Climate averages 1991–2020
Derby weather
in October.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the joint 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a cool month in Derby: daytime highs average 13.4°C and nights cool to about 7.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 65 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the joint 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 39 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Burton upon Trent (17 km away). In October its highs average 13.5°C, about as warm as Derby, with 67 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in the United Kingdom, Derby ranks joint 83rd of 143 for the warmest October highs and joint 67th of 143 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 143 cities is 13.6°C; Derby is 0.2°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 4.0°C to 9.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 65 mm to 63 mm.
The annual picture
October in context
Monthly rainfall
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
Derby climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.6°C1.9°C | 1.9°C | 55 | 12.3 | 8.28 h |
| February | 7.3°C1.7°C | 1.7°C | 47 | 10.3 | 9.810 h |
| March | 9.5°C2.8°C | 2.8°C | 49 | 11.0 | 11.812 h |
| April | 12.3°C4.4°C | 4.4°C | 56 | 11.7 | 13.914 h |
| May | 15.3°C7.4°C | 7.4°C | 57 | 11.2 | 15.816 h |
| June | 18.1°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 66 | 11.7 | 16.817 h |
| July | 20.2°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 66 | 12.1 | 16.416 h |
| August | 19.9°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 65 | 11.3 | 14.815 h |
| September | 17.3°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 56 | 9.6 | 12.713 h |
| October, selected | 13.4°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 65 | 11.5 | 10.711 h |
| November | 9.4°C4.5°C | 4.5°C | 63 | 12.2 | 8.89 h |
| December | 6.8°C2.4°C | 2.4°C | 63 | 12.0 | 7.78 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
- Burton upon Trent in OctoberUnited Kingdom · 17 kmHigh 13.5°C · Low 7.7°C · 67 mm rain
- Nottingham in OctoberUnited Kingdom · 22 kmHigh 13.7°C · Low 7.7°C · 61 mm rain
- Mansfield in OctoberUnited Kingdom · 30 kmHigh 13.2°C · Low 7.3°C · 63 mm rain
- Tamworth in OctoberUnited Kingdom · 35 kmHigh 13.6°C · Low 7.7°C · 67 mm rain
- Chesterfield in OctoberUnited Kingdom · 37 kmHigh 13.2°C · Low 7.6°C · 72 mm rain
- Leicester in OctoberUnited Kingdom · 39 kmHigh 13.8°C · Low 7.9°C · 61 mm rain
- Nuneaton in OctoberUnited Kingdom · 44 kmHigh 13.6°C · Low 7.7°C · 64 mm rain
- Stafford in OctoberUnited Kingdom · 45 kmHigh 13.3°C · Low 7.6°C · 69 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 Derby) is explained once on the Derby year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.