Average Amount of Cloud in October at Canada's Cities

Pulled together here is information on how cloudy Canadian cities normally are in October.

The tables below give typical monthly totals for the hours of cloudy skies at major cities across the country. The hours only count heavy overcast, when cloud covers anywhere from 80 to 100 percent of the sky.

There are also data on the usual number of days in October that lack sun. These are days with no measurable bright sunshine.

All the numbers are averages of weather statistics collected from 1981 to 2010.

Average amount of cloud in October
City Hours of Cloud Days With No Sun
Abbotsford, British Columbia 469 7
Calgary, Alberta 364 2
Edmonton, Alberta 366 3
Guelph, Ontario 4
Halifax, Nova Scotia 382 6
Hamilton, Ontario 428 4
Kelowna, British Columbia 4
Kingston, Ontario 400 5
London, Ontario 407 5
City Hours of Cloud Days With No Sun
Moncton, New Brunswick 387 5
Montréal, Quebec 430 5
Ottawa, Ontario 411 6
Peterborough, Ontario 5
Québec City, Quebec 445 7
Regina, Saskatchewan 366 3
Saguenay, Quebec 515
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan 371 4
Sherbrooke, Quebec 444 6
City Hours of Cloud Days With No Sun
St. Catharines - Niagara, Ontario 4
Saint John, New Brunswick 399 7
St. John's, Newfoundland 505 8
Sudbury, Ontario 458 6
Thunder Bay, Ontario 440 5
Toronto, Ontario 404 4
Vancouver, British Columbia 453 8
Victoria, British Columbia 436 5
Windsor, Ontario 387
Winnipeg, Manitoba 394 5
Reference

Environment Canada. Meteorological Service of Canada. Canadian Climate Normals. 1981-2010 Climate Normals & Averages.

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