Climate averages 1991–2020

Northampton 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.

Average high 13.7°C Daytime mean, October

Average low 7.8°C Night-time mean, October

Rainfall 62 mm 11 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 11 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

October is a cool month in Northampton: 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 62 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 Milton Keynes (25 km away). In October its highs average 13.7°C, about as warm as Northampton, with 61 mm of rain.

Among the 143 cities listed in the United Kingdom, Northampton ranks joint 68th of 143 for the warmest October highs and joint 45th of 143 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 143 cities is 13.6°C; Northampton 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 62 mm to 59 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

Northampton climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Northampton, 1991–2020
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	52	11.6	8.38 h
February	7.3°C1.6°C	1.6°C	42	9.9	9.910 h
March	9.7°C2.7°C	2.7°C	45	10.2	11.812 h
April	12.5°C4.4°C	4.4°C	52	11.2	13.914 h
May	15.6°C7.4°C	7.4°C	57	10.8	15.716 h
June	18.4°C10.5°C	10.5°C	60	10.4	16.717 h
July	20.8°C12.7°C	12.7°C	62	11.5	16.316 h
August	20.5°C12.6°C	12.6°C	61	10.9	14.715 h
September	17.8°C10.4°C	10.4°C	54	9.4	12.713 h
October, selected	13.7°C7.8°C	7.8°C	62	11.2	10.711 h
November	9.5°C4.5°C	4.5°C	59	11.2	8.89 h
December	6.9°C2.3°C	2.3°C	57	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

Distance from Northampton

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