9.5°C | 21 | 5.9 | 11.812 h |
| April | 9.7°C-1.8°C | -1.8°C | 35 | 7.3 | 13.814 h |
| May | 16.7°C4.9°C | 4.9°C | 62 | 9.6 | 15.415 h |
| June | 20.9°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 98 | 12.7 | 16.416 h |
| July | 24.0°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 74 | 10.5 | 16.016 h |
| August | 24.0°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 61 | 8.5 | 14.515 h |
| September | 18.3°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 40 | 6.7 | 12.713 h |
| October, selected | 9.4°C0.7°C | 0.7°C | 33 | 6.4 | 10.811 h |
| November | 0.0°C-7.6°C | -7.6°C | 22 | 5.2 | 9.19 h |
| December | -6.8°C-14.9°C | -14.9°C | 17 | 5.0 | 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
- Saskatoon in OctoberCanada · 235 kmHigh 9.1°C · Low 0.6°C · 27 mm rain
- Bismarck in OctoberUnited States · 493 kmHigh 12.7°C · Low 3.3°C · 45 mm rain
- Winnipeg in OctoberCanada · 536 kmHigh 9.5°C · Low 2.0°C · 47 mm rain
- Lethbridge in OctoberCanada · 591 kmHigh 11.9°C · Low 2.1°C · 28 mm rain
- Billings in OctoberUnited States · 593 kmHigh 15.1°C · Low 3.3°C · 46 mm rain
- Airdrie in OctoberCanada · 667 kmHigh 9.4°C · Low -0.4°C · 26 mm rain
- Red Deer in OctoberCanada · 668 kmHigh 9.1°C · Low -0.5°C · 24 mm rain
- Calgary in OctoberCanada · 669 kmHigh 10.2°C · Low -0.7°C · 24 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 Regina) is explained once on the Regina year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.