Climate averages 1991–2020
Saskatoon 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 Saskatoon: daytime highs average 9.1°C and nights cool to about 0.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 27 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 42 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Regina (235 km away). In October its highs average 9.4°C, about as warm as Saskatoon, with 33 mm of rain.
Among the 86 cities listed in Canada, Saskatoon ranks joint 82nd of 86 for the warmest October highs and 6th of 86 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 86 cities is 12.7°C; Saskatoon is 3.6°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 9.9°C to -0.8°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 27 mm to 19 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
Saskatoon climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -10.2°C-19.2°C | -19.2°C | 15 | 4.8 | 8.38 h |
| February | -7.7°C-16.8°C | -16.8°C | 11 | 3.4 | 9.910 h |
| March | -0.4°C-10.1°C | -10.1°C | 18 | 5.1 | 11.812 h |
| April | 9.5°C-1.8°C | -1.8°C | 31 | 6.9 | 13.914 h |
| May | 16.8°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 46 | 7.8 | 15.716 h |
| June | 20.9°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 87 | 11.9 | 16.717 h |
| July | 23.9°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 70 | 10.8 | 16.216 h |
| August | 23.6°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 50 | 7.6 | 14.715 h |
| September | 18.1°C8.1°C | 8.1°C | 38 | 5.7 | 12.713 h |
| October, selected | 9.1°C0.6°C | 0.6°C | 27 | 5.8 | 10.711 h |
| November | -0.8°C-8.1°C | -8.1°C | 19 | 4.7 | 8.99 h |
| December | -8.0°C-15.8°C | -15.8°C | 12 | 4.0 | 7.88 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
- Regina in OctoberCanada · 235 kmHigh 9.4°C · Low 0.7°C · 33 mm rain
- Sherwood Park in OctoberCanada · 472 kmHigh 8.3°C · Low -0.2°C · 23 mm rain
- Edmonton in OctoberCanada · 483 kmHigh 8.9°C · Low 0.3°C · 23 mm rain
- Red Deer in OctoberCanada · 486 kmHigh 9.1°C · Low -0.5°C · 24 mm rain
- Lethbridge in OctoberCanada · 509 kmHigh 11.9°C · Low 2.1°C · 28 mm rain
- Airdrie in OctoberCanada · 516 kmHigh 9.4°C · Low -0.4°C · 26 mm rain
- Calgary in OctoberCanada · 526 kmHigh 10.2°C · Low -0.7°C · 24 mm rain
- Winnipeg in OctoberCanada · 711 kmHigh 9.5°C · Low 2.0°C · 47 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 Saskatoon) is explained once on the Saskatoon year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.