Climate averages 1991–2020

Preston weather
in October.

A cool, wet month: the 6th warmest and the joint 10th driest of the year.

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

Average high 12.9°C Daytime mean, October

Average low 8.1°C Night-time mean, October

Rainfall 116 mm 16 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 11 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

October is a cool month in Preston: daytime highs average 12.9°C and nights cool to about 8.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 116 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes October a wet month (the joint 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 37 min on an average October day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Blackburn (15 km away). In October its highs average 12.4°C, 0.5°C cooler than Preston, with 108 mm of rain.

Among the 143 cities listed in the United Kingdom, Preston ranks joint 112th of 143 for the warmest October highs and 138th of 143 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 143 cities is 13.6°C; Preston is 0.7°C cooler than that mean.

From October to November, average highs fall by 3.6°C to 9.3°C, and monthly rainfall stays at 116 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

Preston climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Preston, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	6.6°C2.5°C	2.5°C	102	16.5	8.18 h
February	7.1°C2.2°C	2.2°C	87	14.3	9.710 h
March	8.9°C3.1°C	3.1°C	81	14.0	11.812 h
April	11.5°C4.7°C	4.7°C	72	13.3	14.014 h
May	14.4°C7.6°C	7.6°C	78	13.3	15.916 h
June	16.8°C10.5°C	10.5°C	89	14.3	17.017 h
July	18.4°C12.5°C	12.5°C	98	16.0	16.517 h
August	18.2°C12.5°C	12.5°C	112	16.8	14.815 h
September	16.2°C10.6°C	10.6°C	97	13.6	12.813 h
October, selected	12.9°C8.1°C	8.1°C	116	16.0	10.611 h
November	9.3°C5.2°C	5.2°C	116	17.1	8.69 h
December	7.0°C2.9°C	2.9°C	123	16.6	7.58 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 Preston

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