Climate averages 1991–2020
Telford weather
in October.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a cool month in Telford: daytime highs average 12.8°C and nights cool to about 6.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 65 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 40 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Shrewsbury (21 km away). In October its highs average 13.4°C, 0.5°C warmer than Telford, with 63 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in the United Kingdom, Telford ranks joint 121st of 143 for the warmest October highs and joint 67th of 143 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 143 cities is 13.6°C; Telford is 0.8°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 3.9°C to 8.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 65 mm to 63 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
Telford climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.1°C1.2°C | 1.2°C | 54 | 12.3 | 8.28 h |
| February | 6.8°C1.0°C | 1.0°C | 47 | 10.7 | 9.810 h |
| March | 9.1°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 50 | 11.3 | 11.812 h |
| April | 11.8°C3.7°C | 3.7°C | 57 | 11.9 | 13.914 h |
| May | 14.9°C6.6°C | 6.6°C | 62 | 11.9 | 15.716 h |
| June | 17.6°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 68 | 11.5 | 16.817 h |
| July | 19.5°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 64 | 11.8 | 16.316 h |
| August | 19.1°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 61 | 11.9 | 14.715 h |
| September | 16.6°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 57 | 10.5 | 12.713 h |
| October, selected | 12.8°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 65 | 11.7 | 10.711 h |
| November | 8.9°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 63 | 12.6 | 8.89 h |
| December | 6.4°C1.6°C | 1.6°C | 63 | 11.9 | 7.78 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
- Shrewsbury in OctoberUnited Kingdom · 21 kmHigh 13.4°C · Low 7.3°C · 63 mm rain
- Wolverhampton in OctoberUnited Kingdom · 24 kmHigh 13.0°C · Low 7.3°C · 67 mm rain
- Stafford in OctoberUnited Kingdom · 27 kmHigh 13.3°C · Low 7.6°C · 69 mm rain
- Cannock in OctoberUnited Kingdom · 28 kmHigh 13.0°C · Low 7.3°C · 69 mm rain
- Dudley in OctoberUnited Kingdom · 32 kmHigh 13.1°C · Low 7.3°C · 67 mm rain
- Walsall in OctoberUnited Kingdom · 33 kmHigh 13.3°C · Low 7.6°C · 67 mm rain
- West Bromwich in OctoberUnited Kingdom · 35 kmHigh 13.1°C · Low 7.3°C · 67 mm rain
- Stoke-on-Trent in OctoberUnited Kingdom · 41 kmHigh 13.1°C · Low 7.4°C · 70 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 Telford) is explained once on the Telford year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.