Climate averages 1991–2020
Erie weather
in October.
A cool, 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 Erie: daytime highs average 14.8°C and nights cool to about 9.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 125 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes October a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 07 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Brantford (113 km away). In October its highs average 14.4°C, about as warm as Erie, with 77 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Erie ranks joint 467th of 498 for the warmest October highs and 486th of 498 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 498 cities is 21.4°C; Erie is 6.6°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 6.5°C to 8.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 125 mm to 123 mm.
The annual picture
October in context
Monthly precipitation
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
Erie climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0.0°C-5.7°C | -5.7°C | 112 | 16.6 | 9.59 h |
| February | 0.5°C-6.2°C | -6.2°C | 78 | 12.1 | 10.511 h |
| March | 4.3°C-2.4°C | -2.4°C | 93 | 12.2 | 11.912 h |
| April | 10.9°C4.2°C | 4.2°C | 109 | 13.1 | 13.313 h |
| May | 17.8°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 98 | 12.6 | 14.515 h |
| June | 23.1°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 115 | 13.1 | 15.215 h |
| July | 25.3°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 121 | 13.4 | 14.915 h |
| August | 24.6°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 111 | 12.6 | 13.914 h |
| September | 21.2°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 106 | 11.1 | 12.513 h |
| October, selected | 14.8°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 125 | 14.5 | 11.111 h |
| November | 8.2°C3.5°C | 3.5°C | 123 | 15.5 | 9.810 h |
| December | 2.9°C-1.5°C | -1.5°C | 129 | 17.8 | 9.29 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet 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
- Brantford in OctoberCanada · 113 kmHigh 14.4°C · Low 6.9°C · 77 mm rain
- Stoney Creek in OctoberCanada · 124 kmHigh 14.9°C · Low 7.9°C · 85 mm rain
- Hamilton in OctoberCanada · 126 kmHigh 14.6°C · Low 8.9°C · 85 mm rain
- Buffalo in OctoberUnited States · 130 kmHigh 14.3°C · Low 8.6°C · 93 mm rain
- London, Canada in OctoberCanada · 134 kmHigh 14.3°C · Low 7.0°C · 86 mm rain
- St. Catharines in OctoberCanada · 135 kmHigh 14.8°C · Low 9.4°C · 92 mm rain
- Niagara Falls in OctoberCanada · 136 kmHigh 14.4°C · Low 8.7°C · 93 mm rain
- Cambridge, Canada in OctoberCanada · 138 kmHigh 13.9°C · Low 6.1°C · 77 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 Erie) is explained once on the Erie year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.