Climate averages 1991–2020
Sherbrooke weather
in October.
A cool, wet month: the 6th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a cool month in Sherbrooke: daytime highs average 12.1°C and nights cool to about 4.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 119 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes October a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 00 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu (107 km away). In October its highs average 12.9°C, 0.8°C warmer than Sherbrooke, with 113 mm of rain.
Among the 86 cities listed in Canada, Sherbrooke ranks joint 67th of 86 for the warmest October highs and joint 68th of 86 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 86 cities is 12.7°C; Sherbrooke is 0.6°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 7.0°C to 5.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 119 mm to 91 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
Sherbrooke climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -4.7°C-14.5°C | -14.5°C | 76 | 12.2 | 9.29 h |
| February | -3.1°C-13.2°C | -13.2°C | 64 | 10.5 | 10.410 h |
| March | 2.2°C-7.6°C | -7.6°C | 79 | 12.2 | 11.912 h |
| April | 9.7°C-0.1°C | -0.1°C | 99 | 12.5 | 13.513 h |
| May | 17.3°C7.0°C | 7.0°C | 117 | 14.1 | 14.915 h |
| June | 21.8°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 131 | 14.1 | 15.616 h |
| July | 24.0°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 126 | 15.2 | 15.315 h |
| August | 23.1°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 123 | 13.7 | 14.114 h |
| September | 19.3°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 106 | 11.5 | 12.613 h |
| October, selected | 12.1°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 119 | 13.2 | 11.011 h |
| November | 5.1°C-1.7°C | -1.7°C | 91 | 13.3 | 9.610 h |
| December | -1.3°C-9.4°C | -9.4°C | 92 | 13.7 | 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
- Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu in OctoberCanada · 107 kmHigh 12.9°C · Low 5.8°C · 113 mm rain
- Trois-Rivières in OctoberCanada · 116 kmHigh 12.1°C · Low 5.2°C · 111 mm rain
- Longueuil in OctoberCanada · 123 kmHigh 12.9°C · Low 5.9°C · 112 mm rain
- Repentigny in OctoberCanada · 127 kmHigh 12.8°C · Low 5.7°C · 106 mm rain
- Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve in OctoberCanada · 130 kmHigh 12.9°C · Low 5.8°C · 112 mm rain
- Montréal in OctoberCanada · 132 kmHigh 11.8°C · Low 4.9°C · 112 mm rain
- Villeray–Saint-Michel–Parc-Extension in OctoberCanada · 134 kmHigh 12.7°C · Low 5.4°C · 112 mm rain
- Terrebonne in OctoberCanada · 140 kmHigh 12.7°C · Low 5.8°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 Sherbrooke) is explained once on the Sherbrooke year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.