Climate averages 1991–2020

Douglas weather
in October.

A cool, wet month: the 5th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 13.1°C Daytime mean, October

Average low 11.0°C Night-time mean, October

Rainfall 117 mm 16 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 11 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

October is a cool month in Douglas: daytime highs average 13.1°C and nights cool to about 11.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 117 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes October a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 36 min on an average October day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Blackpool (101 km away). In October its highs average 13.0°C, about as warm as Douglas, with 137 mm of rain.

From October to November, average highs fall by 2.4°C to 10.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 117 mm to 125 mm.

The annual picture

October in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Douglas climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Douglas, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	8.1°C5.8°C	5.8°C	97	16.5	8.08 h
February	7.6°C5.4°C	5.4°C	76	14.3	9.710 h
March	8.1°C5.8°C	5.8°C	70	12.9	11.812 h
April	9.4°C7.1°C	7.1°C	59	11.7	14.014 h
May	11.7°C9.3°C	9.3°C	56	11.2	16.016 h
June	13.8°C11.7°C	11.7°C	64	10.7	17.117 h
July	15.5°C13.5°C	13.5°C	67	12.2	16.617 h
August	16.0°C14.0°C	14.0°C	78	12.9	14.915 h
September	15.1°C13.1°C	13.1°C	85	13.3	12.813 h
October, selected	13.1°C11.0°C	11.0°C	117	16.1	10.611 h
November	10.6°C8.5°C	8.5°C	125	18.5	8.69 h
December	8.9°C6.6°C	6.6°C	114	18.2	7.57 h

Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain 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

Distance from Douglas

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Douglas) is explained once on the Douglas year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.