Climate averages 1991–2020
Winnipeg weather
in October.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a cool month in Winnipeg: daytime highs average 9.5°C and nights cool to about 2.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 47 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 48 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Fargo (335 km away). In October its highs average 12.2°C, 2.7°C warmer than Winnipeg, with 60 mm of rain.
Among the 86 cities listed in Canada, Winnipeg ranks joint 77th of 86 for the warmest October highs and 11th of 86 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 86 cities is 12.7°C; Winnipeg is 3.1°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 9.9°C to -0.4°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 47 mm to 28 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
Winnipeg climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -12.0°C-21.0°C | -21.0°C | 16 | 4.9 | 8.69 h |
| February | -9.0°C-18.7°C | -18.7°C | 14 | 3.7 | 10.110 h |
| March | -0.9°C-10.7°C | -10.7°C | 25 | 6.2 | 11.812 h |
| April | 9.1°C-2.1°C | -2.1°C | 36 | 6.3 | 13.714 h |
| May | 16.5°C5.5°C | 5.5°C | 80 | 10.8 | 15.415 h |
| June | 22.0°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 98 | 12.4 | 16.316 h |
| July | 24.5°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 88 | 11.5 | 15.916 h |
| August | 24.1°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 76 | 9.8 | 14.514 h |
| September | 18.5°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 68 | 9.1 | 12.713 h |
| October, selected | 9.5°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 47 | 8.1 | 10.811 h |
| November | -0.4°C-7.4°C | -7.4°C | 28 | 6.0 | 9.19 h |
| December | -8.7°C-16.4°C | -16.4°C | 22 | 5.7 | 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
- Fargo in OctoberUnited States · 335 kmHigh 12.2°C · Low 3.8°C · 60 mm rain
- Bismarck in OctoberUnited States · 435 kmHigh 12.7°C · Low 3.3°C · 45 mm rain
- Duluth in OctoberUnited States · 507 kmHigh 11.6°C · Low 6.6°C · 103 mm rain
- Regina in OctoberCanada · 536 kmHigh 9.4°C · Low 0.7°C · 33 mm rain
- Thunder Bay in OctoberCanada · 598 kmHigh 9.9°C · Low 4.8°C · 72 mm rain
- Brooklyn Park in OctoberUnited States · 604 kmHigh 13.4°C · Low 5.9°C · 67 mm rain
- Plymouth, United States in OctoberUnited States · 609 kmHigh 13.4°C · Low 5.9°C · 66 mm rain
- Minneapolis in OctoberUnited States · 618 kmHigh 13.6°C · Low 6.0°C · 67 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 Winnipeg) is explained once on the Winnipeg year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.