Climate averages 1991–2020
Milton Keynes weather
in October.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and one of the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a cool month in Milton Keynes: daytime highs average 13.7°C and nights cool to about 7.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 61 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (one of the wettest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 42 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bedford (22 km away). In October its highs average 14.4°C, 0.7°C warmer than Milton Keynes, with 59 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in the United Kingdom, Milton Keynes ranks joint 68th of 143 for the warmest October highs and joint 34th of 143 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 143 cities is 13.6°C; Milton Keynes is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 4.2°C to 9.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 61 mm to 59 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
Milton Keynes climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.7°C1.8°C | 1.8°C | 53 | 11.4 | 8.38 h |
| February | 7.3°C1.6°C | 1.6°C | 42 | 9.6 | 9.910 h |
| March | 9.7°C2.8°C | 2.8°C | 44 | 10.2 | 11.812 h |
| April | 12.5°C4.5°C | 4.5°C | 51 | 11.2 | 13.914 h |
| May | 15.6°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 58 | 10.7 | 15.716 h |
| June | 18.5°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 59 | 10.2 | 16.617 h |
| July | 20.8°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 61 | 11.0 | 16.216 h |
| August | 20.4°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 61 | 10.6 | 14.715 h |
| September | 17.7°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 54 | 9.4 | 12.713 h |
| October, selected | 13.7°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 61 | 11.0 | 10.711 h |
| November | 9.5°C4.5°C | 4.5°C | 59 | 11.4 | 8.99 h |
| December | 6.9°C2.3°C | 2.3°C | 56 | 11.0 | 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
- Bedford in OctoberUnited Kingdom · 22 kmHigh 14.4°C · Low 8.2°C · 59 mm rain
- Northampton in OctoberUnited Kingdom · 25 kmHigh 13.7°C · Low 7.8°C · 62 mm rain
- Aylesbury in OctoberUnited Kingdom · 25 kmHigh 14.0°C · Low 8.0°C · 61 mm rain
- Luton in OctoberUnited Kingdom · 29 kmHigh 13.9°C · Low 7.9°C · 59 mm rain
- Hemel Hempstead in OctoberUnited Kingdom · 38 kmHigh 13.7°C · Low 8.0°C · 60 mm rain
- Stevenage in OctoberUnited Kingdom · 41 kmHigh 14.1°C · Low 8.0°C · 58 mm rain
- St Albans in OctoberUnited Kingdom · 44 kmHigh 14.0°C · Low 8.2°C · 58 mm rain
- High Wycombe in OctoberUnited Kingdom · 46 kmHigh 14.2°C · Low 8.2°C · 61 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 Milton Keynes) is explained once on the Milton Keynes year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.