Climate averages 1991–2020

Lowestoft weather
in October.

A cool, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the wettest of the year.

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

Average high 14.0°C Daytime mean, October

Average low 10.7°C Night-time mean, October

Rainfall 81 mm 13 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 11 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

October is a cool month in Lowestoft: daytime highs average 14.0°C and nights cool to about 10.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 81 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 41 min on an average October day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Norwich (35 km away). In October its highs average 14.2°C, about as warm as Lowestoft, with 64 mm of rain.

Among the 143 cities listed in the United Kingdom, Lowestoft ranks joint 57th of 143 for the warmest October highs and 103rd of 143 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 143 cities is 13.6°C; Lowestoft is 0.4°C warmer than that mean.

From October to November, average highs fall by 3.6°C to 10.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 81 mm to 79 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

Lowestoft climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Lowestoft, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	7.0°C3.8°C	3.8°C	64	13.1	8.38 h
February	6.8°C3.5°C	3.5°C	53	10.8	9.910 h
March	8.2°C4.5°C	4.5°C	48	10.7	11.812 h
April	10.3°C6.4°C	6.4°C	37	8.8	13.914 h
May	13.2°C9.3°C	9.3°C	48	8.7	15.716 h
June	16.2°C12.2°C	12.2°C	54	10.1	16.717 h
July	18.7°C14.6°C	14.6°C	59	11.2	16.316 h
August	19.2°C15.1°C	15.1°C	64	10.2	14.715 h
September	17.2°C13.4°C	13.4°C	66	11.0	12.713 h
October, selected	14.0°C10.7°C	10.7°C	81	12.9	10.711 h
November	10.3°C7.2°C	7.2°C	79	14.5	8.89 h
December	7.7°C4.7°C	4.7°C	72	13.6	7.88 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 Lowestoft

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