Climate averages 1991–2020
High Peak weather
in October.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a cool month in High Peak: daytime highs average 11.7°C and nights cool to about 6.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 86 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 38 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Stockport (21 km away). In October its highs average 12.9°C, 1.2°C warmer than High Peak, with 89 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in the United Kingdom, High Peak ranks joint 139th of 143 for the warmest October highs and joint 108th of 143 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 143 cities is 13.6°C; High Peak is 1.9°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 3.8°C to 7.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 86 mm to 81 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
High Peak climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.2°C0.8°C | 0.8°C | 80 | 14.2 | 8.18 h |
| February | 5.7°C0.6°C | 0.6°C | 72 | 12.7 | 9.810 h |
| March | 7.9°C1.6°C | 1.6°C | 71 | 13.2 | 11.812 h |
| April | 10.5°C3.2°C | 3.2°C | 73 | 13.7 | 14.014 h |
| May | 13.5°C6.1°C | 6.1°C | 74 | 13.4 | 15.816 h |
| June | 16.1°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 91 | 14.7 | 16.917 h |
| July | 18.0°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 89 | 15.1 | 16.516 h |
| August | 17.6°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 91 | 14.7 | 14.815 h |
| September | 15.3°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 75 | 11.9 | 12.813 h |
| October, selected | 11.7°C6.5°C | 6.5°C | 86 | 13.7 | 10.611 h |
| November | 7.9°C3.4°C | 3.4°C | 81 | 13.8 | 8.79 h |
| December | 5.5°C1.3°C | 1.3°C | 88 | 14.3 | 7.68 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
- Stockport in OctoberUnited Kingdom · 21 kmHigh 12.9°C · Low 7.4°C · 89 mm rain
- Sheffield in OctoberUnited Kingdom · 25 kmHigh 13.3°C · Low 7.8°C · 68 mm rain
- Oldham in OctoberUnited Kingdom · 26 kmHigh 12.1°C · Low 6.7°C · 83 mm rain
- Manchester in OctoberUnited Kingdom · 29 kmHigh 12.9°C · Low 7.4°C · 89 mm rain
- Chesterfield in OctoberUnited Kingdom · 31 kmHigh 13.2°C · Low 7.6°C · 72 mm rain
- Barnsley in OctoberUnited Kingdom · 31 kmHigh 12.8°C · Low 7.1°C · 68 mm rain
- Huddersfield in OctoberUnited Kingdom · 32 kmHigh 12.9°C · Low 7.7°C · 75 mm rain
- Salford in OctoberUnited Kingdom · 32 kmHigh 12.9°C · Low 7.3°C · 89 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 High Peak) is explained once on the High Peak year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.