Climate averages 1991–2020

Carlisle weather
in October.

A cool, wet month: the 6th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.

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

Average high 12.1°C Daytime mean, October

Average low 6.7°C Night-time mean, October

Rainfall 90 mm 14 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 11 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

October is a cool month in Carlisle: daytime highs average 12.1°C and nights cool to about 6.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 90 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes October a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 33 min on an average October day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Newcastle upon Tyne (85 km away). In October its highs average 12.4°C, about as warm as Carlisle, with 58 mm of rain.

Among the 143 cities listed in the United Kingdom, Carlisle ranks joint 135th of 143 for the warmest October highs and 119th of 143 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 143 cities is 13.6°C; Carlisle is 1.5°C cooler than that mean.

From October to November, average highs fall by 3.6°C to 8.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 90 mm to 89 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

Carlisle climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Carlisle, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	5.9°C1.4°C	1.4°C	95	14.9	7.98 h
February	6.5°C1.3°C	1.3°C	82	13.4	9.610 h
March	8.4°C2.1°C	2.1°C	69	13.1	11.812 h
April	11.1°C3.7°C	3.7°C	66	13.3	14.114 h
May	14.2°C6.6°C	6.6°C	69	13.3	16.116 h
June	16.5°C9.5°C	9.5°C	77	13.9	17.217 h
July	18.2°C11.3°C	11.3°C	81	15.3	16.717 h
August	17.8°C11.2°C	11.2°C	88	15.3	15.015 h
September	15.5°C9.3°C	9.3°C	70	12.5	12.813 h
October, selected	12.1°C6.7°C	6.7°C	90	14.0	10.611 h
November	8.5°C3.7°C	3.7°C	89	14.9	8.58 h
December	6.1°C1.5°C	1.5°C	100	14.8	7.37 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 Carlisle

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 Carlisle) is explained once on the Carlisle year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.