Average Snowfall for Ontario in October

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The tables below list monthly averages for snowfall during October at cities and towns and parks in Ontario.

The numbers are for the total amount of new snow and how many days it snows at least 0.2 centimetres (0.08 inches) this month. The snowfall totals are averages based on weather data collected from 1971 to 2000.

You can jump to a separate table for each section of the province: Eastern, Central, Southwestern, Northeastern and Northwestern Ontario.

Eastern Ontario

October snowfall averages
Days Place Inches Centimetres
0.2 Belleville   0.2   0.6
0.1 Bloomfield   0.2   0.4
0.4 Cornwall   0.6   1.4
0.4 Kingston   0.4   1.1
1.4 Ottawa   1.6   4.1
1.8 Pembroke   1.3   3.3

Central Ontario

Total amount of snow in October on average
Days Place Inches Centimetres
0.5 Barrie   1.0   2.5
0.5 French River, Chaudiere Dam   0.6   1.4
0.4 Hamilton   0.2   0.6
0.8 Huntsville   1.2   3.1
0.9 Midland   0.9   2.4
0.2 Niagara Falls   0.2   0.6
0.1 Oshawa   0.0   0.1
0.9 Peterborough   0.6   1.6
0.1 St Catharines   0.0   0.1
0.4 Toronto   0.2   0.5

Southwestern Ontario

Average total snowfall in October
Days Place Inches Centimetres
0.1 Chatham-Kent   0.0   0.1
1.3 London   1.1   2.7
0.6 Owen Sound   0.9   2.3
0.1 Point Pelee National Park   0.0   0.0
0.5 Sarnia   0.7   1.8
0.8 Waterloo   0.5   1.2
0.3 Windsor   0.3   0.7

Northeastern Ontario

Average October snowfall
Days Place Inches Centimetres
3.6 Chapleau   3.3   8.5
1.0 Gore Bay   0.8   2.0
8.0 Kapuskasing   8.6 21.8
5.2 Moosonee   5.9 14.9
2.9 North Bay   2.2   5.5
3.0 Sault Ste Marie   2.4   6.2
0.1 South Baymouth   0.1   0.2
2.7 Sudbury   2.1   5.3
6.6 Timmins   5.5 14.0
3.1 Wawa   3.9 10.0

Northwestern Ontario

October snowfall averages
Days Place Inches Centimetres
4.8 Atikokan   4.6 11.6
9.3 Big Trout Lake 10.2 25.9
4.1 Dryden   4.4 11.2
1.6 Fort Frances   1.1   2.8
4.8 Kenora   4.5 11.4
9.3 Lansdowne House   9.4 24.0
2.3 Thunder Bay   2.4   6.1
Reference

Environment Canada. National Climate Data and Information Archive. Canadian Climate Normals or Averages 1971-2000.

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