Climate averages 1991–2020

Scunthorpe weather
in October.

A cool, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.

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

Average high 13.7°C Daytime mean, October

Average low 7.6°C Night-time mean, October

Rainfall 58 mm 11 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 11 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

October is a cool month in Scunthorpe: daytime highs average 13.7°C and nights cool to about 7.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 58 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 9th 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 Kingston upon Hull (28 km away). In October its highs average 13.7°C, about as warm as Scunthorpe, with 63 mm of rain.

Among the 143 cities listed in the United Kingdom, Scunthorpe ranks joint 68th of 143 for the warmest October highs and joint 14th of 143 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 143 cities is 13.6°C; Scunthorpe 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 58 mm to 56 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

Scunthorpe climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Scunthorpe, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	6.7°C1.6°C	1.6°C	48	11.3	8.18 h
February	7.5°C1.5°C	1.5°C	40	9.8	9.810 h
March	9.7°C2.6°C	2.6°C	43	10.2	11.812 h
April	12.2°C4.3°C	4.3°C	52	11.1	14.014 h
May	15.2°C7.3°C	7.3°C	54	10.9	15.916 h
June	17.9°C10.2°C	10.2°C	67	11.6	16.917 h
July	20.4°C12.4°C	12.4°C	66	11.7	16.516 h
August	20.1°C12.4°C	12.4°C	67	11.1	14.815 h
September	17.5°C10.3°C	10.3°C	54	9.8	12.813 h
October, selected	13.7°C7.6°C	7.6°C	58	11.0	10.611 h
November	9.5°C4.3°C	4.3°C	56	11.2	8.79 h
December	6.8°C1.9°C	1.9°C	53	10.7	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

Distance from Scunthorpe

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