Average October Precipitation for Canadian Cities

The tables below list monthly averages for rainfall plus snowfall during October at major cities in Canada. Each place has a total for how many days of wet weather it usually gets this month and for the normal amount of precipitation.

The numbers allow you to compare the typical precipitation for the 33 largest Canadian cities, ranging from St John's, Newfoundland in the east to Victoria, British Columbia in the west.

These are all the metropolitan areas that, according to Statistics Canada, had at least 100,000 people in 2011.

The month's precipitation totals are averages of weather data collected during 1981 to 2010. The calculation of days includes those when precipitation totalled at least 0.2 millimetres (0.008 inches).

Average monthly precipitation in October
Days	City	Inches	Millimetres
16	Abbotsford, British Columbia	6.0	153
16	Barrie, Ontario	3.1	78
12	Brantford, Ontario	2.8	70
7	Calgary, Alberta	0.6	15
8	Edmonton, Alberta	0.9	22
15	Guelph, Ontario	2.8	72
14	Halifax, Nova Scotia	4.9	124
12	Hamilton, Ontario	2.8	72
10	Kelowna, British Columbia	1.0	24
14	Kingston, Ontario	3.6	92
14	Kitchener - Waterloo, Ontario	2.7	67

Days	City	Inches	Millimetres
13	London, Ontario	3.2	81
13	Moncton, New Brunswick	4.2	106
13	Montréal, Quebec	3.6	91
13	Oshawa, Ontario	2.8	70
15	Ottawa, Ontario	3.4	86
15	Peterborough, Ontario	3.0	77
14	Québec City, Quebec	3.9	98
8	Regina, Saskatchewan	1.0	25
17	Saguenay, Quebec	3.4	85
6	Saskatoon, Saskatchewan	0.7	19
14	Sherbrooke, Quebec	3.6	90

Days	City	Inches	Millimetres
12	St. Catharines - Niagara, Ontario	2.6	67
12	Saint John, New Brunswick	4.6	116
19	St. John's, Newfoundland	6.1	156
15	Sudbury, Ontario	3.6	91
13	Thunder Bay, Ontario	2.5	64
12	Toronto, Ontario	2.5	64
14	Trois-Rivières, Quebec	3.9	98
16	Vancouver, British Columbia	6.2	157
14	Victoria, British Columbia	2.9	74
12	Windsor, Ontario	2.9	73
9	Winnipeg, Manitoba	1.5	38

Average October Precipitation for Canadian Cities

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